156 ^^>'' Curwen on the Means of 



48 Quarts 3 Pints of a Mixture of Milk. 



* 5'. d. 



48 Quarts 3 pints yielded 5/6. ^oz. of butter, at i2</. - 52 



36 Quarts of blown milk - - - - , 3 O 



10 Quarts of butter milk, ic?. - ' - - o 10 



9 o 



48 Quarts and 3 pints new milk - - - 83 



Which leaving a profit by butter of - 09 



The advantage of oil-cake, in making butter, appears very considerable. Eight 

 quarts of strippings give a pound of butter ; and nine and a half of a mixture of 

 the whole milk. In the Transactions of the Bath Society, Vol. IV. I see that vdb. 

 are stated to give a pound of butter. Wine measure is used in all the experiments. 



I have thus, with the most exact attention to accuracy in my power, endeavoured 

 to detail the experiments I have made in the last two years. The individual be- 

 nefit reaped from it will be most satisfactorily proved by the certificates which 

 accompany this. The numerous signatures bear ample testimony of its utility ; and 

 indeed when it is considered that butcher's meat is at 6d. per pound, and that good, 

 and nutritious milk can be obtained at xd. per pound, (less than the price uf bread), 

 its advantages cannot be doubted. The health and condition of the c .tie are 

 certified for by all the farmers in the neighbourhood, and. will, I am confidi at, bc; 

 agreed to by those who have seen then. 



I rejoice sincerely at the appearance of profit of the present year : it answers, 

 my most sanguine expectations, and confirms the opinion I forme- ily entertained,, 

 not only of the practicability of furnishing a plentiful supply of milk during winter^ 

 but also wiih a profit not unworthy the attention of any farmer. I trust that what 

 I have done may stimulate others, and that the result will be equally successful* 

 and prove a great acquisition of comfort to the lower orders. 



The following estimate of expence and profit will rather fall short, than exceed, 

 what may fuiily be expected. In this I am confirmed by the opinion of those who 

 were employed in conducting the experiment. 



