The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-03-09

Prof. Rawl on the trolley for Biltmore
in about an hour. We, the latter
ones: followed half an henr later an
the next car. When we arrived at the
station the others had walked on to
the barns. There were no hacks to
meet US as Prof. Rawl had thought.
We found out later that che manager
had to use the hacks to carry around
a party of Northern people.
A drizzling rain was falling and a
three mile walk under such ciroum-
stances was no pleasant prospect, I, and
quite contrast to our travelling the
day before. Several who were not
feeling well turned back at the gate,
while six Of us started to evortake the
first party, and for one am not sorry
l went. 1t rained harder by the time
We had gotten nalf way, and we saw
that we were in for it and made the
best speed we could and caught up
with them at the cowbarn. We did
not get very muddy, however, for at
every low place there is drain sunk
in the road that carries off the water
as fast as it collects. We were wet
and the big coal fire at the Office of the
Berkshires was very comfor table.
The manager had luncheon for us
which consisted Of plenty of coffee and
che remains of the previous days re-
past. Before this we inspected the
dairy barns and everything seem like
Is dream to me now. During ourhur-
ried glance at the COWS and their sur
roundings I could just look and that
was all. Papa saw our new barn here.
If 1 used to think it was big thing,
now compared to Biltmore, tits less
than needle would look in q hay
stack.
Then all tho floors are made OF as.
phalt and the stalls Of steel bars.
How many COWS are there? l don t
pretend to know, but I do know we
saw over two hundred. The an in
charge said that there were two other
barns one larger than this. Nearly all
the COWS were imported.
There are number of &c oiden
Lad" bio ID, famous English sire in
the herd. One Of his daughters,
"Golden Rosebay," cost $2,775 in
England. This seems almost prepos-
ferrous, but I am giving it to you as it
was given to me. This one did not
give as much milk as several Of The
Others, but her color, marking and
general form are 80 characteristic Of
the breed that they make her very
valuable. We were also shown the
bull for which Vanderbilt had been
offered $1,000; but had refused it.
They were all Jerseys. Plenty Of the
fine, sleek looking bovines produced
over 10000 pounds Of milk-some
11,0O0 aad $4,000 per year. This is
an average Of o7sT three gallon per
day. A good many now milk forty
and forty-fve pounds per day. One
gallon weighs nine pounds, while one
that we saw that made the record for
a single day produced sixty -four
pounds on seven gallons. Then we
saw the dairy and the butter making.
The milk is carried on trolley wire
from the barn about hundred feet to
the building. Here it is cooled by
steriliaed air pumped from the highest
point on the farm. then separated and
the cream churned. The butter is
sold in Asheville and now brings 80
cents per pound while in summer it
sells for 30 cents. !.
The floor is Of marble and every i'm
plement used in handling che milk and
cream lie thoroughly sterilized. It
seems impossible for the smallest
harmful germ to find plsoe to infect
the milk. Prof. Rawls ,phoned to
Biltmore for hacks 70 take Us back SO
We did not get wet on the return trip.
When we reached the hotel it had
stopped raining. We we're juat in
time for q 2c'elock dinner, the best
meal that had been given us. L was
sorry that I could not do it full JUS
tice, as I had saten heartily tthe
"Berkshires." I did my best, how
ever, as I was paying for it, and it was
we'll that I did, FOR we did not get
anything more until breakfast the
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