The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-23
a CHEESE FACTORY IN ENPoEIA
WIN the Farmers Farnl.h the MIX:

Hundreds OF people for Years past have
wondered why Emporia has no cheese
factory. No city in the State has n more
ample, free paSturage, all around 1t. None
are better situated To market the cheese
to good advantage There ought TO be
II half dozen here, and yet there has never
been one, though Americas, BurlIngame,
Paola, and a dozen other places, have
such factories in successful operation. 1t
Is time tor our people 10 wake up in thiA
matter.
Responsible parties tell us that the fault
Is with the farmers OF EnpoFia township,
Men stand ready to establish the factory.
run 1t, and make 1t q success, II the FARM
ers Will agree To furnish the necessary
supply Of milk. 1t Is the farmers,
therefore, that we want To have talk
with on this subject.
The eastern cheese factories pay an aY-
erage OF pa cents per quart for the milk
brought to them. Only ~ cents! Yes,
that's ali. But ust figure it up.
Amy COW worth milking for any pur-
pose, will give enough milk per year to
average one gallon per day. Most cows
will do better. But We will take the poor
COWS and the very lowest price for milk,
as cur basis OF calculation, to zee whether
or not the farmers can afford To supply
milk for cheese factory. II on such a
basis the figures are satisfactory, it will
certainly pay TO say yes, for there is then
no risk Of paying less than expected, and
good chance Of 1t paying better.
One gallon OF milk per day at 10 cents,
Is $3.50 per year, which each cow would
pay her owner. Ten cows would bring
in Sa65 per year. Scores OF Ou< farmers
can we'll afford to increase their stock OF
cows by adding ten more, and then have
plenty OF pasturage. The cost OF feeding
and sheltering, and the labor of milking,
wOnid be amply repaid by 1865 per year,
and yet we are told that the farmers gen.
orally refuse to promise milk for the fac
tory, IL one is started.
We believe that IL they will study into
| the matter that nearly all will promise
more or less milk. 1t may be true that to
u limited extent butter making pays bet
ter than to simply sell the milk at 10 cts.
per gallon, but don't see IL.
Men may do better by peddIing milk at
3 to Scents per quart. But these are eX-
ceptiOnal cases, and involve IA great deal
Of labor, trouble, time, aud risk, which
the simple selling OF milk To the cheese
| factory Tids one Of. No one can take ten
or twsn'y or iifty cows, and churn the
milk Into butter, and market the butter,
or sell il out Of milk wagons, and get their
pay, without devotIng TO either of these
AVoe aiiOns an immense am cunt OF time,
1 Ill L.
uncertainty as 10 the results. But they
can, by selling the milk direct to the
cheese factory, reduce the matter to the
simplest shape, have always u reliable
customer, from one years end to the other,
get their cash every month, and find time
| to attend TO their usual farm labor and
household duties. A regular, systematic
AZ rangement Is always most remunera-
tive, and comfortable, In the long run.
The general interest should also be
horne In mind. A cheese factory is q use
IL saves money from going away, adds
something To our population and resOurc-
rs and taxable property, furnishes EN-.
plOyment to people, brings money here
from Other places, and In various ways
benefits all kinds of business. In such a
benefit all share more less, whether
they have sense enough 10 know IL or not
All should Therefore encourage II. II
there are not more cattle around here now
than are needed for present demands,
then there ought To be enough added AZ
speedily ~ possible to supply milk to any
extent that cheese factories would cali
/ ~ 10 and
hay enough, going to waste in EmpoFia
township, TO feed cows which would give
milk for half a dozen cheese factOrie s.
Besides, the factories, instead of interior
ing with the profits of butter making, or
any other use to which milk is now put,
would help those things by creating an
additional demand for milk, and when
butter was low the butter makers could
stop work awhile and sell their milk Ia
the cheese factories. The calves, of course,
who now gorge themselves on milk,
might object To the cheese factory, but ii
Is easy to see that tho gallon of milk be
fed per day to II calf for year, the cal
seldom brings $1,000. 1t can get along OIL
= good deal less milk. This Is cruel to bOtl
COW and calf, but ut the end Of the year
the milk has brought in 5000, and the
calf is worth nearly rs much as its fellow
which has luXuriated on fresh milk. The
cheese factory plan Indirectly pays the
farmer, and the calf is the only party who
should object to 1t.
| We have only to repeat that we are in
formed by reliable parties that men Of
capital and skill are ready to build
cheese factory in Emporia rs soon az the
farmers agree to furAish the neeessar!
supply of milk. No one is asked to tax,
any stock, or run any risk. in the factory.
The money is ready to buiid aud run it
and pay for all the milk it receives.