AN IDEAL DAIRY FARM. 7 



and the rest Shorthorns and Kerrys, one-fourth of the number 

 being heifers and one-fifth four-year-olds. This yield of milk is 

 an average of more than 700 gallons per cow ; but as newly- 

 calved cows are brought into the herd at times to replace such 

 as are going dry for calving, the average yield is reduced to 

 about 587 gallons per individual cow, if we reckon that she is 

 in milk ten months out of the twelve. On this reckoning, how- 

 ever, the money value of each cow's milk at fourpence a quart 

 comes to close on ^37 for the ten months. It will be ad- 

 mitted, I think, that these figures supply a pretty considerable 

 element of ideality to the College Farm at Finchley. The milk 

 of each and every cow is weighed as soon as she has given it, 

 the pail being hung on a spring balance which is there for the 

 purpose. The weight of the milk is then entered on a sheet 

 against the name of each cow from which it is taken, and the 

 weekly totals are duly entered in a ledger in the office. 



In this way the value of each cow as a milker can be seen 

 at a glance, and it is a practice which may be recommended to 

 every dairy-farmer in the land. It is only in this way, indeed 

 supplemented by test or analysis, if the quality of the milk is 

 to be known that the cows which are not worth keeping or 

 breeding from are found out ; and such cows are, of course, 

 disposed of without much delay. Similarly, if a cow happens 

 to be unwell, the fact is detected at once by the sudden drop 

 in her yield of milk, and her ailment can be attended to before 

 it has gone very far. 



A Pleasant Picture. 



The buildings at the College Farm were planned by Mr. 

 Barham, and erected a few years ago. They are well arranged 

 for convenience, well lighted and ventilated; and while utility 

 is seen in every inch of them, they are at the same time orna- 

 mental without being very costly. The main building is spa- 

 cious, lofty, and well aired. 



First, you pass through a sort of entrance-hall, on one 

 side of which is the laboratory, where all needful medicines 

 and restoratives are kept ; and on the other is the office, in 



