Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-11-07
gos Augeles Aerald.
A SUGGESTION ABOUT DIARIES.

ticle entitled "Los Angeles County
its Resources, etc." While fully coin
Gliding with the writer as regards said
resources, [ wish to call attention to
what | believe is destined to become,
sooner or later, one of the leading in
terests of Southern California. l refer
to dairying, or the establishment of
factories for the
Manufacture OF Batter ami Cheese,
More particularly cheese. Here We
possess unusual facilities for the estab-
lishment of series of factories that
will not only supply our home con-
sumption of this article, but it may
become one of our leading articles of
export. At this season of the year
farmers find no difficulty in disposing
of most of the products of the farm,
but in the spring and summer it is
different, and it is with the utmost
difficulty that they are able to dispose
Of their little dairy products. Many
are compelled to take it out in trade
at the various stores. Let us glance
at the results. A. and B. are mer-
chants doing business, say in Los An
geles city (fOr that is the point from
which business radiates in this county;
c. and d. are farmers, who trade with
A. and B. because by SO doing they
can dispose of their dairy products.
The obliging merchants take their
butter at the loWest possible market
rates, say Is or 20 cents per pound, and
pay for it in goods at the highest pos
sible price, thereby satisfying an old
maxim, "Make all you can, etc."
then in turn selling the butter at a
price that would make them a hand
some profit, aoithOut the profit on the
goods which paid for it. -.
Thus the producer loses at least one
profit. Or if he furnished it direct to
the consumer, he would be enabled to
hold both, while the merchant nO,o
makes a double profit on the goods
sold. This "pen picture" is not over
drawn. l have known Of great
many similar instances during the
past year. Again, the climate in
many parts of Southern California is
too warm for the successful manufac-
ture of butter, and our little market is
overstocked with an inferior article.
The difficulties of
Forwarding it to San Francisco,
or some more active market than our
own, are too great to be easily over
come; or if they were not, the extra
charges for transportation, added to
wharfage, drayage and commission,
would leave nothing for the producer.
Dairying in this State has long been
attended with great pecuniary success.
Our large "grantso and the low price
of land has enabled many of our dairy
men to amass wealth. But as our
agricultural interests are developed,
the price of land increase; and our
railroad connections with the East
enables competitors there to fill our
markets with their products, thus re-
ducing the prices to scarcely remuner-
ative figures. Thus our old system Of
dairying is rapidly passing into decay,
and that, too, before it has reached
Ito any extent the southern part of
our State; and we must build again
upon it's ruins system that is not a
theory, but successful practice.
1t now remains for the people of Los
Angeles County to take the initiative
in the matter, and develope resource
that may easily assume no diminutive
proportions.
In order to present this subject more
directly before the people, it would
perhaps be well to enter into details as
to the plan by which this work is to
be accomplished.
Factory, or Associated Dairy System
First began to attract attention about
the year 1864. Although few factO-
ries were in operation in the State of
New York as early as 1850, the num-
ber of cheese factories in that State at
the commencement of the season of
1866 was 500. In the year 1851 there
was erected |; in 1859, 4; in 1860, III;
in 1865, 12O; being the maximum for
any one year, for any State. The sys-
tenn has been carried over considers
BILE portion of the United States, and
the Canadas.. 1t is largely adopted in
Ohio. 1t has obtained fOOthOld in
Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas and
other States. 1t is known abroad as
the american System of Ddirying,
and it's peculiarities are so well adapt
ed to the genius of the people as to
give it distinctive character Of ma
tionality.
The disadvantages Of private dairy
ing are so numerous, that will try to
state only few of the most promi-
nent points. One of the
Inconvenience Of the present system
that is widely felt among dairymen,
results from the difficulty of obtaining
reliable, intelligent help, for the man
agement of the dairy. 1t is of course
desirable to manufacture first-class
chess, one that will command the
hig' est market price; and in order to
to o this, all the manipulations must
be performed by skilled hands, hands
that can seldom be obtained for hire,
or if obtained, commanding compare
lively high wages. A point of great
importance in cheese making, is high
skill and perfection in manufacture.
will not attempt to explain why
this perfection is not obtained by all.
The fact is only too patent that first
class cheese is made by q very few,
rather than by the majority OF dairy
men. Even among those noted for
high skill in manufacture, the opera
tions are sometimes hurried and neg
lected. 1t must be so necessarily, for
it will not pay to keep extra help to
take the place of those who are dis
abled through sickness, accident, OF
occasional periods of farm labor re,
quiring immediate attention. All
have their tendency to hurry manipu.
lations and to produce an inferior
cheese that must be sold at a cores
ponding price.
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