140 WESTMORLAND AGRICULTURE, 1800— 1900 



from 80 quarts of cream obtained by the separator, 83 lbs. of butter 

 were produced ; but from 92 quarts of cream obtained by skimming, 

 only 80 lbs. of butter were made. In this year the average price of 

 butter in Kendal market was ii|d. per lb. 



In 1905 the County Council joined with Cumberland in a dairy 

 van, which visited four centres in that year in the county, eight in 

 1906, four in 1907, and four in 1908, the instructor giving short prac- 

 tical courses of instruction at each centre. He reported that during 

 the last two or three years there was a decided improvement in the 

 quality of the cream brought to the van. The van visited Orton in 

 the autumn of 1911 ; at the distribution of the certificates after the 

 examination by W. T. Lawrence of Newton Rigg, Mrs. Goodwin — who 

 gave them away — urged the pupils to keep up the high standard of 

 butter making set by their instructress, and then they would do much 

 to improve the quality of Westmorland butter. 



At the Kendal Agricultural Show in 1909 there were 26 entries 

 for butter made up under the process taught by the Dairy School 

 and sent in ten days previous to being judged. The remarks of the 

 judge on this class were that " there was a great deal of good butter, 

 but lacking solidity — not that it was too wet, though a great deal of 

 moisture was present — but it was not close enough. As to flavour, 

 some of the exhibits showed lack of judgment in ripening. The 

 colour of the butter was exceptionally clean and white." For prizes 

 for butter made under the old system there were forty entries. 



It is still the custom to mix a little salt with all butter sold in the 

 markets. 



In 1800 new milk was sold in the villages at id. per quart, which 

 was said to pay better than making it into cheese ; by 1821 the price 

 had risen to 2d. per quart in Appleby and Kendal, but this price, even 

 in those places does not seem to have been general, for when the milk 

 measures were inspected in Kendal in 1836, 71 out of 79 were found 

 to be short — an indignation meeting of milk " tipplers " was held 

 and they raised the price of milk to 2d. per quart for new and a id. 

 per quart for blue out of stamped measures. Many protest meetings 

 were held against this action, and the question was settled in 1842, 

 it being agreed that the price of new milk should be i|d. per quart, 

 with two quarts of skimmed for the same price. The Orton milk dealers 



