CHAPTEE XI. 



THE DAIRY HUSBANDRY OP HOLLAND. 



This chapter I translate from an admirable little work in German, 

 " Die Hollandische Rindviehzucht und Milchwirthschaft in Konigreich 

 Holland,'''' by Ellerbrock, a distinguished veterinary surgeon, pro- 

 fessor of cattle pathology and cattle-breeding in the Agricultural 

 Institute at Zeyst, in Holland. 



Milking and Treatment of Milk. — The cows are 

 turned to pasture early in spring, and stay there day 

 and night throughout the pasture-season. They are 

 milked daily in a particular part of the lot called the 

 milk-yard. This is kept in some instances permanently 

 in the same place ; in others, it is changed about at 

 pleasure. A shady part of the pasture is generally 

 selected, and it is commonly enclosed with a board fence. 

 The cows are driven into this yard to be milked, when 

 not already there at the usual time. The milking is 



done by male and female do- 

 mestics, who carry their pails, 

 cans, and dishes, hung on a 

 z? kind of wooden yoke, Fig. 

 84, neatly cut out, painted, 

 Fi s- 84 - and set with copper nails.. 



This is swung over the shoulders, or else the dairy 

 utensils are carried on donkeys, ponies, or hand-carts ; 

 or, where there is water communication, in boats, twice 

 a day, to the yard. 



