British dairy-farming to which is added a description of the chief continental systems / by James Long.

  • Long, James.
Date:
1885
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Credit: British dairy-farming to which is added a description of the chief continental systems / by James Long. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    It is an old custom, especially among authors of works upon technical subjects, to introduce their books with an apology. I have not written this book because there is no other in the market, nor because I felt specially called upon to supply a demand. Every person who is connected with agriculture must have noticed that a great Dairying movement has commenced, and recognising its importance I, some two years ago, commenced this work. My object has been to produce a plain and practical handbook, composed of facts and details resulting as far as possible from personal experience, and such as will enable the farmer to master the primary intricacies of milk and its various products. I have not been content to deal with British Dairying alone, but have devoted a considerable number of pages to Dairy work on the Continent, believing that we have much to learn from those people of other nations who have made milk manipulation their study and practice, and that we shall in the future adopt some of their systems with great pecuniary profit. It is possible that some of the opinions I have expressed may not meet with general approval, inasmuch as they are sometimes contrary to conventional teaching; but some hundreds of experiments have shown me that the old lines are often unsound, and sometimes indeed absolutely devoid of truth.