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NEWENGLAND FARMER. 



DECEltlBBR 14, 1836 



tBd with tlie practical details of the maiuifuctiiring 

 process. The comiiiitlee jjave secured Mr Isnard 

 for five years, and he is to own one teutli of the 

 stock of the company. 



The following names have been added to the 

 foregoing committee. The persons are requested 

 •to aid in carrying forward the enterprise. 



H. G. Bowers, Roswell Hubbard, Oliver VVar- 

 ■ ner, H. O. Apthorp, Hiram Ferry, John Frink, 

 Dr J. H. Flint, George Cook, C. Delano, Christo- 

 pher Clarke, George Shepard, Daniel St bbins, 

 Leander Moody, Asahel Lyman, Henry Smith, Dr. 

 David Hunt, Chauncey Clark, Sylvester Judd, 

 John Clarke, Azariah Clapp, John Wright, Elisha 

 Graves, Isaac C. Bates, J. A. Strong, Jonathan 

 Strong, H. K. Starkweather, D. Monroe Clapp, 

 Chester Clark, Theodore Sheldon, John riiillips, 

 Dr. Benjamin Barrett, Natlian Storrs, C. P. Hun- 

 tingdon, Solomon Warner, Samuel Parsons,Thom- 

 as Fomeroy, Luther C. Clark, Samuel Williams, 

 Cecil Dwight, Joseph Warner, W. W; Thompson, 

 Christopher Wright, Henry Shepherd, Elisha 

 Strong, Theodore Clapp. 



^mw assr^siE.iisr®' s^Aias^JSi^a 



BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. DEC. 14, 1836. 



Oj'The Albany Cultivator has not been received 

 The three last numbers are missing. We have looked 

 anxiously for it, as there is no paper among our exchange 

 list, that we estimate liigher. Will Judge Buel favor 

 us with the missing numbers? 



(nF The following important document supersede!, 

 and makes it necessary to postpone an editorial article, 

 prepared for this day's N. E. Farmer. It may not be 

 improper to remark, that all recipients of premiums on 

 Butter for the last two years, are subscribers ^o the A'eio 

 England Farmer, and we will add our belief, that if 

 Cultivators more generally subscribed to our sheet, or 

 some other periodical devoted to their interests, success 

 ■would oftener attend their efforts. — Editor. 



BUTTER. 



No. or I 



Lots. 



.Naiima of Ilie 

 competiror.-s. 



f l.ice of 

 residence 



Remarks. 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICU1.TCRAI, SOCIETY, 



REPORT ON BUTTER AND CHEESE. 



The Committee of the Massachusetts Society for the 

 promotion of Agriculture, consisting of E. Hersy Derby, 

 and Josiah Quincy, Jr., assisted by Isaac P. Davis, John 

 Heard, Thomas Davis and N. P. Thompson, Xsqrs. ; 

 having carefully examined the Butter and Cheese, and 

 the «evernl atateraents made in writing, by the claimants 



for premiums, of the following particulars, viz : For 



Butter : the number of Cows kepi on these farms: the 

 mode of keeping; the lreat[uent of the milk and cieam 

 Tjefore churning; the mode of churning, winter and 

 summer ; the measures adopted to ctpress the Butter- 

 milk ; the quantity and sort of salt employed ; whether 

 aaltpetre, or any other substances have been used in the 

 process; the best time for churning snd keeping buttor 

 in hot weather; and the best mode of preserving it in 

 -and through the summer and winter, and in what ves- 

 -«els. For Cheese : the mode of making the same ; and 

 the following particulars, viz : — The number of Cows 

 kept ; whether the Cheese is made from the process of 

 ■one, two, or more milkings; whether any addition is 

 •made of cream ; the quantity and sorr of salt used ; and 

 -the quantity o( rennet ; the mode of pressure : and the 

 itreatmeut of the cheese afterwards : Report as ful- 

 'iows: — 



9 

 10 



11 

 12 



13 



14 



15 



16 

 17 



18 



Oliver Johnson, 

 A. Brock, 

 T. Wright, 

 Cloud Harvey, 

 R. Hddreth, 



Sterling, 

 Barnet, Vt 

 Slerling, 

 Barnet, Vt 

 Sterling, 



N. Cuihing, 



E. Hapgood, 



T. Fisher, 



B. & J. Lynde, 



B. Fay, 



L. Chamberlin, 

 L. Chamberlin, 



Wm. Bachop, 



Robert Gibson, 

 D. Fairchild, 



G, Denny, 

 E. B. Newton, 



E. H.Derby, 



Fair. 



Wood- 

 stock, Vt 

 Shrews- 

 jury, Ms 

 Uurke Vt. Good 

 .iuilfo.d, 



Vt. 

 Soutli- 

 Doro', Ms 



Ordinary. 



Ordinary. 



Ordinary. 



Fair. 



Prime. — One or two 

 tubs not quite so 

 good as the residue, 

 but taken as a lot, 

 the coramilt-ee were 

 unanimously of o- 

 pinion that it deser- 

 ved the third pre- 

 mium, and have a- 

 warded it accor- 

 dingly. 



Fair. — One or two 

 tubs very good. 



Barne:,Vt 



Very good. — One or 



two kegs prime. 

 Very good.- — 1 firkin 

 very prime, and e- 

 qual in quality to 

 any exhibited. 

 VVestboro Goo.l. 

 Westborovery prime.— This 

 lot the committee 

 were of opinion, 

 was cntilled to the 

 2d premium, anda- 

 warded it accor- 

 dingly. 

 Very prime — Of su- 

 perior flavor and 

 very uniform. Mr 

 Bachop had a large 

 lot of i?utier in the 

 hull. But six tubs 

 were however, of- 

 fered for premium 

 The lot thus offer- 

 ed appeared to the 

 committee to be far 

 superior to any oth- 

 er Butter in the 

 hall, and they were 

 unanimous in a- 

 warding to Mr B. 

 {hnfrst premium. 

 The Committee, 

 with a view to rg. 

 certain the unifor- 

 mity of Mr Bach- 

 op's butter, exam- 

 ined several of the 

 firkins in the lot 

 not offered for 

 premium, and are 

 happy to stale that 

 the result was 

 highly satisfacto- 

 ry- 



Ryegttte, Very ordinary. 

 Curtis- This lot was put up 

 ville, with a great deal 



of taste and care, 

 but the quality of 

 the butter was not 

 very good. 

 Good. 

 Fair. 



-^ _ — r- 



,. c 



Westboro 



VV Boyl: 



ton, 



VVinni- 



pi.seogee 



lake.N.H 



Good —2 tubs very 

 good. 



The Committee regret extremely, that notwithstand- 

 ing the liberal encouragement offered bv the .Society, 

 the quantity and qualily of the Butter exhibited this 

 year, does not equal that of former years; with the ex- 

 ception in point of qualily of the lot to which the first 

 premium has been awarded. They also regret to find 

 ■ ?veral lots of Butter placed here for examination, which 



• Wo shall insert Mr B's letter In our next. 



they have reason to believe from the inferior quality, 

 were only intended by the owner or exhibitor to be sold 

 under the auspices of the Society, hoping thus to obtain 

 a greater price than the article would obtain elsewhere. 

 They cannot suppose the owners or exhibitors of lots 

 No. 1,2,3, and 14, are so ignorant of the quality of but- 

 ter, as to suppose for a moment, that they could obtain 

 a premium on such an article as they have exhibited. 

 The Committee are therefore unanimously of opinion, 

 that the four lots above named, viz. 1, 2, 3, and 14, are 

 unfit to be offered to the community by auction, under 

 the auspices of the Society, and do therefore reject them. 

 After selecling the three lots upon which premiums 

 have been awarded, viz, lots 12, 11, J, the committee 

 could not with propriety, award the fourth premium to 

 any other lot in the hall — they have therefore awarded 

 only the ihree first. 



No new process of managing the milk or cream ap- 

 pears in any of the slalements of the claimants. 

 CHEESE. 



No. of I 

 lots. 



Named of 

 Competitors. 



riace of 

 redidence. 



Remarks. 



9 

 10 



T. Fislier, 



T. Fisher, 



B. & J. Lynds, 

 Eben. Field, 



Oavid Lee, 



Elias Eayres, 



David Lee, 

 D. Hunter, 



J. Matthews, 



H. Brewer, 



Burke, Vt. 



Burke, Vt 



Guilford, 

 N. Brain- 

 tree, 

 Barre, 



Barre, 



Barre, 



N. Brain- 

 tree, 



N. Brain- 

 tree, 



Framing- 

 ham, 



Aew. — Very prime. 

 This lot the com- 

 mittee considered 

 the best lot of new 

 Cheese exhibited, 

 and accordingly 

 awarded to Mr. 

 Fisher the 1st pre- 

 mium. 



Old. — Very prime. 

 I'his lot being in 

 the opinion of the 

 committee supe- 

 rior to any oiber 

 offered they awar- 

 ded lo Mr Fi.sher 

 the 1st premium. 



.Vew. — Very good. 



JVcio. — Prime. 



Old — Very prime. 

 This lot ihe com- 

 mittee deemed 

 worthy the second 

 premium on old 

 Cheese and awar- 

 ded It accordingly. 



jYciD. — Very prime. 

 This lot the com- 

 mittee cons dercd 

 next in quality to 

 lot No. 1, and 

 therefore awarded 

 to Mr Eayres the 

 2d premium for 

 new Clieese. 



J\'ew. — Prime. 



JVew. — Good. 



OM.— Prime. 



JVcu! — Prime. 



I 



The quantity of Cheese offered this year, does not 

 quite come up to some years; only 5 lots of old, and 7 

 of new. But the committee are gratified to have it in 

 their power to state, that the quality of that now exhib- 

 ited, by far exceeds th.it of any former exhibition ; and 

 it was with much difficulty that they could decide be- 

 tween the lots; but after a minute and very careful ex- 

 amination, they were unanimous in awarding the pre- 

 miums as before stated. There appeared to be quite a 

 large lot of both old and new cheese in the hall, put up 

 in boxes marked " J. E. Hoyt;" but the owners or ex- 

 hibitors not having complied with the rules and regula- 

 tions of the Society, with regard lo entry, &c. the com- 

 mitltee did n t examine it. 



E. Herst Debbv, Per Order. 



Boston, December Sth, 1836. 



