Year: 1866

pound-not including the labor of the


farmer in personal supervision, &C., and


yet many were crying out against the


enormous prices obtained for cheese. II


interest on capital and the cost of labor


and all other expenses were taken into
account, the farmer would not be found


to be piling up the vast sums that many
fancied


The influence of the cattle plague in


England on the English dairying must


necessarily decrease the business. This


would increase the demand for American
cheese, and would open up prospect for


better prices in years to come. Accurate
knowledge as to the condition of the dai-
ry interests in England should be had at
an early date, in order to fix upon prices
for cheese the coming year.


1t was important that the old styles of
cheese-thst is, cheese of large size-be
at once abandoned. If factories presist
in making these, they must expect to be
outsold by private dairies. A review of
the home trade and its requirements was
made, and plan suggested for throwing
cheese into all markets. Vast quantities
of cheese could thus be disposed of, and
by creating a demand, prices would be
increased and dairying made more remu-
nerative.


The speaker urged upon dairymen the
Importance of breeding and raising their
own dairy stock. The matter had too
long been neglected, and the most disas-
trous consequences would follow if the
practice was continued, of annually
slaughtering all the young calves. He
suggested a plan whereby calves could be
raised at factories upon whey, and a little
oil meal or shipping. The cost would thus
be mere trifle. More attention should
be given for the production of a good
quality Of milk. The largest results in
cheese were made ION old pastures" /"
The system of weighing or measuring milk
at factories was an imperfect one, as it
acted unequally, giving to those who de-
livered poor and watery milk the larg-
est credit. Some system should be adop-
ted for crediting milk according to its
quality as well as quantity. Mr.. Willard
then gave statistics showing the quantity
of cheese exported during the past year.
From these it appears there has been a
considerable falling off from the exporta-
tions of last year. The speaker said that
different results had been anticipated at
the opening of the trade in the spring,
and that our expectations should be in
creased the ensuing year, to at least sixty
millions of pounds in order to keep pace
with the increase of dairying throughout
the country. A large surplus of cheese
in producers hands had always depress-
ing influence on prices. Cheese should
be moved from the shelves every thirty
days, and disposed of in the markets, and
the more we could ship abroad at remun-
erative rates, the better it would be with
that to be disposed of in the home trade.
He urged the necessity of dairymen and
factories making monthly returns of the
quantity of cheese on hand In this way
dairymen would know at all times what
they were about, and would not be sub
ject to the impositions of shippers and
dealers. He urged union and harmony
among producers and home dealers, that
prices might be kept up, and that those
advancing the interest of the producer
SD ould be literally rewarded.


Among the proceedings of the Conven-
tion there was submitted the following
abstract of factory reports, showing num-
Der of COWS, number of pounds, or gallons
Of milk, pounds of cured cheese and aY-
erage price received for the same.