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Heifers. 

 The committee (Elijah M. Reed, Chairman,) state that the 

 animals presented were of a better description than those at the 

 last exhibition of the society. They were much pleased to 

 perceive this evidence of an increased desire on the part of 

 farmers, to improve their stock. There is yet among us too 

 much negligence in the selection of breeding cows, and of 

 calves for raising for dairy purposes. Every person who keeps 

 a cow, is more or less interested in this important subject. 



Butter. 



There was awarded for butter, " the best new churned, not 

 less than twelve pounds in the specimens exhibited : " 



To Samuel Osgood, Billerica, 1st premium, $3 00 



" Caleb Livingston, Tewksbury, 2d " - 2 50 



" E. Kimball, Littleton, 3d '' - 2 00 



" AsaHodgman,2d, Chelmsford, 4th " - 150 



" William Harris, Woburn, 5th " - 1 00 



Samitel Osgood's Statement. 



I present for inspection one box of new churned butter, be- 

 ing a specimen of two hundred and seventy-five pounds, made 

 from the 1st of July last, from the milk of three cows. We 

 have used milk in the family, averaging about one quart per 

 day. The cows have had common pasture until the 1st of 

 August ; since then they have had corn-fodder once a day. 



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

 stands in a cool cellar from thirty-six to forty-eight hours, when 

 the cream is taken off and put into tin cans and stirred daily. 

 We churn once a week. After it is churned, the butter milk is 

 thoroughly worked out with the hands and salted to the taste. 

 After standing twelve hours, it is again worked and weighed. 

 each pound separately. 



Billerica, Sept. 21, 1851. 



