32 ON THE DAIKY. 



GEORGF. rEARSON'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on Dairy: 



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

 butter, containing 29 pounds, being a specimen of 2G0 pounds, made 

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

 cows, and three three years old heifers, with the addition of one cow 

 after the first of July. 



Also, one pot of September butter, containing thirty pounds, being 

 a specimen of 652 pounds, made between May 20th and Sept, 20i;h, 

 from the same cows. Their feed has been common pasture, till the 

 middle of August. They have been fed with green corn once a day, 

 till September, then fall feed to the present time. 



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

 ed in a milk room, where it stands from twenty-four to forty-eight 

 hours, according to the weather, and then it is skimmed and the- 

 cream is put in tin pails and placed in a well, and there remains till 

 churned. Churn twice a week. The butter-milk is worked out 

 thoroughly, and the butter is salted by one ounce of ground rock 

 salt to the pound. 



GEORGE PEARSON. 



Saugus, Sept. 25th, 1849. 



Remarks. In Mr. Pearson, the Commiltee were pleased to find a new claimant, from a new 

 lown. The products show a dairy well managed. In quantity he has done ahnost a.s well as the 

 best. He must be aware that he has to contend with those who have had much ixp.rienee, and 

 to ensure success, the utmost vigilance and care is nece.ssary. 



We observe that Mr. Pearson as well as several of tlie otlicr claimants, when the drought cami) 

 on supplied their cows with green corn indder, planted for this purpose. A practice so common 

 must have some meaning in it. We notice it particularly, because a question has been made by 

 some, whether this kind of feed is favorable to the production of milk. It could be demonstralftd, 

 by chemical analysis, that there are no buuer making qualities in green corn : still so long as must 

 of our good farmers continue to cultivate and use it for this purpose, we shaU be inclined to ro- 

 gpccl their use, more than our own arguments. In mailers agricultural, practical experience is the 

 "one thing needful." 



NATHANIKL FELTOiVS STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on the Dairy : 



Gentlemen :— I present for your examination 26 pounds of but- 

 ter, made m June, and 27 pounds of butter made in September, as 

 samples of 884 pounds, made from the milk of eight cows and a 



