Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-03

duction of other wares be made a
source Of profit in Lancaster, and
serve a. the same time to stimulate
the mercantile and other interests OF
thr village?
Situated as We are in tho heart OF
~' fine dairy region as can be found
almost anywhere in the great valley
IF tho Mississippi, we can see no rea-
sons why cheese factory Of ample
proportions and consequently large
capacity can not be established and
successfully operated here. The
cows raised here are good milk pro-
ducers and will yield abundantly
with little Or no extra care or feed
ing. Our winters, too, are uudoubt-
edly growing milder every year,
thus making Abe expense of winter
ing q large herd Of dairy cows much
less than it would be il a more in
clement latitude. Let US glance for
u moment at what has already been
done in this line in other and per-
haps less favored parts Of the coun.
ty Several factories Tor the manu-
iacture Of cheese have already been
established and, though conducted
comparatively on minor scale, all
are paying handsomely we are told
and the concurrent testimony Of the
proprletors IS that TIE profits accru-
ing from the sale ofcheese, counting
labor and all other expenses, are
many fold greater than the profits
resulting from the sale Of grain or
cattle. The factory ofBatie Il Will
lans, at Bloomington, is now per-
manent home institution. Although
but two years established, it is Al
ready widely known quite as much
for its prosperous condition as for
the unusual excellence of the cheese
made there. Then there is the fac.
tory Of Morse 4 Griffis at Little
Grant, and the one erected by Peter
Clayton during the past summer in
Liberty,-both doing q thriving bus
mess, and turning out cheese in ov.
cry respect equal to the best import
cd article sold by our merchants aud
grocors.
Now cheese factory near the vii
lage Of Lancaster is "a very desirable
thing TO have, and we trust that the |
matter will be taken into serious con-
slderation by competent and ener-
setic individuals. There are near
the village several fine, large farms
all OF which are admirably adapted
for the carrying on of such 90 enter
prise Take, for instance, the re-
spectivo hOmesteads ofCurry, Moore,
Austin, Halbert, Gulick, T. NJ or
Jay Barber, and where could you
find more advantageous sites for
factory Of the kind in question?
The manufacture of brooms is also
rapidly becoming an important
branch Of skillful industry in our
county. A number Of parties are
engaged in the work near Blooming
ton, Patch Grove and other places,
and they find that the business is by
no means devoid Of profit. Lancas-
ter nerds and can sustain n good
broom factory, and man of enter
prise and little capital might do
many unwiser things than starting
ono in or near the village. The OPP
portunity is good, and wants but the
right sort OF person to improve and
take advantage Of it. A broom
made abroad sweeps no cleaner than
one made at home, even if its price
is fifty or q hundred per cent. great
err. We are utterly unable to appre-
ciato the wisdom, or perceive the
economy, of sending the raw materi-
al for brooms to Chicago and Nil
waukee, paying as many profits as
it passes through hands, besides ex.
orbitant freight charges for it's trans
portation thither swell as f)r the re-
turn Of the finished broom TO our
doors. There may be good in it new
crtheless, but whatever il may be
who can demonstrate =?
4 soap factory is another institu.
ton that Lancaster needs in the way
Of manufactures, Licbig, the great
German chemist, measures the civil
ization OF people by the quantity of
soap they consume, which is rot
bad test of the intellectual and NOR
al advancement of q nation, and of
its progress in the arts and Sciences.
There are in this township alone one
thousand families whose patronage
would be of Itself sufficient to sustain
soap factory conducted ON a large
scale. All the materials used i'm the
manufacture OF soap are here in
unlimited abundance, and are wasted
or thrown away because the people
know not what else to do with the
refuse. Besides the soap into which
these materials could be converted.
had we factory for that purpose
here, some excellent saleratus and
soda might also DO manufactured
This is done on a large and paying
scale at Prairie du Chen and Gaiena,
aud there is surely nothing to hinder
It's being done as extensively and
prod,ably at Lancaster.
The want Of an iron foundry and
machine shop is also often aud seri-
ously felt by many, thore being
hardly ans branch OF business in the
county that would not throw work
into one or another of its depart
mcuts. Oar loading mechanics are
the parties most interested in this
matter, and might do well to take
stock IN an enterprise . this kind,
and make efforts at once TO have it
established. Who will take the lead
IN starting any or all of the above
named manufacturing establishments
OF which Lancaster is rcallv very
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