ON THE DAIRY. 63 



To Abram B. Lord, of Beverly, 1st premium, 

 To G. W. Dodge, of Wenham, 2d " 8 



To Allen W. Dodge, of Hamilton, 3d « 6 



To Jonas Holt, of Andover, 4th " Colman's 



European Agriculture. 

 Fifteen samples of butter were presented for premium. Tbe state- 

 ment accompanying three of the samples was not such as the rules 

 of the Society require. 



Eor the Committee, 



DAVID S. CALDWELL, 

 Byfield, October 1st, 1847. 



JOHN STONE'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on the Dairy : 



Gentlemen, — I present one pot of June butter, containing 251b3. 

 being a specimen of 168\ lbs. made from the first of June to the 

 ninth of July inclusive, from three cows of native breed. 



Their feed was good pasture only. 



Process of Making. The milk is strained into tin pans and 

 kept in a cool cellar. After the cream is sufficiently risen, it is skim- 

 med off and kept in a stone pot, and the pot is kept in a tub of ice 

 water to keep it cool until we are ready to churn. We churn once a 

 week. The buttermilk is worked out by hand, and the butter salted 

 with ground rock salt, an ounce of salt to a pound. 



The pot of butter here exliibited, had two ounces of loaf sugar and 

 one ounce of saltpetre added to preserve it. 



JOHN STONE. 



Marblehead, September 28th, 1847. 



JONATHAN BERRY'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on the Dairy : 

 Gentlemen, — I present for your inspection, one pot of June but- 



