Vol. X.— No. 22. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



171 



EXHIBITION OF BUTTER AND CHEESE. 



The Committee on Butter and Cheese, consisting of E. Hersv Derhv, Gorham Parsons, Esq 

 (assisted by Hon. Peter C. Brooks, in the place of Benjamin Gdild, Esq. prevented by sickness, 

 from attending,) report as follows : 



That they are highly gratified with this year's exiiibition — in both articles it greatly exceeded that 

 of the last. For Butter there were the following entries, viz : — 



In addition to which there were a great inany applications from individuals, who not having com- 

 plied with the regulations of the Society, could not be allowed to come in competition for the pre- 

 miums. 



For Cheese there were the following entries, viz : 1 from Maine, 1 from New Hampshire, 2 from 

 Vermont, and 14 from Massachusetts. 



ENTRIES OF CHEESE. 



8A 



74 to 94 

 < 85 to 1 1 O. 



) 8| to 94 N. 



New. 

 Old. 



Old and new— took 2d prem. on old, $50. 



Old — took 1st premium oa old, $100. 

 New — took Ist premium on new, $50. 



Old and new. 



Took 2d premium on new, .f 30. 



The quantity of butter was extremely large, 

 estimated by the Con-.miwee to be little short of 

 thirty thousand pounds ; the greater part of which 

 was of a very superior quality, and put up in very 

 fine order. Some of it was in lumps and balls 

 and arranged most fancifully in bo.xes, tubs and 

 pots. The Committee feel constrained however 

 to say, that although it appears beautiful to the 

 eye, yet from their experience it is a mode they 

 cannot recommend fur Butter designed for winter 

 consumption. They almost invariably found, that 

 when a large surface was exposed to the influence 

 of the atmosphere, it was more or les.? injured 

 from that cause. They would in future recom- 

 mend, that when Butter is not designed for imme- 

 diate use, it should be packed in firkins or casks, 

 by which a smaller surface will be exposed to the 

 air. 



There was a lot of Butter of 4 firkins, sent by 

 Mrs Mary Noyes, from the Fatherland Farm iu 

 Byfiehl, for exhibition only, the quality of wh'ich 

 was thought excellent by the Conimilteo. 



The Cheese in quantity did not compare with 

 the Butter, more particularly the old Cheese, but 

 the most of it both old and new, was of a very 

 superior quality. 



The Comniittoe have had a very arduous and 

 responsible duty to perform. They were assist- 

 ed in their decision by some of the most judicious 

 persons that the city of Boston and its environs 

 could fm-nish ; they feel under great obligations 

 to Edmund T. Hastings, Esq. Col. Thomas Da- 

 vis, William Stickney, Grenville T. Winthrop, 

 and Nevvhall A. Thompson, Esqrs. the two last 

 kindly officiated as Secretaries ; also to Messrs 

 Warren, Barry & Park, who tendered their ser- 

 vices to the Committee for awarding premiums on 

 Butter and Cheese, in selling the same, as ex- 

 pressed in the advertisement, free of charge, 

 riic outimiiuee shd their assisiams rtcTuicd tlic 

 whole of Tuesday from early morn until dark, 

 without a moment's intermission, to the examina- 

 tion, and have concluded to award the premiums 

 as follows : — 



ON BUTTER. ^'' 



1st premium of .$100 to Luther Chamberlain of Westbo- 



rough, Mass. for entry No. 23. 

 2d ditto of $50 to Henry Sprague of Princeton, Mass. 



entry No. 7 and 8. 

 3d ditto of $30 to Seth Davenport of Mendon, Mass. for 



entry No. 22. 

 4th ditto of $20 <o Samuel Sawyer, 2d, of Sterling, Mass. 



for entry No. 37. 

 5(h ditto of $15 to Gabriel Parker of Southborough, Mass. 



for entry No. 47. 

 6th ditto of $10 to Mrs Lydia Page of Hardwick, Mass. 



for entry No. 19. 



ON CHEESE. 



1st premium of $100 to Ebenezer Tidd of New Brain- 

 tree, Mass., for old cheese. 



2d ditto of $50 to John Matthews of New Braintree, Ms. 

 for old clieese. 



3d premium of $50 to Roswell Converse of New Brain- 

 tree, Mass. for new cheese. 



4th ditto of $30 to David Lee of Barre, Mass. for new 

 cheese- 



The Premium Butter sold as follows : 

 1st premium from 32 to 37 cents per pound. 

 2d " " 25 to 35 " 



3d " " 26 to 27 " " 



4th •' 26 



5th •' private sale. 

 6th " 23 cts. per lb. 



E. HERSY DERBY, Chairman. 

 Boston, Dec. 1th, 1831. 



