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DAIRY. 



The Committee on the Dairy beg leave to make the following 



report. 



For Butter the premiums are recommended to be awarded as 



follows : 



Sample No. 3, offered by Mrs E. Howard, Andover, 1st prem. $7,00 

 " " 9, " R. S. Rogers, Danvers, 2d " 6,00 



" " 1, " Dan'l G. Todd, Rowley, 3d " 5,00 



" ." 7, " C. P. Preston, Danvers, 4th " 4,00 



" " 5, " Elijah Pope, " 5th " 3,00 



" " 8, " C. Nelson, Georgetown, 6th " 2,00 



" " 6, " M. A. Ordway, W. New'y,7th " 1,00 



T'or Cheese, as follows ; three specimens only presented ; two 



excellent — all good. 



Sample No. 2, offered by H. N. Phelps, Lawrence, 1st prem. $7,00 

 " " 1, " " Jona. Berry, Middleton, 2d " 6,00 

 " " 3, " " Mrs. W.Cross, Methuen, 5th " 3,00 



Some samples of Bread of domestic manufacture were also sub- 

 mitted to this committee, for which they award the following gra- 

 tuities : 

 For Bread made solely from flour, salt and water, to Mrs. White, 



of Lawrence, $1?25 



For Bread made with yeast, to Mrs. Catharine O'Sullivan, 



of Lawrence. 1,00 



For Bread made with milk, to Agnes E. Bartlett, of 



Methuen, (12 years of age.) ,75 



For Flour Bread, to Mary P. Hamlet, (13 years of age.) ,50 



Fov Bread made of flour, salt and water, to Mrs. G. W. 



Potter, of Lawrence. ,50 



For Flour Bread, to Mrs. B. Johnson, of Nahant. ,50 



Also, a gratuity of $1,00 to Mrs. E. N. Walton, of Lawrence, 



for a jar of Pickles made from seed cucumbers, having a full 



receipt for the manufacture attached. 



The committee have been unable to make any award of the So- 

 ciety's very attractive premiums offered in the third and fourth 

 articles under the head of Dairy, as no competitors appeared for 

 them. This is greatly to be regretted. The objects aimed at in 

 these articles are among the most desirable that can be attained on 

 a farm, viz : 1st, How to produce the greatest quantity of milk 

 from a given number of cows at the least expense ; and 2d, How 

 >to produce the greatest quantity of butter from the le'ast amount of 



