vol.. XIII. NO. 86. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



ed. Tliere were twenty-seven lots of hulter ex- 

 hibited for premium, as follows ; — 



BUTTER AND CHEESE. 



Offered for premium and examined by CommiiUc, 

 ., . December 3(1, 1834. 



BUTTER. 

 No 1, 6 Tubs, Luther Chamberlain, Westboro', 

 Mass. Very prime and considered by the Com- 

 mittee to be entitled to the second premium of $50. 

 Premium awarded accordingly. 



No. 2, 6 Stone Pots, Samuel Chamberhiin, West- 

 )oro' Mass. This lot the Committee considered 



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j No. 24, 7 Tubs, Henry Sprague, Barre, Mass. 

 Good — not entitled to Premium. 



No. 25, 5 Stone Pots, J. Hunter, New Brain- 

 tree. Good — not entitled to Premium. 



No. 26, 6Tubs,Rich'dHiIdreth,Sterling,Mass. 

 Prime, and very neally put down, worthy of miicli 

 praise and of the 4th Premium $20— awarded ac- 

 cordingly. 



No. 27, .3 Tubs and 1 

 Wbately, Vt. Good as a 

 mium. 



Ba 



Barrel, .lonalhan Wait, 

 lot — not entitled to Pre- 



tent and meaning of the Society to award two pre- 



ot the Committee considererl Prime and fully eii- 

 itled to the 3d Premium of .'i!;30. Premium award- 

 d accordingly. 



No. 4, 2 Tubs, E. D. Rockwood, Southboro' 

 (lass. Good, not entitled to a Premium. 



No. 5, 2 Tubs, Oliver Johnson, Sterling, Mass. 

 )ne firkin very prime, the other good — not entitled 

 J a premium. 



No. 6, 2 Tubs, Samuel Sawyer 2d, Sterling, 

 lass. Good — not entitled to premium. 



No. 7, 8 Tubs, Jude Kimball, Lyndon, Ver- 



miums to the same Dairy. 



No. 29, 2 Tubs 5 Bo.ves, Luther Cbamberlai,,, 

 Mass. Good — not entitled to a Pre- 



Westboro 

 niium. 



CHEESE. 

 16 New, David Parker, Charlestown, N. 



No. 1, 

 11. Fair, 



No. 2, 10 New, Elias Ayres, Barre, Mass. A^ery 

 prime. This lot the Committee considered entitled 



lont. Fair. — The remainder of Mr. Kimball's i to the 2d Premium on New Cheese of $30. Pre 



offered for pre- 



>t consisting of 14 tubs was not 

 lium. 



No. 8, 10 Tubs, Israel Washburn, Reading, Vt. 

 air. 



No. 9, 3 Tubs, Ezra B.Newton, West Boylston, 

 [ass. Prime. This lot the Committee deemed to 

 e worthy the 6tli premium of .*10. Premium 

 warded accordingly. 



No. 10, 12 Tubs, N. Pierce, Ashburnham, Mass. 

 Ordinary. 



No. 11, 2 Tubs, Geo. Dickinson, Deerfield, N. 

 . Fair. 



No. 12, 6 Tubs, Wm.Bachop, Barnet, Vt. This 

 t the Committee considered very prime and justly 

 ilitled to the first premiuui of $100. Premium 

 varded accordingly. — Mr. Bachop had a large 

 t in the ball in addition to that offered for pre- 

 lum which the Committee did not examine. 

 No. 13, 13 Stone Pots, R. P. Worcester, un- 

 lown. Prime — very neatly put down, but not 

 titled to a premium. 



No. 14, 9 Tubs, Gershom Cobb, Woodstock, 

 :. Good as a lot. — 1 Tub ordinary. 

 No. 15, 3 Tubs, Thomas Wrigh't, Sterling, Ms. 

 vo largest tubs considered very prime anA worthy 

 3 5th Premium of $15. Premium awarded ac- 

 rdingly. — The small tub of this lot the Commit- 

 ! called good. 



No. 16, 7 Tubs, David Parker, Charlestown, 

 H. Good, though not entitled to a Premium. 

 No. 17, 7 Tubs, Cloud Harvey, Barnet, Vt. 

 lod, not entitled to any premium. 

 No. IS, 2 Tubs, E. Hapgood, Shrewsbury, Mass. 

 od — not entitled to premium. 

 No. 19, 8 Tubs, N. Gushing, Woodstock, Vt. 

 ime — not entitled to premium. 

 !Vo. 20, 6 Tubs, Jason Chamberlain, Charlton, 

 iss. Fair. 

 No. 21, 6 Tubs 

 ir. 



Smith Taft, Charlton, Mass. 



mium awarded accordingly. 



No. 3, 15 New, D. N. Pierce, New Braintree. 

 Very good. 



No. 4, 17 New, Ebenezer Tidd, New Braintree. 

 Good. 



No. 5, 14 New, John Hunter, New Braintree. 

 Fair. 



No. 6, 14 New, Job Ranger, New Braintree. 

 Fair. 



No. 7, 16 New, Lorenzo Converse, New Brain- 

 tree. Fair. 



No. 8, 12 New, Daniel Hunter, New Braintree. 

 Fair. 



No. 9, 14 New, Iloswell Converse, New Brain- 

 tree. Fair. 



No. 10, 12 New, D. Bacon, Barre. Fair. 

 No. H, 18 New, D. Lee, Barre. Good. 

 No. 12, 17 Old, David Lee, Barre. Good. 



No. 13, 13 Old, J. Matthews, New Braintree. 

 Very good. 



No. 14, 13 Old, D. Hunter, New Braintree.— 

 Prime. This lot the Committee considered to be 

 entitled to the 2d Premium on Old Cheese of $30. 

 Premium awarded accordingly. 



No. 15, 16 Old, Seth Davenport, Mendon — 

 Good. . 



No. 16, 7 Old, Jona. K. Hoyt, Colebrook, Conn. 

 This lot the Committee considered very prime and 

 justly entitled to the lirst premium on Old Cheese 

 of $50. Premium awarded accordingly. 



No. 17, 17 Old, Ebenezer Tidd, New Braintree 

 Good. 



No. 18, 13 New, N. H. Moulton, Gilford, Vt. 

 Very prime. — Tiiis lot the Commitlee considered 

 worthy of the first (jiemium on New Cheese of 

 $50. Premium awarded accordingly 



achop's butter was equal, at least, to Mr. Cham- 

 berlain's, and, from the manner it was put down, 

 appeared more likely to keep. — His dairy is sup- 

 plied from twenty-one cows, kept in tlie usual 

 manner, on grass in summer, and hay and grain 

 in winter,-^the milk kept in tin pans, and churn- 

 ed every morniug if the weather is warm, — the 

 butter-milk is removed by freipicnt washings io 

 water, and four pounds salt and one pound sugar 



used for each hundred weight of butter, packed 



in wooden vessels, and set in a cool place. 



The Committee found no difficulty in awarding 

 the second premium of ,^50 to Luther Cliand>er- 

 lain, of Westboro'. The butter from this dairy has 

 long been celebrated. Mr. C. seems to enter into 

 the true object of this exhibition by furnishing a 

 particular description of the manner in which it i.s 

 manufactured. His letter, though long, is inter 

 esting, as coming from a practical man, and the 

 Committee think they need not apologize for in- 

 serting it entire. 



{For Mr. Chamherlain' s Letter sec Farmer head, p. iiOG.] 

 The Conunittee have inserted Mr. Chamberlaiirs 

 letter at length, as a valuable exposition of tb<s 

 manner in which he makes butter, and as an ex- 

 ample for others to follow. That he pursues tlit: 

 best course in its manufacture they can have but 

 little doubt, and they feel certain that in attending 

 as he does to quality i-ather Jhaii to quantity, \k^ 

 secures at once both reputation and profit. No 

 stronger proof can bo given of this than the fact 

 that his butter which took the second premium 

 sold at auction for a higher price than that lo wliicii 

 tlie Committee awarded the first, which could only 

 be accounted for by the fact that purchasers felt 

 certain that in taking Mr. C.'s butter they obtained 

 a first-rate article, as he suffered none il,;;i was in- 

 ferior to come from his dairy. 



The third premium of ;J30,* was aw.-irded if> 



Benjamin Fay, of Westboro'. The fomtli premium 



was awarded to Richard Hildreth, ol" Sterling. 



The fifih,t to Thomas Wright, of Sterlii g. It is 



but justice to slate that the two largest tiiiis in this 



lot were considered by the Committee as equal t» 



any offered for premium. The sixth pnii};ura was 



awarded to Ezra B. Newton, of West j.oylston. 



There was nothing so i)eculiar in the 



making butter by those who obtained th 



premiums as to command more parlicii 



There were twelve competitors lor the 



on new cheese, and but six on those for 



The Committee found no difficulty in 



the premiums as above stated. There r.' peared, 



however, to be no peculiarities in the i lodes of 



manufacturing adopted l)y the successfi.i competi 



tors, that fleserve particular mention, l-rom the 



experience of this year, your Committee are coii- 



lodes of 

 four last 



tr notice. 



lemiums 



'!d. 

 warding 



Th: 



le Cotnmittee, after a careful examination, 



ivfo 90 R T^ 1 r. c -.u AT u r. • | "'^"ded the first premium to Mr. William Bachop' 



No.22,6T,ibs,O.Smith,New.Hampton. Fair, of Barnet, Vt. It was with some difficulty they 



decided between this lot and one offered by Luther 

 Chamberlain, both of which were very prime. 

 They based their final decision on the fact that Mr. 



No. 23, 7 Tubs, Seth Davenport, Mendon, Mss. 

 me — not entitled to Premium — a want of uni 

 mity. 



vinced of the good efliects produced by t!).; oflfer of 

 these premiums. 



The value of the i)remiums in them:- i- s, the 



opportunity of the manufacturets scllii,;; directly 

 to the consumer with the assurance that the arti- 

 cle is good, pronounced by competent j'Les, and 

 the emulation necessarily produced I \ ' ringing 

 together so many specimens, cannot 1 i liave a 

 great effect in improving the quality ol iJiitler and 

 Cheese brought to this market. 



All which is submitted, for the Committee. 



JOSIAH QUINCY, Jr. 



•Being the first for BuUer under 300 pounds, and ever 100 

 in quantity. 



t Being the first for Butter under 100 pounds in quanlily. 



