The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-05-16

many Of ne do not even get smell of
money, but in the good days which
are coming the gentle zephyrs will
WAIT to ~ the delicate violet and the
able bodied limburger, and we shall
know that money is plenty.
| The manufacture of cheese is busi-
nesSthat poor man can engage in as
well as the rich man. I say it with
ont fear of contradiction, and say it
boldly, that . poor man, with say two
hundred cows can make more cheese
than . rich man with three hundred
oxen. This is susceptible Of demon
stration. If my boy showed desire
to become statesman, would say to
him, young man, get married, buy
muley COW and 60 to Sheboygan
county and start cheese factory
Speaking of cows, did it eve: oc-
cur to you gentlemen what saying it
would be if you should adopt muley
cows instead of horned cattle? What
good do horns do in making cheese 2
1t takas at least three tons of hay and
. large quantity of ground feed annu-
ally to keep . pair Of horns fat, and
what earthly use are they? Statistics
chow that there are annually killed
forty.fiye thousand grangers by cattle
with horns. You pass laws to muz-
zle dogs because one in ten thousand
goes mad and yet more people are
killed by cattle.horns than by dogs.
What the country needs is more mu-
Icy cows.
Now that ann ON the subject, it
may be asked what is the best breed
for the dairy? My opinion is divided
between the sOuth.down and cochin
chine. Some like one best, and some
like the other but as for me, give me
liberty or give me death.
There are many reforms that should
be inaugurated in the manufacture of
cheese. Why should cheese be made
round2 / am inclined to the belief
that the making of cheese round is
relic of superstition. Who had not
rather buy good square piece of
cheese, than q wedge-shsped chunk
all rind at one end, and as thin as
Congressman's excuse for voting back
pay, at the other? Make your cheese
square, and the consumer will rise up
and call ysu another.
Another reform that might be inau-
gurated would be to veneer the cheese
with . lapboard or building paper, in-
stead of the time-honored towel. 1
never saw a piece of cheese cut that
did not think that the cloth around it
had seen service as a bandage on some
patient.
Another thing that does not seem to
be rights to see so many holes in the
cheese. 1t seems to me that solid old
cheese, one made by one of the old
masters, with no holes in it, do not
accuse you of cheating, but don't you
feel q little ashamed when you see
cheese cut and the holes are the blg-
gest part oft? The little cells may be
handy for the skipper, but the consnm-
er feels the fraud in his inmOst soul.
Among the improvements made in
cheese I must not forget that of late
years the cheese does not resemble the
grindstone SO much as it did years
ago. The time has been when, il the
farmer could not find his grindstone,
all he had to do was to mortise hole
in the middle of q cheese, hang it and
grind his scythe. Before the inyen-
ton of nitroglycerine, it was good
days work to hew off enough cheese
for meal. Time has worked won
ders in cheese.
Ill have neglected the subject of
butter, In these few remarks, it is be-
cause my time is limited and l sec
the shippers are anxions to get to
skipping. Butter is getting to be an
every day occurrence, and it will hold
it's own if is given half schance. With
all the improvements in the way of
hair invigorator, any one can raise
good head of butter. beg of you
not to have anything to do with the
new patent butter called Ole. o. Mar
gerine. From the name it is evident
ly of Norwegian extraction and while
it may be ss beautiful in appearance
as the original of which it is q coun-
terfeit, statistics show that q lubrica-
tor for buckwheat cakes it ranks Sec
ond to axle-grease, and is a delusion
and q snare.
In conclusion, let me say 60 on in
the good work you have inaugurated.
Let its character for chastity and pur-
ity be beyond comparison; and in
time every cheese-maker will become
a United States Senator, and Ameri-
can cheese will be legal tender the
world over.
A PAPER CARPET.
A description is given of q paper
carpet now made in England, and de-
signed to initiate parquet flooring, the
paper being printed in patterns to imi-
tate different woods from photographs,
so that. as it is stated. the resemblance
is absolutely perfect. The floor is
first prepared by being made perfect