Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-12-01
WOrtester 4aiIp Spp.


A WOrcesteTSCOunty Cheese Factory.
portion of tie farmers of Warren have,
for the lost twelve years, turned their atten-
ton to the production of milk for the West
boro Milk Company. During the summer
months they furnish one thousand cans per
day, and in the winter season about eighteen
thousand cans per month. The annual re-
ceipts for milk amount to about sixty-five
thousand dollars. The present price is thirty
cents per can. A farmer, who produces as
much milk as any other in town, says his
cows average an annual income of forty DOL
lars each. Neither cotton ssed meal, oil
cake, nor roots, have been used mnch in this
region, the rich hill pastures rendering extra
feed in summer unnecessary; and in winter
corn meal is fed.
In addition to the demand for the Westboro
Milk Company, an immense supply is now
required by the Lewis Brothers for their con-
densing factory recently erected at West
Brooktield. But in spite of all this, there is
still surplus of milk in this region, and in
consequence thereof there is now in progress
new enterprise, to be called
THE WORCESTER COUNTY CHEESE FACTORY
The extremely low prices which have been
paid for milk during the past three years. and
the steady advance in the price of cheese.
have conspired to turn the attention of some
extensive dairymen in the south part of War
rem, together with others in the adjoining town
of Briml1eld, to the feasibility of establishing
factory for the production of cheese, similar
to those now in successful operation in vari-
GUS parts of New York state, and in some To-
calities at the west Accordingly they dele
gated some of their number 20 visit these
establishments, and having been convinced of
the simplicity of the plan, they Immediately
formed an association and entered upon the
prosecution of the enterprise. They have
now In the process of erection in the south
part OF Warren, one building 40 feet by 80,
another 30 feet by l6, and also drying room,
two stories in height, 100 feet in length, and
&c feet in width. These buildings, together
with fixtures, steam apparatus, ETC., will cost
$4,000.
To carry out the plan, thirty diaries. COM
prising five hunded cows, have been pledged
for five years, snd it is expected others will
be added as soon as operations have been
successfully commenced. This will give
from 1900 to 1000 gallons of milk per day;
and since it is an established fact that one
hundred gallons Of milk will give one hundred
weight OF cheese, the establishment is expect
ed to turn out one ton of cheese per day.
The care of the factory will require the at
tendance of only four persons. A well has
been excayated in hillside, near by, from
which water will be carried to any part of the
building In order that there may be no
waste, an extensive piggery is to be construct
ed, and one hundred swine will be fed upon
the whey which the factory affords. The
milk will be brought from the farms every
morning, and the cheese divided among the
proprietors i'll proportion to the number OF
gallons of milk furnished. Each cheese will
weigh one hundred pounds, aud will probably
be packed in separate boxes.
AT large establishment of this kind seven
miles from Rome, N. Y, cheese is manufac-
tured at an expense of only one cent per
pound, and Is found to be superior in quality
to that made IN the ordinary way, command
ing from one to two cents per pound more in
the market. U,.rop
Worcester, Nov, 1868.