CHAPTER XI. 



THE DAIRY HUSBANDRY OF HOLLAND. 



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

 *' Die Holldndische Rindviehzucht und Milchwirfhschaft in Kimiyreich 

 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 

 kind of wooden yoke, Fig. 

 84, neatly cut out, painted, 

 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. 



