Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-06-22
AGRICULTURAL.
FARU, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

FARU, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
DAIRY FARMING IN DENMARK. Mr.
John Wilson, in his report on the Dan
ish Agricultural Exhibition at Aarhus
published in an official blue hook, urg
es the importance of introducing q reg
ular system of accounts into the man
lagement of dairy farms, which, he says
is done IN Denmark, where the old ar
bitrary ''rule of thumb" has been quite
done away with. Mr.. Frus, Danish
farmer, showed MIR. Wilson his ''Dairy
Register Sheet" Our countryman ex
pressed his fears that any attempt to in.
trOduce such an elaborate system ofanal
ysis into our own dairy farms would
have a very serious mental effect upon
Jour dairymaids, which would at once
stop orr proceedings. He replied that
on showing it to his own head dairy.
maid, she burst into tears and contin-
ued in "a very distressed state of mind
for full week afterWard. As she re.
gained her cOmpOsnre, n few figures
were seen chalked on the board; these
rapidly increased, until they reached
the last column, when she acknoWl-
edged freely the value of the daily de-
| tails, which testified IT, her own skill
while recording her daily returns, and
declared that she wOuld never take the
management of any other dairy, unless
she had the comfort and protection of
similar arrangement. From that day
the success of Messrs. Frus 4 Sege-
leke's DAIRY Register" was assured,
and it is now finding its way into all
| = l. A.
establishments OF the larger proprietors
| (Mr. Wilson cOntinues) form quite lit.
tie colonies in themselves. The dwell
ling-house is necessarily of capacious
size, and is replete with every comfort
and convenience, while the same roof
not only shelters the master and
his family, but also his numer-
ous daily and farm dependents.
The single men live in the house, the
married men have cottages ut the
| homestead, and IN most cases have GER
tain daily rations of food allowed to
them. Those who live in the house
have meat four days in the week, and
about one pound of butter and one
pound Of cheese per week each. Beer
is given at the rate of abOut $50 gal
Ions per head per annum. The annual
cost per head depends mainly upon the
house keeper, and ranges generally be-
tween 100 aud 100 rix dalers per an
mum. In addition to their keep, they
receives from GO to 20 rix dalers for
their labor. The head dairymaids live
i'm the hense, and receive from 100 TO
$50 riX dalers year; they are allowed
also to take one or more pupils, ac-
cording to the size of the dairy, with
each of whom they receive fec of 20
rix dalers, which rs paid by the Royal
Agricultural Society. The pupils SUI
perintend the milking, and take part in
all the dairy manipulahOns. The milk
ing, cleaning and general labor of the
dairy is done by staff of women help
ers, at the rate of one Tor each 20 cows
in milk. The COWS are kept for the SIX
winter months in the byTes, and for the
rest of the year MAY to October) in
the field. The general practice is to
picket them singly over the field, shift
mo them from three to six times each
day, as the keep may render necessary,
and leading them TO water twice or
thrice a day. On some farms as at
Ourripgaard, they are kept picketed
until September aud then allowed to
run loose; but very rarely indeed is the
practice mt Gieddesdale followed of al
| lowing them to wander oyer the pas
fnras and craze aL will: and yot th al
would appear the more rational treat
ment, as "A forced exposure to the sun
aud blasts of variable climate, with
out shelter or the means of protection
| from insect annoyance, must more or
1 n -lr g.. - -
its health, and thus disturb its natural
secretions. In either case, whether
picketed or loose, they are always at
tended by the herdsiaan, who has the
entire charge of them. The milking
takes place twice a day, at about 4 80
"A. IN. and $50 p. m. In the winter the
milk is allowed TO stand from "a to 20
hours; it is then skinned and the but
ter made from the cream. In the sum
mer the milk is churned fresh, and al
ways gives IA better return both IN re
gard to quantity and flavor of bntter
than when made from cream.
FAST HORSES. In years gone by, the
attention of agricultural papers, agri-
culturalsOcietles, and breeders of horses,
has been directed To speed AS the stan
dard of excellence in horse, and pre-
miums have been awarded npOn trial
of speed over the race course. and the
stock of some ''sweep stakes" has been
sought after, not by spOrtsmen and
fancy dealers only, but by farmers. as
if speed were the only thing needn't,
or at least the one which insured every
other desirable quality in horse.
Now the fact is, that while free.
rapid gait is a very desirable quality in
a carriage horse, it is not especially de
sirable any where else, aud run is
never desirable, except when going for
a doctor at a distance in some extreme
emergency, and then n man would
never lend his So, 600 race horse to go.
To speak plainly, high speed is culti-
waited and considered especially valua-
BILE only for purposes of gGmbtiRg- not
upon the small scale of u twenty-five
cent game at poker, but upon that dig
nified respectable scale In which the
stakes run up to hundreds and thou
sands of dollars.
| What is il that gives the racer or fast
trOtter such prodigiously enhanced
price over another worth twice as much
for any practical nse? NOIhing but the
prospect that he will win money for
his owner upon the race cOnrse. III
holly chased by Indians or by one of
those prairie fires that we read of,