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the lioiisc on one side, with tlie cheese room and cow stable forming the 

 side adjacent to tlie house, nnd connected with it. The hay barn forms 

 another side, usually connected with the cow stalile, and the horse barn 

 and tool shed are on the fourth side. 



The cow stable is always one story, with both windows and ventila- 

 tors in the roof. The stalls are 

 double and the cows head directly 

 against the wall, with no feed alley 

 in front. The floor is of cement 

 or brick, and the whole stable is 

 exceptionally clean and sanitary. 

 The sides and stalls are kept neat- 

 ly whitewashed and the floor is 

 These are the conditions on the average cheese 



Dairy barn and hay barracks on a farm 

 in Scotland. 



scrubbed every day 

 farm in Scotland. 



CITY MILK SUPPLY. 



The method of supplying milk to the cities and towns in Scotland 

 is much the same as that of England, which has already been described. 



MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS. 



Most of the milk not used for direct consumption is manufactured 



Interior of cow stable. Double stalls divided by glazed tile partition. Tlie floor is 



paved with brick, and is sci'ubbed daily. 



into Cheddar or Cheshire cheese, and this is almost luiiversally done 

 on the farm. While this necessarily involves more labor than when 



