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ing. After it is churned the buttermilk is thoroughly worked out, 

 and the butter is salted with 3-4 of an ounce of ground rock salt to 

 thfc pound. After standing six hours, it is again worked and weigh- 

 ed, each pound separately. 



ELIJAH POPE. 



Danvers, Sept 2Gth, 1849. 



Rkmaeks. We notice that Mr. Pope presenled iwenty-tvvo potuids only of September 

 butter, when there should have been twenty-five ; but as tlie fact would never have been known, 

 if it had not been so written in the statement, — it is not considered a material variation. Some of 

 the committee thought the taste of this butter indicated that it must have been made since June ; 

 but the Committee did not feel at liberty to assume any fact to be different from the statement with- 

 out some evidence to sustain the assumption. 



CHARLES P. PRESTON'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on Dairy : 



Gentlemen : — I offer for your examination one pot of June but- 

 ter containing 27 pounds — being a specimen of 288 pounds made 

 between the first of June and the 9th of July, from the milk of five 

 cows, and four heifers three years old — all of native breed. 



Also, two boxes of September butter, containing 28 pounds — a 

 sample of 786 pounds made between the 20th of May and 24th of 

 September, from the milk of the same cows. 



The cows have had common pasture feed until the 1st of August, 

 when we commenced feeding with corn fodder, once a day. 



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

 ed in the cellar, where it stands from twenty-four to thirty-six hours; 

 it is then skimmed and the cream put in stone jars, and set in a 

 vault made for the purpose. Churn twice a week. We are very 

 particular to work every particle of the butter-milk out, and salt 

 with one ounce of rock salt to the pound. 



CHAS. P. PRESTON. 

 North Danvers, Sept. 25, 1849. 



Remarks. Mr. Preston's statement shows an intelligent apprehension of the principles upon 

 which the premiums were offered, and successful nianfigement of his dairy. He again finds hiaa- 

 self among the fortunate claimants. 



