BUTTER. 49 



varied from 9 to 16, and the average was 13 J per 

 cent. In still another trial with four animals, the 

 result was about 12 per cent. These percentages 

 were read off after standing 24 hours. 1 



In America we have but few records of the cream 

 percentage. Mr. Thomas Miller, of Delaware County, 

 New York, writes us that his cow, Favorite, gave 

 25 per cent of cream in 1871. 



The result of numerous trials on Waushakum Farm 

 gives a variation of from 9 to 18| per cent. We 

 assume the average to be about 14J per cent. 



Ro. Forsyth, 2 writing in 1807, states that 8 Scottish 

 pints of milk on the average produce a pound of but- 

 ter of 22 ounces. This is in the proportion of 1 

 pound of butter to 22 T 4 ^ pounds of milk. 



Alton, 8 in 1814, states that 2,453 wine quarts of 

 milk produced 228 pounds of butter, a proportion 

 of 1 to 23 -j 3 ^ pounds. 



A farmer in Stirlingshire, 4 quoted by Mr. Colman, 

 gives his proportion as a pound of butter to 16 

 quarts of milk. 



Professor J. Wilson 5 gives the proportion of a trial 

 as 1 to 20. 



In 1830, in Ayrshire, 6 12 cows gave during one 

 week, 1,075 quarts of milk, which produced 84 pounds 

 of butter. This is in the proportion of 1 to 27 T 7 ^ 

 pounds. 



An experiment at the King William's Town Dairy, 



1 Prize Essays High. Soc. 1868-9, p. 52. 2 Beauties of Scotland, iii, 77. 



s Sinclair's Scotland, iii, 65. * Farmers' Lib. iii, 306. 



c Journ. K. A. S. 2d ser. iv, 320. p r j ze Essays H. Soc. 2d ser. ii, 253. 



