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NEW ENGLAND FAR:vrER. 



April 



CHEESE MANDFACTUEEKS. 

 We have just returned from the fourth an- 

 nual meeting of the Massachusetts Cheese Man- 

 ufacturers' Association, held in Barre, Feb. 

 18. We have not time to write out our im- 

 pressions of this spirited meeting for this page. 

 We must, however, say that it was well at- 

 tended and the right spirit manifested. Mr. 

 D. S. Ellis, one of the Vice-Presidents, pre- 

 sided ; the President, Mr. HoUis Tidd, of 

 New Braintree, having died since the last an- 

 nual meeting. The following officers were 

 elected for 18G9 :— 



Pre.H'fent— Thomas P. Eoot of Barre. 

 Vice-Presidents — Wil iam A. Warren, jr.,of Hard- 



wiclj, 1 .1 w s, fciaui.t rsdii of PetersVam. 

 Secretary— fi . i^. Eubbanl of Brimfie'd. 

 Treasurer — B. F. Hamilton of New Braintree. 



We copy the following abstract of the re- 

 ports from the several cheese manufactories 

 represented in the meeting, from the Daily 

 Advertiser of February 19th : — 



Barre Central Cheese Company— Ccmmencei to 

 maiie ehtt!i-e April 6th; clnsfil NjV. 25. Number of 

 poundri of milK- n ccivcd, 1,(391,083. No of p unde of 

 chtcse made, ISO 8.35. Pounds of milk for a pound of 

 curt-d che sa, 9.33. Average price p r 100 pounds, 

 $14.50 net. Cost of mnnufacturing per 100 pounds, 

 $2 '27. tJapltal invested. $S0uO. Help employed, two 

 m; I'^s an^ one f>m xle. Cont ('f pame, $1?14.20. 



Worcester County Cheese Factory, at Warren— Cora- 

 menced lo make chuCre March 30th, closed Nov. 7. Av 

 er;gi uuaiber of cows, 440. Number of pounds of 

 ml R rt'CPived, 1 516,009, numb^r of pounds of cheese 

 maile, 155 233. Pounds of udlk for a pound of cured 

 chi e^e, 9.76. Average price received per 100 pounds, 

 $13.0J6 OoBt of manufiic uring per 1^0 pound, $2.25. 

 Capiial invested, $ 200. Help I'mployed, two men and 

 one w m.in Cost of same, $1404 o9. 



Wilbraham Cheese Compawy— Commenced making 

 chet se May 2oth, closed Uct. 3u. Average number of 

 c iws not stated. Number of pounds of milk received, 

 3^6,774. Number of pounds of cheese made, 40,117. 

 Pounds of milk for a po md of cured cheese, 9 64. Av- 

 erage price pi r 100 pounds, $12.27 net. Cost of manu- 

 factfiring per 100 pou ds not stated. Capital invested, 

 $2,j00. Help employed, one man and one extra ten 

 weeks. Copt of t-rfme, $623 76. 



Barre Cheese Company — Commenced to make cheese 

 Apiil bth, closed JSov. 11. Average number of cows, 

 350. Numbir of pound of milk received, 1,326,224 

 Number rf poundi of cbeeee made, 132,447. Pounds of 

 milk f ^r a pound of cured ( hi^cse, 10. Average price 

 received per ItiO pounds, $13.77 net. Cost of manufac- 

 turing pur 100 pounds, $2 67. Capital invested, $.200. 

 ill ip employed, two mits and one lemale. Cost of 

 eame. i eluding boar'i, $902.54. 



Barre Southwest Cheese Factory— Covaraenced. mak- 

 ing cheese May 25, c o^ed October 16, Average number 

 of rows, 113. Number of pouids of milk receivi d, 

 271, 84J. Number of pounds of cheese made, 24,920 

 Pounds of milk fjrapiund of cured cheete, 10 6 6. 

 Av( rage price receive i per 100 pounds, $16 20. Coat of 

 mi^nuf utuii.g per 100 pounds, $2 87v,. Capitdl in- 

 vested, $650. Help emploved, one man through the 

 Bea on and one woman half the timn. Cost of same, 

 $321. The milk was bkimoiCd at night one half the 

 time. 



Petersham Cheese Company— Comxnencei May 6, 

 clo-eil 0;t. H. Average i.umuer of cows not stated. 

 Numb r of pounds of u i'k received, 862,531. Number 

 of pounds ot cheese made, 89,386. Pounds of milk for 

 a pound of cured cheese, 9 65. Average price received 

 por 10 I pounoB, $12 93 net. Cost of manufacturing per 

 ICO louuds, $2 35. Capiial investe ', $4500. Help em- 

 ploy, d, one man, one woman and one boy. Cost of 

 bame, $650. 



Hnrdwich Central Cheese Company— Commenced 

 April 6, closed Nuv. 24. Average number of cawa not 



stated. Number of pounds of milk rece'ved, 2 047,467. 

 Number of pounds of cheeee made, 206 570. Pounds 

 of milk for a pour d of cured cheese, 9 91. Averiige 

 price received per 100 pounds, $14 441 net. Cost of 

 manufacturing per 100 pounds, $2.3i7. Capital invested, 

 $4250. Help employed, two men and one woman. 

 Co^t of same, $1426 98. 



New Braintree Cheese Company— Commercei April 

 20, ilosed Dec. 1. Averagi number of cows, 475. Num- 

 ber of pounds of milk received, 1,919,815 Numher 

 of pounds of cheese made, 191,117. Pounds of milu 

 for a poui d of cured cheese lO 1.20. Average price 

 received p-r 100 pounds, $13 80. Capital invteted, 

 $8100. Help employed, average 3ii hands. Cost of 

 same, $1260 13. 



From the above it will be seen that in the 

 eight factories during the season of 1868, 

 1,020,645 pounds of cheese were made. 



MILK PRODUCERS' MEETING. 



A special meeting of the Massachusetts and 

 New Hampshire Milk Producers' Association 

 was held at Nashua, N. H., Feb. 16, to dis- 

 cuss the best stock and best feed for producing 

 milk for the market. President Lyman Bel- 

 knap, of Westboro', Mass., presided. 



Wm. Ramsdell, of Milford, N. H., as re- 

 ported by the Boston Journal, stated that the 

 Reading objects of the Association had been 

 accomplished. It has a membership of over 

 five hundred. A good understanding exists 

 between farmer, contractor, peddler and con- 

 sumer. Seventeen thousand gallons of milk, 

 transported by steam, are consumed in Boston, 

 every day. The tariff on transporting milk is 

 very uniform, distance considered. Milk re- 

 tails in Boston this year at nine cents per 

 quart, Massachusetts measure. This gives the 

 dairy farmer on the Peterboro' and Shirley 

 road, the farthest point reached, five cents a 

 quart at the depot. The contractor receives 

 one cent for conveying it to the peddler, who 

 thus gets three cents per quart for furnishing 

 cans, delivering, &c. 



Best Stock and best Feed for Milk. 



Mr.Wrightof Amherst, N.H.afarmer since 1831, 

 who has sold milk for ten years, said he had kept 

 native and Devon stock, but considered Durham 

 superior. Generally feeds corn meal and cob meal 

 together, sometimes shorts. Had found that oil 

 meal has a tendency to cause cows to slip their 

 calves. Considers eight quarts of milk a day dur- 

 ing winter and twelve to fourteen on full feed a 

 good yield per head. Didn't believe in cows giv- 

 ing twenty-two quarts a day. 



Mr. Adams of Littleton, Mass., believed in 

 crossing breeds. Looked at style and shape and 

 general contour of the animal. Get a fcow with a 

 bright eye that "stands out." 



Mr. Hutchinson, of Milford, considered Ayr- 

 shires better than Durhams. Obtained twelve 

 quarts easily per day from the first named through 

 winter. 



Mr. Abbott, of Wilton, in selecting twenty cows, 

 would choose from every breed, particularly the 

 Ayrshire. 



J. A. Harwood, of Littleton, Mass., thought 



