On Cheese-making in Home Dairies and in Factories. 283 
6^. per gallon to all contributors of milk were finally released 
from their responsibility ; and it is only to the experience of the 
years 1872-3-4, that reference will now be made. That of 1872 is 
told in a pamphlet to which the signatures of the Honourable 
E. Coke, of Longford ; Mr. J. G. Crompton, of Derby ; and 
Messrs. J. Coleman and G. Murray were appended. Messrs. 
Coke and Crompton call attention to the greater uniformity and 
superior quality of factory-made cheese, to the economy of its 
manufacture, and to the influence which an increased value of 
produce from our dairy-farms must exert on the interest of both 
the landlord and the tenant. At the Longford Factory 211,338 
gallons of milk from 458 cows (460 gallons a-piece) were made 
during 1872 into 91 tons 12 cwt. 3 qrs. 3 lbs. of green cheese, 
which, shrinking about 10 per cent., yielded 82 tons 7 cwt. 1 qr. 
and 25 lbs. of saleable cheese (4 cwt. nearly per cow), realising 
at 745. IQd. per 120 lbs., 6166/. 14s. 8^^. The whey (sold to 
the milk contributors at \d. per gallon) and the whey-butter 
together made 475/. 12s. 4<f. The cost of labour, in manager 
and assistants, was 215/. 18s. ?>d. ; of materials 103/. 14s. bd. ; 
and of marketing 118/. 3s. lOrf. Besides this the rent of build- 
ing, and of plant, and the cost of repairs amounted together to 
65/. There was thus a balance of 6139/. 10s. 66?. for the con- 
tributors, which was divided among the milk suppliers at the 
rate of close on Id. a gallon — the expense of labour and 
materials having amounted to 3s. IQ^d. per cwt. of 120 lbs. of 
cheese — while the rent of building amounted to ^d., and the cost 
attending the sale of the cheese was Is. 5c/. per cwt. It is added, 
that 10 dairymaids had been dispensed with by the suppliers of 
milk to the Longford Factory, who thus saved 400/. on the 300 
cows belonging to those dairies at a cost to themselves (at 
3s. lO^r/. per cwt. on the cheese made from these cows) of 184/. 
The Report of the Derby Factory for 1872 was also satis- 
factory. Here 51 tons 13 cwt. 2 qrs. and 15 lbs. of green 
cheese, shrinking 8J per cent, into the 47 tons 5 cwt. and 1 qr. 
of ripe, which was sold at 74s. 6c?. per 120 lbs., was made from 
274 cows; the labour and materials having cost 3s. 6|c?. per 
cwt. ; steam and water Is. 5c?. per cwt. ; rates and taxes Is. 2^c?. 
per cwt. ; repairs 5Jc/. : and Secretary's salary 3ff/. per cwt. — 
or 7s. IJc/. per cwt. in all. The statement shows that the sum 
of 3517/. 17s. 8(/., including 340/. 2s. IQd. for sale of whey and 
milk and butter, had been distributed among the milk suppliers 
at the rate of nearly 6|c?. per imperial gallon, after paying the 
whole cost of working expenses and repairs. 
This pamphlet is especially interesting from its detailed 
report of the quantities of milk received from the 39 different 
fanners who contributed to the two factories. It appears that 
