The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-04-21
Address of w. H. Comstock. Esq, Of
Utica. before the Watertown (N.Y }
Cheese Convention.
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THE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES OF THE OIL
AND NEW System OF CHEESE MANUFAC-
... .i TURE. 'f
We have come together upon this oc
'casion TO exchange ideas, upon a subjcc
which comes lone 10 the personal inter
,est OF every dairyman in the lant; not on
lily to our personal interest aud those i'm
.mediately depending upon. or connected
with us, but this subject effects the iutef
tests o! our nation; not only our nation
Gut also the people across the water, wht
use and depend upeH-our products. Th,
Idairv interests OF this country form ne
mean part OF the product Of the nation. =
Its magnitude, its importance, its efFec
supon the wealth Of our nation may b,
better understood, when you become
aware that the product OF butter ant
.cheese, in this country, for the past year
Twill amount to about $500, 900, ,OOO.--
1 Our capital invested in the dairy interes
Ireckoned AT 7per cent. would require 81;
1885. .7I4.285 7l to produce this value O
Ibu,ter aud cheese; and yet think an
Isafe in estimating that the grazing inter
Iests OF our country produces az much oil
more value in cattle and sheep for I'll,
'sbambles and milk that is not manulac
;,ured into butter and cheese, and We
within the memory OF us all. Our neigh
,bors in the sunny Son,h, they called IL.
'nudSiNs OF lhe North and Cotton King
lOh! mos, inglo,ious king! Where is Thy
power, where thy people? The have
I"sown the wind und reaped the whirl
wind" .s s.,.. ..~ .r'. ... d. j.
Pardon me FOR the depression when
ask you TO compare the capital invested r
the grazing interest alone TO the nstiona
debt, and it appears that our nationa
debt is only quarter the capital thus in'
vested. Cotton is not king: 1t never
can be; but the grazing interest, is the
main pillar in the edifice that forms ma.
tons greatness. Aud yet. with all our
vast capital, with all our rich products
why is i, that we do not exert that iDflu.
ence in the affairs OF GO ernmer. and in
the halls of legislation. which justly be
long 10 US: Why is it that lew lacto
ries, with only few hundred thousand
collars capital, or a railroad with few
million dollars invested, will be heard
when we are not? ......
T Why is it !ha: the Agricultural Depart
ment a. Washington, which was created
for the hene fit OF the farmer. and expends
thousands Of dollars annually, and pub.
fishes thousands Of volumes Of their agri'
cultural reeort. is not made more useful
to the practical farmer, by being superin-
tended and conducted by practical men
Of our occupation. Why is il, that we
see. in looking over their annual report Of
1868. the first article on the manufacture
of cheese, written by a worthy gentleman
from the State Of Maine, who has nc
practical knowledge Of the manufacture
OF cheese, aud who came. twice, all the
way from the State OF Maine, to gathe,
on this subject, from one ol
our members, and most able writer up.
on the manufacture OF cheese, and took
his diferen! pamphlets upon this subiecI
and Reproduced them in this article,
sometimes giving credit and sometimes
not! .ts .l.H. .-.' .s,tt -e. -
Had they come into dairy district. and
selected q person cOnvorsaDt with uH the
that arc constan ly being
made, ws~might have had an article bring.
ing tho subject Of cheese dairying down to
the present time, instead Of q reproduction
of Mr.. Wiilards articles, already published
in the transactions OF our State Agricultural
Society. 80
II is not because VIC belong 10 q down.
tr0dden race for we are natures true no.
bility. 1t is not for the want of learning
and wealth; for the earth gives us wealth
aud nature has opened to US her store. house
of knowledge. 1t is not TO: the want of
moral worth, for in our occupation We are
brought nearer to tho God of nature, which
to cultivate tho heart and ex.
pand tho mind. 1t is not because we do
not study nature and natures laws. for in
this, noEe are moro profound than the farm.
or. But il Is because we neglect the study
of Goods nob!est and best workman"
The farmer should, as matter of principle,
profit by pleasure, cultivate his social quail
ties, meet together in bodies, exchange ideas
upon your every days occupation, and
learr organized entity of action, and oneness
of purpose. Thus docs tho banker, thus
does the manufacturers. thus does The rail,
road men. thus shall tho dairymen of rbis
country become known as body, and their
in Auence felt. their power seen and their
voice heard in the halls of Legislation. in the
affairs of mon. The pOssessOr of the coun.
try's soil ought not 10 be content with the
routine learned from their fathers, but we
should project our viows beyond the hour,
and leave some enduring evidence of pro.
gress.
The factory system Cor making cheese is
one of those enduring evidences of progress,
invented by one of Onedia's noblest sons,
tho late Jesse Williams of Rome, he freely
gave, without price and without money, the
full details of his system to all who came