Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-01-02

inand lTOID ABROAD LIE IennSyiva-
MIA farmers and people in their best
counties were quick to see the advan-
tage of this new source of income
here, and to follow our example.
Ohio, another border land, and espe-
cially northern Ohio, ,ext followed
then came Michigan, neeriy all Of
northern Illinois, Wisconsin, a par
of Iowa, and so on TO the Far West.
and even on to the Pacific the empire
of butter and CHEESE takes its way
Colorado and California have ceased
to be states of import, and have be.
come centr' 8 of large manufactures
and of q large domestic trade. Even
Canada, exporting 80, 600, 900 pounds
nf chets sc annually, has become G
competitor with us in the English
market.
AT home 81, 300, 600, 600 are invest
ed in pasture lands and in Is, 0OO, DOC
mich cows. Besides the many thou
sand Of our domestic dairies which
delight the palates of millions of Our
home e pie, there are 5000 manu-
factories of cheese. And yet of the
81 States only about Z really supply
their W consumption of cheese anu
butter, yen with the tens of thou
sands diaries in them.
The value Of the butter and eheest
produced in the United States, and
Of the large amount exported, pre-
sents almost incomprehensible results
o those that have not become ac-
US nted with this industry.
vi butter the make is 1900, 00O.-
900 pounds, and OF cheese $50, 000,-
900 pounds, and the export of cheese
this year will be %, 900, O0C pounds.
and of butter at Least 1870, O00, 900
pounds. Here is a value to the coun
try Of $3.50, 900, 900, and only tn,
entire corn crop is in eNress OF this
i value, while cotton and wheat and
nay and oats and potatoes are all de
hrOned as kings and plipces in favor
Of butter and cheese; and no part OF
the old world approXimates the new
in the raising of COWS, where there
are 20 COWS 10 every 100 persons,
md hence the increase of 33 per cent.
in production this year With q like in
,r' ase o. exports. 1t is proper how
ven 10 say, that of 107, $3.50, 500
pounds Of cheese exported last year
not Il pound went TO France, on ac-
cunt of a prohibiting tariff.
How New York is enriched by
these dairy products is best shown by
the record. Here were produced in
1878 lll.0S7,4S6 pounds of bnttcr
- u ,ntD,Dpi l!istC III iiijltlt >.
Here are l.339.8lG milch COWS and
4I.5ll,599 gallo us Of milk sold in the
Harkcl, besides the whole consump-
t Il on the farm. Here in lS74--
and the increase has been enormous
in the four years past-38,7 25 l72
pounds Of cheese were made III tn,
factories and 7,77s,iIG pounds il
:aniIjcs. More than one fourth II
a the dairica of the country are also
in New York.
This state j, the great producer Of
'~..tse. ami cneesc, uld TINS Gtt The
chef point of their export. The old
mother country as the receiver OF all
lis wealth to us aud benefit 10 her
even If Il little more than kin is -
good deal less in kline, for six times
more COWS arc in the Uni,ed States
han in all Great Britain, and NOR,
than twice the numher in all France
md two and Il half times az many as
III all Prussia, AL large, milk pro-
lGrIng countries. With four times
more people than in all Great Brit
ain, Russia. Swedcn, Denmark, Nor
way, Finland, Austria, Hungary and
Switzerland. ibis country produces
uOyc butter and cheese than oil ot
together, and the best ~cilcese>
u uii England are oHly successful
competitors with the best dairics OF
.iyrkiIa;r. Oncida. C~hautauqua, and
J, Ilcrsuu and those OF Vermont.
D II farmers cannot but notice several
ID ngs. Missuuri is not ls,ed amo g
Tie butter and cheese states. Much
as is undoubtedly made of butter i
his state, it is often difficult to get ii
poor ~ ii il, at Il reasonable
nice. Scarce Il sea on passes that
Heic are hol large imports OF IL from
} her states mo St. Louis and some
it reaches inland towns. Will
and cheese making are desrrv-
lily maltcEs OF national pride 1t is mn
'mnbling remark constantly madc
a regard to hotels in this State
Everything fine but the butter and
hat was horrid."
All this might he r~enediel, our
might be made as famous for
,ood butter as it is now notorious for
'ad, and often as dear as it Is ind,ffer
ut.
w ,ich of our farmers is read; to
mbark in the daily business? Don't
peak all at once.