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Name of factory, location, and county. 



Charleston Factory, Charleston, Montgomery 



Nelson Factory, Nelson, Madison 



■\Vest Schuyler Factory, West Schuyler, Herkimer. . 

 Springfield Centre Facfry , Springfield Centre, Otsego 



Mile Strip Factory, Fenner, Madison 



West Kxeter Factory, West Exeter, Otsego 



Brookfield Factory, Brookfield, Madison 



Orwell Factory, Orwell, Oswego 



North Litchfield Fact'ry, North Litchfield, Herkimer 



Deansville Factory, Deansville, Oneida 



Deerfield and Marcy Factory, Marcy, Oneida . . . 



Stanley's Factory, Adams, Jefferson 



Seriba Factory , Scriba, Oswego 



East IJerkshire Factory, Franklin, Vermont .... 

 Ingraham & Hustis's Factory, Adams, Jefferson 



Whitestown Factory, Whitestown, Oneida 



Turin Factory, Turin, Lewis 



Sear's Factory, Cuyler, Cortland 



Loraine Factory, Loraine, Jefferson 



Brown's Factory, Columbus, Chenango 



Canton, I'actory, Canton, St. Lawrence 



E. N. Carrier's Factory 



Westcotfs Factory, Watertown, Jefferson 



9.84 

 9.78 

 9.71 

 9.97 

 9.85 



10.07 

 8.31 



10.00 

 9.90 



10.38 



10.26 

 9.90 

 9.35 



10.00 

 9.95 



10.05 

 9.58 

 9.93 

 9.72 

 9.64 

 9.76 

 9.59 

 9.52 



It will be seen, by tlie above table, that the yield of the cows, 

 both in milk and in lbs. of cheese, (allowing 10 lbs. of milk to the 

 weight of one gallon,) is about the same as that we assumed as 

 the yield of the cows of Norfolk County ; but the average price 

 that the cheese sold for at the factories was 21iV(j cts. per pound, 

 or about 8 cts. per pound more than that reahzed by the farmers 

 of this county for the sale of their milk to the milkman. It 

 seems to me that nothing further is needed to show that the estab- 

 lishment of a cheese factory, or of several of them, is pecuniarily/ 

 desirable in Norfolk county ; and a glance at the map gives us at 

 once the most desirable localities in which they can be situated, 

 both with reference to access from neighboring towns, and trans- 

 portation to market. Dedham, situated at the junction of several 

 railroads running through many of the best farming towns in the 

 countv, and also reached by numerous carriage roads which ex- 

 tend in every direction, certainly offers the most favorable situ- 

 ation ; but in Randolph, in the south-eastern portion of the coun- 

 ty, Wrentham, in the southern, and Medfield, or Medway, in 

 the western sections, the establishment of a factory is not only 

 practicable, but desirable. 



Having selected the locality where the factory is to be estab- 

 lished, the first necessary step is to choose a proper site for its 

 erection. The organization and starting of a factory is thus de- 

 scribed in an article in the monthly Report of the Department of 

 Agi'iculture (June and July, 1865) : 



" When it is proposed to start a factory, several persons who 

 are neighbors to each other get together and talk over the matter 



