Clieese Factories in Derbyshire. 
59 
170,867 gallons, which at 6|(i. per gallon amounted to 4627?. 
13.?. The total cost of labour expended on the manufacture of 
the cheese was 176/. 7.9. 9rf., or 2s. 3frf. per cwt. ; the sales 
of whey amounted to 25U. lO*. 6rf., and that of whey butter to 
m. 2s. 
The first cheese was made at the Derby factory on the 8th of 
April ; there were 17 contributors of milk to this factory, giving 
a total of 300 cows ; the quantity of milk delivered was 
130,837 gallons, which at 6W. per gallon amounted to 3543?. 
10s. ; the whey sold realised 228/- 7s. 6d. ; the labour cost 178/. 
12s. 5d., or 3s. ^d. per cwt. The severe and long-continued 
drought, together with the prevalence of foot-and-mouth disease, 
which was rife in the district, and visited several farms from 
which supplies to the factory were drawn, making the summer of 
1870 a trying one for dairy farmers, reduced the produce of the 
cows far below the average of ordinary seasons. The following 
tables show the quantity of milk received at the Derby factory 
from the 28th of August to the 25th of October, and also 
the number of pounds of milk it took to produce one pound of 
cheese weighed from the press. Cheese loses 8 per cent, of its 
weight during the process of curing. 
Date. ' 
Milk 
Cheese 
Pounds of Milk require 
received. 
made. 
make 1 lb. of Cheese. 
1870. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
ozs. 
4827 
483J 
10 
3 
133 
4731 
461 
10 
4 
092 
4646 
455J 
10 
3 
171 
4660 
461 
10 
1 
339 
47.51 
461J 
46l| 
10 
4 
392 
4682 
10 
2 
23 
3 
4634 
446 
10 
6 
122 
4 
4584 
454^ 
10 
1 
125 
5 
4653 
466 
9 
15 
177 
6 
4597 
436i 
10 
S 
304 
4134 
443 
9 
5 
137 
4519 
454 
9 
15 
118 
4357 
45 4f 
9 
9 
25 
10 
4324 
438i 
9 
13 
418 
11 
4361 
448* 
9 
11 
354 
12 
4396 
4.52 
9 
11 
276 
13 
4402 
453f 
9 
11 
217 
u 
4361 
440 
9 
14 
25 
4268 
450 
9 
7 
.338 
16 
4237 
443 
9 
9 
013 
17 
4285 
434 
9 
13 
422 
18 
4184 
414 
10 
1 
29 
4261 
429 
9 
14 
394 
4160 
431J 
9 
10 
186 
4198 
419 
10 
0 
128 
, , 22 
4198 
421J 
9 
15 
229 
4167 
422i 
9 
13 
418 
4167 
428f 
9 
11 
332 
