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In the lecture it was also pointed out that one of the most important 

 conditions for the successful management of a dairy, viz, pure, fresh 

 water, now existed through the parish of Heldenfingen having but a 

 short time before joined the rough Alps water-works system, thereby re- 

 ceiving good spring water in abundance from the pumping station hi 

 the Eyb Valley, near Geisliugen, 29 kilometers distant. 



On the 5th of December, 1880, thirty farmers resolved upon founding 

 an association for the common handling and sale of milk, and charged 

 a committee of live members with the work necessary for the carrying 

 out of the resolution. 



The members of the committee, under the guidance of the president 

 of the association, Schultheiss Bosch, visited the dairy at Aichstetten, 

 and from the favorable impression thus derived soon agreed to estab- 

 lish a similar institution in Heldenfingen, and in so doing to profit by the 

 experiences gained at Aichstetten. 



But as there, so also at Heldenfingen, the final realization of the'en- 

 terprise encountered various difficulties. Doubt as to the usefulness and 

 profitableness of the business took more and more hold upon not only 

 the adversaries, but also upon those who had hitherto been friends of 

 the project, and the president of the association very properly reported 

 to the Royal Centralstelle for agriculture in regard to the discord 

 among the members of the association that " a regular April shower 

 had occurred, followed by heavy spring storms." 



But when the members' disposition had finally grown more favorable 

 it was found possible to commence building in June, 1880, and the 

 dairy was opened on the 10th of October, 1881. 



The dairy building is neat in style, and is constructed like that at 

 Aichstetten, according to the newest plans, but is more spacious in 

 dimensions. It has the necessary facilities for the Swarz skimming 

 method, for the working of the cheesery by steam, and for the steam 

 heating of all the rooms. The total cost for building and construction 

 amounts to 24,000 marks, viz : 



Marks. 

 For the building of the house, inclusive of the purchase of the building lot.. 14, 000 



For boiler, 5 steam stoves, steam and water pipes, dairy constructions 6,000 



For the ice cellar, water reservoir for cooling water with ice, construction of 

 an elevator in the cheese cellar, fencing in of the ground, &c 4,000 



To meet these expenses a loan was raised under the joint and indi- 

 vidual guarantee of all the members, the interest on which is paid, and 

 the cancellation of which takes place according to the statutes here- 

 after printed, on the same safe basis as at Aichstetten, 1 pfennig on 

 every kilogram of milk furnished being first withheld for the treasury 

 of the association. 



A water pump was not required in this dairy, as the water from the 

 pipes of the rough Alps water-works rises by its own pressure as high 

 as the upper rooms of the building. The water has in winter a temper- 

 ature of 6 Celsius, in summer of 10 Celsius, and must therefore in the 

 latter season, through the use of ice, be cooled to its winter tempera- 

 ture. 



The new dairy at Heldenfingen may be considered a gratifying re- 

 sult of the establishment of the Alps water-works, built by the aid of 

 the Government, for otherwise the former lack of water in that region 

 would have rendered the idea of founding a larger dairy impossible.* 



As at Aichstetten, the making of fine table butter and of good 

 Backstein cheese is the aim of the management. 



*See report on water- works in rough Alps, Consular Reports, No. 10, p. 268. 



