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DAIRY. 



The Committee on Dairy Products, would report as follows : 



There were twelve entries of Butter, and three of Cheese ; 

 one factory Cheese for exhibition only. Some of the contrib- 

 utors failed to comply with the rules of the Society in regard 

 to quantity exhibited, and some failed to present a statement, 

 so that the number of contributors eligible to a premium was 

 somewhat diminished. 



The committee award the first premium of $12, to Hannah 

 Lambert, of Rowley ; the second premium of $10, to Mrs. 

 Farnham Styles, of Middleton ; the third premium of $8, to 

 Sarah L. Ridgeway, of W. Newbury ; the fourth premium of 

 Burr's Field and Garden Vegetables, to Mrs. Nathaniel Carle- 

 ton, of Bradford. 



Your committee considered the cheese made at the Byfield 

 factory the best exhibited, and thought the others of not suf- 

 ficient excellence to justify the award of a premium. 



The chairman of your committee submits the following : 



It is a fact well known that the production of Butter and 

 Cheese is not a leading agricultural interest of this county. — 

 Our numerous cities and villages require a large proportion of 

 the dairy product, in the form of milk, and this proportion is 

 constantly increasing. And yet it does not necessarily follow 

 that less effort should be made to produce the best qualities of 

 butter and cheese. Most of the farmers, and many who are 

 not farmers, produce their own butter, and as no poor article 

 of food — always excepting poor bread — so injures an other- 

 wise good meal as does poor butter, and as our enjoyment in 

 life depends largely on the quality of the food Ave eat, it per- 

 haps follows that excellence in the manufacture of butter will 

 contribute quite as much to our comfort and happiness, as if it 

 were the leading agricultural product. 



We were struck with the similarity of the statements of the 

 contributors of butter — both of those who received a premium 

 and those who did not. The manner of making seems to be 



