La Junta tribune., 1908-11-07

and black marble and shelf OF
white marble with raised edge to
hold the water, extended along the
sides. in which were set large basins
of white porcelain filled with milk
A fountain and basin are in the
center to regulate the temperature.
There were fine moulds of butter on
a marble shelf and cases of packed
butter beneath. This milk Is churne
In . sort OF barrel churn, turned by
hand, but the separator. a Laval. is
operated by an electric motor. This
is surely model dairy. presume
this butter sells for a fancy price
to the nobility. 1t surely costs a
fancy price. The dairy is surround
ed by a flower garden. with exotic
plants. pretty pruned and trained
evergreens of varius kinds and
narrow. clean gravel walk between
two hedges. pruned to the line. the
work of an artist, leads to the en-
I trance to the dairy.
My Very good friend went with me
across the pastures. through fences
and hedges. through stub lie field
sown this year to clover. until we
came To the public highway. mar
row but good road, on each side
with trees. brush and vines. In the
hedge grew hazel brush the. first
l have seen for very long time.
| / looked and looked to find some
hazel nuts, but they had been watch
ed too well by the children of the
village. In the hedge grew blackber-
ries Jus, ripening, the wild cherry,
oak, ash and other brush and trees.
Here ] parted with him. giving him
u shilling for his kindly service.
Az climbed down the bank into the
road. a pheasant flew into the tim
| Der OH the opposite side. To the
eastward wa. the park proper, a
large, hilly woodland, surrounded by
a high tight paling fence. so high
and close that | could not see over
or peep through II. This Is very
large park and is stocked with deer.
Here is where | suppose the royal
and aristocratic bloods engage in
the excitement of the chase. But
this sport cannot compare with a
real chase in our own wild Rocky
mountains. for these deer are partial
ly domesticated and do not have the
! great mountains to climb and the
miles and miles to run. 1t is mag
nificent park, with its glades. its
scattering oaks and Its thick forest.
and It's running brooks-nature's par
adise--but thirty miles from the
great crowded, sweltering city Of Lon
don.
1 ! was shown the fine red polled
herd, about one hundred and thirty
OF them. This Is herd of milk cattle
bred for milk They are large. mostly
a dark red and very handsome. The
quarters are similar. but not so ele.
CANT as those of the Jersey herd. One
of these cows, Clarissa. nine years
old, gave eleven hundred gallons
milk i'm 1907. over twelve hundred in
1898. and this year, which has Just
i closed, fourteen hundred gallons. l
took pictures of some OF these as well
as of couple OF Jerseys. We went
some distance into pasture bor-
derIng the forest, where a large mum
of these beautiful, fat and sleek red
cows were pasturing, some standing
. a. ,t, Nff n farinP old
trees some lying down and others
feeding on the thick. rich pasture
grass In this pasture were great
many pheasants. which are raised by
the domestic hen, and are kept in
large coops in this pasture until
they are quite grown. The hens had
been taken from them and they were
being fed by the gamekeeper who
had a little house on wheels, In the
4 edge OF the timber. from which he fed
them, thus gradually scattering them
into the forest for the sportsmen
1t does not seem possible to show
much skill In hunting or to have
much real sport in shooting these
tame pheasants. The day wa
l there was the first day Of the pheas
ant season. could hear gun.
now and then, as these "sportsmen"
we're slaughtering these tame. limp
cent birds-"Sport." thought I. II
this sport?" The hunting In these
forests and game preserves is not
public, by any means. but is only for
the owner of these vast estates and
his invited guests.
| saw a fine flock Of Hampshir
Down sheep. They were in pas
ture near the headquarters OF the