ESSEX SOCIETY. 13 



George W. Dodge's Statement. 



I present for your inspection, one box of June butter, contain- 

 ing 25 lbs., being a specimen of 132 lbs. made between the 1st 

 nf June and 9th of July, from 5 cows ; also, 2 boxes of Septem- 

 ber butter, containing 27 lbs., being a specimen of 405 lbs. made 

 between the 20th of May and 20th of September, from the same 

 cows. Their feed has been common pasture until August ; since 

 then, the pasture being very poor and dry, we have fed them 

 night and morning with green corn fodder, which was raised 

 for the purpose. 



Process of Making. The milk is strained into tin pans, 

 where it stands from 36 to 48 hours. It is then skimmed, and 

 the cream put into tin pails, standing on the bottom of the 

 cellar ; a little salt is put into the pails before putting in the 

 cream, which, at the times of addition, is stirred. We churn 

 twice a week. The butter-milk is thoroughly worked out by 

 hand, no water being used for that purpose. In warm weather, 

 the cream is lowered into the well the night before churning. 

 Immediately after the butter-milk is worked out, the butter is 

 salted with an ounce of ground rock salt to the pound, and in 

 about 24 hours it is again worked over. 



N. B. The June butter is packed down in layers of five 

 pounds each, and salt sprinkled between ; the top is covered with 

 salt, and the pot is set on the bottom of the cellar. 



Wciiham. Sept. 24, 1845. 



Benjamin T. Lane's Statement. 



1 oiler for your judgment one pot of June butter, containing 

 25 lbs., and two boxes of September butter, containing 34 lbs., 

 being a specimen of 475 lbs., made between the 20th of May 

 and the 20th of September, from the milk of eight cows, one of 

 them commencing the middle of July. We have sold, in addi- 

 tion to this, 291 gallons of milk, and 12 quarts of cream, besides 

 using milk for a family of seven persons. The cows came from 

 the barn in the spring, in good condition, since which time they 

 have run in a common pasture, and since the first of August 



