Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-02-19
agricultural.
Cheese Factories IS. Butter Supply.

The introduction ar cheese faot,rie- into
the dairy regions Is having j very ureceDtible
effect upon the utter market \ much bet
ter article OF cheese Is. no doubt, made than
under the old system. 1t greatly relieves the
farmer wife, and for time it was more
profitable lor the farmer But we apprehen-
ded that the new system uas been pressed
with 80 much yigor that it i endangerins
our butter supply. Cheese Is now quite too
cheap for the farmers interests. and butter
quite too dear for the consumers 1t take.
from . TO 10 lbs Of milk, according. - the
statistics of the Dairymens Association T.
make one pound of cheese and about twice A.
much to make pound Of butter Allowing
that the labor OF making each IL about the
same, the price of butter ought to lie about
twice the pTlce Of cheese, and tIis used t. be.
about the relative value OF the two articles
But now these proportions are changed, and
cheese Is worth only One-Ihnd az much Is
butter. Oar quotations for these articles
December 10, 1867, are State butter 80 to
Is cents, cheese, to l6i cents. / year ago
State butter was % to -, and cheese, IL to
- cents Cheese has fallen III price until il
y about the cheapest article Of animal food
III tie market. Butter was quite too dear q
year ago, and grew dearer until March. wien
1t quoted at 40 to 90 cents lie is higher
now than 1t was year ago aud likely u 20
still higher. These quotations show the ten
tency of the mark Is, and, Of cOurge. the
tendency OF tie dairy districts. II NAV be
true that we 90 not make too much cheese
1t is quite evident that We do not make but
ter enough. We know Of nothing else TO
affect the relative supply Of these articles
except the cheese factories, which are now
numbered by hundreds, and absorb the milk
VI the best farmers IN the dairy regions The
supply of milk for the cities and large towns
.gls aylt
and would OF disturb the balance.
What ia TO he done IN this state of the
market, 10 restore the balance and give us
butter ut reasonable prices? v believe a
few Of these factories make both batter and
cheese, and this, perhaps, viii become necee-
sary for all. 20 get the highest market price
tor the products OF milk. These ara butter,
cheese, and whey, tie last Of which is fed to
pigs. nder tue old system, al farmers who
had convenient market for butter preferred
to make that from part of the milk. and
convert the balance INTO cheese. The skim
ned cheH,as rEaS second rate article but
wholesome and nutritious. and entered quite
largely into the family supplies. Ii found
market at the country store and utilized
the milk better than exclusive butter max ing
would have done. The exclusive cheese
makers Were those who tad 10 ready market
for butter The cheese would keep better
and could be disposed 0. il large ar small
quantities. sulted the cony enienc of the
dairyman. We see no insuperable objection
TO the making Of both butter and cheese by
the factory system. OF course, first-rate
cheese could not be made at the same time
that the butter was made But we mi ght
have tirst-rate butter with a sec nd rate art
Gle of cheese oil through tie season, or the
season. might be divided between them, Civ
ing the cooler months to butter and mid sum
mer to cheese. Some change is called for,
and We must have it or 20 back to the home
manufacture. If farmers find they can get
IS cents pound for butter at their doors
and only 10 for cheese ut the factory, they
Will prefer to take care OF their milk at home
The factory system has some draw backs be
sides low prices 1t strips the farm of fertil-
izers. The skinned milk fed to pigs with
other feed made the best Of pork, ard the
swine makes a yard of the best manure
Wherever 1t went il told much better story
than stable manure. and Its effects were visi-
bic for many years upon the hay crop. Any
system IN farming is much to be deprecated
that prevents the manufacture of home made
fertilizers.