Harley's Byres

Harley’s Byres was a large barn establishment that held over 260 cows, as well as calves and pigs, that were kept clean, well fed, and well-tended. The milk from these very healthy cows was sold and distributed throughout Glasgow and it was considered so good that even Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, as well as other European nobility, came to see the Byres and to drink the milk. Harley’s methods of strict cleanliness, sterilization of equipment, and improved animal husbandry and cleanliness increased the output and quality of the milk. His principles of hygiene are still used in dairy farms around the world today.