. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying. Dairy farms; Dairy plants; Milk plants. Fig 6.—Iron Tethek peo the southern-sloping land a grateful shelter against the cold and boisterous winds of winter. The breezes of the Atlantic that sweep over it, and the strong tides that wash its rocky beach, are greatly tempered b\' the warm and softening influence of that Gulf Stream to which the west coast of Ireland owes its adventitious mildness and fertility. The grass is green and nutritious, and the japonica blooms throughout the winter; so that the winters and summers of
. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying. Dairy farms; Dairy plants; Milk plants. Fig 6.—Iron Tethek peo the southern-sloping land a grateful shelter against the cold and boisterous winds of winter. The breezes of the Atlantic that sweep over it, and the strong tides that wash its rocky beach, are greatly tempered b\' the warm and softening influence of that Gulf Stream to which the west coast of Ireland owes its adventitious mildness and fertility. The grass is green and nutritious, and the japonica blooms throughout the winter; so that the winters and summers of Jersey are not in violent contrast, and all its seasons are mild and uniform. So far the influence of climate on the type of cattle. The agriculture of Jersey is gardening rather than farming, so thrifty and industrious are the people. The farms are usually very small—say twenty acres or less on the average ; the cultivated crops are to a great extent raised by spade-hus- bandry and hand cultivation, and the abundant seaweed provides a cheap anil viiluable manure; tiie fields are very small, and their pr<iductive ca])acit3' is raised to a high position. When deep )iloughing is needed for the growth of root crops, the farmers join their teams and help each other, turn and turn about, because on one of these small farms the horses kept are not alone sufficient for the purpose; and high farming on a small scale is carried out to a degree scarcely to be found any- where else, out of China and Japan. The jjastures on which the cattle graze in summer are orchanls or small crofts, and from their birth none of the animals are allowetl to roam at will, even in those small enclosures, but tiny are always either tended by children or tethered. A convenient and effectual tether- peg is made from a bar of iron three- quarters of an inch in diameter (if of steel, half an inch is sufficient), by twisting it into the form of a corkscrew, bending it at the top into a ring,to which the ro
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