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ON THE DAIRY. 



DAIRY. 



The Committee on the Dairy, report that four specimens of 

 June, and nine of September butter, were submitted to their 

 examination, which came within the Society's rules for premi- 

 um. No specimens of the June butter, in the estimation of 

 the Committee, merited the highest premium ; the second, of 

 eight dollars, we awarded to Jonathan Berry, of Middleton, and 

 the third, of six dollars, to Sarah J. Stevens, of Andover. 



The September butter was much superior to that of June, 

 and the Committee, after a careful examination, recommend 

 the first premium, of ten dollars be given to Jonathan Berry, 

 of Middleton ; the second, of eight dollars, to Caroline J. Ord- 

 way, of West Newbury ; the third, of six dollars, to Nathaniel 

 Felton, of Danvers. 



So nearly equal were some of these specimens, that the 

 Committee carefully compared them before deciding their 

 relative merits. 



A specimen of four pounds of June butter, the product of 

 one cow for two days, in June of 1850, was before the Com- 

 mittee ; which was of superior quality, and sweet and fresh ; 

 which, from the experiment in preservation, we think, entitles 

 the maker. Mrs. Fairfield White, of Lawrence, to the notice 

 of the Society ; and we recommend a gratuity of five dollars 

 be given to her. 

 There were not any specimens of cheese offered. 



JOSIAH LITTLE, Chairman. 



JONATHAN BERRY'S STATEMENT. 

 I present for inspection, one pot of June butter, marked No. 

 1, containing twenty-three pounds, being a sample of two 

 hundred and thirty-six pounds, the product of seven cows and 

 one heifer, from the first of June till the ninth of July. Also 

 seventeen pounds of September butter, marked No. 2, a speci- 

 men of six hundred and seventy-two pounds, made from the 

 20th of May to the 20th of September, from the same cows. 



