THE DAIRY.
DAIRY BUILDINGS.
NEARLY every farmer or farmer's wife in the bush has his or her own pet notion about this matter. One thinks underground places the best, another prefers it above ground. One says they should be built of stone or brick, his neighbour will prefer a lattice work building. I may say that I have tried a great many ideas from the most primitive to the most elaborate, and I am inclined to think that everything depends on the climate. I dare say few people have heard of a "portable dairy." The idea was my own I think, at least I never heard of anyone else trying it till after I published mine. It will only answer where there is not very much milk, unless you make a very large one. Mine was made of a huge packing case with shelves that would slip in and out to hold the dishes, doors back and front, and holes bored in doors and sides too, to allow the air to get through. This box (or dairy) I placed in the heart of the scrub where it could not get any sun, but plenty of air and shade. To prevent the dust getting through I pasted muslin inside. It answered well, and during a very hot summer I never had to boil my house milk once. Of course a place of this kind must be kept perfectly clean and sweet, which is easily done by scrubbing frequently. A good plan is to throw a couple of buckets of water into it and all over the shelves just before setting the milk.
POINTS OF A GOOD COW.
Broad flat ribs, and far enough apart to let you lay two fingers between them, skin loose and flabby over the flank, veins under the belly large and prominent, broad between the eyes, bright prominent eyes, neck clean and thin, backbone strong, pelvic arch
