The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-03-09
FARM And HOUSEHOLD.
ASSOCIATED CHEESE FACTORIES.


At meeting Of the Dairymen's Assoca-
ton of Vermont, held in January, at Rut-
land, some very interesting facts were
ELECTED in the course of the remarks of the
several speakers. Mr.. Clark, of the Rut-
land Herald, in the address of welcome to
the members Of the Association, said, there
/ was no branch of agriculture that had made
such rapid strides as that relating to the
dairy; and that there was none in which
minds more intelligent or more ripe for
/ investigation. or which profit more by expe-
rience, had been enlisted: and this was
manifested by the progress of their asso-
citation, the influences that have gone out
from it, and the fruits that have been
gathered-in the better production, and in
the increased zeal of the producers.
| The factory system commenced, in this
country, in 1859, when there was no foreign
reputation for its operations, but the flood
of intelligence that has gone out among
the people has enabled them to progress
| from the manufacture of inferior cheese to
that of such quality as to revolutionize the
feeling in England, and to force the admis-
sion that American cheese is equal to the
| best English manufacture; and, in fact, to
arouse lively competition between the
manufacturers Of the two countries, as well
as to create IL home market, which could
not otherwise have been secured.
We have already stated, that the farmers
and others interested in the Cheese produc-
ton of England, had sent to this country
and secured the services of one OF the most
skillful men engaged in the business in New
| York, and guaranteed a fund of $780, 900 to
! get the factory in their county Derby
under way. At the meeting which deter
mined Oh this course, dealers gave as a
reason why it was more profitable for them
to buy American cheese than their home
production, that the uniformity in quality
of the former was such, that per cent.
variation was the average, whilst in the
English cheese it was 33 per cent. This
difference is occasioned by the mode of
manufacture; the English being made by
individuals, the American by the co-opera-
tive system.
| Whilst the production of Cheese is in
creasing to an enormous extent annually,
the demand keeps pace Herewith. The
factory system, introduced as stated above,
mated, to the Eastern and Western States,
and there are now probably nearly 1000
factories in existence, averaging 300 cows
| to each-and the same system, so success
full in this branch of dairying, is also
extending to the making of butter. The
official returns, it was stated at the meet
ing in Vermont, show that in 1871 the
export of Cheese was 6,07S, 500 TBS. more
teri, 1875, sos Tbs. more being exported in
1871 than in 1870.
These facts establish beyond doubt the
practicability of extending the business
without any danger of it's being overdone;
for, independent of the increased exporta-
ton, it is proved that the domestic consump-
ton is also largely increased wherever these
factories have been established in neigh
borhood-it being well known that the
nutriment contained in pound of cheese
is decidedly greater than in the same guam
tity of meat. We have ever believed that
this business could be adopted in the Mid
die, if not in all the Southern States, with
greater advantage than in most of those to
the north and west Of us, where it is now
so fiourishing, on account of our climate
and soil being better suited for it, if con-
Quoted on systematic or business-like prin-
ciples-and the proof is at hand.
We have just received the Leesburg
(Loudon county, Va Republican, contain
ing an account of the operations of the
cold Dominion Cheese Factory" estab-
lished at Hamilton, Va, last May, which
was read before the patrons of the Factory,
Goth JAN, 1872:
Statement If tie Old Dominion Cheese
Factory.
Amount of milk received from May 9th
to September Sth, 1871, 37S, 1873 lbs.
Amount of cheese manufactured, sc, 625
| lbs.
1913 lbs. of milk required for one pound
of cheese. Average net price of cheese 125
cts. per h., after deducting cost of boxes,
| freight and all other Xpenses except man.
ufacturing.
Value of $685. TBS. cheese at 12s cents
per H., $4,7l5.47.
! Average number of cows. 1875.
p cents per fb. charged for manufacture
ing. curing, boxing, furnishing all mate
rials, except boxes, selling at the factory,
collecting the money and dividing the same
among the patrons in proportion to milk
| furnished and cheese made.
| BY experiment it was proved that the
milk required to make HI. of butter made
3 Tbs. of cheese.
The cost of factory, machinery, etc, for
manufacturing the milk from 400 to 600
COWS, is about $4,000.
! The unprecedented drouth in Loudoun
! during the past season rendered it exceed
! ingly unfavorable for the cheese enterprise.
| Cheese conld be made in ordinary seasons
| from six to eight months to advantage here
The nature of the grass, the pure spring
water, and the favorable climate all COM
bined to produce cheese pronounced by
dealers in Richmond, Norfolk. Alexandria,
| Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia
as second TO none in the market. The fact
| that the Old Dominion cheese commanded
from one to three cents per pound more
than any other cheese offered in the mar
ket. is sufficient evidence of its quality.
1t is conceded by all who have examined
| the subject, that Virginia is admirably
| adapted for the success of the dairy; and
that it's products, cheese, butter and milk,
will pay the farmera hundred-fold over the
present system of exhausting the land with
grain and tobacco. Our lands eed less
| frequent blowing, more grass and much
| more home made sertilizers. A new depar-
| ture in this matter would materially i'm
prove our bank accounts. A farmer must
change his system of farming as the value
of land, produce, labor and facilities for
shipping change.
Iwould most respectfully recommend the
organization of a Dairyman's Association
in Loudoun, that the dairy may be more
fully discussed and its real merits in this
section of Virginia ascertained
believe concert of action in this matter
from the different grass sections of the
State would greatly advance the dairy
interest, and have good effect in encourag-