Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-01-11
From the Farmers Magazine.
WILLOW BANK DAIRY.


WILLOW BANK DAIRY.
The commencement of this dairy arose
from an incidental circumstance, The
proprietor had erected an extensive estab-
lishment of hot an cold baths (Which were
much wanted by the community, none hav.-
ing been in the city OF Glasgow before
and some inyalids who attended them, ex-
pressed wish to have warm milk after the
bath.
The proprietor sent one of the cows from
his villa to be MIXED at the baths. This
was no sooner known, than there was a
crowd from the city waiting for the milking
of the COW. which led to inquiries, the re-
suit of which was, that Glasgow, las well
as many other towns, had a scanty supply
of new milk, and the quality inferior. As
Mr. Harley mad an extensive manufactu-
ring concern, besides the newIy-erected
batls, and some other smaller matters to
attend to, many difficulties stood ia the way
of his engaging with dairy, especially as
he had resolved, not only to have the milk
given entire but also to have the COW house,
COWS, and milk, kept in more clearly
state than ny the usual mode.
These objects have been at last attained
and the system is now carried on with ease
and advantage and the citizens have genu-
ine new milk at six-pence Scots pint, or
three-pence quart.
The COW house is fitted up on new con-
strticton. The cattle stand in rows, twelve
I'm a row, across the house, head and head,
tail and tail, alternately.
There is passage behind tor cleaning,
and one in front for feeding.
There is a wire grating, hung like win
dow sash, in front of Zach cow, which lit,
no when giving the soft TODD and cleaning
the cribs. and is put down when they get
hay, &c.
1t is well know that milk easily takes
taste from any other substance; OF course,
Ii the COW house is filed with bad air, the
mix while passing from the teat TO the pail
and during the tune it may stand m the
house. will be impregnated with the toul
atm"S obere.
MIR. III rev has made many experiments IN
feeding and preparing the food, and by the
mode lie now follows, the cattle tsttsned
AMI milk better than by the ordinary process
ami the milk has no taste from lurnips or
other Tcgeta hies.
The arrangement for milking insuleS the
COWS TO be clean MIXED, AMI also prevents
fraud: and the mode of locking up The milk
AM at the same time of admitting air, pre-
ven's adul'eration by the retailer:
The average stock, for some time back,
has hceh l20 milk cows, averaging hye or
six SCOTS pints each per day, or eleven Eng,
Hsh quarts over head but bC,h quality ana
qaan,ity depend much upon tue KIND OF
food.
With regard TO food. During summer,
The cows are chiefly fed with cut grass and
green barley, mixed with old hay and du-
ring winter, Mr., Harley uses good many
turaips aud potatoes, all OF which are steam
cd. and mixed with cat hay ani straw; also
d al and distiiery wash, when these can be
got -,
than supplies the demand, part is put in the
mill aouse till next day, when the skinned
milk is sold at half price, (tor which there
is great demand, ) and the cream sold at 81.
peT Scots pint. When any cream Is lett, 1t
i mt INTO churn, and made into butter,
once week or fortnight.
A table of regulations has been adopted
for the times of feeding, milking, curryIng
the cattle. cleaning the house, &c, Each
ner.on has currycomb and hair cloth Tor
cleaning he cows twice day, mop and
pail ior The house. which is washed and
sarAed twice day.
The c.eanly stale Of the cattle and house
makes il treat for visitors to see the es.
tab ;shneni and the way the vessels and
mix house are kept, have made some peo-
pie fond Of milk who were disguised al it,
from the mauner in which many town dai-
ries are conducted.