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roof. Amongst those that maybe used are ihlu lius ami 



The common passion vine t; v be 



grown with other creepers, and will give good returns from its 



fruit, bearing IK cr the tir.->t season. Once the creepers 



cr the dairy right over, it will keep cool even in the hottest 



her. 



The other kind of dairy is one that is either under ground 01 

 partly so. An economical one is made by excavating, say, to a 

 der IT feet and putting a wall four feet high above that, the 



earth that is taken out being packed up against the walls nearly 

 level with the top. The eaves of the roof should be carried at least a 

 foot below the wall plate. The roof should be made as described in 

 the first-mentioned. If the ground is such that it is difficult to get 

 a drain from the floor of the dairy, a hole, say a foot or 18 inches 

 square and i foot deep, should be made at the lower corner, so that 

 all the washing water may run there, when it can be taken out and 

 carried A concrete or brick floor will be the best for this. 



Creepers should be grown over the roof of this dairy ; also, when- 

 ever it is at all possible, water should be laid on to the cl 



The dairy should always be at a considerable distance from 

 the milking-yard. or any other place that gives off unpleasant 

 smells. It should not be near the fowl-house or stable, neither 

 should the fowls, pigs, or calves be allowed about the building. If 



parator is used it should never be worked in the dairy during 

 the summer, for the separator gives off a continual current 

 heated air. A separate building, or part of the dairy verandah, 

 may be used for separating, and the cream cooled before taking it 



the dairy. On large dairy farms a little forethought in laying 

 out the milking yards and dairy may save a great deal of la: 

 such as arranging that the milk may run from the milking yards by 

 gravitation to the separator, and from there again to the calf j 

 or pig troughs. 



If dairying is to be carried on successfully it will be necessary 

 in most districts that a supply of artificial feed should be produced 

 for both winter and summer use. Green feed, such as 

 maize, sorghum, etc.. may be used with advantage in 

 the summer, but in the winter, when the weather is cold 

 and bleak, the cattle will require something not so cold 

 and watery as these, and nothing answers better than g 

 ensilage, fresh from the pit or stack, for it is not only appetising 

 but warm, and cattle milk well on it in winter. To have this 

 always available it will be necessary to cultivate to a certain extent, 

 and tor this purpose some of the best land should be set ap 

 After the first few crops are taken off the best of land it will begin 

 to need manure, for it is the height of folly to cultivate two acres 

 of land if the same quantity of produce can be obtained from one ; 

 and yet this is being constantly done. Year after year the same 

 land is cultivated and nothing put into it to compensate for all that 



