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that this is owing to the fine pasturage which is to be found in Ches- 

 hire and its vicinity ; to the particular care which is taken of the 

 cows ; and the system of high feeding adopted. But it shows 

 conclusively that the cows are capable of bring brought to this 

 productive yield ; and the feed and management are matters which 

 can be adopted any where. 



V. AMOUNT OF DAIRY PRODUCE. 



This matter of the dairy is an affair of such great agricultural im- 

 portance, that I deem it best to go more at large into it, though 

 I must here refer to some facts, which properly belong to the report of 

 other counties. To evince fully the importance of this interest 

 I have been at pains to procure, with as much accuracy as possible 

 in the case, the actual produce of this branch of husbandry in two or 

 three towns, and here give it to the public. It will be understood, 

 that this is independent of supplies of butter consumed in the families, 

 of which no account was kept, and for which, therefore, nothing is 

 credited. 



The first is the account of the produce of the town of Cheshire, 

 for 1838. The number of cows kept, the pounds of new milk 

 cheese and skim milk cheese made and sold, the amount of cheese 

 used, and the amount of butter sold are all given. I have the 

 names of all the farmers, whose produce is here reported, but deem 

 it most acceptable to these gentlemen to withhold them. 



1 . Cheshire. 



