CHEESE & BUTTER FACTORIES.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 577, 1 February 1876, Page 3

CHEESE & BUTTER FACTORIES.

OCR Correspondent *.****&' &?*»**}£ 's£ a discussion on the questioner "Otftetß «MI ttutftat factories, with a Tiew to elioitrog information at, fc4otbo oo't^nd manner of working sucha factory, W could ono be established in Waikato. There oan \>* uo doubt of tue dedirab'lenoM of' establish fig «uch faotiries in every division pf.,th« district, and there it little doubt but one* one stteh factory were instituted other parti • of the < distrnt would •030 see the aclvantie* »>»d follow «uit. Botne few year* since m 1872. if we roeolleot rightly, the settlers at Tokoimtiriro in Gtago caUed^a meeting for the purpose of endeavouring to establish aekeese factory at which » Mr J fi Fleming, -who lad been deputed at % pvevi >us meeting to procure all the information he could on the mat er, attended and gave the benefit of bil experience, but whether, tb»ugh it was then and there uoo»i nously rf *pl*«d to &>'m a joiut «tack «oaap*njr for tb# nqafrtffctare pi butter, •cheese, &o, any after action sprang out of it we are unable to «ay, W« may, .however, for the •benefit ef " Mr-nto," and othore giVe the gist of the foots and Gguces presented ty Mr Fleming *o tha nse»'i«g. The erection of a building suitable to receive *h" Tiilk of 3K) cowi would fie stated ooit about £150 if built of w-'>.><l, .and if of -briuk £22'), and in addition to this the innehinery about £150 or with fittiatfi some £400 In working it he <*tima'fld the annual cost at £2M for * manager and £75 each mr two assistants. i.« re^*ni« the advuntujjen ln> hid «Btiaiat>eJ th^t under the \menonn *ytft*ln the ■average yield ol eh >ea-» per oovr wVs 836 lbs, and tothe pries nearly H per lb, one gallon of milk re-■jrase-itinu a pOund of cheese. If *c ro however to ths fountain head and see whit th« Aineil ,in .authorities have t« lay eg the m<t'«r wo shall (find full 1 ? »Bd norhaps more reliable data to go wpoa A X VVlllaid of Herk'mei, K«w Votl>, lecturer at the M-iiu flcate Agricultural Oo.leg.', it a good authority on tb> subject. This i-i how the estaKlisTiment of a bnttor or -cheese factory, or one in wbich both comTioihti^* *re made, is *et afloat: -The first effort of organisation in a ■ueighiKmrboort 'generally falls npon one nr two persons, who may be desirous of ha* i»g a factory where they can <leli»er toe uiilli fiom their »co*g, tinj have ifc manufactured Ihcy, pvIhaps, rfifve examinod the worfcing* of boiu^ f n-rnry, nwi have bpcune co vanoei fiat greater s>r>fits «re to be realized from tha factory nya tern thin from tire borne davy beaidps relioTtng the wife and daughter from tha drudgery attendant upon butter making at home They theiefore endeavour to bring their neighb iuib to the h.ime •opinioa. ani' to 'induce thrn to join in erecting tho proper buillm..'*, *o lhey go about and tilk with Ihpu noi?hbour^, and fin«Hy < all a meeting at mime central point in thn nt^'hboiir•h »0.1, wheiall aiei'ivitel to one aud discuss thn advmtigos atul <T s-.idvant.ijic- of the B\a tern The o «»t «l ereoUng a poo 1 f.vtorj'. and ■« ipplying it with lUicbnLryand da ry spphay nn.-««, u notfirfiotn4,'JO(t .tollure (tM»>), nnd tbftf nm r» of thenei.hbnurhood. an'^vpu'ted to fjoi'i together, an 1 piy for th^ erection of tho buildings, m pr .portion to tho aize of their f iria-i, or numb >r fif cow< from wh eh milk ii to b> de ivered Th« shares are nut at fioT. 1 dd. 11 irs io 12 50 dolin e*c'i ( CS U £2 10^) co 19 to be within th' reach of faun, rs wh > h T bit 'cw cots After th ■ stock ah .11 hue ib^en ■ ib^cubed, « me ti q ia cill d <>ilic i< ire chogeu aui j»o*er< are delegated fn the eie--t-nn of the bmlilm^, au.l for putting it m mp-aMon. F^c liemg cinnple'e 1 .in I fumi h d, a suoerm^nl nt i Cio-en, in I ho p 'hired foi r.m 'ing ih f ir'orv ; tmd «-he cxp iii»e< are shi-el by the st 'C^hAlera in jiropo ti >n to the im.iiint of milk .1.-, ivered Th'O-t of re pair* additions k<; f om y«ur to >-ir is .d.Ud to the <*\petisi a fount At sou 1 . 0 of thefutuios hum,' iUe milk of 4'K) cow«, the exp ise ACcm it to- libour hie am mute I only to .1 £i"ciKin above two mills (Id mid the tenth of a jjentn) per <n«art «>f the milk tlehten I, and ti c gross p o'eudb f v oni aileßy-ivu '<> f-iincis about 54 cuts per -quart (lid per gilloii) wine <uibisuie As rc«iirl< tho wo'-kinir of the^e e-tnbhsh-•inents mid Himr lo^ultB. tiie oa ne itutliontv ea\n — After nuietepn years eiperu nee m h«§o riatel dairyintf, during winch time tlie «vc'tem has been jiut to the f>t-*orest tes's, thr Ainenein cl nrym m fi-idi it more ec miouAchl us iet»nrd-» 'ltibouc, bmldinps, <Ih n mielunerv and api'l ancs ; wh-le the factory profile! 011 an HTriag.-wtll irll (for enough more than that ma*e in the individual farm dairy tn j.av the fiit ire contnfm ikmg. Anot tier important resul' <f die «_Wi'iii ht« bjen a conslint in,provenien' in 111 1 c rlairy management, end th« b bter know m Icrlue ol hH tthat pertains to milk *ndits proiuets, ahan w »uld naturally obtam under the old syi te m. It h w fi>inh übed * •pcoial j>rof«^aiow or •calling, upon which men en'er with a new of makina it a dole bu«in«i«B. Ihcy.th'-refore, seek •to pxrfect rbem-elres in it, »nd aa skitl and •su(C€«« are but; to be properly cewarded in this j denHrtmenti of labour, great emulation enMa ■among manufacturer* to excel in th'irart. During the firtit.trn years of the factory system it received much opposition, especially £rom tlio»e who had only a superficial knowledge of its •operations. 80 utrong was this opposition among •the old dairymen that it was pretty generally believed that the system could not long endure, vnd it was confidently predicted that the fnc"t)rie* would be abandoned, and theie engaged in -them would return to the old pltm of individual or farm dairying. But the factories, mranwbile, •were Bteadily gaming ground ; and dairymen entering upon the new system found to it so much r.hef, as well as profit, that they could rot be induced to abandon it ; and so to-day .a.esicitted-dairwß'f in America ims come to be regirded us a tixeri institution. In the original plan of Mr William* it wai not contutnplatetl to applr the system to butier manufacture But the "sueoess of the .cheese-factoriei suggt^ted to •the butter dairy-men of Orange Couutj, New lork, such a modification of the eygiem a-i would adapt it to th ir branch of bu«uie«. Ot&nge ■County lies about 80 miles north of New York <<sity, and has long been devoted to producing ■milk for city consumption It ia a rolling region, abounding in sweet and nutritious) pasturage, with never-tfmhng dpi ing* and strciniH of pure water. The whole farming -popu'ii'ion of this country his for eighty year* mote devoted its chief attention to bultu-- , inakine and the production of fresh milk for the New York -market From *o long attention to a epeci lt>, tl>e butter of Orange County, as was to bo expected, was of fine qualify, a- quired 11 Jngb reputa'ion.l and commanded better prices than any other brand mude in the Slate. By adopting, however the associated sis'em, together •with a new 1 lan for setting the milk and obtaining the cream, the product his risen to tho ln^he-t point of < xcellenco, and in consequence exti.wrdinary prices ore paid for it. But the tfarmers.4»ndar th.i« have not only reaped 'better. pjice,? for their buitcr, thfiv have also obtained *h additional gain from tho skimmed •mifk, wlncht under the old •jsbcip, was fed to »wiiie,'but; which now is turned into palatable cheese. This cheese goes into the Southern States; it 1* shipped to Chioa and the East Indies, *nd Hot unlrequenkly oomnuuu's a price "butlittle.b'elow that made from whole milk." As the manufacture of skimmed chec-e is a part of the butlcry factory system, wo shall «peak ofit-Bioro fully iv another issue, under its appropriate head.

TfcMpfAiiy— Wo bold ovqr our eketch of the <»at*t)lialmie»t and progre^ of Tcmulaiy in tlic ,WtJiut;a tul baturduy next, hi outer to gnu , details to the cloie oi ther first yeai of its orgun-jeaOiotf-which termina't'ei durmg the weelt. DisTiiii'onoK oi Vhe A € Force. — Y«sfei'dajr morning at 8 o'docfc, Segt Cassdlfl and a party of 16 mem witlh thoir baggage leit for ' H' etber'» Oeck, on ttfe Atexandra and NgarunAvtka road to put that portion of it inlo a tlu rough it«to of repair. ' ; "T«E' Crops —Wo negret to letan that it is not '' ''tli^'htty crop alone that han fluflored from the / 'i jiiWtcontintKMis rains but' that tbo wheat crop boen even ifl&re BeriomJy damaged. VVlieat; xut has nearly tiiry whtro aprouted m thu itoolt ' " and* tlfe itandrnj^ cropi bays been more or letb attacked with ruat »o aa in a gr^eat numbei ol casea to ruDiier t'heni not worth the batvt'stiug.