The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-09-21
SUMTER. S. c.. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 81. 1904
CHEESE INDUSTRY
IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

Conditions Propitious for Its Sue
cess in This State---Mr. Charles
G. voight's Work.
Mr.. Charles G. Voight has been in
Columbia for a day Or so talking
cheese. When at home Mr.. Voight
makes cheese, and good cheese.
Mr.. Voight is now located at Union,
where with the backing of several pro-
gressive Union men he has established
the seventh creamery in this State.
This creamery turns out 100 lbs. of
fine cheese a day and Mr.. Voght is.
now preparing to enlarge his plant, so
to speak. He is now milking 80 COWS
and will soon build new barns and add
to his stock. The farm, where the
cattle are pastured and fed, is tract
of 25O acres four miles from the city OF
Union. The enterprise is capitalized
at $40, 600, and the stock is held by
Union men.
Mr.. Voight has been instrumental in
starting the seven creameries in this
State. He says that both plans have
been tried-the plan Of capitallzing
the concern or the cooperation plan, by
which farmers combine to furnish the
milk to a creamery. 1t requires only
about 81, 800 to start a creamery and
buy the necessary machinery and the
cost can then be run up to any desired
figure, as the capacity is increased. Of
the seven creaaneries in South Caro-
ilina now two are private concerns,
and the others are backed by business
men Of the respective communities.
AN IMMIGRANT.
Mr. Volght is an immigrant to
South Carolina. He is not "rif-raff, .
either. He is an Intelligent business
mana typical young westerner
Through the persuasions of Mr.. NJ. V.
Richards, land and industrial agent OF
the Southern railway, he came to
South Carolina about two years ago.
Before that time he had lived In -
States and when he vote to his family
in Illinois that South Carolina was
the finest place in the world and for
them all to come down, his father
said he would soon be pralslng some
other State and there was no use to
come. But his brother did come and
wrote back to Illinois that what Char
lie said was all true. The two sons
persuaded the father to sell ont and
move to the Palmetto State. All but
Mr.. C. G. Voight are how living on
land they have bought in Pickens
county.
IT was in that counnty, at Easley,
that he first settled wnen he came
here two years ago, but a few months
ago.he went to Union. The estbllsh-
ment at Union is making money, and
handsome dividend will be paid on
the investment, if the good work con-
tinues.
etAn ideal place for this industry, -
said Mr.. Voight. "The grass is good
and the climate good" The first Sc
cret in cheese making, he says, is
good milk and with the right sort Of
cattle this is easy enough to. obtain IN
South Carolina. After the good milk
is obtained. then comes the knowing
how-tne ability to Judge when the
| right degree of acid has been reached
and when the cheese is properly cook
! ed. When the cheese is manufactur-
ed, the producer wants a market.
Here. in Mr.. Voight's opinion, is
.anothr advantage South Carolina pos
.sesse ses-the market is right at the FAC
tory and sales are easy. In the west
he had to ship his product to New
York or Washington but right around
him in South Carolina is demand Tor
more than he can supply. Grass. c4l-
| miate and market-these three things
make the industry success, says MI
! Woigfrt, in South Carolina
| a MODEL INDEED.
The purpose of Mr. Voight7s visit to
Columbia this week was to get some
ideas about building the new barn he
needs. He went out to see what sort
| of barn there is or the Hyatt model
] farm, aud when he returned he, sane:
"That is the Garden spot CT the world
that farm of NJ. H5att's. - In
soil, drainage and cultivation he said
it was equal to the best anywhere.
While in the city Mr. Voight CON
ferred with the commissioner OF 1tn
migation. Col. E J. Watson, and ii
was decided that an exhibit of cheese
making will be made at the fair.
Mr.. voight VIII get factory to fur,
| nish the machinery for the exhibit and
he will give practical demonstrations
with the hope shat it will induce
many farmers in the State to take uf
the work
Mr.. Voight told Mr. Watson yester-
day that this is the State for the
creamery, business. Owing to the
climate the cows give much more
milk of a much sweeter flavor than
they do 10 the northwest This state
ment corroborates the impression OF
Dr.. ". j. SpillmaG, the government
expert who is encouraging the diver
sifcation of farms in the south.
Grazing can be done cheaper IN the
south than anywhere else and the
length of the grazing season is consld-
erably i'll excess Of the conditions IN
the northwest. The. cattle can be fed
more cheaply here during the season
| for stall feeding