River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-16
duct would be nearly doubled. We
sorely need missionaries in the cause
Of good butter.-Nelo York Times.
The ROYAL Farms.

Prof. Morrow, ON his late trip TO Eu-
rope, visited the royal farms at Wind
sor, and tells about them through the
Lire Stock J0l4yqldl
The royal dairy itself is very orna-
mental building; but much effort was
given to secure the best results. A free
circulation of air, the best attainable
ventilation, an abundant supply OF
water, and all practicable means for
securing uniform temperature, were
insisted on in the plans. The floor is
built on brick arches with an empty
space below the arches. The walls
are hollow; the windows are double.
The ceiling is also arranged with re err
ence to yentIlatioTg4and excluding the
effects of changes of temperature
The walls and floor are of highly orna-
mental tiles, with beautiful borders,
majolica, frieze, cornice, borders and
fountains, fine medallions and busts of
the royal familv-are but part of the
works of ornament which make this
the most beautiful dairy house in the
world. The milk is kept in large
white dishes, which stand on marble
tables, under which are shallow reser-
voirs for streams of running water.
The room is thirtysix by twenty feet
high.
When the queen is at the castle,
large quantities of fresh milk is sup.
piled from this dairy. When she is AT
ether residences, butter is made daily
and forwarded to her. The butter is
churned in a common barrel churn,
and put up usually in long rolls. That
which saw was of very good quality.
The milk is skinned after standing
twenty-four hours, and again twelve
hours later. The dairy is under the
direct charge of Scotchman and his
wife, who have been in their present
place SIX or seven years.
The larger number of the COWS kept
here are Short-horns, many of them OF
good pedigrees. For many years Booth
bulls have been used, generally hired
from one of the Mr.. Booths. Some of
these are fine animals; but, as a lot,
they are not good mich cows. There
are a dozen or more Jerseys, some of
them quite good, and several good
Ayrshires. They were all in good. but
not in unduly high condition. They
are MIXED in the stables, but are in
pasture during both night and day.
As a curiosity, there is kept a Swiss
bull, of large size and fair form, but
with large, coarse head, and little
Ashantee bull, presented to Her Males
ty. He is about the size of Kerry
bull, and of rather good form; but an
parently of anything but an am'able
temper. Short-horns are shown annu-
ally, and good prices are made for the
young stock, as, also, believe, for the
young Jersey bulls.
Considerable numbers of Berkshires
and of the White Prince Albert's
Windsor pigs are bred. Some of the
Berkshires are of quite good stamp,
of the larger style. The Windsor or
Prince Albert pigs are above the me-
dunn size, very rapid growers, and lay
on fat very readily. | should think the
proportion of fat lean meat too great.
A large flock of Cheviot ewes are
kept; they being purchased annually,
and bred to Leicester or Cotswold rams.
MIR. TAFT finds the Cheviot much more
free from foot-rot than the Downs-and
certainly the Downs kept in the Lon
don parks are much troubled with
lameness-a and also finds the cross-bred
lambs very desirable.