Industrial farming is being advocated more and more by the Agro-Joint for the Jewish colonies in Russia, according to a report made public by David A. Brown, chairman of the United Jewish Campaign. Instead of putting all their eggs in one basket, and relying too greatly on the grain harvests, the colonists are encouraged to find other related sources of livelihood, Mr. Brown said.
Eight hundred families of Jewish colonists in the Krivoi-Rog region are developing a dairy industry. Through the initiative of the Agro-Joint, and with credit from that organization, thirteen creameries are being opened where all varieties of cheese will be made and sold in near and distant markets. Ten new buildings are being erected and three old ones are being renovated.
Instructors of the Agro-Joint are teaching the colonists the art of cheese making, and financial aid will be granted some of them to increase their herds. A group of young colonists have been sent to Charkov to take special courses in cheese making and these will direct the work on their return.
In addition to the creameries, a cheese store-house is being built with a 5,000 rubel credit granted to the Krivoi-Rog Union of Farmers’ Home-Economic Societies. A central cheese store, under the supervision of an expert is being organized. The selling possibilities are considered excellent, the report states. Krivoi-Rog is an important industrial center, and the cheese can also be disposed of in the vicinity of Ekaterinoslay and Zaporozhie.
When the manufacture of cheese will increase to large properties, foreign markets will be sought.
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