54 ON THE DAIRY. 



quantity, in proportion to the number of cows, does not come 

 up to the amount that we believe would be attained, by the 

 same labor and expense, if more care should be exercised in 

 the selection of the best cows. The improvement in dairy 

 stock does not keep pace with other improvements that are 

 going on among us. We know that the butter made in this 

 county is equal in quality to any in the country, and we be- 

 lieve it can be made equal in quantity by a more judicious se- 

 lection of dairy stock. 



For the Committee. JOHN STONE, Jr. 



JONATHAN BERRY'S STATEMENT. 



I present for your inspection one pot of June butter, contain- 

 ing twenty-eight pounds, being a sample of two hundred and 

 fifty-four pounds, the product of six cows between the 20th 

 May and 1st July. Also, twenty-eight pounds of September 

 butter, a specimen of seven hundred and twelve pounds made 

 from the 20th May to the 20th September, from seven cows. 



The feed of the cows has been a common pasture ; since 

 the 10th of August they have had green corn fodder, and from 

 the first of September each has had one quart of Indian meal 

 daily. 



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

 and set in a cool room or a cellar prepared for the purpose. 

 After remaining there from thirty-eight to forty-eight hours, 

 the cream is taken off and kept in a vault, till it is churned. 

 Churn once a week. The buttermilk is worked out by hand, 

 and the butter salted with about one ounce of salt per pound. 



Middleton, Sept. 26, 1S50. 



PERLEY GOODALE'S STATEMENT. 

 I offer for your examination one pot of June butter, contain- 



