538  The  Yorkshire  Farm-Prize  Competition,  1883. 
completion,  the  leads  have  the  appearance  of  having  been 
washed. 
Taylor’s  Eccentric  Churn  is  used,  and  butter  is  usually  got 
with  about  half  an  hour’s  churning.  It  is  made  twice  a week, 
and  is  made  up  into  long,  round,  and  square  pound  and  half- 
pound  stamps,  all  bearing  the  impress  “ East  Park  Dairy  ; ” on 
two  occasions  we  saw  about  100  pounds  finished  off  ready  for 
despatch.  This  department  is  worked  by  Mrs.  Watson,  the 
foreman’s  wife,  who  must  take  high  rank  as  an  artist  in  the 
honourable  profession  of  butter-making. 
The  “ Cooley  Creamer  ” was  tried  after  the  Swartz  system, 
but  these  churns  are  now  laid  aside.  With  this  system  it  took 
14  quarts  of  milk  to  make  1 pound  of  butter,  whereas  with 
the  shallow  leaden  bowls  10  quarts  gave  a pound  ; such  were  the 
results  of  two  personally  superintended  experiments.  Mr. 
Turnbull  says:  “The  larger  portion  of  my  butter  is  sold  by 
contract  to  a provision  merchant  at  Is.  Id.  a pound,  the  year 
round.  He  offered  to  take  all  I produce  at  this  price.  My 
trade  mark  is  ‘ East  Park  Dairy.’  I have  found  it  a great 
advantage  to  have  a distinct  trade  mark  of  this  kind.  The 
butter  has  gradually  risen  in  price  as  the  brand  has  become 
known.  The  first  year  the  price  averaged  about  Is.  5 d.  per 
pound.  The  second  year  I obtained  Is.  Qd.,  and  now  I could 
sell  more  than  I now  produce  at  Is.  Id.  the  year  round.” 
The  plan  (Fig.  4,  p.  539)  will  afford  a general  idea  of  the  posi- 
tion of  the  park.  The  clumps  of  trees,  which  stand  in  small  scat- 
tered enclosures,  give  a rich  sylvan  appearance  to  the  landscape. 
The  park  has  been  subdivided  by  Mr.  Turnbull.  Two  fields, 
of  35  acres  and  36  acres  respectively,  are  meadow,  and  are 
dressed  each  year  with  about  12  tons  of  farmyard-manure  per 
acre.  The  deer  park,  of  15J  acres,  always  in  pasture,  was 
dressed  in  1880  with  5 cwt.  of  bone-meal,  and  in  1882  with 
20  tons  of  farmyard-manure  per  acre. 
Two  haystacks  were  standing,  each  computed  to  contain  52 
tons  of  old  hay  ; one  of  these  was  intended  for  sale. 
The  fences  erected  were  made  with  creosoted  posts  and  rails,  j 
costing  about  Is.  6d.  per  yard  fixed,  and  could  be  removed  on 
the  termination  of  the  tenancy. 
The  following  Table  (p.  540)  shows  the  number  of  cattle  on 
East  Park  at  the  dates  of  the  several  inspections. 
This  Table  shows  that  there  were  5 cows  and  31  heifers 
in-milk  in  January.  After  a second  calf,  the  cows  are  usually 
taken  to  Hedon.  Twelve  in-calf  heifers,  from  18  to  24  months 
old,  were  strong,  beautiful  cattle,  and  the  younger  heifers  were 
nothing  short  in  quality. 
