74 ON THE DAIRY. 



JOSEPH HOW'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee of the Essex Agricultural Society, > 

 on the Dairy : $ 



Gentlemen — I present for your inspection two 

 boxes of butter, containing 12 [and 25 pounds, it be- 

 ing a sample of 415 pounds, made since the 20th of 

 May (besides 550 pounds of cheese, made every day, 

 the cream taken in the morning from the night's 

 milk.) Our dairy has been somewhat irregular. I 

 cannot state the average number of cows we have 

 milked during the season, but think it would be 

 equal to six new milk cows; including what has 

 been used in the family of twelve persons. The 

 cows have had no other feed but common pasture, 

 excepting leaves of vegetables for the last two or 

 three weeks. As to the method of making the butter 

 there is nothing peculiar. The milk is kept in tin 

 pans, stands in a cool place 36 hours, the cream is 

 then taken off and churned twice a week, butter- 

 milk well worked out, and salted to the taste. 

 Respectfully submitted. 



Joseph How. 



Methuen, Sept. 20, 1339. 



R. BUTTRICK'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committe of the Essex Agricultural Society, ) 

 on the Dairy : J 



Gentlemen — Three cheeses, weighing eighty- 

 seven and half pounds, are presented for your inspec- 

 tion, made on my farm in Haverhill, by Mrs. R. But- 



