The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-11-16
SOUTH CAROLINA CHEESE.
Profitable Industry IN Course of
Development.

Columbia, Nov. 5.-The commercial
development of agriculture ought TO
be the first thought now Of everyone
interested in the material Develop
ment of the State There is no reason
In the world why this development
should not be material in South Caro-
lima. The commercial side of agricul.
ture is what has made the great Wes-
tern States SO immensely wealthy. 1t
Is one of the chief purposes of the
work of Commi sioner Watson.
There is one apparently small line
that is showing fast aud substantial
devclopment-the dairy and cheese
making industry. Within the past
few years six or eight cheese making
establishments have been started.
They are all said to be making money
aud the industryis growing There is
great future for the work in this
State and especially SO in the section
of the State below Branchville, where
clttlc can thrive and where there are
fine possibilities for cattle raising.
There is man in Union, Mr.. G.. G..
Eoight, who has done great deal for
this cheese making development. He
came to this State from Virginia and
he went to Virginia from the West.
He established his first plant forthe
manufacture of cheese at Er,aslev II.
was SUCCESS 81 Il then he brought his
pA'e :, anu other members of his fam
~ to this State, 30 we'll pleased was
he with the conditions and opportuni-
ties of South Carolina.
Mr. Voight is now living in Union,
where he went for larger opportuni
ties and where he obtained the coop
Grafton that he desired Mr.. Voight
has been instrumental in the establish
ment Of number of plants for cheese
making in the State. He had an ex-
hibit at the recent State Fair and as q
result of the display he has about q
dozen inquiries that may lead to the
establishment Of new plants.
| Mr.. Noight, who is thoroughly IA
miliar with the cheese making bust
ness has made careful inquiry into
the conditions of South Carolina, aud
the results have shown that the milk
here readily produces from three to
five pounds more Of cheese on every
100 pounds of milk than is produced
in other cheese making sections, even
in the Elgin district. Mr.. Voight
has clearly demonstrated that with II
hundred pounds of milk he can make
more pure cheese than is made else
where out of the same quantity OF
milk. He urges that the climatic con-
ditions here are favorable to cheese
making and that it is these conditions
that gives the better average.
Mr.. Voight has found that every
pound Of Carolina made cheese finds q
ready market at 16 cents pound. He
says that the local consumption can
not be met, but that those who know
good cheese readily take all the Care
lima cheese. One reason for this is
that the butter fat is not taken out of
the Carolina made cheese and cotton
seed oil substituted.
He figures on milk at the factory at
from ten to twelve cents per gallon,
and at these figures Mr.. Voight finds
that good milk can be bought here at
from so to SIS cents per hundred cheap
er than in other markets. and that
with the ready demand there is fne
profit in the business. He thinks
that every community ought to have
its own cheese making plant, where
the overplus Of milk can be used and
that the fertilizer that can be obtained
from an increase in the. milking cows
in community will in itself pay for
the food. Br. Voight finds that hay
can be bought as cheap here as else
where, but that there is no need to
buy much food when the conditions
are so fine in this State for the raising
of Bermuda grass, clover and other
COW food.
As result of ths work Of Mr..
Voight and the publicity given TO his
work by Commissioner Watson, q
dairyman from Couevill, Pa, and
another from Hampton, Va. are pre-
pairing to settle in this State.
Mr.. Voight, during his visit to the
State Fair, said he thought there were
great possibilities for cheese making
in the territory adjacent to Charles
ton, and that he would be pleased tc
take the matter up with anyone there