Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-07-01
a London Dairy.

London dairy, % be one in reality, "a well
as in name, must, of course, include a London
oowshed. dairy, properly 80 called, cannot
exist without cow keeping as the foundation of
the establishment IL Is evidently @ misnOmer TO
| call milk shop a dairy. One who bups milk in
the country and sells il in town may be a vendor
| OF milk, but certainly not dairyInan, no more
than grocer can, by any confusion Of ideas or
terms, be sugar planter. But il matters little
% Us that sugar plantations are not TO be found
In England, while we have the dealer in
sugar, or that cows should DO MIXED in
COckneydom, as long as LOndOners obtain
pare milk. Happily, the facilities OF rail enable
Us 10 get milk from the country IN pure state,
and that the large number of crowded co%sEeds,
NElcn at once infested the metropolis, are rem
dered unnecessary. We do not think milk from
LONDON cows in any way superior % Sanso fed
mllAed IN the country; but demand stsn exists
Tor milk straight from the cow-fresh, snsi almost
lukcwaIm. Following commercial laws, the
supply Is regulated by the demand; and as Ion =
a. We have invalids and children-and, like the
poor, they are always with uS-peOple viii main
Tain that for the nursery and sick room, milk
cannot be too fresh.
There can be little objection to a moderate
amount OF cOw-keeping in London as long as the
animals are well provided Cor, and kept In healthy
buildings, in a not over-crgwded vicinity. Cows
ia tie neghbOThOOd of 4Iilk street, for Instance,
might be dispensed with, but so might many of
the inhabitcnts in the courts OF DrGry, or the
alleys of ST. Giles. But there is sufficient room
III the neighbOrlIOOd Of Highgate, HaInstead, and
Noting Hill for a few more men, and where an
extra eowsned or two would not endanger the
the lives OF the inhabitants.
We recently visited the dairy establishment o
MeSsrS. John Skurray & Co, Of Archer street,
Noting Hill, and were much pleased with the
result Of our inspection. Their cow-shods at
POTtobellO read are n marked contrast TO the
miserable premises of like nature generally
found in and around London. Two large sheds,
containing sixty cows, were shown us. The ami
mails were principally Short-hOrn, or a Short
horn cross. A few AlderneyS are also kent for
special poses-namely, 10 supply those per-
IONS who have pTedilection Tor the milk they
give. The cows have a healthy, lively and con-
tented look, such as many country cow might
envy. Two large sheds contained sixty cows;
there is room for siXty-six, the general number
kept The building Is plain, but spacious. 1t
Is not ornamental, or IN any respect built
on the most convenient plan; but these points
have nothing to do with the purchaser of milk
The roof is lofty, the apex covered with glass
and yentilating shutters admit abundance of
fresh air from the top, without draughts. Each
COW has a thousand cubic feet of breathing room
The stalls are wide, and allow sufficient room for
the cows to lie down comfortably. The space
within the walls is not made up by height at the
expense OF diminished ground area. \ wide
Passage runs down the middle, which is well
drained and thoroughly disinfected twice day.
The cows are fed four times day-viz., at 5
a. m, go a. m, and at and p. m. \ large
| boiler on the premises contains mixture Of
| Indian meal, bean meal, linSeed, ground corn,
brewers grains and water, the whole kept gently
cooking. This pa'atable stuff is mixed with hay
chaff of the best quality, and a pailful (Of two
barn gallonsl Is given to each cow at the above
mentioned times.
In addition to this, the above named proprle-
tors have about I 900 acres OfIand in Berkshire,
! on which are kept 200 COWS. The milk Of these
I COWS is delivered in London twice a day, and
/ sent out direct 10 the customers. The town cows
| are chiefly intended 10 sapply nursery milk, as
| We have mentioned above. The farms in Berk-
! shiTe-tWO OF which are curiOUsly enough calei
| OXleaze and CowleaZe, respectively-supply al
| the COWS 10 the London dairy. None but prof
| table and well tried cows that have had more
! than one calf arrive here. These are only kept
| a. long as they yield paying amount o. milk,
| and are then disposed OF 10 the London butcher.
| From the manner in which the COWS are kept
| and fed, they usually ripe for the knife By
the time they are th0TGughly dried, or al most i
few weeks after, and their places are then filie
| by fresh Importation from the country farms.
| We are glad to say that many OF the objections
| against town diaries would be removed II they
| were kept after the fashion NesSrs. Sllurray 81
| Co. adopt. The health Of the consumer d.
ponds on the health OF the crows from which the
| milk is Obtained, and on the cleanliness OF the
! cOw-shed and its appufteHances. These, in the
| present instance, appeared - US thoroughly sat
/ isfactOry, and the health OF the inhabitants OF
Noting Hill is not likely to suffer from the pres
| enee of such a cOwshed amongst them Ill which
| sanitary laws are 50 carefully attended to.--LgR-
| ~ NiIL Journal