Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-02-20
NORTH BoscAwES, y. Fl Feb. :

NORTH BOSCAWES, y. II fco' -
Mr.. 0 NJ. TISKaAM, S.r:-PIe''e give
me some Information N: oltr ana
cheese factories. the bes: methods o' N an
aging them. the most approved or he
machinery and where obtained, Its cost
exc, Is it better for the farmers TO own
the property or sell the milk 10 company !
outside? Some OF Us in this vicinity wish
to investigate the business and learn
whe her il is best for Us 10 engage IN IL ana
wish for such Information as vii! enso.e
Us 10 decide correctly. Perhaps am
asking too much; ii 30, please dIrec! me
where can ob,aln the desired iniof matlon
and oblige, yours respectfully
Hollis TowSE
RENARKs.-We would give thousand
dollars to possess the information ~nicA
would enable Us to answer those questions
correctly and full. In the frs. place, the
hest authorities ou these matters src i'r
apart in their estimates.
Again circumstances make vas: d.tfsr'
ence. Whether to make cheese in cheese
factory or butter at creamery, or ooth
bn.ier and cheese from the same mills or
whether 10 carry away the milk or SCI It
at home are all unsettled and possibly
un.ettleanle questions.
We know one man who reckons his
skinned milk worth two cents per quart
to feed on bis farm For such one it
would not do 10 sell milk. To meet this
want the keeping of the skim milk al
home, the cream gathering system was
Introduced, where the milk was all set in
the same STYLE of can, aud then the cream
taken of By the cream ga,herer, aud An
inch Of cream on the can was reckoned to
produce a pound OF butter, but it was
found on testing that the various ''airie+
yielded amounts varying from to q
ounces of butter. So evidently the crea 70
ties, is gone up We print in another
column a short article on that subject
The kind of COWS KEEP: will have al
important bearing A man with tns
herd of JERSEYS would hardly cure to pu
his milk into creamery or cheese actor.
where the mass of cows was OF an inferio
breed.
As for machinery; there you have
agan-deep setting. shallow setting, coli
setting. cenlriiuge or vacuum, who ca
,eu9 Oae thing is certain. the makers o
lie various devices seem positive which
best. hut unfortunately they will eac
show YOU that the Others apparatus
constructed { n entirely wrong principles
Should the farmers own the property
As a general rule no man will 10 h';ie
for another than for himself. bit v
notice many Of the CO opers'ive chees
factories stand idle, bu. 80 muc7 iep .!
on good agent to manage the conc,rn.
If your cows are good Jerseys, well fet
we would advise to make butter,
AYRSHIRE, make cheese; If Dutch, max
cheese or sci! milk; if Durhms o
Hanfords, raise stock; would be on
advice. Then for utensils; write ia
II. Raall of New York about cen.r
fuge, for Dreaming the milk; 20 Powe
manufacturing company, Burlington. VI
for vacuum process; Vernon. farm IN
chine company. Bellows Falls, Vt. {,
deep, cold setting; Ferguson bureau con
pany, Burlington, for shallow set ing; ST
when you have got all their stories yc
will probably feel less able TO decide ia
which is best than you do now. II &c
make butter and feed the milk on TIE far
YOU save the product $50 far) ofyour farr
the butter being carbon. If you nal
cheese or sell milk these products are 10
and to keep up the farm you must b.
them back in some form.
Sorry, neighbor, that we can't Go mo
for you; if we knew jus! how you We
situated possibly we could come I'LL
closer. but now, keep your eyes open Al
90 the best you can.