30 DAIRY. 



the wants of our community, can inevitalily reap a rich harvest 

 from their proximity to our ready markets. The products of good 

 farming, especially of the Dairy, probably secure better prices than 

 any other branch of common industry. 



CHARLES H. BIGELOW, Chairman. 



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RICHARD S. ROGERS' STATEMENT. 



This box of Butter, containing 15 lbs., was made the present 

 month of September, from milk promiscuously taken from eleven 

 cows — was churned by one of Messrs Ruggles, Nourse, Mason & 

 Go's Churns, No. 4. The cream stood 48 hours after being 

 skimmed before churning. The pans used were common tin, 14 

 inches across and 6 inches deep. 



The cows were fed on grass and no other food given them what- 

 ever. 



Danvers, Sept. 27th, 1854. 



DANIEL G. TODD'S STATEMENT. 



I present for examination a box of September Butter, containing 

 19 pounds, being a sample of 798 pounds, and 800 quarts of milk, 

 equal to 89 pounds of butter, making 887 pounds of butter, made 

 from nine cows, from the 20th of May to the 25th of September. 

 The cows have been kept upon common pasture feed till August 

 25th ; then fed by an addition of corn fodder. 



Method of Making. — The milk is put in tin pans, in the 

 cellar, where it remains from thirty-six to forty-eight hours, then 

 skimmed. Churning is done once a week. The butter is rinsed in 

 pure water, then worked by hand until the butter-milk is completely 

 worked out ; then seasoned with one ounce of salt, one teaspoonful 

 of loaf sugar to the pound. 



Rowley, September 27th, 1854. 



CHARLES P. PRESTON'S STATEMENT. 

 I offer for premium one box of September Butter, containing 15 



