42 ON THE DAIRY. 



it is — no one has ever been induced to exhibit any except those 

 from our largest farms. 



The process of making them is, as soon as the milk is taken 

 from the cow, it is strained into a tub, and enough rennet put in, 

 and well mixed with the milk, to have it begin to curdle in 

 twenty minutes. After one or two hours the curd is broken, and 

 left in the tub to settle, until morning (if the weather is extreme 

 warm, it is dipped into the cheese basket at night). The morn- 

 ing's milk is done the same with, and when the curds are suffi- 

 ciently drained, they are cut in thin slices and put in the tub, and 

 whey, almost boiling hot, poured upon them, which we let re- 

 main ten or fifteen minutes ; it is then dipped into the cheese 

 basket, and drained as thoroughly as possible ; it is then ground 

 in a cheese mill fine enough to be pressed. We generally put 

 in a common size tea cup even full of fine blown salt, and mix it 

 well with the curd — it is then pressed twenty-four hours, and then 

 taken to a dark room where it is turned and rubbed daily. 

 I am, respectfully, yours, 



Edmund Hills. 



West Newbury, Sep. 25, 1833. 



DANIEL PtJTMAN S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on the Dairy : 



Gentlemen — I offer to you for premium, a sample of butter, 

 the particulars of making which, are somewhat as follows. Thr 

 milk was kept in a dairy room, in tin pans, where there was r< 

 free circulation of air — and stood from 36 to 48 hours before it 

 was skimmed — the cream, when taken off^ was kept in a cool 

 cellar, until it was churned — as soon as the butter is gathered, 

 the butter-milk was drawn off, and the butter is thoroughly rinsef* 

 twice in cold water, and as much of the milk as possible extract- 

 ed when taken from the churn, and one oz. of salt is used fo" 

 one lb. of butter. The sample in jar No. 1, made June 9, was 

 kept 24 hours, that in jar No. 2, made June 20, was kept 36 

 Jiours, then woriced the second time, and placed in glass jars. 



