Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-09-12
CHEESE FACTORIES In THE SOUTH.

CHEESE FACTORIES IN THE SOUTH.
There are several very successful cheese
factories in North Carolina, and there ought
to be a dozen or more in Tennessee. If
they can be made profitable in England
where land rents for more money per acre
than will purchase the fee simple in the
South, they ought to be still more profit
able in this State. The following extract
from the proceedings of the Derbyshire Ag-
ricultural Society Of England will serve to
show cur eople how the American system
Of factory. cheese making is being favored in
that country:
81. The yield of cheese under this sys-
lem bears most favorable compai ison with
the old sy,tem of dairyiug, for whereas IL
lbs. p CT. of milk we're required formerly
for pound Of cheese, at the Longford fac
tory a saving of l lib. OF Of milk in q
pound of cheese is effected, and at the Der
by factory saving of Ii OF
"2. There is greater uniformity in the
quality of the cheese This has been found
one of the strongest elements of success in
the innovation. A large dealer, who had
y tons from the DERBY factory, and also
many other purchasers, lay particular stress
upon the improvement perceptab!e in the
quality of The cheese.
3. "There Is a superiority in the make
and a greater richness in quality" No
cracking or heaving such as has been pre-
viously complained of in farm dsiries, oc-
ours in the cheese turned out from these
factories.
4. ga great economy arises from the con-
centrstion of labor" This is more appar-
ent in England, where a competent super
inteaden can be procured for $500 per an
mum, than with Us, where lsbo~ is more
costly. This greater economy has even Sc
cured the success of factory working up
the milk OF so few as 800 cows. The en-
tire labor at the Longford factory, where
cheese and butter are made from the milk
Of 45S cows, on the average, amounted to
only S1,078.SO (inc(uding $500 for the su-
perintendent's salary, while at the Derby
factory the whole labor amoIntedtD but
$685. so. For 800 cows in farm diaries of
thirty cows each in England, the cost of
labor would amount to three thousand dol
lars. In nothing, then, is the economy Of
the factory system 80 nalpably apparent as
in this item of labor alone, while the con-
venienc3 to the farmers families, who are
relieved of the daily drudgery incident 10
the business, to say nothing of The curing
and caring for the cheese, is most import
ant item to be considered, and one which is
wonderfully appreciated by the wives and
daugbte.s s. --......
5. The increase in value of stock and
land CONSEQUENT on the improvement in
value Of the produce, is another very mate
rial point. The increased product Of che
from the same quantity Of milk, an the in
creased market value, amount , the equiv
alent OF $40 per COW per auuum. That is,
q district where 500 cows are kep:is render
ed worth an annual sum of $1,000 more by
the establishment of ia cory. Many Of
the small contributors OF the LoDgford fac
tory have obtained 500 and over per COW,
for milk supplied during the cheese making
season, in addition to the value Of the calf
and that of the mi produced out of sea-
son." o.
The above is copied from the Dairy De-
partmen, uf The Rural Mo Yorker. food
dairy lal.44 is worth 500 an acre in tbe
State of New York, and ought to bring
quite as much in Tennessee. Cannot Mid