the Farming of the Duchies of Schleswifj and llolstcin. 347 
the refuse towards feeding nearly 1 pig to the cow. This state- 
ment is borne out by the accounts of Mr. Tesdorpf, which show 
that on his farm, at Ourupgaard, the total gross receipts for 
butter, cheese, and refuse-products utilised in feeding pigs, 
imount to 20/. per cow per annum, and Mr. Heido's accounts, 
i^iven on p. 342, show a return of 16/. 10s. per cow, besides 
house-supplies, milk for calves, cast-cows, &c. 
On well-managed dairy-farms, where sweet-cream butter is 
made, the milk is set in deep 
Fig. 7. — Section of part of the Tank 
in the Milk-house on Mr. Vallen- 
tiner's Farm at Gjeddesdal, Sea- 
land, showing one of the MiUc-cans 
immersed in iced water. 
round or oval cans, placed in 
pools of mixed ice and water, 
or of running water obtained 
from a stream which has been 
directed through the milk- 
house, in the middle of which 
it is expanded into a tank. 
The annexed cut (Fig. 7), 
showing a milk-can in the 
tank, gives an idea of the 
nature of the tank and of the 
vessels employed. 
In Holstein, where the old 
system of making butter from 
sour cream still prevails, shal- 
low oblong enamelled - iron 
tables (Fig. 8), are used for 
setting the milk, as they were many years ago. When the milk 
Fig. 8. — P/a/i and Elevation of the Uolstein Milk-setter.* 
Elevation, shcwiag the Tabic tilted fur skimming. 
* For tliose and several other sketches I am indebted to my friend Mr. F. 
Wilton, Resident Engineer of the East Ijoudou Railway. 
