Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-09-29
Ft0m tae CuiiIratd,.
ON THE DAIRY HUSBANDRY OF HOL
LAND


The Highland Society Of Scotland, considering
the odVnntascs that might be derived from an at
'Wnuance with the modes Of MANAGING diaries in
Holland offered IN 1881, a premium for the hes.
r'pori unoh ihat subject, founded personal OBJ
ffryal'"n. The premium was subsequently awnrd-
d p" Jonn Mitchell. !" hose report published
IN 1888 We abstract from this repor, such facts
as are likely most To interest our DAIRY farmers md
lead to their improvement We will Barely pre-.
mise, that the products Of the Dutch du,fy, paruc-
ular'y the butter, are n ,ighcr demand lhan tnosc
Of any other country. Vat quaolitl ofbu ter ate
annually exported 10 Buton ,ar y est Indies, &C.
1923 cwt ofbutter, * IG7 9l3cwl of cheese were
brought tom Holland to England IN 1880 Were
the same care taken in manufacturing our butter
which is bestowed IN Holland we should find
brisk foreign demand for al surplus stock But
at present Our butter is inf ror, will not bear trans
portation to a warm climate, and ~ Ill not compete
with hat of Holland
PGtHrcS The pastures in Holland have been
reclaimed from the ocean They fiat, low and
moist, the water IN the small canals dykes always
rising nearly TO the surface They ar Of course
permanent, are seldom broken with the plough
They arc top dressed every third year with COW
house manure mixed with the scrapings Of the
small canals, and the first year after dressing,
served generally for hay
Farmers consider that there grows for the consump
ton Of the COW, from the beginning of spring ill.,
May, l35 purts in June, 90 July, 1875 August,
95; Sept 50 October till winter, so
CoGS are particularly selected for the dairy.
Their price is about .. or l0i scr 90 to i5 dolls. J
They generally fattencd and turned off to the
butcher ats years old, and bulls al four or five The
cows arc TUNED to pasture in March or April and
are at first covered with very thick cloth of tow
rov ring the upper half Of the body from The shout
ders to the tail, to prevent disease from coll. They
are pasured about 80 weeks Hay is Their com
mon food in winter, though rape cake and brewers
grains are sometimes added. The byres or COW
houses arc ger crally lofty, airy, paved with large
81 are bricks, and kept perfectly clean The roof
rs about ten feet nigh. There racks man
gers, but the food placed in cutters, always clean
| near their heads-Guters in their rear serve Il
carry off the urine and dung, and these cutters
also kept clean.
Proccss NJ .Nanufaciurc-Thc cows are always
MIXED by the men, and he butter and cheese made
by tho women generally Of the family Ninety
cows are managed by nine men and two women
! There is generally one man required to ten COWS ;
while two women ara considered enough for "A dal-
ry The farmer reckons that he car make 100
! gullders, about 40 dollars, per annum, by each
| COW.
made in Holland Grass bHtter, made when the
cows are at grass; Wacy bHtter, from the hey OF
sweet milk cheese; and Hay Luiter, made in win
| ter.
! Grass butter. The cows being cnreiully MIXED
to the last drop, the PITCHERS containing tn milk,
arc put INFO the kOcibak, "a description of which
will be found in the preceding article Wien the
cream has been gathered and Is souted and If
there is a sufficient quantity from the number OF
COWS, they churn every "a hours, the churn beng
| half filed with soured cream. A lue boiLlA warm
water is added IN winter to give the whole the
proper degree of heat and IN very warm weather,
the milk IS fist cooled IN the h,cibak cooler H.
small daui les, the milk is sometimes churncd, when
sourcd without separating tie cream. The butter,
immediately after being taken out oilhc churn, is
nut into shallov tub called Il rloot, and carefully
| washed with pure Gel water. II is then worked
with aligh, shrinking of fine salt, whether for i'm
mediate use or the barrel. When the cows have
been three weeks al grass, the butter Is delicious, i
made in faucful shapes Of Lambs, stuck with ,hc
aovcrs Of the poyanlhus, pyramids, &c, and sell
as high as II siiyers, GO or 70 cents, the II
Dutch pound Ii intended for barreng, the butte
is worked up vice or thrice a day, with sof
+ fine salt, for three days, in fat inb, here be
ing about tso pounds Of this sal, allowed for four
teen pcnnis of butter; the butter then hard pack
D ed by Thin layers into casks, which casks arc pre-
yiousIy carefully seasoned and cleaned. They ar
e nlways of oak, we'll smoohed inside Before be
Z np used they are eliowed TO stand three or fou
davs filled with sour whey, and thereafter CAREFUL
washed out and dried Each COW, after being SON