. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying. Dairy farms; Dairy plants; Milk plants. THE PRESENT POSITION OF FACTORIES. 267 " TuE IIoLMs" Cheese Factory Association. Opened April 2, Closed November 17, 1877. Labour— Mauager's Salary, fiuilmy all labour ... — Of Factory and House 23 0 0 Interest on Plant ... ... ... ... ?> 16 it Matebul'!— Rennet ami Colouring ... ... ... 24 5 7 Salt 4 13 G Fuel— Coal 11 18 5 Coke 1 17 9 Carriage— Of Coal 5 5 1 „ Coke 1 17 9 „ Cheese 13 19 2 General Expenses— Cheese-cloths, Paper, and General Plant, Xew Shel
. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying. Dairy farms; Dairy plants; Milk plants. THE PRESENT POSITION OF FACTORIES. 267 " TuE IIoLMs" Cheese Factory Association. Opened April 2, Closed November 17, 1877. Labour— Mauager's Salary, fiuilmy all labour ... — Of Factory and House 23 0 0 Interest on Plant ... ... ... ... ?> 16 it Matebul'!— Rennet ami Colouring ... ... ... 24 5 7 Salt 4 13 G Fuel— Coal 11 18 5 Coke 1 17 9 Carriage— Of Coal 5 5 1 „ Coke 1 17 9 „ Cheese 13 19 2 General Expenses— Cheese-cloths, Paper, and General Plant, Xew Shelving Amount of Plant Capital paid off Dividend Paid to Patrons, 6d. per gaU. on ,708 galls. Milk £ s. d. 150 0 0 ) 33 16 9 - 28 19 1 1 13 16 2 ) 21 2 0 27 3 10 10 56 16 7 0 0 3,767 14 0 ! £4,109 17 7 i Cheese Sold— Produce of 55 tons ; Butter Sold— To Patrons ,, Market ,, Outsiders ... Sold— Rennet ... Whey Whey to Milk Contributors Balance from last Season Interest allowed ... Overdrawn on Bank cwt. 3i lbs. of Cheese sold ... 3,1119 19 £4,109 17 7 The season's cheese averages 703. lljd. per cwt. of 120 lbs. The Present Position of Factories. We come now to a later phase in the history of cheese-factories in England, and we admit it is a less pleasant one than we have been hitherto occupied with. It is s^enerally under- stood that most of the factories are no longer producing as good cheese as they were several years ago, and from this the conclusion is hastily arrived at that the system is a failure. We admit the correctness of the premiss, but we deny that of the conclusion. About half of the factories are still producing veiy, and the rest of them moderately, good cheese, but even were they all producing very bad cheese, it would still be unfair to condemn the system for the failure. Results such as those shown by the foregoing balance-sheets could not have been produced under a system that was a failure, and though inferior results have si
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