The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-10-31
Co.0peration Among Planters.

,Co.Operation Among Planters.
An excellent indication of the great results
that may be accomplished by cooperative as
sociation among many persons engaged in the
same pursuits, is found in the present system
of cheese manufacture in the North and West.
1t has been the case for many years, until re-
Gently, that the best cheese was imported.
America was incapable of producing as fine,
rich cheese as was made in England and con-
seed1uentlg the United States imported enor-
mously of English cheese. Just previous to
the war, the cooperative dairy associations
were originated, and the plan, found such favor
that the number of such associations multiplied
very rapidly, and some of them have expanded
to AN enormous scale; producing millions of
ponds Of Eheese} anRuahYy Previous to the
establishment of these, every farmer used his
dairy products at home in the making OF cheese
and butter, as best he could. To those who
owned many cattle, this was laborious and
troublesome business, consuming much OF the
d611estic labor, and yielding not very large rei
however. since cattle for beet, hides and
manure were stock they could not afford to
dispense with. 1t was therefore continued,
only to make the best use possible of the daily
supplies OF milk The cheese of the country
was, under that system, produced without any
uniformity of quality, and with no great refer
snce to, or opportunity for, excellence of quail
ity. Every household made and sold its quota,
/ but each made by, its own receipts and systems
of management, and none of it was made by
persons who devoted themselves to cheese
inaEi Ing exclusively, and who could consequent
Fly be considered experts in the art 1t is obvi-
cns That under this system the quality of Amer
ican cheese would vary as infinitely as the
practices of those who made it, and that there
could be no standard of excellence for the pro-
Upon the adoption Of the cooperative sys-
tenn, every feature of the business was changed.
Associations were formed among farmers Of
Siyen district, suitable buildings, appliances,
etc, were provided for hauling large quantities
of milk daily, apdexpertl men were placed in
charge. Each farmer of the district contrib
utes DAILY the milk from So many cows as he
NAV expect to Keep, and has q proportional in
terest in the products of the factory. or; those
who are not of the association, or stockhol olders,
may daily sell such quantity of milk for reg
ular price to the factories. The great conyen-
ience of the arrangement has perpetuated these
associations, and for several years past they
have greatly increased in numbers, in all the
richeSE Sections of the North and West. An
especial reason why they were approved, is
because they relieved every household of the
labor of cheese!making, which previously, as
stated, had consumed so much of the domestic
labor, and monopolized- the attention of the
wivesahd mothers, and all without any COM
mensurate profit
The large manufactures, it was soon found
produced better cheese, and more of it, hand
ling the material with better economical re-
suits, than had ever been done by private
hands: The management iof' them became g
profession, in which higher skill IN cheese
making was attained than was ever known be-
fore in this country the product was not only
better, but always uniform, and hence more
saleable the waste materials of curd and whey
that had gone for nothing almost, on the farms,
were utilized in raising pigs and poultry; and
thefactories have always paid good dividends
to the proprietors.- = : = - y
An important national result is, that Ameri-
can cheese now excels in quality and in unifor-
NIFTY the best products of England, and instead
of Importing, the United States now exports
Very largely Of this article Of commerce, ,...5
= There are other as good illustrations to be
had of the.adYantages of association, and COM
bination among persons engaged in the same
businessfo the common benefit At the South
we have no such Organizations among our plan
tiers, but each one is an individual who floats
upon the tide in his own little boat, and makes
what port he can. An association among them
might accomplish great common good, in the
way of establishing home consumption of cot
ton, at least to the extent of spinning into
yarns, and SO realizing an additional profit on
it, that would be quite equal to the average
profit on growing it. Every county at least, if
in ho
might easily create and support an association
that should own a cotton mill, and spin at least,
if not weave into cloth, a large part of the cot
ton produced in the neighborhood. We have
water power everywhere, on which to establish
factories each district has labor, children and
females enough to spare, 10 do most of the
work; and the world would be the market for
the product. The profits of such business are
large, everywhere, and there is every reason to
suppose that in such domestic manufacture,
the gains would be equal at least to the profit
9oXqsds g o. 5aiSing g'o 'G9ttoon. Ty0 profits age
No act of secession, and no army of patriots
could ever have established the independence
and prosperity of the South, to the same extent
and degree that she would enjoy 1t, if she would
now consume in home manufactures three
fourths of the cotton she produces. There is
no intrinsic difficulty in her doing it,.
The whole affair lies in the hands of her OWE
people. They have only to say with q common
mind, that it shall be so, and so it must inevi-
tably be.-Bdnner Of the South and Planters
Journal.
CoTToN MANUFACTURING AT THE SoLTH.
The New York Shipping List says: "There
are factories for making plain goods at Angus
ia, Georgia, and Granteville and Saluda, South
Carolina and others at Columbus, Georgia,
and Alamance, for making colored goods. All