Q6 ON THE DAIRY. 



present month, containing 311bs., being a specimen of 961bs., made 

 in three months from the twenty-fifth of June. The cow went to 

 pasture the twentieth of May, from which time she began to increase 

 her milk till she calved. 



We have used from one to three quarts of milk a day in the fam- 

 ily until September first, and then only one. Also, have supplied 

 her calf two months, and sold four messes of milk. The cow has 

 been in milk eighteen months. Her food a very poor pasture, with 

 two quarts of shorts a day since August fifteenth. 



Process of making. The milk is strained into tin pans, stands 

 from thirty-six to forty-eight hours, is skimmed, and the cream put 

 in a pot, and stirred once a day. We have churned part of the time 

 once, and part twice a week. When the the butter is formed, the but- 

 ter-milk is drawn off, and the butter is washed twice with cold water 

 and salted to suit the taste. 



Yours respectfully, 



ABEAM. B. LORD. 



Beverly, September 28th, 1847. 



G. W. DODGE'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on the Dairy : 



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

 ter, containing 25 lbs, being a specimen of 170 lbs. made between 

 the first of June and the ninth of July ; also, 2 boxes of September 

 butter, containing 30 lbs., being a specimen of 475 lbs. made be- 

 tween the twentieth of May and the twenty-eighth of September, from 

 six cows, the night's milk of one of them being used in the family 

 through the whole season. The feed of the cows until about the 

 first of August was pasturing only, and that very poor ; since that 

 time they have been fed liberally, night and morning, in the stable, 

 with green corn fodder. 



Process of making. Until this season, we have tried to skim our 

 milk while perfectly sweet, under the impression that sweet butter 

 could not be made from sour cream ; but this season we have let the 

 milk stand, until slightly changed. By so doing, we think we ob- 



