1870. 



NEW ENGLA^T) FAEAIER. 



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rendered null and void ; whereby foreign wool of all 

 qualities, (except Merino and English blood woole) are 

 now admitted into our porta at low nominal duty of the 

 third claas wool, — therefore, 



Hesotred, That in the opinion of this Association, 

 and in view of the foregoinij ficts, the usefulness of our 

 existing Tariff has been partially crippled and diverted 

 from its propnr channel, we as " Wool Growers," would 

 very respectfully ask for a continuation of this Tariff 

 upon the principles on which it was framed, by the joint 

 committee of Wool Growers and Manufacturers in con- 

 vention mutually asrreed, believing that upon a further 

 and fair trial, it will prove advantageous to the best in- 

 terest of our country. 



Resolved, That we regard the annual reports of Com- 

 missioner Wells of the revenue in many respects erro- 

 neous, not warranted by facts, made in the interest of 

 free trade, detrimental to the industry and best interest 

 of our country and calculated to cheriish and foster for- 

 eign la'ior and foreign trade to the expense of our own. 



Uesolved, That the importation of over 7,000,000 lbs. 

 of tbird class wool into the city of New York alone 

 during the year following the unfavorable decision of 

 our Treasury Department, over the previous year, 

 when the la«? was partially executed as its framers in- 

 tended, conc/asiW??/ proves that the "Wool Grower" 

 does not receive the full benefit of the "Tariff" as in- 

 tenr'ei by its framers. 



Uesolved, That the manufacturers of woolen fabricj 

 who are realizing all ♦he protection under the present 

 law as now construed, should be entitled to no more, 

 at the expense of the Wool (rower, and should not 

 have the privilege of purchasi ig foreign clothing wool 

 in our own markets for less price than it costs to pro- 

 duce the domestic of like quality. 



Uesolved, That Congress should by a plain, brief, 

 specifiu statute m^ke it peremptory upon the appraisers 

 at the Custom Houses, to place all wool not clearly de- 

 signed as carpit wool (third class in present law) in the 

 second cUss, to be treated as clothing wool and subject 

 to th-i duties thereof. 



Resolved, Thut the Secretary be directed to furnish a 

 cepy of these Resolutions to each of our county papers, 

 also to each of our members of Congress, with a re- 

 quest to move for a remedy in this matter, if in their 

 judgment there is a reasonable hope for success. 



M. W. Davis, Secretary. 



Westminster, Ft., Feb, 22, 1870. 



CHEESE FACTORIES OF MASS. 



In addition to the notice published in our last 

 of the proceedings of the Convention of Massachu- 

 setts cheese makers at Hardwick in Worcester 

 county, we publish the following from the report 

 of the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture pub- 

 lished in the Massachusetts Ploughman. 



On Wednesday, after the election of officers, 

 the reports of Cheese Factories were read as fol- 

 lows : — 



Hardwick Centre Cheese Factory. 



Capital invested $4250; 42!^ shares, all sold and paid 

 for, and surplus of $9jl,28 for repairs, Sc. Commenced 

 making cheese April 1, closing November i3; amount 

 of milk need, 2 2^4,023 pounds, being about 9-; pounds 

 of milk U8>'d to one of cheese made; cheese kept 30 to 

 40 days before marketed ; each eighteen inches diameter, 

 weighiDg 74 pounds; htlp, two males and one femile, 

 cost of help, including board, $159290; 1017 rennets 

 cost $271; i9,0 boxes cost 30 cents each. Use Ralph 

 vat, with W)Od; burned 11 ^ cords of wood, costing 

 $o9; coal in dry room, cost $101; used 21 barrels aud 

 4 sacks salt, costing $105 ; expense of freight and mar- 

 k-t Dg, .61-^ ceiits per 100 pounds; am lunt of salt per 

 1000 pcunds milk, 2-^ ; amount of eheese cured, 23i),79^ 

 pourd-t: net income per 100, $16 50; average price 

 of cheese in market, "17.819; average price to milk 

 cnntiibulois, $15,447. Wljole expenoe of everything, 

 $2,301 per 100 pounds. 



Barre South Cheese Factory. 



Capital $6200. Commenced April 1, closing Novem- 

 ber 17. Puuiids of milk u«eU, l,'21l 578, being 93^ 

 pounds milk to each pound of cheese cured. Kept on 

 averagt! live weeks before marketed. Average weight|75 

 pounds each. Help one man, seven months, two men 



six months, three men, three months. Cost of help 

 $971.73. 521 renneis cost $136. 1573 boxes cost 30 

 cents per box. Ralph vats used in h-ating. Pu' 1 cost 

 $109.69; salt $57.06; expense per pound In getting 

 cheese ready for market $ 021B expe' se of freight and 

 marketing, $.66 per 100 pounds; 42 ounces salt per 

 ICOO pounds milk; 124,122 pounds cheese cured; net 

 income per 100 pounds, $15.18; some of whey sold 

 for 20 cects per barrel. 44 hogs kept on whey, J<!C. ; 

 they cost in epring, live weight, 14 cent per pound. 

 Net profit on hogs $200. 



New Braintree Cheese Factory. 



Capital $9000. Commenced making April 1, closed 

 November 29; 2,152,004 pounds milk used, be-'ng 10.2 

 pounds to one of cured cheese; kept four to eight 

 weeks before marketed; two sizes, 18 by 8 inches and 

 16 by 6 inches, weighing respectively 82 and ;j6 pounds 

 each; help, oncmale and two females all the time, and 

 one man 5"^ months; cost of help, SI 343.60; 627 ren- 

 nets cost $167.*; 2617 boxes cost $706 50; 1667 yards 

 cloth used cost $197 59; 42 cords wood cost $222 35; 

 8'^ tons coal cost $112.72; 28 sacks salt cost $105.75; 

 expense per pound in g«!ttii)g cheese ready to send from 

 factory $.186; expense of freightage and marketing 

 $1063 03; 2^ pound* salt used per 1000 pounds milk; 

 210,980 pounds cheese cured; net income per 100 

 pounds $14 64; average 500 cows per month; aver- 

 age 420 pounds cheese per cow; 60 hogs kept cost 

 $1311.65; corn and meal fed to hogs cost $49i 28 ; 59 

 hogs were sold at from 14 i^ to 15 cents per pound 

 dressed, and with the lard amounted to $2,775 84. 

 Whole cost of everything in keeping the hogs $2,122.21; 

 net balance In favor of hogs $653 63. The hogs were 

 fed some corn with the whey the i-e.-iond vC'sk in May, 

 when they were bought; commenced feeding meal Au- 

 gust 15. 



"Worcester County Cheese Factory. 



At Warren — Capital $6200; romn-iencedinakirg April 

 12; closed Nov mher 6; 1,337 ,9>3 pomds of milk used, 

 being 9^ pounds to e!>eh pound cured cheese; 2060 

 cheeses made, costing $998.70; 477 rennets cost $95.40; 

 help, two males, one female; 2C 60 boxes cost $818; 1075 

 yards of cloth used, cott $113 25; 27 cords of wood 

 used cost $95; 2 tons of coal $22; salt $85 60; all other 

 expenses $1,138 30 ; t xpenses per pound getting cheese 

 ready for market 2'^ cents; 216 pounds of salt per lOoO 

 pounds cheese; 140,718 pounds of cheese cured; net 

 income per 100 pounds $15,044; average 385 cows per 

 month ; 366 >i pounds of cheese per cow. 



Coy's Hill Factory. 

 JFarren— Capital $6C00; commenced working April 

 Ist, 'closed October let; 1,122 25t) pounds of milk used, 

 being 9 355 pounds of milk to one pound of cheese 

 cured ; average weight, 80 pounds each ; help, man and 

 wife; cost of help $970; 481 rennets cost $S9 89; 1462 

 boxes cost $433 22 ; 1113 yards of cloth cos: $112.26; 

 Miller's circulating coil cheese vat u^ed for heating; 

 13 'i cords of wood cost $67.60; 3496 pounds of salt 

 $43.50; 119 960 pounds cured cheese; uet income per 

 loo pounds, $16 33. 



Belchertown Cheese Factory. 

 Capital $1200; commenced making May 24, closed 

 Stpttm'ier 11; 226,'Z47 pounds milk uxed, biiug 9>i 

 pouids to one of cheese cured; kept twenty-five days 

 before marketed ; 411 weighed 56 pounds each ; and 

 175 about 13 pounds each; help one mule all the time, 

 one female one-half the time; cost of help $100 per 

 month; 60 rennets cost $10; cost of cloth $25.00; b^i 

 cords wood cost $21; 23 818 pound-* cured cheese; 

 cheese sold on average at 16 cents per pouud. 



Qreylock Cheese Factory. 

 At South ^lrf«wis— Commenced April 16, closed De- 

 cember 1 ; l,HiJ.O/o pounds milk used, being 9.6 pounds 

 n ilk to one pound of cheese cured ; Kept 60 diivs before 

 marketed; average weight 78 p-.un. Is each; help, oue 

 male and one female; coi<t of help $610; costcf manu- 

 facturing per XK.^ pounds $2.00; amount of cheese 

 cured 1(8,233 pounds; 15f0 yards if cloth used; 17 

 sacks Ashton salt, cost $4 70 per sack; 12 pounds 

 annatto, $20; 1514 boxes covt $481.48; whole expense 

 of manufacturing. Including freight and marketing 

 $2,444,93 ; net income per lUO pounds $14.67 ; average 408 

 pounds cheese per cow. 



In the following, only partial reports were made, 

 the cheese not being ail sold ; — 



