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INTRODUCTION. 



tion paid to the manufacture of cheese, and especially to the general introduction of the &quot;factory 

 system.&quot; 



The leading idea of the factory system is this : Farmers with a few cows, to avoid the expense 

 of the necessary buildings, and to introduce the best apparatus for the manufacture of cheese, unite to 

 send their milk every morning to a certain point, where it is converted into cheese, and each farmer 

 receives his proportion (or the money received for it) according to the quantity of milk he has 

 furnished. 



At the factory a competent person is employed to attend to the business, and the cheese is made 

 on the most approved principles. Hitherto the system has worked to the mutual advantage of all 

 concerned. Whether it will be found to work equally well when cheese falls to its normal price (or 

 about half what it brings at present) remains to be seen. 



WOOL. 



Pounds of wool produced in the United Slates in 1860. 



The total amount of wool raised in the States and Territories in 1850 was 52,516,959 pounds; 

 in 1860, 60,364,913 pounds ; and in 1840 was 35,802,114 pounds. In other words, the amount 

 of wool increased from 1840 to 1850 about 16,750,000 pounds; and from 1850 to 1860, 7,750,000 

 pounds. 



