Dairy tiu<j(jc^liu)is from Europe. 



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Like many Americans, the Irish daiiyman is so exceedingly short- 

 sighted that he cannot see that an extra yield of 2,000 pounds of milk, 

 worth $25 a year, in a single year will alone more than make up the 

 difference in the butcher's price between a special dairy cow and a 

 dual purpose cow at the end of her lifetime. 



The slack methods followed by many dairymen in some parts of 

 Illinois are but little better than those in Ireland, and without im- 

 provement it must follow that we have a class of dairymen who are 

 merely existing in a country where the land is fertile and the market 

 for high grade dairy products good. 



SCOTLAND. 



The dairy region of Scotland is confined almost exclusively to the 

 southern part of the country, and this is the only section that will be 

 discussed. The general appearance of the country is much the same 

 as that of England, the larger portion being in grass, either pasture or 



At the edge of the vihag-e of Fenwick, Scotland. 



meadow, and the crops grown are also similar. It seems like a mistake 

 to till so little of the land, when compared with the more intensive 

 methods of Denmark, where nearly all of the land is imder cultivation. 

 Yet the grass grows so luxuriently that it gives a fair return per acre. 



FARM MANAGEMENT. 



The usual rotation is oats, oats, hay, hay, pasture for from five to 

 nine years. The methods of seeding, caring for the pastures, and har- 



