Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1868-10-30
Queen Yictoria's Model Farm.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia Buz

A correspondent Of the Philadelphia Buz-
letia writes from London:
During the long drouth, when every blade
of grass was burned to a dead brown, and the
cattle had no heritage to feed on, milk and
butter were scarce, and the famous Devon
shire clotted cream could not be found. But
we Americans went to headquarters. The
model farm, laid out and completed under
the supervision of the late Prince Consort,
is about mile from Windsor Castle. At
the main lodge we received of the daughter
of the keeper permit TO visit the dairy.
Approaching beautiful cottage, as We
supposed, in the center Of a large garden,
not at the bottom Of hill, under hazel
tree, by running stream, we could not i'm
agine dairy on dry, level plain. But
entering the vestibule, lined with marble
half way, and frescoed above with beautiful
designs, we rang a bell, which was immedi-
ately answered by woman pastmiddle age
and neatly dressed, one of the Queens IA
vorite servants. She ushered us into room
about thirty feet square, the roof supported
by six octagonal columns Of white marble,
with richly carved capitals. The floors were
of white porcelain tiles, the windows stained
glass, bordered with May blossoms, daisies,
buttercups, and primroses. The doors were
lined with tiles Of porcelain Of a delicate
blue tint, with rich medallions inserted Of
the Queen, Prince Consort and each of the
children Shields, monograms ofthe Royal
family and bas-reliefs ofthe agricultural de-
signs, representing the seasons, completed
the ornamentation Of this exquisite model
dairy All around the walls ran a marble
table, and through the center two long ones,
supported by posts resting on basins
through which runs perpetual stream Of
spring water. By this means the slabs Of
table are always cold, and the temperature
of the dairy is. chill, while the white and
gilt China milk and butter dishes resting on
the tables are never placed in water. We
drank the delicious milk, just brought in
bright metal buckets, lined with porcelain,
the Queens monogram and crest glittering
on the brass plates on the covers. In the
room where the butter was made, milk skim
med and strained, we feasted our eyes on
the rows Of metal porcelain-lined cans of ey-
cry size, made to lock, and sent to the roy
al family even as far as Scotland so they
always have good milk and butter. The
churn was Of metal also, and lined with por-
celain, made in two compartments. The
outside chamber surrounding the cylinder
could have warm or cold water poured in to
regulate the coming Of the butter" without
disturbing the cream. The lid was screwed
on, and the stationary stand on which the
whole was turned, made the work easy and
rapid But while over sixty COWS are daily
MIXED and as many more are out grazing,
the royal family are more than satisfied, and
the Londoners more than dissatisfied to see
rolls Of golden butter and cans Of cream sold
from the model farm, for saving money for
the Queen! [ know the butter is sold, for
we breakfasted on it this morning, and we
paid for it, not as a bride, but a regular
market bargain at the dairy.