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GEORGE dodge's STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on the Dairy: 



Gentlemen, — I present for your inspection, one box of June but- 

 ter, containing 25 lbs., being a specimen of 132 lbs. made between 

 the 1st of June and 9th of July, from 5 cows; also, 2 boxes of Sep- 

 tember butter, containing 27 lbs., being a specimen of 405 lbs, made 

 between the 20th of May and 20th of September, from the same 

 cows. Their feed has been common pasture until August; since 

 then, the pasture being very poor and dry, we have fed them night 

 and morning with green corn fodder, which was raised for the pur- 

 pose. 



Process of Making. The milk is strained into tin pans, where it 

 stands from 36 to 48 hours. It is them skimmed, and the cream 

 put into tin pails, standing on the bottom of the cellar; a little salt 

 is put into the pails before putting in the cream, which at the times 

 of addition is stirred. We churn twice a week. The butter-milk is 

 thoroughly worked out by hand, no water being used for that pur- 

 pose. In warm weather the cream is lowered into the well the 

 night before churning. Immediately after the butter-milk is work- 

 ed out, the butter is salted with an ounce of ground rock salt to the 

 pound, and in about 24 hours it is again worked over. 



N. B. The June butter is packed down in layers of five pounds 

 each, and salt sprinkled between, the top is covered with salt, and 

 the pot is set on the bottom of the cellar. 



Yours, respectfully, 



G, W. DODGE. 



Wenham, Sept. 24th, 1845. 



BENJAMIN T. LANES STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on the Dairy : 



Gentlemen, — I offer for your judgment one pot of June butter, 

 containing 25 lbs, and two boxes of September butter, containing 

 34 lbs, being a specimen of 475 lbs, made between the 20th of May 

 and the 20th September, from the milk of eight cows, one of them 

 commencing the middle of July. We have sold, in addition to this, 

 291 gallous of milk, and 12 quarts of cream, besides using milk for 

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