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NEW ENGL.VND FARMER. 



April 



the trees from an adjoining pasture, and set 

 them out on half an acre in one day. In 1862 

 some of those set in 1848 were more than 20 

 feet high, and measured near the surface of the 

 ground nearly three feet in circumference. 



CHEESE FACTORIES. 



The Massachusetts Cheese Manufacturers' 

 Association, held their annual meeting at the 

 Town Hall in West Brooktield on Thursday, 

 Feb. 20, 1868. We are indebted to a corres- 

 pondent for the following report of the pro- 

 ceedings, and regret that ill-health deprived 

 us of the pleasure we had anticipated of meet- 

 ing our friends on this occasion. 



The following officers were elected for the 

 ensuing year : — 



President— Hollis Tidd, New Braintree. 

 Vice Presidents— U. S.Ellis, Warren; J. F. Da- 

 vis, Bane. 

 Secretary — N. S. Hubbard, Brimficld. 

 Treasurer — B. F. Hamilton, New Braintrce. 



Eight factories reported, %'iz. : Barre Cen- 

 tral, Barre Cheese Company, Hardwick Cen- 

 tre, New Braintree, Wilbraham, Worcester 

 County, at Warren, Coy's Hill, at Warren, 

 and Warren Cheese Company, at Warren. 



These factories received 14,0-33,136 pounds 

 of milk, and made 1,447,355 pounds of cheese. 

 It took from 9.29 to 10.40 pounds of milk for 

 one pound of cheese. Coy's Hill, in Warren, 

 averaged the least, and Wilbraham the high- 

 est. 



The following is an abstract of the reports 

 from the several factories : — 



Bakre Cevtkal received 2,365,4.56 pounds of 

 milk, anil made 248,0'2.3 pounds of cheese. It took 

 9.50 pounds of uulk tor one pound of cLeese. 

 AVhole expense of inaniifacturing, materials, 

 freight and marketing, .f 2 38 i>er 100 pounds. Net 

 price per 100 pounds, !S>'12.01. They also report a 

 net profit, un iio^s of •'$2it3.78. 



Bakre CiiEESE Company received 2,295,834 

 pounds of milk, and made 240,328 pounds ot 

 cliee,-e. It took 9.5!) pounds of milk for one pound 

 of cheese. Whole e.\peii?e of maniifacturins, ina- 

 leviiils, freight and marketing, $i'2.60 per 100 

 pounds. Net price per iOO pounds, $12.08. Profit 

 oubogsof.fl9l.98. 



HAttnwicK Centre received 2,485,.585 pounds 

 of milk, and made 204,267 pounds of ciieese. It 

 rook 9.40 ])onnds of milk for one pound of cheese. 

 Whole expense of nianufacturinir, iimlerials, 

 r.cight and marketing, .S'2 41 per 100 pounds. Net 

 price per IOO |)Oiinds, .'$12.60. 



New Buaintuee Factory received 3,063,048 

 pounds of milk, and made 309,270 pounds of 

 ehee^e. It took 9 90 pounds of milk for one pound 

 of cheese. Whole expense of manufacturing, 

 materials, frieght and marketing, .f2.51 per 100 

 pounds. Net price per 100 pounds, .'jji'11.82. 



Worcester Cointy cheese factory at Warren, 

 received 2,045,209 pounds of milk, anil made 202,- 



239 pounds of cheese. It took 10.11 pound of milk 

 for one pound of cheese. Whole expense of manii- 

 fiictm-ing and materials, #2.35 per 100 pounds. 

 Net price per 100 pounds, #12.2776. 



Wilbkaham Factory received 610,184 pounds 

 of milk, and made .58,670 pounds of cheese. It 

 took 10.40 pounds of milk for one pound of cheese. 

 Whole expense of manufacturing and materials, 

 •S"2.()0 per 100 pounds. Income per 100 pounds, 

 .9>14..50. (Probable gross sales). 



Coy's Hill Factory, Warren, received 289,079 

 pounds of milk, and made 74,174 pounds of cheese. 

 It took 9.29 pounds of milk for one pound of 

 cheese. Whole expense of manufacturing, mate- 

 rials, freight and marketing, .§"2.744 per 100 

 pounds. Net price per 100 pounds, .f 11.446. 



Warren Factory, at Warren, received 498,741 

 pounds of milk, and made 30,384 pounds of cheese. 

 It took 9.90 pounds of milk for one pound of cheese. 

 Expense of manufacturing, .S'l-13 per 100 pounds. 

 Net price per 100 pounds, #11.24. 



Amount of Capital Invested. 



Barre Central . .$7,500.00 Wilbraham . . $2,.500.00 



Barre Cheese Co. 5,053.2.3 Coy's Hill, Warr.-u 6,aO'J.UO 



Hardwick Centre 4,25J.uO Warren 2 778.00 



New Braintree , 8,0U0.00 '■ 



Worcester Co., $4J,lhl.23 

 Warren .... $4,600.00 



At this meeting the following resolution was 

 adopted, and we acknowledge with much 

 pleasure the receipt of a certified copy thereof 

 from the Secretary, N. S. Hubbard, Esq. : — 



Voted, That the conductors of the Agricultural 

 press of Massachusetts, be made luid constituted 

 honorary members of the Association, and that the 

 Secretary be directed to apprise such conductors 

 of the fact, and hereafter to notify them of the 

 meetings of said Association. 



Why Dahlias Degenerate. — Mr. E. Fei^ 

 rand, of Detroit Michigan, makes the follow- 

 ing statement upon this subject, in the New 

 York Horticulturist : — 



In order to propagate the new varieties of 

 dahlias, and make hundreds of plants where 

 only a few would be propagated by the usual 

 methods of separating the tubers, or making 

 cuttings from forwarded growths in early 

 spring, the European raisers of dahlias graft 

 them on roots in winter, and to that effect use 

 roots of the strongest growing varieties. To 

 make those grafts, only one bud is sufficient, 

 so that when the owner of a good variety de- 

 sires it to remain scarce, for pectmiary reasons 

 or'Other, he uses scions with only one bud at 

 tlie top ; those plants grow and bloom as in 

 the ordinary way, but in the fall everything is 

 gone of the new varietj', and even the tubers, 

 e.xcept those (tubers) the upper part of which 

 has been used for stocks, and which may have 

 yet some dormant buds ; the same when planted 

 afterward by the uninitiated produce the llower 

 of the stock and not that of the variety grafted 

 on it. 



When instead of a scion with a single bud, 

 one with a second bud at the base is used, in- 

 serted into the s(ock, the lower bud grows 

 into roots which naturally reproduce flowers 

 identical to the variety of the scion. 



