Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-01-25


greatest care must be used in taking the
milk to the factories not to keep it from
becoming sour, but from faint which
Is caused by these blue spores. 1t is also
caused by allowing cows to drink stag
nant water. This has been conclusively
shown by chemical examinations and ex-
perinents. Exposure to air is the pal
iative against their termination. Shut
up the cans so as to exclude the air and
they'1ill thrive, but open to the air, even
after they begin to grow, and they are
destroyed One of the best methods OF
gimitting air, instead of Speeding over
large surface, is, after milking to pump
air into the bottom of the can and let 1t
. bubble up through the milk.
GA great question has been, land perhaps
stills, Can we keep all the cream in the
cheese Is it better to take the cream
9 from the nights milk? He thought
large proportion of the nights cream
could be worked in, but when the milk
is move than ordinarily rich waste be-
gins.
Heretofore the manufacture of cheese
had been profitable, but the speculative
era was passed, as the demand was only
about equal to the supply. We. cannot
d hope to retain the foreign market. The
foreigners have been stimulated by our
efforts ana will hereafter increase their
production, both in quantity and quality
So as to successfully compete with us IN
s. their markets. 1t would now seem odd
for cheese makers, like wool growers, to
petition Congress for protective tariff,
but we may come to it. We must en-
courage and protect all home industries
o and products. Cheese making will pay
as long as life lasts, and only reasonable
competition will exist, because those who
do not understand it will retire. Put
-, brain as well as muscle in your work
aand trust to Providence. Breeders of
stock must breed only from the best
n stock. Farmers select only the best and
earliest seeds encourage home enter
3 prises and they will build up home mar
kets.
DISCUSSION.
After the delivery of Mr.. Curtis adj
dress general discussion ensued in ref
erence to cheese and cheese making,
} which was participated in by Messrs.
Field of Milton, Staples of Dandy,
Wheadon of Pawlet, Armstrong of Dor
set, Surtis of Utica, Childs of Walling-
ford, Stone of Bristol, Smith of Shers-
Caam, johnson of Shrewsbury, North of
shorenam, Douglass and others, Sta
tistics were given of tho production OF
different factories, prices obtained, COM
parative profit of making cheese alone,
during the season, or with butter, guam
tity ST butter and cheese obtained from
given quantity of milk, etc. The ne
cessity of perfect cleanliness was urged,
and the benefit of agitators and the
Ocause of floating curds considered. The
discussions were interesting and instruC-
tive, and we shall refer, at another time,
E2to the facts and statistics elected.
EVENING.
The discussions were resumed and, by
20 request, the subject was
@ @ MARKETS AND MARKET DAYS.
T. q. Curtis of Utica, said 1t was
ve2y important to establish weekly
nGarket day The only thing necessary
for this was for dairymen to come to-
gethGr and agree to sell at certain day
and place, and no where else. Little
Falls obtained her reputation in that
wav; some 20 or 80 factory -cheese-men
agreed 10 that, and will sell at no other
time, and it was the origin of their mar
% ket day. The buyers go around among
y Tie producers, inspect their cheese, etc,
but cannot buy pound until market
day. At Utica we have had one advan-
tage in the cash system. Little Falls has
been ineohe habit of allowing q weeks
credit, and they suffered heavily by two
large, failures during the past season.
Thee is no trouble in finding buyers if
you have the goods together. There
are two binding obligations-one that
where an offer is made for cheese, the
producers shall not sell unless the offer
Is raisedstl Of cent per pound, and the
@ other that all difficulties must be settled
by the board. These are regularly or
ganized with officers, etc. They do not
generally sell by samples, as the buyers
D have previously inspected the cheese
o and know what it is. At Utica there is
one advantage, every dairyman knows
the market early in the day full as well
IS the bdyer. Two or three kilograms
are received from New York from a re-
liable reporter, and also from Little
Falls, and are posted up. 1t fixes the
price of butter and cheese, and prevents
that difference in price which formerly
existed In Little Falls butter and pri-
vate dairy cheese is brought in in wag-
ons the same day and sold. Factory
Gcheese generally brings from one to two
o cents a pound more than private dairy
The expenses are paid by an annual as
assessment on the members; 1t was form
erly one dollar, but the necessity for
offices, kilograms, etc, has increased II
so that it is now five dollars per year.
Persons who do not belong can obtain
Information, etc, for fifty cents Der
market day. All kinds of produce and
farm stock can be registered and sold
Srhe great object and advantage is for
producers to come together, fix prices
get posted, etc
o. s. Bliss said that the st. Adams
market was myth. 1t is simply a
coming together Of the producers, buy
ers and the people. 1t had its origin in
, the Vermont Central Railroad putting
on refrigerator car once a week to
take butter through to Boston, and from
this the producers and buyers got into
the habit of congregating that day for
the purpose of buying and selling.
There are no buildings or arrangements,
or systems of reports The report of
the state of the market is obtained by a
reporter from the Messenger office. He
goes out in the course of the day, meets
one or two respectable dealers, asks
them the price, etc. In this way the
reported sales are obtained, and the
prices of the best lots are rarely obtained
or reported. Mr. Ashley of Burlington
has established kind Of a market for
himself. He buys on Saturday, and
only on that day, and producers are get
citing into the habit of going in on that
day. Some of our (St Albans) produc-
ers, not a large number. however, send
their butter directly to market There
is no difficulty in establishing such a
market anywhere.
Mr.. curtis thought there might be
difficulty iii establishing the custom, and
persuading the producers and buyers to