The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-02-18
FARM IND HOUSEHOLD.
RUTTEIs OR CHEESE!

~, y. \ -, gave out, and operations had
to cease until replaced by new one
Meantime Mr.. Davis, not wishing to
decline the usual supply Of milk for his
/ factory, concluded to go on receiving it,
and making butter out Of it, He did
so. On the 18th of that month the
cream was gathered in large watts and
not in the careful manner of farmers
/ family 1t was churned, and he found
/ that the cream from four thousand
pounds of milk yielded two hundred
/ pounds of excellent butter. being twenty
pounds Of milk to pound of butter
it taking nine and ahalf pounds of milk
to pound of cheese. Hence, the 200
pounds of butter at 40 cents per pound,
the price at which it sold, yielded $50 ;
hut the milk converted into cheese at
Is cents per pound, would have Welded
but S63.l3. Thus by the fact OF the
renewal of the boiler mere accidental
! circumstance, the discovery was made
/ that by the manufacture of butter
| instead of cheese, the actual increase of
profit per day was Sl5.62, besides the
/
over the Whcy..'
Col. Freas, the able editor of the
Telegraph, thus remarks on the above :
This discoverv-for discovery it was,
/ instead Of being a wcll-established fact,
! patent to every one-will open the eyes
/ of those who prosecute their business
blindfolded, and will largely operate to
/ check the mania for chccsc-making. The
factories now,--at least some Of them
will probably alternate their business
I between making cheese and butter. as
the alterations in the price Of these arti-
cles shall warrant; while farmers will
find cut something which they did not
know before, but which they should have
| known from the beginning"
/ From the Oxford Press of last week
we clip the following on
THE CHEESE QUEsTIoN.-The Ques-
ton, will the manufacture of cheese
afford a good profit in this section, has
been engaging the attention of many
]
have been formed, and committees ap-
pointed to investigate the working of
cheese factories in this and other local.
ties and ascertain the probable profit of
| the same
The following is the report of an in
vcstlgatng committee, presented on the
2lst ult., to Il meeting in Marlborough.
The committee visited the factory of
Messrs Worth, and were informed that
he commenced the making of cheese, on
the 18th of April, and closed the 18th
of November making I months. His
dairy consisted Of thirty-tive cows, pro-
duccd in the above time lbs, SS5 pounds
of milk-equal to l6, 403 pounds of
cheese, which realized him S20,4OO.4
net. His neighbor, Mr. Littlc's dairy
of about 20 COWS, realized him SO per
! head net for the above mentioned time.
! The milk was sent to the factory in the
morning and evening, Worth charging
two cents pound for making, selling,
&c., and also keeping the whey, which
he considers of but little value The
milk of 100 COWS was made into cheese
last year. At this time about three
hundred are offered which is the best
evidence of its being paving business;
and also the erection of large costly
factory, with all the most approved con
veniences, proves very conclusivclv that
the Mcssrs. Worth have entire conf
dcnce in its being permanent and pro-
fitable enterprise. The dimensions of
the new factory are 80 by GO feet, two
stories high of eight feet each, hathcd
and plastercd The first hoori is divided
into make room, SO by 30 it., with an
Office about 10 by - feet. The balance
of the lower floor is the drying ROOM
The second floor is devoted entirely to
drying cheese, which will accommodate
about 200, with convenient room be-
tween for passage. The cost of the
building, including fixtures, will be
about $4,000.
From l-2 to 3 pounds of cheese can
be produced for each pound G butter
made in the dairy. The average num-
Der of pounds of milk last season to
produce one of cheese was nine, which
is below the average of diaries in other
States, where they require ten pounds
of milk to make one of cheese, which
proves that the grass and climate of
Chester county can compare with any
section of the country in the production
of good cheese
We publish the above statements for
the benefit Of the farmers of this coun-
ty, and trust that the movement in the
cheese and butter business, recently
spoken of by our correspondent at Ris-
ing Sun, will be pursued to some per-
manent results, by the enterprising farm
ers of that section No more suitable
place for the cheese and butter business
can any where be found in the State
than that part of Cecil
We would not advise a wholesale
al andonment of mixed husbandrv for the
dairy and stock business: but stock on
every farm in the county should supply
al VI ti' Ildltlldl ltAttDl
lime) to manure literally every crop
that the farmer cultivates If our farm
ers would adopt II system of cultivating
three-fourths or more of their farms in
grass, and appropriate not more to such
crops as require almost constant use of
the pillow and harrow till gathered, than
they could abundantly supply with
manure, they would find their profits
from their Grain crops much larger than
't'irr The present exhaustive system.
""ie from >,oyN ana dairy produce they
would reap a handsome and unfaIing
revenue, and their lands would be kept
in such state of fertility as to insure
Il generous return for all drafts upon
them with the piow and hoe.
CORN CULTURE.