North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-08-19
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ONE DAYS woRKoN DAIRY FARM

Thinking it might interest the reader to
know what amount of work may be accom-
plished on large dairy farm, where every
thing is systemzed, in a single day, we have
obtained from Colonel Pratt's farmer, Cap
tain Newcomb, the following account Of la
Dor performed with accompanying results,
on his dairy farm, (Which produces 10000
pounds Of butter yearly on the first day Of
July. The persons employed consist of
three men, three women and three boys,
who rise at half past four o'clock A. m. The
days work for the men and b)ys commenc-
es, lst, by driving in from pasture ninety
cows, and putting them i'll the stable ready
to milk 2d, feeding and watering hor ses
bulls, calves, 40 hogs, 130 turkies AMI l20
chickens.
Milking cows begins at 6 o'clock and fin
ishes at u o'clock The cows are then let
out to pasture, the stables cleaned and ev
erything ready for field work at 81 O'Clock,
when the wedding Of the carrots and hoeng
of corn and potatoes commences. Between
IL A NJ. aud P. NJ. three swarms of bees
$50 hives) have been hived. Dinner at IL
M; after dinner the horses sc. are fed and
watered, and all is ready for field work at
half.past O'Clock. At four o'clock start for
the cows and at i've o'clock they are all sta :
bled. ready, or milking. Supper at five
o'clock, and at half past five milking com :
mences-m milking. fnished-sixty pals full
are carried to the dairy. At seven o'clock
the cows are let out Of the yard add driven
to their night pasture. The stables are then
cleared, the horses, bulls, calves, hogs and
poultry fed, and irkins opened.
We have, so far, given an account of the
mems work done, we now proceed to the fe =
male management of the dairy Three wo-
men are employed, two in the dairy room
and one atShousework. The days work be-
gins by the two skimmng milk, while the
third prepares the breakfast for ST a'clock
Milking begins at 6 o'clock. and is finished
ana the milk carried in by = O'Clock. The
quantity of milk obtained this morning was
631 quarts, equal in weight to 4,228 pounds.
When the milk is brought into the milk
room it is strained into large cans, then dip
ped by the two women and the two boys,
and put into pans and placed upon the milk
racks, and while the milk pals, cans and
strainers are being washed the churns we'll
filed with cream. two in number, each the
size of barrel, and worked by water pow
er, are set to work. The number of pans of
milk skinned this day is 500. Near to the
ehurns, and in the churn room, is wooden
tunnel, in the bottom Of which is trough
leading under ground to the hog pen,i and as
fast as the pans are skinned the refuse milk
is emptied into this tunnel and by the trough
conveyed into a milk reservoir in the hog
pen, from which the hogs are fed as required
The cream skinned from these 500 pans OF
milk made 123 pounds Of butter. The newly
made butter is now salted, the milk house
scrubbed, the pans and churns washed and
carried out to the ar an1 sun to dry.
Next in order is the working and packing
Of the butter churned the day previous -
Hot water is now put in the firkn last open
ed, and brine is changed from one firkn to
the other, and the empty frkin rubbed with
fine salt and got ready to receive the packed
butter. 1t is now FIVE o'clock in the after
noon, and all hands go 70 supper; and at half
past five O'Clock the milking commences, and
by seven o'clock has been carried in the milk
room. Then follow the dipping and putting
into pans and placing the pans on the rack
as before stated, and this by the washing o:
the pals and strainers, and at eight O'Clock
the work Of the day is done This day (Ju-
iy lst.) from nine COWS one hundred and
eleven pounds Of butter was Pratts.
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