Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-09-16
A California Dairy.

California to the San Francisco Bulletin.
show. what intelligence. and enterprise
will accomplish nnder seemingly unfavor
able circumstances. Three years ago &.
) Abbott emisrsied Ia. the valley Of the
Salinas with few head ct stock. mostly
mich cows. and very little money. He
purchased a league OF lard. morgaged It
for the payment. and went Ia WORK. Feo-
PIE wot dcred hat he was going TO do. for
II vas the tradiiionsry belief that the land
OF the Salinas plsins was Of no account.
and many predicted utter ruin 20 the en-
ierprise But Abbott went bravcly TO
wo.k fencing and diiching and building
and boring for water. An army OF me-
,hsnics and lsborers was employed and
great changes were soon wrought on the
rancho AT the expiration of year Mr..
A. sold a thousand acres OF his league and
realized sufficient to paw % his mortgage
and realm 1000 acres unincumber Ell. This
il the Abbott y airy" where 800 cows are
now MIXED. though not all at one place
There are three separate dairics on the
rancho. two OF them running $50 COWS
.r.j.ce and the other 400. The main dairy
employs . men and turns out 300 pounds
OF butter per day. The branch dsiries
employs II men each. The dairy house
on the home dairy istwo and n half stories
high. the basement Of stone. with cement
flooring. and the upper portion filled In
with concrete. The building is 70 feet BY
% vide.
The milking yard adjoins house. and in
il ia hopper with q connecting pipe run
ming TO the reservoir In the dairy
house. Into this hopper the milk
s poured rs fast as drawn from the cows.
This reserve is made Of zinc. and il in
closed in another Of like mater al. viii 3
space Of abort twoinch~s intervening. This
space ia filled with wafer from two stop
cocks which furnish warm or cold water.
This reservoir. then 10 = cooler or heater
temperature regulslor-reducing the
milk 10 . certain necessary Temperature
before is placed in the pans. To secure
The proper temperature nj all seasons
steam pipes run Nil around the horse.
while foot Of saw-du.t lays In the ceiling
Of the pan room TO ke-p ont the heat OF
cold. as the case nav de- The upper part
Of The building is u-ed for storing butter
frkins butter cloth. &c. The basement
is divided into two apartments. one the
ohurning and packing. the other occupied
by steam engine. eirc"lsr saw. grind
stone. wheel. shafts. belts, etc. fur
mace and boiler are Quilt outside. and the
steam is carried inside by pipes. where the
engine "a 4 horse power i. l. Gated. which
turns the churn, saw o. grind-s enc. as the
case may require. The management of
the milk and the ma kin. Of the butter are
thus described:
The cove are corrsled. and zach milk
man milks his 20 cows. The milk is pour
ed into the hopper. where ii filters through
fine sieve aud is carried TO the regulator.
A rubber hose Is attached to the reg ulafor.
and hen the milk Is cool enough il is car
ried round 70 the pans, which are already
placed ready to receive II in the following
manner: Perpendicular quadrangular
Glands all around the pan room, at dis
tances Of about i've feet. In each of the
beams, wooden pins, about four inches
apart. are driven parallel with each other.
These horizontal pins are driven, rs above
all the way up the beam, at intervals Of
sbsut 10 inches apart. and upon these pro-
jecting pins the pans are placed. Each pan
stands or two pins on all sides. and one
above the other from floor up. These
beams are so placed on tier respective
pins. and the .pse from the regulator turn
ed on. A. soon Is the row of pans In front
are filled the beam is revolved nd anoth-
er row is presented, and 30 on till oil are
filed. This plan saves . deal Of time and
trouble. When the milk u set the floor Ia
washed down and scslded with steam. the
regulator. tubss, hoee. etc.. waehed and
scaIded. the old psns removed to the wash
room. where they are washed three sepsr-
T. tines in hos water, and then scalded