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P. S. She made nine pounds of butter per week till pasture 

 time, then the milk was put with that of the rest of my cows. 



Rowley, Sept. 23, 1845. 



On the Dairy. 



The committee report that at no former show has so much 

 and so good butter been exhibited. Mr. Lane's September but- 

 ter was in tin boxes, so constructed as to contain pound lumps 

 in each of the apartments, with a reservoir in the centre for ice, 

 which keeps the butter cool and hard in its passage to market 

 in the hottest weather. This appears to be an improvement. 

 The committee consider the quantity made, as well as the 

 quality. For this they must depend upon the statements of the 

 competitors, some of which are exceedingly vague and indefi- 

 nite. For example, "27 lbs. butter made by the daughter of 



Mr. , of , from nine cows in five days, in common 



pasture feed." The butter which accompanied this very brief 

 statement was of excellent quality. Some of the samples, which 

 certainly deserved better treatment, had no statement of any 

 kind. Nineteen samples of September butter, and seven of 

 June, were exhibited. It is recommended that the statements 

 of the successful competitors be published, and that the premi- 

 ums be awarded as follows : — 



For June butter, to George W. Dodge, YVenham, 1st premium, 



$10, and Colman's European Agriculture. 



to Benjamin T. Lane, Danvers, 2d premium, $8. 



to Allen W. Dodge, Hamilton, 3d premium, $6. 



For Sept. butter, to Warren Averill, Ipswich, 1st premium, $10. 



and Colman's European Agriculture. 



to George W. Dodge, Wenham, 2d premium, $8. 



to Daniel Putnam, Danvers, 3d premium, $6. 



For the Committee, 



DANIEL P. KING. 



