264 
WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
table, the next process is to wrap each roll in cloth. Fine thin 
bleached cambric, cut in strips of the desired length to go 
round each roll, and wide enough to leave about half an inch 
projection of cloth at each end of the roll, are moistened in 
strong brine and placed upon the table. Then one of the 
strips is spread out, the roll of butter laid on one edge and 
rapidly rolled forward, the cloth adhering smoothly to the 
package. The cloth on the ends is now pressed down in place, 
and you have a dainty little roll in neat white muslin wrap¬ 
pers, with a little golden circle at the ends to show its texture 
and quality. Then the rolls are set on end in an oblong box 
of cedar or red wood, the cover fastened down, and thus they 
go to market. 
The wholesale price for butter, put up in rolls, has ranged 
from thirty-three to thirty-fiv T e cents per pound when it arrives 
at San Francisco. 
The Stock. —In the Muddy Hollow dairy there were one 
hundred and sixty-six cows in milk. I found the cows in 
fine condition as to flesh, notwithstanding the feed upon the 
hills was brown, dry and crisp. Mr. Hagerty, the manager, 
stated that in “ flush ot feed,” when cows were doing their 
best, the average yield of butter per day was one and one- 
fourth pounds per cow. The cows have a large range, and it 
struck me as somewhat difficult to collect all the animals to¬ 
gether in the corral, night and morning, since the numerous 
hills and valleys must be looked over to find loitering beasts ; 
but I was assured that there was seldom any trouble f rom miss¬ 
ing animals. At milking time two persons, mounted upon 
mustangs, are sent out to collect the herd together. Each 
driver has his beat or range to look over, and the mustangs 
scour the hills and valleys, starting the cows into line ; and as 
the drivers are responsible for missing cows, and are discharged 
for neglect in bringing them to the corral, they become ex¬ 
ceedingly expert and sharp in looking over their range that no 
animals are left behind. 
