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they will eat, and to the others enough to keep them in good work- 

 ing condition. The grain hjis been about equal quantities of corn 

 meal, cotton seed meal and wheat bran, vai-ying from four to eight 

 quarts, according to the age and condition of the ditferent animals. 



My milk is kept above ground, in tin pans, set on racks ; my room 

 is well protected from the sun on the south by a covered and 

 blinded walk, and by trees and vines. The north window is pro- 

 tected by blinds, the sash being entirely removed most of the time. 

 I give my room a very thorough airing in the night, but keep it 

 pretty close during the day. In that way I have kept my weekly 

 supply of butter very even ; one week only, and that in August, 

 did it fall oft" ver}^ perceptibl}'. Have churned twice a week most 

 of the time. Always wash the butter in cold water as soon and 

 as clean as possible after churning, to remove all the milk. While 

 washing, work it dry, then salt with less than a half ounce of salt 

 per pound. Let it stand, or rather ha)7r/ in a cool w^ell a few hours, 

 then work over and put up for market in pound lumps, or one- 

 quarter i)ound cakes. The price obtained is fifty-five cents by the 

 year, and during the summer forty pounds per week are engaged, 

 and thirty pounds per week in the winter. 



The butter is never touched with the hands ; it is sometimes 

 salted in the churn, but always worked under a lever on a hard 

 wood table, set so inclined as to allow the milk aud brine to run off 

 freely. Temperature at churning from 62 to 64 degrees. 



A. W. Chkevek. 



Sheldonville, Sept. 12, 1872. 



STRAW GOODS. 



First premium of eight dollars for best Hat of domestic manu- 

 facture ; also the Society's diploma for a large and superior as- 

 sortment of Ladies' and Gentlemen's Hats, made of Straw, Paper, 

 and other materials, to Carpenter, Cook & Co. of Foxboro'. 



A. S. Harding, Chairman. 



SEEDS. 



Corn. — Second premium of one dollar to J. B. Tilley of Brook- 

 line. 



For best sample of Wheat, Barley, and Oats, one peck each, 

 one dollar for each kind to A. F. Stevens of Needham. 



Geo. E. Chickering, Chairman. 



