ON THE DAIRY. 76 



AMOS SHELDEN's STATEIVIENI'. 



To the Committee on the Dairy. 



Gentlemen — The three boxes marked A. S. 

 contain forty two pounds of butter, it being the pro- 

 duce of eight cows and four heifers for ten days, 

 ending the 27th of the present month. The cows 

 have been kept upon common pasture only; all of 

 them had calves in the spring; there was nothing 

 peculiar in the management of the milk and cream, 

 or in making the butter, the milk being kept in tin 

 and earthen pans, and skimmed after standing 

 forty eight hours, and the cream kept in earthen 

 pots until churned, after which it is immediately 

 washed twice in pure water, and then salted; after 

 remaining twelve hours is worked over until all the 

 buttermilk is extracted. 



Yours respectfully, 



AMOS SHELDEN. 



Beverly, September 30, 1840. 



JOHN PRESTONS STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on the Dairy. 



Gentlemen — The butter which I offer for the 

 society's premium is in two stone pots, one parcel 

 of which was made in June, the other in September. 

 The quantity contained in each exceeding twenty 

 five pounds. The milk was kept in tin pans on the 

 bottom of a deep cellar, paved with smooth stone, 

 and permitted to stand as long before skimming as 

 possible, without becoming sour. The cream was 

 then taken off, put into stone jars, and placed in a 

 brick vault, two feet below the cellar bottom. This 



