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R. H. CHANDLER'S STATEMENT. 



TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE DAIRY. 



• Gentlemen — 



The following is an account of the produce of butter 

 made from five cows, from the 1st of June to the 9th of July 

 inclusive. There is one hundred and seventy-six pounds in four 

 firkins which I offer to your notice. 



Mode of making butter. — The milk is kept up stairs when 

 the weather will admit. We do not allow the milk to stand any 

 longer before the cream is separated than the milk is sweet. We 

 chum twice a week. The butter is worked more times or less 

 until the butter-milk is all separated ; then it is put in the firkins 

 as solid as it can be ; when the firkin is full we take pains to keep 

 the air from it as much as possible. The present season we put 

 on a cloth dipped in melted butter, and then made the cover as 

 tight as we could. 



The ages of the cows are 2, 12, 1, 6, 2, 5 years, all native 

 breed. Their winter keeping is meadow hay the fore part, and 

 English the latter part. We gave them the last spring, from 

 1st of April till towards the last of May, one pint of cob meal 

 each a day. As our pasturing is rather scant for the number of 

 cows we keep, our practice has commonly been to give them 

 some hay through the season ; but as the feed was better the 

 present season than usual, we gave them but a little hay. We 

 have taken much pains to get firkins that will keep butter best. 

 Ash is as good as any we find. The Stock belongs to Rev. 

 Abiel Abbott and myself 



All which is respectfully submitted. 



RALPH H. CHANDLER. 



Andover, (N.P.) Sept. 29th, 1831. 



MARGARET WARDWELL'S STATEMENT. 



TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE DAIRY. 



Gentlemen, 



I offer for your examination a specimen of butter. 

 One jar was filled in June — the other in September. 



We have nine cows, — all of native breed, and fix)m five to 

 fifteen years old. 



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