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DIARY. 



The Committee on the Diaiy have attended to their duty 

 and report : — 



There were 1 1 entries of butter, and only 2 of cheese ; ten 

 of the competitors for the premium on butter complied with 

 the rules of the Society, in giving a statement of the process of 

 making, and one did not. The butter was generally good, 

 although in one or two instances the butter-milk was not all 

 worked out, and a few samples were rather salt. 



The Committee noticed several lots salted to the taste, and 

 as people's tastes differ_, that might be a reason for the differ- 

 ence in the butter. , 



The Committee award the first premium of $8.00, for but- 

 ter, to Sarah S. Ridgway, of West Newbury. 



The second premium of $6.00 to Dean Holt, of Andover. 



The third premium of " Harris's Illustrated Work on In- 

 sects." to Mrs. Farnham Stiles of Middleton. 



The samples of cheese were very good, and the Committee 

 regret that there were not more entries. They award the first 

 premium of $8.00 to N. W. Moody, of Newbury. 



The second premium of $6.00 to Daniel Silloway, of West 

 Newbury. 



JONAS HOLT, 



JAMES CHAMBERLAIN, I p 

 NATHANIEL ANNABEL, ^ ^^^^^"ttee. 

 JOHN A. PUTNAM, 



STATEMENT OF SARAH L. RIDGWAY. 



I present for premium 15 pounds of September butter, made 

 in the following manner : — 



The milk was strained into nicely scalded tin pans, and al- 

 lowed to remain thirty-six hours in a ventilated cellar, then 

 skimmed into tin pails, stirred morning and evening for two 

 days, when it was churned, washed in cold water, and salted 



