ON THE DAIRY. 49 



CHARLES P. I'RESTON'S STATEMENT. 

 To the Committee on the Dairy : 



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

 ter, containing twenty -nine lbs., being a specimen of two hundred 

 and eighty-nine lbs. made between the 1st of June and 9th of July, 

 from the milk of seven cows and a two year old heifer. 



Also, two boxes of September buiter, containing 29 lbs. being a 

 sample of 793 lbs. made between the 20th of May and the 27th of 

 September, from the same cows. 



Their feed has been common pasture, until the 6th of August ; 

 since that time, green corn fodder once a day. 



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

 placed in a cool cellar, where it stands from thirty-six to forty-eight 

 hours, according to the weather. It is then skimmed, and the 

 cream is put into stone jars and set in a vault made for that purpose 

 Churn once a week. The butter milk is worked out thoroughly, and 

 the butter is salted by an ounce of ground rock salt to the lb. 



CHARLES P. PRESTON. 



Danvers, September 27, 1848. 



BENJAMIN BOYNTON'S STATEMENT. 

 To the Committee on the Dairy : 



Gentlemen, — I present as a specimen of June butter, a jar of 

 28 lbs., being a sample of 117 lbs. of the same month. This but- 

 ter was made from the milk of four (native breed) cows ; their feed 

 in winter being corn fodder, straw and meadow hay, the forepart of 

 the winter, and four weeks before they come in, a mixture of English 

 and meadow, and after they come in, English hay only ; in summer, 

 pasturing only. 



Process of maJcing. — The milk is strained into tin pans, and 

 stands about forty-eight hours. The cream is then taken off and 

 put into a tin cream pail and kept until it is ready to be churned, 

 which is twice a week ; and after the butter has come, it is salted 

 with 7 ounces of salt to 8 lbs. of butter, and worked over twice 

 when it is ready for use. We use the dash churn. 



Also, a jar of September butter. The process of making, the 



