The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-02-10

ter this date this factory turned out
81 pounds of cheese from 399 pounds
of milk. Mr.. Voigt, the cheese ez-
pert, says this is the finest record of
cheese making he has ever known in
his long experience. The average in
the South for this amount of milk is
about 48 pounds. The officers of thi,
plant are: J. w. Rosamond, presi-
dent; W. G. Pickens, vice president,
and G. j. Ellison, secretary and treas
urer.
HAND OUTFITS.
Mr.. G. G.. Voigt has in successful
operation on his farm what he terms
''hand outfit" Cor making cheese. He
has also introduced similar oonsri-
vance among some of his neighbors.
The hand outfit is 8 very simple con-
trivance for the manufacture of cheese
and is made in different sizes, with q
capacity of 10, 20 or 30 gallons per
day. It can easily be operated by q
woman. The quality of cheese thus
produced is as good as that of an ordi-
nary plant. The hand outfit saves
expense Of driving and hauling to fac
tories. The cost Of the outfit is $2O
to $50 or more, dependent upon the
capacity.
By actual calculation, Mr.. Voigt
cleared $40 80 on two COWS in one
month by converting their product in
to cheese.
CHEESE IN OCoNEE.
Three new plants have recently
been organized in O,onee. One is To-
Gated at Walhalla, known as the Wal
halla Cheese Factory. It was organ
lied Oc,ober l6, 1913 Capital stock
5000. B. r. Moss, secretary and treas
urer. This plant will be in operation
early in the Spring.
In the lower portion Of Ocones are
two other plants, each Of 2OO.gallon
capacity. One is located at Tokeena,
the other at Mount Tabor. Miles r.
Singleton is president of the latter.
All these plants have been organized
on the cooperative plan Of the farm
ers, as they are in this Connty-in
esot the idea was obtained from Pick
ems.
ADVANTAGES IN CHEESE MAKINa.
DR.. Nesom, Of Clemson College,
upon being asked the practioability of
establishing cheese factory in the
State not very long since, sent the
follewing letter, @h;eh contains many
practical suggestions that ought to be
helpful at this time, when there is
diligent search for new enterprises
fcr :he farm ea yell as the factory
II am delighted to hear that the
prospects for cheese factories in your
section. are good. I have frequently
taken occasion to remark that the
principal reason why farms all over
the South are Decreasing in fertility
and value is that our system Of agri-
ouituTo forces The ss!e of field crops
instead of animal products. If all
that will do to feed to animals were
fed on the farms, where it is grown,
and the manure returned to the soil,
poor lands would soon be thing of
the past, for it should be remembered
that all clay and sandy lands in this
section are susceptible to the highest
state of fertilization. This is not true
Of prairie and lime lands. Before we
can have cheese factories we must
have plenty of good dairy cattle, and
before we can keep these cattle eco.
nomically we must have good pastures,
hay meadows and grain fields to
produce all the required food on the
farm.
Some thiogs produced may be ex.
changed for others, as the exchange OF
cotton, cotton seed aud milk for cot.
ton seed meal.
Some seem to doubt the ability OF
South Carolina farmers to produce
feed in abundance. For the benef,
Of the doubters, will say that a
Northern cattle man. who recently
visited this State, told me that cattle
could be grown here and maintained al
half what they cost in the North.
We have the three requisites fo,
any stock country, namely: A good
soil. warm climate aud plenty Of
rainfall. There is no: doubt that dairy
cattle are the most profitable Of any
GLASS, if they are properly handled
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