CHAPTER VI 



Dairying in the Olden Days 



'l^T'HAT interesting as well as appetising read- 

 ^ * ing it would make if one could write a full 

 and complete history of the dairying industry 

 since the first real, or pretended pat of butter was 

 made. Who did the first churning? Now, there's 

 a mystery that affords food for reflection. 



Did Adam have a milkhouse on the banks of the 

 Euphrates in the long ago, and was Eve the first 

 dairymaid? Sacrilegious to ask such a question! 

 Not a bit of it. Why, they are never done digging 

 and delving in those Eastern countries, just to 

 find answers to all sorts of inquisitive queries 

 about the past. 



I am not aware that any of those learned arm- 

 chair "dairyists" (this is a new word, hand- 

 picked, recently), have ever given out anything 

 about dairying in the ages of long ago, but as I 

 have already remarked, it would be interesting to 

 know who made the first print of "condensed 

 sunshine" and fashioned the first chunk of com- 

 pressed curds. 



The remark is attributed to Solomon, "Of the 

 making of books there is no end. ' ' He might have 

 used the same statement regarding butter, because 



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