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But, besides these smaller dairy-farms, Marin County contains some large "butter ranches," as they are called, which are a great curiosity in their way.

From Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands by Nordhoff, Charles

In this famous cheese-making country, the “Fromage de Brie” being the specialty of these rich dairy-farms, there is no superstition, hardly a trace of poverty, and little that can be called poetic.

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various

A tenant needs about two thousand dollars in money to undertake one of these dairy-farms; the system seems to satisfy those who are now engaged in it.

From Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands by Nordhoff, Charles

"The common practice in large dairy-farms is to do the same work on the seventh day that is done all the six."

From The Old Helmet, Volume I by Warner, Susan