86 ON THE DAIRY. 



they gave one hundred and seventy-five gallons of milk, ap- 

 propriated to cheese, with other milk. 



The feed of the cows has been common pasture only, until 

 the 15th of August ; since then they have been fed once a day 

 Avith green corn fodder. 



Process of Making : — The milk is strained into tin pans, 

 after standing ten minutes in the pails, and placed in a cool 

 cellar ; skimmed when slightly changed, into stone jars, the 

 whole cream being stirred as any is added. About twenty- 

 four hours before it is churned, it is set in cold water to cool. 

 Churn once a week. As soon as the butter is formed, it is 

 taken out and salted, with ground rock salt, one ounce and a 

 quarter to a pound. In twenty-four hours, it is placed on a 

 pie board and the buttermilk rolled out ; it is then weighed in- 

 to pound lumps, shaped with clappers, and is fit for market. 



Method of Preserving : — A layer of salt is placed in the 

 bottom of an oaken firkin, and a linen cloth laid over it ; the 

 butter is then put in and several thicknesses of linen cloth laid 

 over it, covered with salt, and placed in a cool cellar. 



West Newbury, Sept. 28th, 1852. 



NATHANIEL FELTON'S STATEMENT. 



I present for examination, twenty pounds of September but- 

 ter, marked No. 12, being a sample of seven hundred and 

 seventy-nine pounds, made from the milk of seven cows, from 

 the 20th of May, to the 15th of July ; after that, of eight cows 

 till the 20th of September, having used milk in the family for 

 eight persons. The cows had common pasture till the 1st of 

 August, and were then fed with corn fodder till the present 

 time. 



Process of Making : — The milk is strained into tin pans, 

 and placed in a cool cellar, where it stands from thirty-six to 

 forty-eight hours, when the cream is taken oif and put into 

 tin pails and stirred daily. We churn once a week. During 

 the warmest weather, the cream is hung in the well about 

 twelve hours before churning. After the butter comes, the 



