Stormont County
is a historic county in the province of Ontario. The townships within the county were: Cornwall,
Finch, Osnabruck and Roxborough. In 1850, Stormont County merged with
Dundas and Glengarry Counties to form the United Counties of
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry.
Cornwall Cheese and Butter Board
| HISTORY OF THE CORNWALL CHEESE AND BUTTER BOARD |
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And perhaps, after all, the most interesting feature of the History
of the Cornwall Cheese and Butter Board is that part that has to
do with finances. If bank managers would talk—and sometimes they
do talk too much—they would tell you of swollen bank balances and
vaulting savings accounts to the credit of and in the names of patrons
of the Cornwall Cheese and Butter Board. They would tell you of
farmers originally in moderate circumstances becoming rich; they
would tell you of poorer Cheese Board patrons becoming prosperous,
and all because of Cheese Board cheques; for be it known that with
the average farmer the total amount of the cheese factory cheque
aggregates yearly more than the combined revenues from all other
farm commodities. The most important and far-reaching bit of legislative work accomplished by the Cheese Board, and that largely through the efforts of the present President and Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. Denny and Mr. McLeod, respectively, was in having appointed by the Provincial Government an expert dairyman to act in the capacity of inspector of cheese and instructor of cheese-making. This new departure went into effect in 1905, when Mr. J. Buro, of Moulinette, a graduate of the Eastern Dairy School, and a practical and painstaking official, was appointed to this position. Mr. Buro is now and has continuously since held this position on what is known as the Cornwall Syndicate, a group of factories including those of the Cornwall Cheese and Butter Board. This grouping of factories into syndicates was the stepping-stone to uniformity in system and uniformity in the quality of cheese, resulting in greater development, expansion and production in cheese manufacture. From haphazard cheese manufacturing methods and unskilled manufacturers, cheese factory supervision and instruction developed up-to-date factory systems and capable, intelligent and experienced manufacturers. Cheese of all sizes and shapes under the old, antiquated method, took a new uniform size and shape under the new system. In fact, irregularity in method gave place to systematized effort and result. Cleanliness through thorough scientific testing supplanted uncleanliness and sometimes filth, and superiority in quality was established. Cheese factory foremen, under this system, now take pride in the appearance of their premises and the quality of their output, and patrons co-operate with them in the work of eliminating contaminated and unwholesome milk from factory delivery. One very satisfactory sequel to Government inspection of cheese and instruction to cheesemakers has been the universal interest taken by manufacturers in their output. Cheesemakers on the Cornwall Cheese and Butter Board have, almost without exception, exhibited cheese at Fairs and Exhibitions and have succeeded in winning many valuable prizes against formidable competition, not only locally but in National and International Fairs and Expositions. The Cornwall Cheese and Butter Board boasts of having amongst its manufacturers the best cheesemakers in the world. These rules and regulations for the government of the Cornwall Cheese and Butter Board were adopted May 21, 1898, and are still in force:
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| The officers of the Cornwall Cheese and Butter Board for 1919 are: President — Archibald Denny, Cornwall. 1st Vice-President — S. J. McDonnell, Strathmore. 2nd Vice-President — F. W. Brownridge, Cornwall. Secretary-Treasurer — James W. McLeod, Cornwall. September 1, 1919 |
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