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Nathan D. Hawkes's Statement. 



I offer for your inspection, a box of September butter, con- 

 taining nine pounds, being a sample of three hundred and forty 

 pounds, made between the 25th of May and the 25th of Sep- 

 tember. I milked four cows. Their feed was common pasture 

 until the middle of August. After that, they had corn fodder 

 once a day. 



Process of Makitig. — The milk is strained into tin pans. 

 It stands from thirty-six to forty-eight hours, according to the 

 weather. The cream is then taken off and put in earthern jars, 

 and kept until ready for churning, which is once a week. After 

 the butter has come, it is salted with an ounce of salt to a 

 pound, and worked over twice, when it is ready for use. The 

 milk is kept in an airy room above ground. 



Lynnfield, Sept. 27th, 1849. 



David Choate's Statement. 



I offer foi* your inspection, sixty-six and one-half pounds 

 of new milk cheese, being a sample of eight hundred pounds, 

 made between the 1st day of June and the 1st of August 

 last. We had seven cows in milk, during that time. After 

 the 10th of August, we milked nine. 



The whole produce of the dairy has been as follows, viz. : — 

 eight hundred pounds new milk cheese, as above, and forty-four 

 pounds of four meal do., with a small quantity of an inferior 

 kind. Also, two hundred and nineteen pounds of butter. The 

 butter has been chiefly made since the 1st of August. 



The farm is situated upon Hog Island, so called, in this town, 

 and has suffered from drought and from grasshoppers, beyond 

 any former year. The cows had no feed besides what they 

 found in the pasture, until about the 10th of September, after 

 which time they were occasionally let into the mowing grounds, 

 a few hours in the day. All the cows are of native breed, ex- 

 cept one of the two which we began to milk about the 10th of 



