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 STATEMENT OF DANIEL SILLOWAY. 



The Cheese which I offer for inspection and premium, fifty- 

 pounds or more, are three taken from an average of sixty, 

 made in July and August, in the following manner: — 



We had nine cows, but used and sold the milk of one. The 

 milk was strained into a tub as soon as drawn from the cows at 

 night, put in rennet sufficient to curdle it in one hour, slice it 

 and let it stand in the tub until morning, then take it up and 

 drain — and the morning's milk the same as the night's — when 

 it is sufficiently drained, it is warmed with water, then the curd 

 is ground in a curd grinder — salt it to my taste with blown salt 

 — put in a hoop and press slowly for two days — taken out, put 

 on shelves in a dark room, and turned and rubbed with butter 

 twice a day. 



FARM IMPLEMENTS, &c. 



The Committee on Farm Implements respectfally report :— 

 That, after public notice, a trial of mowing machines took 

 place near Berry's tavern, in Danvers, on Thursday, the 26th 

 of June, under the auspices of the Essex Agricultural Society, 

 and superintended by the Committee on Farm Implements. 

 At 10 o'clock, the time set, the still frowning aspect of the 

 lingering storm-clouds had deterred many who were anxious to 

 witness the trial, and led the Committee to hesitate whether to 

 adjourn to a finer day, or to proceed. By 1 1 o'clock, however, 

 quite a large number of persons had collected, and the agents 

 of the difierent mowers were already on the ground, desiring 

 to show farmers how easily, handsomely, and economically 



