Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-09
A QUEENS DAIRY.
MILK AND BUTTER on VIC
TORIA'S TABLE.
The Dairy is Handsomely Fitted up
Building Near Windsor Castle
A Fine Herd-Other Feat
ures OF the Farm

sor Castle stands on sharp bluff over
looking the river Thames, and in the |
midst of one of the most beautiful pas
toral valleys in the world. The domain
of this ancient stronghold has an extent
of many acres, to practically use which
the late Prince Consort established the
the most interesting features of this is
the dairy This building is of yellow
brick, with sandstone facings. 1t CON
sists on the ground floor of the milk
room, the churning foom, and the scald-
ing room, the upper floor contains the
rooms set apart for the use Of the woman
in charge; the milk room is fitted up
with due attention to labor saving The
walls and the floor are of subdued color
ing, being lined with encaustic tiles; the
shelves and the butter table are of ordi-
nary veined marble; the decoration
. though simple is in excellent taste, con
sisting of several small portrait medal
lions in bas relief of the royal children, a
few pieces of antiquated porcelain, and a
small fountain at either end. In
the center of one side wall
stands the butter table, on which pre-
sides bisque figure of a nymph empty
ling stone jar. the milk vessels are
| shallow, white china jars Of two gallons
capacity each. The cows which supply
the milk are MIXED twice daily, at A.
NJ and p NJ The milk is skinned
twice day, and butter is churned Gu
six days of the week except when the
court is at the castle; then. when required
for immediate consumption, butter is
made twice every day. The. daifx herd
numbers twenty head of JERSEYS, beauties,
all pedigreed cattle; to supplement
these. thirty-hv head Of non pedigreed
shorthorn cows are kept These latter
are equal in appearance to pure bred
| shorthorns There is also a herd Of pure
/ bred shorthorns. sixty head in number.
which are a comelv lot The treatment
Of the COWS in milk is as follows Tney
are put on pasture about the 18th of
April for midday relaxation until the
middle of MAY, when they range both
dav'and night. Then, according 10 the
staIe Of the weather, they are brought in
about the 18th Of September, or the
| first week in October. They are allowed
daily exercise at pasture until the second
or third week in November. when they
are finally taken up for the winter.
The dairy cows during the non -pastur-
ing months Of the wear are fed three times
during every twenty -four hours. The
allowance is liberal, and consists Of cut
fed; the component parts are chopped
hay, chopped roots (the yellow mangel is
preferred) wheat bran, crushed oats, and
about two pounds Of corn meal subdfvdied
which are in full flow of milk have daily
In their feed an extra allowance of two
of rock salt is kept in every manger
two cows stand in a twin stai. and share
water tank between them. Extreme
care is taken TO keep the COW stables a,
an even temperature and fully ventilated
thus animal heat is economized and tn,
capacity Of the COW is increased a milk
L-producing machine.
+ In March last one hundred head o
young stock calves and vearlings were il
the stables of the Shaw farm Thi
farm proper consists Of eight hundred
acres Of pasture land, and one hundred an'
, fifty acres Of arabic There are in al
on the shaw farm twenty Clvdesdalt
horses; of these Ten are mares from
which three to five :oals are annual,
j obtained The SYSTEM IN vogue is 70 sc.
) the colts and 10 retain the tillies. Tb'
: eiorv OF he Shaw farm Is in - pigs
these are suner-excellenf la one PEI
6 resides a Berkshire boar which is a geu
> in his family the creature is dish faced
( of most attractive countenaoce, hi
! nose is up~.ri. and absolutely perfect
* t-@ing button shaped, With lateu