Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-03-10
CHEESE FACToRY.
Profits In Making Cheese and Butter, and
How They are Made.

With, the advantages East Tennessee az
fords for stock raising and pastarage, and
the amount of cheese consumed in the
South, we cannot understand why some
attention is not paid to making cheese.
We earnestly ask our readers In the several
counties to read the following exhibit of
the profit of the business and then see IL
some capital and organization cannot be
procured to go into the business. The ex-
pertinent might be commenced on small
scale and enlarged in time. We invite at
tention to the following facts from Aoore's
Rural Ne,U- Yorker: (..s =.
There is quite an excitement in this place
about associated dairying. At O meeting of our
Club, recently, we choose q committee to take
steps towards organization, and, being one of
that committee, / take the liberty to address
you for some information. Which is the best
way to carry on the business By associating
ourselves together, or by one man putting up a
building and the farmers paying him by the
pound for the manufacture and sale of the but
ter and cheese? What wages should we have
70 pay man from your place TO come and
take charge of the factory 2 Could we obtain
such man in your State? How large build
ing would we need for three hundred 1900
cows, aside from the tenement of the man who
takes charge oft and what would it cost TO fur
nish the same for butter and cheese2 How far
would it be safe to carry the milk TO the fac
tory over our rough roads?--J. q. hyes, i
North Jay, Ne
hEMAhhS.-1u Inc uTSV- plaCc, the per-
sons desiring the establishment of factory
should form an association or company for
the purpose of building the factory and
putting it in operation. Each member of
the association should furnish not only a
certain amount of funds for the building
and its appliances, but should also agree to
patronize the establishment by delivering
the milk from certain number of cows.
The location should be where an abun-1
dance of good spring water can be had for
the requirements of the factory, and, if
possible, should be central in respect to the
patrons. or so as to be easily accessible in
the delivery of milk, for all concerned.
About 800 cows, at least, should be Sc
cured or promised for the opening of ope-I
rations. The cost of buildings and fixtures
varies for different sections and according
to requirements or number of COWS from
which milk is delivered A factor for 500
cows. with machinery and fixtures, will
costs from So 600 to So, 900. - 80 (
Firstrclass cheesemakers may be had at
from SIS to 500 per month and board, or
they can be engaged at certain rate per
rates in New York are from 75e. to 81 per
100 pounds of cured cheese. In the latter
case the cheesen1aker furnishes all extra
help required, and pays all expenses for
the board of himself and his help. y.
Cheese and butter factories combined
have generally been more profitable than
cheese alone. But the profits depend on
the character Of goods made and the market
demand for each kind of product. Butter,
for few years past, has ruled high in
price.
AS TO the results from cheese making
alone, we give an abstract of reports from
the officers connected with three cheese
factories located in three different counties
of New York. The statements are for
1870
At the Smith Greek factory, Montgomery
county, the average number of cows deliv-
ering milk was 900. Number of pounds Of
cheese sold, 315,3S4, and it took 8 $40
pounds of milk for one pound of cheese.
The cheese sold for s46,529.6I, or at an
average of fS14.75 3-1O) fourteen dollars
seventy,hve and three-tenth cents per
nundred pounds. The factory opened
1870. go = >''---'
AT the Mclean factory, Tompkins coun-
ty, the whole number of cows was EOS
number pounds of cured cheese. oO0 o81.
1t took 62-100 pounds milk for uolr,d
of cured cheese. The whole amonnt of
cash received for cheese and whev bntter
was SIS, 974. 10, and the average nr;ce ~
patrons was S12.46 S-10per hundred pounds
Commenced April 10th and closed Mover.
Der 18th, 1870.
AT the Lee Center factory, Oneida coun-
ty, it took 8 94-100 pounds of milk for
pound of cheese. The highest price OBJ
tanned for cheese was 16c. and the lowest,