PROGRESS OF THE AMERICAN CHEESE TRADE. 



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p-ehensive of the impracticabiiity of plant- 1 variably produce tubei-s akin to the parent 

 ing seedlings, as our best crops were ob- stock, while from those collected proniiscu- 

 tamed last season from seedlings of 1846, ously or inadvertently, are produced a pro- 



though diminutive in size as compared with 

 those of 1847. In short, by superior cultiva- 

 tion, full cro[)8 may be obtained from seed- 

 lings not larger than f^eas. Also note, that 

 eeeds selected from a distinct early kind in- 



geny ni various sportnig vai leties ; con8&- 

 quently, from their late tendency, many of 

 them have fallen victims to the prevailuig 

 epidemic. Hardy & Son, Maiden. 



PROGRESS OF THE AMERICAN CHEESE TRADE. 



The Detroit Free Press, the State paper of Michigan,, fumishea the following statemeDt 

 of this new and rather important branch of ti-ade : 



The Cheese ti-ade is rapidly augmenting in hundreds of tons to our markets. Neither 



this counti-y. The foreign exports of it have 

 become a prominent article of supply for dis- 

 tant climes. Up to 1840 there was but a small 

 quantity shipped, and that principally on for- 

 eign account. That year Messrs. Goodrich &, 

 Co., of New-York, and the Messrs. Green, of 

 Boston, made the experiment of large con- 

 signments to England. Of course, they met 

 ■with the usual prejudices, the market before 

 having been furnished with foreign cheese 

 from Ireland and Holland. By perseverance 

 the American article gradually came into fa- 

 vor, until it has now reached a heavy con- 

 sumption. It fills part of the cargo of almost 

 every vessel that leaves our seaports for Liv- 

 erpool. The statistics of export, as will be 

 seen by the following, betoken a still fai'ther 

 extension, which is worthy the attention of 

 the fanners of this State : 



1840 lbs. 723,713 1843 lbs. 3.440,144 



1841 1,748,781 J 844 7,433,145 



1842 2,456,677 1845 7,941,187 



1846 8,675,390 



This foreign export trade has now reached 

 over a million of dollars annually. It goes to 

 fifty-two countries. Our heaviest customers 

 in 1846 were — 



Hayti lbs. 150,046 : 



British Guiana 162.420 



England, lbs. 6.744,6.09 

 West Indies.. 807,040 



Cuba 227,276 



Canadas 185,915 



Until within five years, cheese has usually 

 been kept on sale in our Eastern cities by 

 grocers and produce dealers, with a general 

 a.ssortment of other products. A total revo- 

 lution in this respect has tjiken place. In 

 New-York and Boston, extensive houses, ex- 

 clusively for cheese, arc doing a large busi- 

 ness. Several commission houses are now 

 solely engaged in it. 



The farmers of our State seem to have neg- 

 lected this importjuit branch of the dairy. 

 Every other salable product is produced here 

 in abundance ; why not add this to our list of 

 exp:)rt-i ? We cerUiinly posse.'W the grazing 

 land. Still we do not make 20 per cent, of 

 the cheese consumed in the State. Daily it 



Western New-York nor Ohio possesses more 

 advantages for its manufacture than our own 

 farmers. We arc told that at the [)nce8 it has 

 borne for the last five years it is much more 

 profitable than butter. In fact, for three 

 months m the year, butter does not sell at 

 any higher price. All daiiy-women agree 

 that two pounds of cheese are made easier 

 than one pound of butter. Yet it is neglected^ 



In several towns near Buffalo, (Hamburgh 

 and Collins,) it is the principal business of the 

 farmers, and all who have embarked in it 

 have greatly added to their wealth. Chau- 

 lauque County farmers have increased their 

 cows for cheese-making; Herkimer County, 

 N. Y., produced 8.000,000 lbs. in 1845, ac- 

 cording to the State Census ; St. Lawrence 

 9,000,000 lbs. In Allegany County, hereto- 

 fore, lumber was the principal production ; 

 nearly every fanner now turns out his five 

 to twenty casks of cheese m the fall. All the 

 Southern tier of counties in that State are 

 largely embarking in it. The Census of 1835 

 gives the quantity made in ihe State at 

 36,000,000 lbs. Ohio has doubled her ex- 

 ports of it within five years. Indiana cheese 

 is now becoming known in the market. 



As a sample of its increase, we give the 

 following statistics of the amount that arrived 



Scotland 88,041 j at tide-water on the Hudson River, from the 



Venezuela ... 40,812 Canal Collector's books: 



Ye.-ir. Pounds. 



1834 6.340,000 



1835 9,586,000 



1836 14,060.000 



1837 15,560,000 



1838 13,810,000 



1839 14, .530,000 



1840 18,820,000 



1841 14,170,000 



1842 19,004,000 



1843 24.334,000 



1844 26.672,500 



1845 29,371,000 



1846 34,812,513 



B spotted. 



723.713 

 1,748,781 

 2,456,677 

 3,440,144 

 7,433.145 

 7,941,187 

 8.675,390 



Here is a largo quantity, but a ready mar- 

 ket is found. The increase of foreign e.x- 

 ports is hu-ge. Up to last fill the duty on it 



is shipped here from BufTdlo, ajid goes into in England was $2 42 per 100 lbs. Sir Rob- 

 the interior of this State. Ohio also sends her ' eit Peel's new Tmiff reduced it to $1 per 100, 

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