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making came to an end," and was superseded by the sys- 

 tem that had its origin in the state of New York. 



In New York the first cheese factory was established by 

 Jesse Williams in Oneida county near Rome in 1851. 1 

 The methods developed by Mr. Williams were soon copied 

 in other communities, and the factory system of manufac- 

 turing cheese began to spread rapidly in New York, south- 

 ward into Pennsylvania, and westward into Ohio, and soon 

 became firmly established. The story of the incidents lead- 

 ing up to the organization of Mr. Williams' cheese factory 

 is a very simple one — so simple in fact that the reader is 

 hardly aware that the successive steps culminating in a 

 factory system of cheese manufacture illustrate the phil- 

 osophy of industrial progress. 



Mr. Williams was a skilled cheese-maker and received a 

 higher price for his product than his neighbors received. 

 The demand for his cheese was so great that when one of 

 his sons married and began farming on his own account, 

 the father entered into a contract with the dealer to take 

 the cheese to be made on the two farms at 7 cents a pound, 

 which was considerably higher than the other farmers re- 

 ceived. The son, however, did not believe that he could 

 make as good cheese as was required. Arrangements were 

 therefore finally made to have the son deliver the milk at 

 his father's milk-house, where the father manufactured 

 cheese from the milk of both herds. The idea of combin- 

 ing: the milk of these two farms led to further combination. 

 The milk of the neighbors was soon added, and in the 

 second year suitable buildings properly equipped were 

 erected. 



In this story there are elements of skill, inventive genius, 

 and chance. Mr. Williams was skilled in cheese-making, 



1 Vide, X. A. Willard, Practical Dairy Husbandry, p. 215. 



