Taking the last two trials where analyses of both butter and 

 butter-milk was made, and we found that from 86.9 pounds of 

 cream the 



Davis made, 26.81 pounds of salted butter. 



Blanchard made, 27.78 pounds of salted butter. 



Stoddard made, 27.78 pounds of salted butter. 



From the analyses of the butter, we find that each of the 

 foregoing amounts of butter, had of actual butter fat the follow- 

 ing : 



Davis, 22.55 ^t)S. of fat; lost in butter-milk, 0.91 lbs. 



Blanchard, 22.41 lbs. of fat ; lost in butter-milk, 0.91 lbs. 



Stoddard, 22.68 lbs. of fat ; lost in butter-milk, 0.88 lbs. 



The total fat in both butter and buttermilk being: 

 Davis, 23.46 lbs. ; 96.1 per cent, of this was in the butter. 

 Blanchard, 23.32 lbs. ; 96.1 per cent, of this was in the butter. 

 Stoddard, 23.56 lbs. ; 96.2 per cent, of this was in the butter. 



These results show that there is practically no difference 

 in the efficiency of these three churns and if there is any pref- 

 ference it must come from convenience in handling, and ease 

 of operation ; on this point there is no doubt in the mind of 

 those who have actually operated the churns here at the Station, 

 for ease of handlino; and cleaning, and for perfection of granu- 

 lation of butter the Stoddard churn stands at the head. The 

 Blanchard is open to the objection that it has inside floats, 

 which interfere seriously with the granulating of the butter. 

 The Davis is harder to operate than either of the others, and 

 is more difficult to clean when the churning is done. The aver- 

 age time of churning was twenty four minutes for the Davis, 

 forty-seven minutes for the Blanchard and twenty-nine minutes 

 for the Stoddard. The Davis leads in point of time required. 



BUTTER EXHIBIT. 



The following letter was sent to each creamery in the State, 

 so far as the address was known: 



"A three days Farmer's Institute is to be held here Jan. 

 8-9-10- The third day will be under the control of the Granite 

 State Dairymans Association and we are very anxious to have a 

 good exhibit of butter and cheese and want you to favor us with 

 a five pound box of your butter. 



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