Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-08-24
portation &c and would add to our income


portation, &c, end would add to our income
81, roo, GOO to s2,oeo, 600 ahsually. ~ A.
OF Geese there Is reported IN the year
la58, ss n1sacfactured for that year, only
re, 7ss pounds, . little more than one pound
. year for each person; <bout ons-teath Of
what would be, used if It could Re obtained,
ana not more than one-third Of what is actu.
ally consumed in our State, leaving 1,5oo, 900
pounds to be imported. This costs u not
less than ten cents pound, making $3.50. 900
which is annually SAINT out Of the State for
what we have every facility for making at
home. s tE1&t
Now, suppose we take one-half of the
amount Of the milk required to make the
butter estimated above for expectations, and
convert it into cheese, it would make double
the number Of pounds Of cheese.
We would then have for 8, 900 ns Of butter
And for il ooo goo b: Of cheese !. cents.
,a,siO, 900
The above may appear extrayagant to many,
but as the data is given on which it is based,
it is open to criticism and correction. Your
correspondent gives his views, and he would
be glad to have the views Of others on what
our State is doing and can do in this regard.
Take but one half Of the aggregate given, the
sum is too large to be despised, even by the
farmers in iowa, when it is within their grasp.
1T requires, however, an effort to obtain it.
They must inform themselves Of many nice
things in regard to making butter and cheese,
and practice them, SO as to become proficient
in this as in every thing else which it is their
duty to produce for their own benefit and to
meet the demands of those who are depend
ent upon them.
But there is a but in this matter of making
butter and cheese for expectation, which the
farmers cannot so readily overcome Of them
selves. It's the difficulty and almost i'm
possibility Of obtaining suitable firkins for
butter, and boxes for cheese. have no
doubt if these could be readily had when re-
quired, twice the quantity Of butter would
be made and packed in the dairy, which is
the only proper place for packing it, than
there is now. Why cannot butter firkins be
made, as also cheese boxes, cheese tubs and
watts, and kept on hand for sale, in your man.
ufacturing town, as readily as you can have
chairs, tables, &C? The first man who goes
into this business in your place, and lets it
be known to the farmers that they can be
supplied at all times, will secure large bust
ness in your rich valley. Then some Of your
merchants should inform themselves as to
the several articles needed for successfully
making cheese, which now cannot be obtained
short of some of the Eastern cities, and keep
supply on hand. know of many farmers
who are deferred from systematic maufac-
ture of butter and cheese, but especially the
latter, because Of the difficulty Of obtaining
the necessary articles. It is due to the pros
perity of your fourishing town that its mer-
chants and enterprsing mechanics encourage
this important interval by affording every "a
cility in their power; and If these hints. are
received in the spirit in which they are Civ
en-, / would refer them to ASA C. Bowen,
ESQ.,, of Bowen's Prairie, in Jones Co., or
any other successful maker of cheese, in this
State, or elsewhere, as to the articles needed.
In addition to knowledge and skill, our far
mers must have the proper tastes to do their
work well. ..s J.. -
w. d. W.
THE above communication is from Gen.
WILSON, Secretary Of the State Agricultural
College. It contains valuable information.
We will add some timely hints soon.-ED.]