Cultivation 6f Grafs Land. Dairying Tlbuft and Apparatus^ &amp;lt;$c. ,5 1 li 



It is obvious that much of the profit in this fort of management muft conftantly 

 depend upon the care andafliduity that is bellowed in conducting the different pro- 

 cefies of the bufinefs. And it has been obferved that this kind of management 

 mould only be undertaken by thofe who are capable of paying the in oft minute 

 attention to every department of it ; as, unlefs this becomes a fixed-and eftablifhed 

 principle in the farmer s mind, the chance of fuccefs is precarious and uncertain.. 

 To truft wholly to common fervants, in this fort of bufinefs, is always hazardous, 

 and never to be practifed where it is carried on to any extent. 



The firft thing that is neceflary is that of being provided with a fufficiently large 

 and convenient dairy houfe, whether the objedl be cheefe or butter. It fhould be 

 fo proportioned to the number of cows, as that there may befufficient convenience 

 for performing all the neceflary operations without embarraflmem ; and much at 

 tention muft be paid to cleanlinefs in every thing that relates to it, fuch as the 

 fhelvcs, floors, and different implements which are made ufe of, by daily fcalding, 

 fcrubbing, rinfing,and drying, in order to prevent any fort of acidity taking place ; 

 as, without due regard in thefe refpedh, it is impoflible that the produce can be of 

 fuperior quality, or fuch as will keep fweet and good for any length of time, &c. 

 Cleanlinefs may indeed be faid not only to be neceflary in dairy-hulbandry, but to- 

 be the foundation of it, and the moft eflential and moft indifpenfable part of good 

 management. It is obferved that (t a farmer may be in pofleflion of the moft va 

 luable breed of cows,and thefe may be fed on the richeft pafturesjbut unlefs cleanli 

 nefs prevail in the dairy, his butter or his cheefe will never ftand high in general 

 eftimation.&quot; Next to the fize and fituation of the dairy-houfe, and to keeping it 

 and the utenfils clean, is that of (kill and attention in the general management, la: 

 fhort, without a knowledge of the beft modes proper to be adopted under different 

 circumftances, and a regularity, method, and prompt attention tx&amp;gt; their execution, 

 it is obvious that the bufinefs muft foon run into confulion, and become unpro 

 fitable. 



The neceflary apparatus, fuch as churns, milk-pails, cheefe-cloths, trays or pans, 

 brafs milk-kettle and boiling copper, &c. exclufive of the chcefe-prefs, for a dairy 

 of twenty cows, will coft about fifty pounds. For fuel either coal or wood will 

 anfwer, but faggots prefer ved in the ftack one year are the beft.* 



The next circumftance is that of providing cows of the moft proper kinds, ac 

 cording to the method of dairying that may be practifed. It has been found by - 



* Annals of Agriculture, vol. XXXII. 



