The Republican journal., 1874-11-12
Farm, Garden and Household,
Cheese Factories.

acfqristic feature of our &c. W. {. Nliai
dairy husbandrv A fou- s. zoe ' III
10 show how ra,,;3 bo, I>,,..,- - VII III 'Ii
the dairy interest o,y;,,cr lI,;aa ~" LII "
form higber on,Iit,. ~ W 'iie UNI
In 1880 the totaI a,,l,',,t r. r. ,l.D
i'm rh, oo1,nt,.,- ,,, t:i "a i,i''ue
900 On0 nouTd. H. 1oeo ~ 1oa oii11 tod ~ 1o
hounds an antuo1 c,l1inc, "a. ~
ib nnstIs of f.rr, - s.oool uils ~
I'M Is-,Iat .,s ann ''''i noo g"o W Lhlee per cent
IA cheese i, ls5, ,,.o Pt.'i, 800 ! nc p ioe
rlIts. ,,o,,'3 r., ,USn 1-ii ~ " 'e' eii
in Mn IL : --i2' Pi4e
vbila +h at.r 'i,V 80 e 'l.lli SIii.'
tot,lte Il - i9'g ~s,e $50 49, ~
,,,, 4i, c'l,,,a1 ~ ~ 1Doo' aliI
.,-gsro,i,, ,,-n,,3 rra,,, 1os0 a ~ -scI1 1o-o
I'M. ..r...r, ',,.;,o ,,ros NJ ta, ron, so,.a,,
iean ,.a,rS n 1e5n WE avnortad ahon+
~ o.0 mo ,,o,,uds h. 1sG0 about os 0n0 .
oDu nonnds IN i91n ahont 61 o0o ono
,oau5. Frnnl 1s5G when tho nrodnot;or ~,ion
cheese tor market n,a1 he IA ~ h.1,a
sg4T to 1St1 tha ,rat;t1, l,i', De a sa,' 70 nave
.i lhi~ great interest was very slow. thonoh
steady Since the latter date it has been
spid ana very striking. till it has now at
l--ned to great commercial Importance
Dl account of the excellent marketable
4G1Hty ut the product and the high stan
lard OF large and Uniform lots which can
ice 0t1ered IN the foreign market.
lM~ change due chiefly to the system
ni associated dairies. which have enabled
The manufacturers 10 apply to it the high
-~t scientific and practical skill which the
division ri labor develops Something
Very similar 10 oul cheese factory system
hau existed ~ Switzerland for many wears
butt there appears to be no evidence that
the lriginator~ OF the plan were aware of
tlt fact A striking account of the ORIGIN
~ the system appears in d recent edition
M q treatise on MlcA CONS ami Darn
tN17a1H9 As follows
in the winter and spring of 1852, the
.-r1t cheese factory was built in the town
Rome Oneida County. New York, by
Jesse Williams and his TWO sons, George
and Dewitt The circumstances leading
tp It's erection We're these
Jesse Williams began the cheese making
business u the spring u 1882 or 1888
and bis eighteen or twenty Years of ex-
perlenee had enabled him to make su-
perior article OF cheese, which readily
sold for seven cents a pound. while his
Ighb0rs-some of whom had been eoual-
81 long in the busjness-sold for FIVE cents
pound This difference of over ONE
quarter price was due to the excellent
Ilaiitvof ms cheese His SON George had
IusI married and made cheese one Season
lu4a adjoining farm. His wife chiefly at.
Tended the dairy and George looked after
faeou1-dool work. Their success in cheasa
making had 5nly been about the same az
laeir leighhors Like them. George sold
bi- cheese for five cents ! nonnd w6ijp his
l4thcr rot seven
10 was the custom in those davs to sell
THE seasons make of cheese IN Advance
ras uhev called il ~c0ntract'' if for q cer-
tain price per pound When in the win
l-r 5f So, Jesse Williams went TO Rome
and CONTRACTED his cheese for seven cents
il bound. he thought he wonld do (,aorna
= favor bv contracting mis- at the same
yrIc4 he ruaranteaino +l,.t +ho l',,ol;+r. -
Georges cheese should equal that of his
lwn The desire OF the father to helm tho
son. who was lust beCinninc in tha world
prompted him to assume this resnonsihilil
H.
Ur,.,, NJ. U-;n;s,,.- ..........,
he reIata5 ,,.l,,+ [', }., i''''' ms ~ sun
.b,nL his ,ooI l,i la il'11 uci.t |eolge
reid h.. ~ ~ 'l'' la'iici nc was
I'M ft q ','il ~" oil ms hahds
.b..a.. ,,..Ii,.r - ~ .S '--o,.-a II,
.,.o.,-sl 7oaii3 i'I III tie SPrlnS, ana
,,sI Li,,, ,.I,, ''''. Coiile w q anu WORK
ha NV hd,,t ,.oo '-a Iy,,cIi lll M5iaI
,yhan sba ont IN vol ~ I,r,.seo ',1;,
,7,, avn, 7oafra1l 'G Oo''-u
.,,yht IF thoi,, sbo,1i'i o I'm PP neeP ~: ''l'
aoraa norfin1"J '-i' ~ ''ni ICY ~ H. a.
t0 , 9,iI'i s'poul .iie
,,. a.cr,oJ ..t 1CIot' ~ lfte ques'loH
t,t1s~ saiJ ..ITlII MN ", rinails, the
-.'5'i' - wv, ,,,,I ~, v" I"Ii piing your
1,,r,. 1rla,, +j|a,'o ~ l'''ro - ~ WIN
,i,a.,,,o1f4,. t'i1 w ~ uoupi apol.
Tn ~ a-ie 'Iee'7 pelng tne Saille'
laorga 81 ,o,'i;nd 10riolt?lSe, .'Th anu
r I'm a rnala ~ NV, l'';s - ~ ano
w6rran Won nal nm .as VII
iso md have All hns,e@ - ~ ~, iiiiiA
Tbaf was tbo |rar,,, nf - ~ ~
dairy system Tho otho,, son W. DaIVi+t ,'t''Ieo %
was called INTO tha consoI ava ~ ~, w.,