(J86 ^A FAYETTE COUNTY, WISCONSIN. 



conveniences. I am a new beginner with sheep, and only 

 have forty , hut this shed affords plenty of room. My roof is 

 made of boards lengthwise, lapped about one and one-half 

 inches 



WINDMILLS. 



With regard to windmills, I can say out very little, as our 

 county is well watered. The few farmers who have windmills, 

 simply have a tank or trough for the water to run into, bringing 

 tlieir horses, and letting the cattle go to the trough or this tank. 

 Some run the water into troughs for their hog and sheep yard. 



CREAMERIES AND DAIRYING. 



I only know of one creamery in the county. It is sit- 

 uated in the town of White Oak Springs, and was commenced 

 last Summer. The stockholders are satisfied with its workings. 



In regard to dairying, I can only give you my own mode, 

 as described by my better half. The first and most essential 

 thing in making butter is cleanliness. In Summer her milk 

 pans are washed in two waters. We use stoneware pans, and 

 the milk is kept in the cellar. My cellar is the full size of the 

 house, and the milk cellar lies on the north side. Two win- 

 dows are on the north side, and there is a lattice window over 

 the door in the partition wall opposite to the outside window, 

 and opposite to the outside door on the south side. In Sum- 

 mer the milk stands for three meals ; but if a thunder-storm 

 arises, not so long. After churning, the butter is worked over 

 three times. My wife never washes the hutter, nor puts any 

 foreign substance into it, save salt, about one ounce to the 

 pound. In Winter the milk is kept in the buttery. It stands 

 about five meals, and is worked over twice after churning. 



In Summer I feed my cows grass. In Winter I feed them 

 corn-stalks, oat straw, a little clover hay night and morning, 

 and about a dozen good ears of corn each. 



