The Dairy -Factories of Siceden. 
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likewise, taken the liberty of forwarding you a sample of it, 
which, however, is of a better quality than the whey-cheese 
generally occurring in the market, and which would fetch about 
50 ore per pound (7c?. per lb.). It is prepared from the whey of 
cow and goat milk. In those parts of the country where fuel is 
cheap, the preparing of the common cow-milk whey-cheese con- 
duces essentially to raise the price of milk. As it chiefly consists 
of milk-sugar, it constitutes a wholesome food for the lower classes, 
among whom it is largely consumed.* 
To what I have previously stated regarding the dairy-factories, 
I beg to add some notices respecting one which was little known 
when I last wrote to you, but which has now attracted general 
attention. 
A farmer who resides in the neighbourhood of Stockholm, and 
who, though almost blind, has nevertheless devoted himself, 
with unshrinking energy and great perseverance, both to the theo- 
retical study and the practical management of butter and cheese- 
making, commenced a few years ago purchasing milk from neigh- 
bouring farms for making butter ; the skim-milk being partly sold 
in the markets of Stockholm, and partly made into skim-milk 
cheese. The favourable result of his endeavours caused him gra- 
dually to extend this business, for which purpose, and in order to 
obtain an easy sale for the butter-milk, he established a central 
dairy in the capital, to which cream was brought from the numerous 
places where the milk was received from neighbouring farmers ; 
the unsold skim-milk, on the other hand, being made into cheese 
at the places where the milk was delivered, and where branch 
dairies were erected. This business has, within a few years, been 
extended to such a degree, that during this spring the quantity of 
milk purchased by the farmer and employed in the above-men- 
tioned manner has amounted to 4000 gallons per day. During a 
previous year he had associated with himself a capitalist, likewise 
warmly interested in this branch of husbandry. The production 
of milk, however, being constantly on the increase, and its price 
having on account of that considerably diminished, the partners 
have now decided upon transferring the entire business to a 
limited company, for the purpose of extending it in such a 
manner as circumstances may require, and render profitable. 
Of this company, they themselves are the largest shareholders. 
Feeling a Avarm interest in the development of this industry, so 
important to our agriculture, and being likewise a shareholder of 
this company, I have taken an active part in its organisation, and 
* Vide the following Paper by Dr. Voelcker, p. 333. 
