Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-05-17
CHEESE FACTORY TO
Be BIG BOON
FOR FARMERS
Pennington Project Makes
Progress and Bids Fair to he
Reality Within Next Thirty
Days


Especial Correspouaenee "a she meraidl
F-arIuinston. May i7--The prOpOs-
ed cheese factory for Pennington Is
assuming practical proportions and
bids fair 20 become a reality within
the coming month
J. s. Palmer. the energetic man who
r. behind the plan. ~ buslly engaged
soliciting cows to supply tho factory
when completed. He wants from rs
to 100 head. all OF which munt be
within u radius OF ten miles. as milk
must be fresh when brought TO the
factory.
A portion Of the Mcoaffey building
has been secured FOR the cheese fac
tory. The local tlnsmlth II now fig
uring on the cost OF watts and other
fixtures that he will be asked 10 make
and will present his estimates a. soon
az possible One OF the local luIn-
Der men has offered TO furnish the
necessary lumber for the plant A
canvass will be made among the bust
ness men OF the town for support. as
soon as the necessary COWS are Sc
cured. Several % the men Of busi-
ness have already expressed their
willingness 60 assist IN financing the
new enterprise.
The entire cost for the plant will
not amount 10 much over 500. but
Il viii bc enlarged as soon as the bus
mess becomes established.
The new enterprise means much
to the town OF Huntington and sur
rounding vicinity a. u VIII keep much
of the money az home that IL now
n
sin FOR cheese. and viii also bring out
side money into the town.
As a financial boon 20 the farmer
n can not be over-estimated. Mr..
Palmer has figured that one COW can
produce ia one year $3.50 worth OF
cheese. provided she only gives six
quarts Of milk per milking. which
amount Is far below the average of
the most ordinary milk COW. with
two miikings per day. tne COW would
give twelve quarts. which Will pro-
duce two pounds Of cheese. Cheese
Is now selling az 20 cents per pound
Wholesale making the daily average
OF the COW amount 20 30 cents. Mr.
Palmer Is quite conservative, and fig
ures only twenty-six milking DAYS TO
month, giving the cows product In
cheese g value OF 5000 per month.
or a gross income OF sf24,sO per
year. The farmer allows the factory
one fourth Of the cheese to cover ex-
pense Of operating and 10 allow for
profit netting him per COW per year
the sum OF $3.50.
A farmer with a small herd OF
dairy COWS could realize a steady in
come by patronizlng the cheese fac
! tory. and will find that selling his
hay In this manner n much more pro-
fitable than dlsposinE OF II by the
ton.
One OF the features about the cheese
IN that. once made. II tan be stored
indefinitely. though there Ia no doubt
but that ready market win be found
for the output Of the cheese factory
Mr. Palmer established a cheese
factory az Clarke. South Dakota,
which he operated for six years. sell
Ing out to parties who are running the
plant yet. lie came Ia Pennington
several years ago and decided TO set
tie on fruit ranch. However, he
did not stay on the ranch long ere
lac engaged In the ice business. and
now has decided to go back into the
cheese making business II he cen Sc
cure the proper support from tho
citizens OF Pennington and the farm
ers of the immediate vicinity,