Show farming in holland ill the north of holland the farms are not over a foot above the level of the sea and some are lower the land is a loose spongy much and is very rich it is subdivided in small parcels by canals there are an andoe dof windmills that are used for pumping water all the time the dwellings aro as neat as they possibly can be aliey are built in small villages clustered closely together alie roads are all paved and no particle of dust is ever seen they measure distances by the hour saying that from place to place it is ten hours walk four hours by boat or two hours by rail the houses are built as nicely as any in our cities about fifty feet square with about feet between foists joists on the girat floor all abobo is used for bjoring hay on the side are alie stables for the cattler and they are models of neatness the floors are all paved with stone or brick in the stables where the cattle are they make butter cheese do the washing ironing and baking and the general house hold work it is not uncommon to sec hundreds of cheeses there that weigh about four coundi each the bedding is always clean and lasts a good while when the cattle ore put into the stable they are put there for the season and ofed with a rope to alio corner of the stall tho air is always chilly and alie cow are blanketed in summer and of course are warm in stalls in winter for fires are quite generally kept burning in two stoves through alie coldest of the season tha calves do not require covering in summer because nature has provided a very thick coating of hair for bliem and in the winter they aro sheared |