20 ESSEX SO(;iETY. 



cows, from the 20th of May to the 9th of July. Also, seven- 

 teen pounds of September butter, a specimen of six hundred 

 and eighty pounds, made from the 20th of May till the 23d of 

 September, from seven cows. The feed of the cows has been 

 a common pasture ; since the 1st of August, they have liad 

 green corn fodder. 



MiDDLETON, Sept. 25, 1851. 



Benjamin T. Lane's Statement. 



I present one pot of June butter, containing twenty pounds, 

 being a sample of one hundred and ninety-two pounds, made 

 from six cows, from May 30 to July 1. Sold and used in the 

 family, five quarts of milk per day. Also, one box of Septem- 

 ber butter, containing twenty-one pounds, a sample of five hun- 

 dred and eighty-one pounds from the same cows, with the addi- 

 tion of two more, one the 2d of July, and one the 14th of 

 July, from the 20th of May to the 20th of September ; and I 

 sold in the time six hundred quarts of milk and ten quarts of 

 cream, and averaged one quart per day in the family. The 

 feed of the cows has been common pasture, until the 10th of 

 August, when I commenced feeding them with green corn 

 twice a day. 



Danvers, Sept. 25, 1851. 



[Statements respecting the process of butter-making, by Mr. 

 Lane, were published in the Transactioyis of Agricnltnral So- 

 cieties, for 1845, and by Messrs. Pope and Preston, in the 

 volume for 1849.] 



Paul P. Pillsburifs Statement. 

 1 present three cheeses, weighing sixty-five pounds, made 

 from the milk pf two cows. In the month of July, we made 

 nmety pounds of new milk cheese, and sold three hundred and 

 twenty-six quarts of milk ; from the 1st of August to the 20th 

 of September, we sold eight hundred quarts of milk, making in 

 the whole, eleven hundred and twenty-six quarts of milk all 

 sold, at four cents per quart, ^45 04. The feed of the cows 

 was grass only. They calved about the middle of May. The 

 age of the cows is, one four, tiie other seven years, 



