84 ON THE DAIRY. 



jected. The Committee recommend the premiums to be a- 

 warded as follows : 



FOR JUNE BUTTER. 



To John Preston, of Danvers, 1st premium $10 00 



" Jonathan Berry, of Middleton, 2d premium 8 00 



•' Benjamin T. Lane, of Danvers, 3d premium 6 00 



FOR SEPTEMBER BUTTER. 



To Jonathan Berry, of Middleton, 1st premium 10 00 



" John Preston, of Danvers, 2d premium 8 00 



" Benjamin T. Lane, " 3d " 6 00 



FOR CHEESE 



To Paul P. Pillsbury, of Andover, 2d premium. 



For the Committee, D. S. CALDWELL. 



JOHN PRESTON'S STATEMENT. 



I present for inspection a jar containing twenty-eight pounds 

 of June butter, a sample of one hundred and sixty-seven 

 pounds, made from the milk of four cows, from June 1st to 

 July 9th. 



Also — a box of fifteen pounds of September butter, a speci- 

 men of three hundred and fifty-two pounds, made from May 

 23d, to September 23d, from the same cows. We have used 

 and sold four quarts of milk per day. It is probable the cows 

 did not yield so large a quantity within the above named dates 

 as they might have done, had not two of them come in so 

 early as February 20th. Previous to making butter, these 

 two cows fattened six calves for the butcher, the other two 

 one each, making eight calves fattened by the four cows, pre- 

 vious to May 20th, which were sold for $51 20, averaging 

 $6 40 each. The cows have had common pasture till Au- 

 gust 1st, since then corn fodder. 



Process of making. — The milk is strained into tin pans, and 

 placed on the bottom of a cool cellar. It is skimmed in about 

 thirty-six hours. The cream is put into stone jars, and kept 



