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Wrentliam ; .'5il premium of Flint's Treatise to J. M C(^(luian of 

 Brookline. 



Cheese. — F'irst premium of five dollars to JNIrs. Mary Mnrsliall 

 of Stougiiton ; '2(\ premium of three to Nathaniel (lay of Stough- 

 ton. 



It is very seldom that those who offer for Premium Lots of But- 

 ter under the first class strictly comply with the rules of the So- 

 ciety in regard to the cows from which the butter is made, their 

 keeping, the quantity of l)uttcr made, and the method of churning 

 and setting of the milk for cream, &c., and perhaps they have so 

 neglected it because the Society haA^e not usuall}- pul)lished any of 

 these statements. The Connnittee are happ}' to bear testimony to 

 the fact that Mr. Cheever, who has for many years successfully 

 competed for the first premium, has always complied with these 

 rules, and so ha\e some others ; and the Committee suggest that 

 the accompanying statement of Mr. Cheever be published with the 

 annual report. 



M. M. Fisher, Chairman. 



STATEMENT OF A W. CHEEVER. 

 To the Committee on the Dairy : — 



The package of Butter herewith presented is a sample of 697 

 pounds sold during the past four months, from an average of eight 

 cows. The larsrest number milked during; the time of trial was ten. 

 Two have been sold for beef. Four calved since the commence- 

 ment of the trial, and two of these calves were fattened and three 

 others have been raised on new milk for about two weeks, and then 

 fed with milk twelve hours old for some three weeks longer. One 

 of these calves was dropped just before the commencement of the 

 trial. 



The two cows sold were twelve years old. All the others were 

 less than five at commencement of trial. One is now five years old ; 

 two are four years ; two are three years, and tw(j are two years, 

 and the other twenty-one months at time of calving, which was 

 July 15th. The two three-years old calved last year, and will 

 come in again next winter. 



The average yield per week has been about four or five pounds 

 per cow, which would be a small quantity if the animals had been 

 of full age and were in full flow. M3' average for the past two 3'ears 

 has been over 200 pounds per cow, of butter sold, besides selling 

 nearly one day's milk per week. During the trial, one day's milk 

 has been sold each week, one half of which stood twelve hours be- 

 fore skimming, the other half sold new ; and besides what milk, 

 butter and cream has been used in my famih', one quart of new 

 milk has been sold ever}- morning. 



The feed has been good pasture about four weeks, green r3-e, 

 green corn-stalks, and the best of hay fed in the stalls the remain- 

 der of the time. Some grain is fed every day — to beef cows all 



