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widow Lucy Osgood, of Andover; the second premium, 

 of eight dollars, to Isaac Carruth, of Andover. 

 Per order of the Committee. 



JOSEPH HOW, Chairman. 

 Andover, Sept. 28, 1842. 



WILLIAM R. PUTNAM'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on the Dairy : 



Gentlemen — I present for your inspection a pot ol 

 June butter, containing 37 lbs. 



Process of making : — The milk is strained into tin 

 pans ; it stands 48 hours, if the weather is cool ; the 

 cream is then taken off and put into tin pails and stirred 

 occasionally, and a little salt put in. We churn twice 

 a week. When the butter-milk is drawn from it we 

 rinse it thoroughly in cold water ; it is then taken from 

 the churn, worked in part, salted, and a quarter of an 

 ounce of sugar added. In about 24 hours it is again 

 worked and put into the pot. Jt has been kept in the 

 well, during the summer, about 15 feet from the top. 



We have on the farm eleven cows, one of which was 

 farrow last winter, and three of them were heifers with 

 their first calves. The calves were not all sold until 

 the first of July, so that we cannot state precisely what 

 quantity we made per cow The whole quantity made,, 

 from the first of June to the ninth of July, was 262 lbs. 

 We used what milk was necessary for the family. The 

 feed of cows was a common pasture. 



WM. R. PUTNAM. 

 From R. C. Winthrop's farm, 



Wenham, Sept. 26, 1842. 



DANIEL PUTNAM'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on the Dairy : 



Gentlemen — The firkin of June butter presented 

 for your notice contains 50 pounds. 



