Category Archives: Dairy

To the Byre over Humplocks – September 1924

Posted on September 22, 2013 by

It was the early afternoon milking hour on a Sunday when one may take a daun’er round the buildings with an easy conscience, and I thought I should like to have a peep at Princess — a 1000 gallon cow … Continue reading →

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Through the Byre – May 1911

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

The worst of farmhouses is that they always smell so of cows, remarked a young townsman to me, with an air of critical tolerance, as if he might be disposed to consider them more seriously if only the objectionable odour … Continue reading →

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A Scottish Byre Lamp – Saturday 1902

Posted on January 12, 2013 by

A letter this morning from a friend in Paris, with a very tempting suggestion that I might join her in a pension there. It would be so good for my health, physical and mental, she says. The lectures delightful, the … Continue reading →

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Getting an Umbrella Repaired – Thusday January 1902

Posted on January 10, 2013 by

As we are able at present to sell all the butter and eggs in the house, it is not necessary for one of us to go to market. This convenience has its little inconveniences for we used to get our … Continue reading →

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Oh, For a Stove in the Dairy – Thursday December 1902

Posted on December 20, 2012 by

It would be very helpful if we could have a stove in our dairy; not only for the sake of the ripening of the cream, but for comfort and expedition on churning days. How quickly the butter froze into a … Continue reading →

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First Day of Real Winter – December 1904

Posted on December 10, 2012 by

It is not that the early arrival of winter with such bitterness and force was unusual, or that we have had no experience of churning in a blizzard but we had been dreaming of summer and almost preparing for spring. … Continue reading →

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Wearing of Clogs – Tuesday November 1900

Posted on November 13, 2012 by

Dairying is a dirty business and our dairy is rather small for all it must hold. We always wear clogs there. I do not know what we should do without them when the floor is so wet and dirty; and … Continue reading →

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“Put to it” by Absence of Workers – November 1900

Posted on November 3, 2012 by

It is the custom in this part of the country for all country servants, hired by the half year and living in the house to take a week’s holidays at Whitsuntide and Martinmas. The very shortest period they will consent … Continue reading →

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The Parritch Luggie – September 1907

Posted on September 11, 2012 by

An article in Country Life last week recalled to my mind the wooden bowls I have seen used in farm kitchens in my childhood. There was the meal-bowl placed on the wide hob every morning and evening, from which the … Continue reading →

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Ducklings Cry Wee Wee Wee – Monday July 1901

Posted on July 9, 2012 by

A brood of young ducklings have a naughty habit of wandering in my lady’s garden. They themselves are not very destructive but the same cannot be said of their industrious and affectionate mother. They wriggle through the side garden while … Continue reading →

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