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entitled her to the second premium, had her statement 

 been sufficient to have brought her claim within the 

 rules of the society ; but as the cheeses were large, fair 

 and good, and managed by a young lady of only seven- 

 teen, the committee recommend to her a gratuity of 

 five dollars. Which is respectfully submitted. 



For the Committee, 



DEAN ROBINSON. 

 Georgeloum, Sept. 29, 1841. 



JOSHUA LOVETT'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on the Dairy : 



Gentlemen — I present for your inspection a firkin of 

 butter, containing thirty-three pounds, made in the 

 month of June, it being a part of the butter from the 

 milk of four cows, which had no other feed than a com- 

 mon pasture. The milk was preserved in a dairy cellar, 

 well lighted and ventilated, and used exclusively for the 

 purpose of the dairy ; it was strained into tin pans, the 

 pans w^ell scalded each time they were used, and kept 

 tW'Cnty-four hours, when the cream was separated, while 

 the milk w^as perfectly sweet, and put in tin vessels, and 

 occasionally stirred. It was churned twice each week, 

 and w^hen the butter was gathered, it was separated 

 ii-om the buttermilk and washed in pure cold water, and 

 wrought with the hands ; the washings repeated until 

 the buttermilk was thoroughly extracted, so that the 

 water was clear. Then it was salted in part, and set ia 

 a cool place in the cellar, or suspended in the w^ell un- 

 til the next day, when it was worked again with the 

 hands, and salted to the taste with fine salt sifted through 

 a sieve, and set in the cellar twenty-four hours, then 

 packed down into the firkiti in layers, sprinkling a little 

 salt between each, and leaving a space around the sides 

 of the firkin of half an inch until full ; the space around 

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