Worcester daily spy., 1871-02-16
Cheese Manufacturers Convention nj
West Warren.
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who were unanimously elected:
President Thomas P Root of Barre; Vice
Presidents, D, S. Ellis of Warren, E. W. Boise of
5lanford; Secretary, N. S. Hubbard of Brim-
ield; Treasurer, b. F. Hamilton Of New Brain
tree
Mr. Root extended his thanks for the honor,
saying it was his intention to decline re-elec-
lion, but he should continue to do what he
'ould to advance the important interests of the
association to the utmost of his ability.
Of the twenty-seven factories, represented in
the association, but about one-half were ready
10 make their annual reports of last years op-
9rations. They were as follows:
Worcester County Cheese Factory at Warren
Amount of capital invested, $500; time of
| commencing to make cheese, April 4; time of
| closing, October %; whole amount of milk in
| pounds, 1,134 769; number Of pounds of milk
| 10 one Of cured cheese. 1921; length of time
kept before being marketed, forty to sixty days;
| size ~ by 1S lnches mostly IS; weight 25 to 70
| lbs; help, two men and one woman, four
months; cost OF help, including board, ST.
| 093.70; number and cost of renncts, 430 at 20
| cents, $50; cost of boxes, 30 cents each; S25
| yards cloth at ~ cents, cost S7S.37 heating
| by steam, cost of fuel, % cords wood and 10
| tons coal, Sis; 2.6 lbs salt to 1000 of milk;
total expense per lb. in getting cheese ready to
| send from factory, 2f cents; amount of cured
| cheese, 1104 lbs. net income per 100 pounds,
ol2.4621; average number of cows for season,
$50; pounds Of cheese per COW, little over 800.
| Warren Cheese FGctOry-Capital invested,
| $1,000, two story frame building 26X60, with ell
| for boiler; commenced making cheese May 2,
closed Sept. Is: 49, 1872 lbs. OF milk used; 1914
lbs. of milk to of cured cheese; kept 40 to so
| days before marketing; two sizes Of cheese, 40
| and 70 lbs the average; help man and / girl;
Of holm E121 1O 1SS n.
| 1S5 boxes at 25 cents, 3S3 at 30 cents each,
S147.65; 454 81 yards Of cloth at 49, S42. .56;
heated by steam boiler cost Of fuel II Cts per 100
| lbs. Of cheese, S45.21; 6 IL barrels salt cost
S24.1O; Al 100 lbs. cheese cured; net income per
100 lbs. S1225.
Coy'S Hill Cheese Factory, at Wdrren-Capi-
tai $4,000; began making March a. closed Oct.
| Is; 1,239,567 lbs. milk used; 9.741 lbs. milk to
l of cured cheese; kept from 80 to so days before
marketing; average weight about 10 lbs each;
| help men, costing 80 cents per 100 lbs. ofcured
| cheese, including fuel and cost of rennets;
| 1740 boxes cost 30 cents each; 713 yards cloth
| cost 3-S cents per yard; used Alilers crculat-
ing coil cheese vat for heating; 13 barrels OF f.
dairy salt at S3 50; total expense per Id. getting
cheese ready TO send from factory, 2.0S cents;
27,250 lbs. cheese cured; net income per 100
| lbs S12.2S1.
Barre Central Cheese FactorsJ- Capital in
vested, $4,000; factory thirty-two by sixty, one
story, with dwelling attached; dry house twen-
Gy-GlPUG DY Dlnety-SlX, TWO stories, commenced
April g. closed Nov. 8; 1,622,l62 pounds milk
used; ten and one-quarter pounds milk to one of
cured cheese; kept thirty to sixty days before
marketed; 2161 cheeses, eighteen inch hoop,
forty and seventy-fve pound sizes; amount of
lclp equal to one man nine mouths and one
woman ten months; cost of help, including
BOARD, S1OS4.2S; 2S6 rennets cost S71.5O; 1906
boxes cost S491 rs; 1886 yards cloth cost S12117;
heated by RalphS vats, with cylinder enclosed
in wafer; fuel used, twenty-four cords wood,
Ost $122; salt sixteen barrels F. T. dairy, cost
372; all other expenses S127S.46; total expense
Der pound in getting cheese ready to send from
factory, two cents and four one-hundredtGs; cX-
0ensc of freight and marketing S5S0.13; two
md SiX-tenths pounds salt used per 1000 pounds
milk; 15S,25S pounds cheese cured; net income
per 100 pounds, S12.6O; value of whey, $500;
.hlrty-one hogs were owned by the company,
led whey only until Sept. 1, then fed whey and
meal.
Barre South Cheese Factory.-Capital in
vested $4,000; commenced making cheese April
u, closed Nov. 4; 979,O47 lbs. milk used; iO.7
10 days before marketing; 1855 large and 46
small size; help, man months and men
months; cost of help, including board, S767.2O;
cost OF rennets, S112, boxes S29, cloth S11S.4O,
.uel SS6 Ga, salt S40.S5; expense per ID. getting
,hcese ready to send from factory, including
BOXES, cents and % hundredths; expense of
right and marketing, 60 cents per 100 lbs ; 43
ounces of salt per 1000 lbs. of milk; 81 ,4sO lbs
cheese cured; net income per 100 lbs, S12.25;
value of whey, 1865 lbs sold for S215; 3S hogs
we're bought May [, and kept till Oct 10; were
ed whey all the season and meal IL months;
lost hogs; net profit, 1927.
Barre Southwest Cheese F'dctOry.- Capital
5000; commenced April 1S, closed Oct. 1 1885,
800 lbs. milk used; 10 46 lbs. milk TO of cured
cheese; kept from 30 TO 40 days before market
ing; size Is inch, average weight 80 lbs; help,
| man, costing, including board, S452; 1876 rem
nets, cost $33; 267 yards cloth, cost S25 So;
used Millers patent circulating coil heater;
fuel 4 IL cords wood, cost S23; barrels +. +.
dairy SALT cost S17; rent OF factory and repairs
| S25; total expense getting cheese ready to take
| from factory, cent and 81 hundredths; expense
| of freight and marketing, % per 100 lbs.
8G,S55 lbs. cheese cure1; net income per 100 lbs
| SD %.
Hard,cick Centre Cheese Fdctory.-Capital in
vested S425O; building 70 by 30; basement used
for work room, and wood room and furnace; 3
rooms above for curing the cheeseS that are sealed
up; cheese is raised into the dry rooms by an ele-
| vator. Time of commencing to make cheese April
| A. closing September 80; ,579, ,11S pounds milk
used; 10,151 lbs. of milk to one cured cheese;
| Kept about 50 days before marketing; 2152
| cheeses, IS inch, averaging ~ lbs. each help,
| woman and men, costincluding board S10S2. .09;
| 10 rennets cost S172.37; 2100 boxes cost $500;
heated by Ralph's vats; fuel 121 cords chestnut
| wood S62.50 coal in furnace for dry rooms; 10
barrels and II sacks of Syracuse salt cost S60.50
expense getting cheese ready to take from fncto-
| ry 1892 cents per pound; expense of freight
| and marketing 1929 mills; 2.27 lbs. of salt per
1000 lbs. of milk; 1856 lbs. cured cheese; net
income per 100 lbs. S12249.
Hdrd,oick Union Cheese Company, at Gilbert.
UWe-Capital invested S31; commenced April
21st, closed Oct. 4th; s03,s77 lbs. milk used
| 1921 lbs. milk used to 1 of cured cheese; kept
| from to weeks before marketing; two sizes, 50
| and 10 lbs; help male and 1 female, cost
| $3.50; 260 renncts cost S65; 9s6 boxes cost $685.
| cloth Sill; steam heated; fuel 90 cords wood
| 500, coal tons S37 so; 10 barrels salt f. f.
dairy cost S40 ali other expenses S2S3 Al total
| expense per lb. in getting cheese ready to send
| from factory 2 cents and 1-20 expenses of
freight and marketing 70 cts. per 100 lbs; 663
lbs. cheese cured net income per 100 lbs. S11.40
NeW Brdintree Cheese Factory - Capital
$4,000; commenced making April 7th, closed
Dec. 10th; 1,658,005 lbs. OF milk used; 1914 lbs
weeks before marketing, average about ~ days;
two 'izes 33 to IS, and 20 lbs. each; help equal
to male and . females all the time, second
| male IL months; cost of help including board
| S1371.50; 691 rennets cost S172.25; 2074 boxes
| S62220; 992 yards cloth cost S126.31; heat by
steam; fuel 3S cords wood $3.50, "a tons coal
$40; 5214 lbs. salt cost SIT; all other expenses
S957 43; total expense getting cheese ready TO
send from factory u cents per ID; IL lbs. salt
per 1000 lbs. milk; 158,847 lbs. cured cheese; net
income per 100 lbs, S12.5o; average about 425
cows for the season; about S72 lbs. cheese per
COW; value of whey, S75645; 103 hogs and 10
pigs were bought about May 1, at a cost of
S2052.41; paid for meal and corn, S965.6S, taxes
and interest on capital invested, S9567; paid for
use Of piggery and tending, 5000; dressing and
carting, S1760S; making total of S9491.S4 ex-
penses In the hog department. The receipts for
hogs and pigs sold with the lard amounted to