and its adaptability to English Dairy Districts. 1 97 
and four women at 3^ dollars per week, besides board ; the maxi- 
mum distance from which milk is brought to this factory is 6 
miles, average about miles ; factory not owned by the patrons ; 
charge for manufacturing, and furnishing salt, bandage-cloth, 
colouring material, curing, and selling cheese, 2 dollars per 100 
lbs. ; whey fed to swine at the factory. 
2nd — Peter Colbetzer and Co.'s Factory, in Spencer, Medina 
count}-, Ohio. Average number of cows, 700. Size of buildings, 
20 feet by 100 feet, two stories high, with lean-to for press-room, 
14 feet by 40 feet, and milk receiving-room, 10 feet by 12 feet ; 
which also serves for an oflRce. This is a very convenient factory. 
Fig. 2. — Plan of Peter Colbetzer and Co.'s Factorij, Medina County, Ohio. 
A. A. Cheese-prosses. B. B. Checse-vats. C. ililk receiving-room and ofnce. 
D. Hall, used for salt, boxing cheese, kc. E. Ciiring-rooni. F.F. Doors. 
G. Conductors for carrying the whey to the Hog-yard. H.H. Water-tanks. 
The floor in the manufacturing and press-room inclines to the 
rear 14 inches, where a gutter is placed in the floor, which also 
inclines 4 inches, and discharges at O. The upper story is all 
devoted to curing cheese. Cost of building, 2200 dollars (440/.) ; 
machinery, engine, boiler, and other furniture and fixtures, exclu- 
sive of land, 2350 dollars; capital invested, 6000 dollars (1200Z.) ; 
work-people employed — one man at 14 dollars per week, three 
men at 8 dollars per week, one boy at 5 dollars per week, two 
women at b-^^ dollars per week. Milk received, 2,130,500 lbs. ; 
cheese made, 228,200 lbs. Maximum distance of transporting 
milk 5 miles, average a trifle less than 2 miles. Charge for 
making and furnishing salt and bandage-cloth, 2 cents {Id.) per lb., 
the factory not owned by the patrons. Whey fed to hogs ; gross 
earnings of factory, in 1868, 5300 dollars (lOGOZ.), net 2800 
dollars (560Z.) 
1 am, very truly your most obedient, 
Anson Bartlett, 
President, Ohio Dairymen's Association. 
