The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-17
Yours truly

These letters furnish food frr cunsid
cradle thinking. There has been bald
faced fraud perpetr tted in the first
place which the V ctimS ought to nave
seen before investing their money. The
investors seem to have been led To look
steadily through CDi0red glass at ifu
possible profits while someone else
thought and acted for them until the
promoters had the cash and were gone
to work up another scheme elsewhere
The game Is q fine one aud IA beng
worked outside of North Car Dina IS
we'll as here.
1t seems thata partof the promoters
plan IL tn build cheaply as possible in
order to incre 4se the profits out of the
S.. 600 as much as possible without re
gard t. leavingaservicaOle building for
the purpose for which 1t was supposed
to have been intended. They mIy
have anticipated that the buildings
could be long used. and therefore felt
SOMEWHAT justified for sighting them.
The running q short time at a loss
and then shutting down is a severe
check on the development of a real
business However, if the owners of
the plant are strong enough TO put
their property down to its real value in
taking judiciOus steps toward some
form Of co operation with the farmers
and milk producers, it may prove a
blessing to the whole community to
have started the business even at so
great a cost.
No n can expect to eat their cake
and keep it in dairying more than else
where, and when the attempt is made
ID skim milk and then make cheese
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conditions to insure success IG must
be very rich milk and SKINNED lightly
in order t. leave fat enough for the
cheese. If the milk is rich enough and
it is SKINNED exactly right, good
after some good butter has been made;
but the above letter blaming the
Cheesemaker's lack Of knowledge tells
plainly some if not all of the neces-
sary conditions w s lacking, and hints
strongly at leathery skim milk cheese.
Indeed it IS hardly probable that the
factory in question could have received
milk outside of possibly a few village
COWS, the fat of which could not all
have been easily held in the cheese
without ekimming. Therefore no
C~heesemaker could have made good
cheese from it after Swimming. Skim
cheese IS suro to be a drag on any mar
ket and not only will not sell but de.
press the price Of good cheese. The
uttering of skim milk cheese ought to
be made a misdemeanOr before the
law.
That q plant should have been estab-
lished to use any considerable amount
of milk without first having canvassed
the numbec of COWS within a reason
able radius and their ability to produce
the desired amount of milk is one of
the mysterious and unaccOuntable
ngS often found behind confidence
men.
This question of cows is one of the
first and all-important ones that should
receive attention if a successful bust
ness is to be started.
A milk separator car be bought and
set up IN a shed in two Or three weeks.
a dairy building a be prepared in a
few more weeks, but to get a good, new
dairy COW good ~selective ability has to
be employed to get her parents to
gether and then you have three wears
to wait for results.
The COW owners should have some
interest more than a per gallon price
for their milk The factory might buy
milk on a sliding scale according 10 the
per cent. Of fat, or make butter OF
cheese for so much a pound and pay
the balance W to milk-producers &C
cording to the pounds of fat furnished
by each as ascertained by either Of sew
er8l we'll known tests.
1t may be well before closing to not,
hat early in 1892 when it becam
known that creamery promoters wer
at wo,k Z : : State the N. @. Agri