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over five hundred years ago; people go from all parts of the 

 world to Holland for them. All breeds have good points, but 

 he believed this breed to be better adapted for the West than 

 any other, the beef and milking qualities considered. 



Prof. Hall asked as to time of raising cream, 



Mr. Mitchell asked the difference between the Holstein 

 and Belted cattle. 



Geo. E. Brown said "Belted" was not the proper name. 

 They are well known in Holland under the name of Laken- 

 felders; are a separate and distinct breed from Holsteins, 

 and are bred mostly in south Holland and Belgium. 



S. W. KiNGSLEY spoke in favor of Holsteins for the dairy; 

 believed them the best, all things considered. 



Topic No. 12. "What is the best and most economical 

 mode of handling milk to make butter from small dairies, of 

 from five to twenty -five cows ?" 



Prof. Hall came to learn all about this question; hoped it 

 would not pass without discussion, it was an important 

 subject. 



I. H. Wanzer was called for; said his experience was with 

 large, and not with small dairies. 



Dr. Woodward said he would advise every farmer to build 

 a creamery on his own place; he would then be more inde- 

 pendent. It was difficult to get a good place to build a good 

 creamery; it must be separate and alone from other buildings, 

 with DO vegetable matter in or near. His was 12x34 feet, one 

 room 10x12, one 12x13, with refrigerator and ice house; cellar 

 32x24, walls eight feet high, ceiled over head; walls and roof 

 filled with tan-bark; water was received from well by wind- 

 mill. Sets his milk in pans of seventy or eighty gallons, 

 with water flowing around; milk is carried to creamery as 

 soon as milked, and cooled at once; cream is held thirty-six 

 hours in hot weather; could make as good butter in hot 

 weather as in cold. The home plan is the most independent 

 way. When taken to a factory, no matter how good one's 

 product, or how carefully he handles it, he can never make a 



