The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-04-14

word of disparagomcnt is offered in refer
enco to their daiies. but we mus, not gloss
over facts. The celebrated Cheddar cheeso
OF Eng land sells in advance Of ours. Il I'M,
! been sold in London Markets at Wholesale
at from 81 20 ll2 shillings per hundred
wc'sht,or trom II to 24c. per pound in gold.
while CHOICE American cheese commanded
from 62 to 65 shilings. a li,,lo more than
halt price. Why 10 this:
! According to tho ANALYSIS of American
cheese. made by DIR. Voeeker, for tbs Roy-
81 Agricultural Society, it appears that our
cheese Ia not wanting iu richness, having
nearly 3o per cent. of butter. and more OF
that maieriall with less WAFER than tho Eng.
lish Che6dar, but tho great fault complained
o. was deficiency Of flavor, and also want Of
soidity.
While duly acknowledging the late i'm. -.
proved character Of factory brands. be ro.
marks that in his examination OF American
cheese, DO is led to conclude Judging from
our importations, that good materials arc
oven more thoroughly spoiled on tho othor
side OF tho Atlantic than 10 Eugland."--
With regard to tho Importance of attending
TO tho condition which insuros Gneness o.
flavor, whom making cheese for the Ea-
glish market tho following extract written
by noted London dealer TO friend in
Ayrshire, is worthy of place in this con-
nectiou. Ho says:
II am engaged in selling largo quantities
| OF Cheddar cheese from Scotland, and you
will do benefit to tho producers If you
urge upon them TO aitend to the condition
OF the evenings milk in the SSoruing, aud
also to attend particularly to fHe ripening
process. These two matters affect flavor,
and n0pDl. ia nvnrvtbtnf, III -.
! aimed at l sold in London, Yesterday, the
produce of two dairiss equally rich, yet the
one was 22s. {$5 5Ol por hundred weight
higher than the other"
Now there is no reason why our factories
Should not be able TO meet all the conditions
OF the English market, and rs to tho flavor
ont high priced choesD-thcy have greatly
improved the character of American cheese,
and, ny united and persistent effort, this
point can and must be reached. learn
from dealers that the point has been near.
ly or quite reached by como of our facto-
ries, the paat season, and, it,the statement
DO correc;, wo can SEQ our way more clear
ly in tho future, for we can manufacture
and sell our cheese in England, for what it
costs ttere is tho mere production Of milk
According to Morton's Cyclopodia of Agri-
culture, tho cost of producing a gallon of
milk in Glouces torshire is 81 cents, while ip
Cheshire it is l3 cents. 1t will be seen then
how large margin is left them, to compete
with US in tho manufacture of cheese.
My friends, belong to your class and am
Interested in the success of American Cheese
Dairying, nnd say to you honestly and in
good faitb that You are asking too much Of
the manufacturer TO require him TO furnish !
h'gh priced cheese from imperfect milk
milk that 10 feyorish or diseased, or mingled
with filth before ID leaves the stables -
Cleanliness is one of the virtues; and it is
imperatiyely demanded in the production
OF nice favored cheese; TO say nothing of
the vice Of forcing OF consumers uncIcan
Iood, arising from carelessness or inatten.
ton on your part ''. '" '"'I''
only lesscniDg the quantity but inuripg the
quality of milk. 1t is we'll known tha,
milk heated and feversh from ovcr-driving
cows in hot wosther,is is not q. healthy article |
OF food. Cows that arc kicked and abused I
will not secrcte good milk, and bave vet
10 learn that there has been any process of
cheese manufacture invented that can con
vert diseased milk into q healthy diet - \
Matters o. this character should bj attend |
ed to in every association. Each m0mber
should be. required to furnish good, clean,
healthy milk, with as much watchfulness
and care as water dilutions aro guarded
against.
CAUSES INFLUENcrNG THE QUALITY OF MILK
II has boon romarkod by Lobig, that COWS
driven long distances to pasture, unless tbey
get m extra supply of food yield milk poorI
in caseino or cheesy matter--the materials
which would otherwise have formed that
constituent of tho milk, being used in re.
pairing the vast of tho muscles, and other
parts employed in locomoton. This fact is
lost sight of by many farmers Herds that
arc compollod.to travel long distances for
water, or which arc occupied consider able
portion OF tho day in getting . supply of
food, yield less milk, and of q poorer a aI-
ty, than whom they can fill themselves
quickly and lilo down to rest, and manufac-
turo their food into milk. In administering
food to mich cows, tho first consideration
should bo tho maintenance of o healthy, ro-
bust condition. That secured the inkrease
and improvement Of thoir milk may bo ro.
allied by paying duo attention. in securing
quiet among the herds. and supplying tho
requisite food, from which good milk may
be roalized. .r.. +. .Ir.r- a.a... g.. /;
.,. 80 N' FENCES. or.H .-l llf i
During tho past season. I had tho pleas.
uro OF looking over considerable number
of farms in tho counties of Oueda, HerL.
mer. Otsego and Madison, and although
many OF these presented tho gratifying evr
idoncc OF successful management, one fca-
tore was noticed, which seemed TO be an
extravagant and almost useless expenditure
of time and money. This was in reforenco
TO the division of the land by fences Ga a
stock farm good fences arc requisite; bnt
tho pastures and meadows should be divided
SO as 20 economist in this matter to tho last
degree With supply of movable pannels,
Quickly taken down or Ant I'M for femnnra