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frequently done. It then is valuable to the extent of the food 

 material in it. It is not proposed to make any figures on 

 this value, but simply to call attention to it in passing, as a 

 by-product of cheese-making, and worth something in the 

 computation. 



The weak point of associated cheese-making is the cost of 

 taking the milk to the factory. This of course does not 

 apply where the maker of the milk is located near the fac- 

 tory, but is quite a tax on those located a considerable dis- 

 tance away. True, it is no more when the milk is made up 

 into cheese than if taken over the same distance to the train 

 for sale, or to the centrifugal for creaming. But the tax is 

 there, all the same. This kind of work, therefore, is best 

 adapted to those localities where the supply is found within 

 a limited circuit. Many New England cheese factories have 

 broken down under the attempt to draw together small indi- 

 vidual lots of milk from long distances. It has been proved, 

 over and over again, that it cannot be done. Sj^stematic 

 co-operation among neighbors, however, will reduce this, in 

 localities where it can be applied, to a cost that will not be 



burdensome. 



Domestic Cheese. 



It is not popular at the present day to advocate private 

 dairy work of any kind. Cheese-making particularly is 

 looked upon as out of date, and probably it is going with 

 the spinning-wheel and the lapstone into the memories of the 

 past. But it has not yet all got there, and the time may not 

 yet be quite at hand when it should go. There are those 

 left yet who are willing to engage in any honorable labor 

 that will bring remunerating returns ; and, if some of the 

 old home work still pays the best, there seems to be no good 

 reason why it should be proscribed. It is not my purpose 

 to advocate a business that will overburden the household. 

 I am dealing to-day with matters in which the common 

 people of the country, the rank and file of the farmers, are 

 concerned ; and there are still those among them, though the 

 number may be few, who have plenty of help in the family, 

 and a part of which is at liberty to be directed where it will 

 bring best results. I have in mind many such, and, to their 

 credit, they are ready at all times to do their part in making 



