THE DUTCHMAN'S METHODS.
DAIRYING IN HOLLAND. Professor Blundel, in t'no "Agricultural Students' Gazette," gives an interesting account of his impressions when travelling in Holland last, season. Ho was struck with the fertility of the pastures and tho large number and prosperous appearance ot' the cattle upon them. The Dutch farmer, ho says, occupying from 50 to 100 acres as a rule, feeds his cattlo and milks his cows, so that each animal gets his proper quantity of food, and the performance of each cow at the milk-pail is known to him. In the best herds of Friesian cows the average milk yield is S.'iO gallons per annum, while individual cows in their prime yield up to 1200 gallons. Pure-bred cows are not accorded for registration in fhe Friesian Herd Hook unless their milking qualifications are satisfactory. fiy means of local milkcontrol associations, supervised by a bead controller employed by the Herd nookAssociation, milking records for tho Herd Book aro accurately ascertained.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1073, 11 March 1911, Page 8
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161THE DUTCHMAN'S METHODS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1073, 11 March 1911, Page 8
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