THE FIRST CO-OPERATIVE CHEESE FACTORY 



It is calculated that the flocks belonging to members of the Queseria 

 Manchega comprise 6,000 ewes. As regards their yield it should be noted 

 that, as is seen by the table referring to the season of 1914, the members 

 do not all contribute milk on even,'' day for which the factory works. 



It may be said, to sum up, that the Queseria Manchego has attained 

 to extremely satisfactor}' results. Since a first attempt at co-operative 

 manufacture is in question, and since there is an increasing demand for 

 its products owing to their superiority over others of the same kind, we 

 may hope that farmers in other parts of Spain will follow the example which 

 has been set them, to their own advantage, that of the industry and that 

 of stock farming. 



Already we can cite two other co-operative societies, founded under 

 the auspices of the Asociacion general de Ganadoros for the exploitation of 

 dairy industries. They are the Cooperativa Lacianiega for buttermaking 

 at Villabliuo in Leon, and the Lecheria cooperativa established at Saragossa 

 for the sale of milk bv the local Casa de Ganaderos. 



