lieport on the Cheese- Factory System. 
" Tlio buililings arc drained into two largo liquid-manuro tanks, the con- 
tents of which serve to irrigate about 14 acres of meadow-land. 
" The rain-water, and the wash of the house, is conducted to suitable re- 
servoirs, and is made to flow over a small meadow at pleasure. 
"The buildings are sup]ilied wiili water from a pond, which receives the 
«lrainage-water from about 15 acres of land. 
" The corn crops are well housed in skeleton barns, having clay floors, the 
-crops being preserved from contact with the clay by means of an intervening 
layer of brushwood. 
"In addition to this homestead, whicli has the disadvantage of being 
at the corner of the holding, 24 cow-stalls, a food-house, and labourer's 
cottage have been erected at a distant jiart of the farm. At this steading the 
barren cows are fatted and the calves are kept, the latter being supplied with 
roots and fodder. By this means much cartage is saved, and manure is made 
where it is wanted. 
Mr. Jackson exhibited a model of this homestead at Man- 
chester, and was awarded the prize of 10/. for hay and corn 
sheds. The following extract from the Report of the Judges 
gives their opinion of the steading : — 
" In this commendation they especially refer to the Dutch barns, erected in 
connection •with the homestead, for stacking corn in sheaf at harvest time, 
and which v\-ould also serve for storing hay and straw. They unanimously 
disapprove of the arrangement of placing hay in the loft over the cows in 
the shippon, though the exhibitor has made special provision for ventilati(ni 
by a siiaft throiigh the hay and roof from the shijipon below, as well as by 
perforations in the walls just under the loft." 
On this point Mr. Jackson remarks, that " to put hay over 
all the cows is one extreme, and to put all the cows in sheds 
open to the roof is the other." He therefore advocates the 
iniddle course, of sheds at each end for half the cows, and hay 
over the centre portion ; by this plan he considers that the 
extremes of heat and cold are avoided, while it secures the most 
convenient stowage for hay, which is of better quality than if 
kept by stacking, as it is said usually to come out as green and 
sweet as at harvest. 
X. — Report on the Cheese- Factory System, and its Adaptability 
to English Dairy Districts* By H. M, Jenkins, F.G.S. 
American cheese has been imported into England for many 
years, but until recently it has not much excited the attention of 
* On July 1st, 1808, the Council, on the motion of Lord Vernon, requested the 
Journal Committee to obtain information as to the working of the Cheese factory 
system in America, and its adaptability to the dairy districts in England. Various 
causes have since combined to defer the publication of the Report; but as, in the 
meantime, public opinion on the question has become more matured, it is hoped 
that this delay has not injured the cause in which the inquiry was und.-rtaken. 
