Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-01-01
Cheese Factories in the State.

One of the most interesting papers in the
report of the Secretary of the Maine Board Of
Agriculture, Hon. S. L. Boardman, shortly
to be issued, is that relating TO cheese facto-
ries. There are twenty of these factories
now in operation in this State, and six or
eight more companies have already organized
or are preparing to commence operations
another season. So that the system of asso-
ciated dairying, which has received consider
able attention from the Board, may be said to
have become we'll established in our State.
We give an abstract from the reports of each
of these factories, from which it will be seen
that the greater part of them have been in op-
Grafton but a single season; but Rotwithstand-
ing this their success has been very marked
SANDY RIVER CHEESE Co.
The first company organized iii Maine for
the manufacture of cheese, located in Strong;
building erected in May, 1871; size % by 80
feet, and will have to be enlarged. Factory
has received, on an average, the milk of lG0
cows per year, for the three years it has been
in operation; received the past year $40, 100
pounds of milk; cost of making cheese Gin
Guiding interest on stock) two cents per h.,
price obtained Is cents per h., marketed prin-
Cipally in Portland and Lewiston. President
of Co., c. II. Vining; Treasurer, s. Morrell;
Secretary, j. Mitchell.
SIX MILE FALLS Co.
Located in Glenburu; building % by So
feet, two stories high; manufactured cheese
in 1872, the season closing Oct. 18th, and
manufacturing 35, 040 lbs. of cheese. Market
chiefly at Bangor; price obtained IA to Is
cents per ID. No returns have been received
of the operations in 1873. President, Harris
Bailey; Treasurer, o. Stockwell.
SOUTH NEwBURG CHEESE FACTORY.
Begun operations June 10th. and closed
Sept. 18th, building 81 by so feet, with four
floors. The milk of l45 cows received av-
erage number of pounds of milk received per
month, $4,000; cost of making cheese two
cents per pound; most of the product markets
in Bangor at IA l2 cents per pound. Presi-
dent, B. d. Newcomb Treasurer, j. U. Pr
per; Sec'y, E. f. Piper.
KENpUsKEAG CHEESE FACTORY ASSOCIATION.
Building 80 by GO feet; went into operation
July 80, and closed Sept. 81, receiving l44.-
SCI lbs. of milk, from which 10000 lbs. of
cheese were made; cost of making, two cents
per h., price obtained IA IL cents per pound;
market, Bangor and at factory. President,
VIM. Higgins; Sec'y and Treasurer, T. z.
Bachelor.
MONROE CHEESE Factory.
Factory 80 by so feet; operations COM
menced on the 18th of July, and closed Sept.
9th received the milk Of $50 cows, and made
1865 lbs. of cheese from ls6,0l6 lbs. OF
milk cost of making ] is cents per h.,
cheese sold for Is cents per ID. President,
Willard Gates; Secretary, L. ii. Neatly;
Treasurer, C. Dollof.
WELD CORNER CHEESE Factory.
Building 80 by so feet; opened June 2Gth,
and closed Sept. 20, receiving the milk Of l25
cows; 10 $50 lbs. of cheese made; cost 2 l-2
cents per ID. sold at factory for II cents.
President VIM. 5. Robertson; Sec'y, A. G.
Taft.
ENTERPRISE CHEESE Co.-INDUsTRY.
Building "a by % feet; opened June %,
and was in operation Gil days, making 700 lbs.
of cheese; cost of making cts. per h.. sold
at Is cts. Market, Pennington. President,
ii. A. B. Kyes.
MEXICO AND EAST RUMFoRD CHEESE FAC
TORY Co.
Located in Mexico, building % by so feet,
three floors commenced operations June II,
and closed Sept. 6, taking the milk of 100
cows made 9,269 lbs. cheese, costing 2 IA
cts. per h.. 4; obtained at factory, Is cts. Pres
ident, s. Golf; Treasurer, Benz. Slower; Clerk
ID. G. Frost.
PENNINGTON CHEESE COMPANY.
Building &c by 80 feet, three stories high /;
season of working from June 23 to Aug. "a;
IS, 953 lbs, of milk were received, being that
furnished by IS cows. About one half Of the
cheese made has been sold at the factory, at
Is cts. per h., and the remainder divided