New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-27
CHEESE.

Several considerations combine TO render cheese
an interesting subject. A certain school of thco-
retical agrculturists hold that SO imposing
heavenly body as the moon Is made OF that nutrl-
tous curd. Cheese has passed into proverb as
one of the three essentials OF life that Is worth
living" bread and cheese and kisses When the
nglishspcaking race wishes to express parsmony
in the concrete it has recourse to cheese-that Is
IN cbccse-paring And when the slang loving
small bows OF the same aim to restrain the
elooucnce Of a too-fuent bore they are prone to
exclaim cheese it," Add to this that cheese Is a
cheap and wholesome article, not too goOu' Us
the poet Wordsworth would have remarked, Tor
human natures daily food and one can readily
understand why so large part OF the fourth an
nual report Of the New-YorS State Dairy Oohl-
missioner should be devoted to cheese
The Commissioner Dr. Brown, states that no
has riven good deal Of attention to cheese during
the vear-more than he used to when so much OF
his time was taken up fighting oeomargarine. lie
reports that the business Of selling oleomargarne
resembling dairy butter Is practically suppressed
in this State" q piece of intelligence that VIII
crafty people who in purchasing butter Ike 10
secure butter that is butter Touching cheese
the commissioner has much to say that Is worth
hearing Last summer he addressed circular 10
the leading cheese producers OF the state ASKING
them whether they thought 1t advisable 10 nave
all cheese bear O brand showing precisely what IL
is; whether they believed that the practice oil
BRANDING n cheese full crcam" whom IL Is not
prevails TO any extent; and what they had to suS-
oest calculated to promote the sale and consump-
ton OF cheese. 1t appears from the answers re-
ccived that there exists a diversity OF OPINION
in regard TO branding Some producers are In FAVOR
of IT, Others hold that it is Of advantage TO con-
sumers only, still others agree that State Drahu
tends to destroy the natural relations oil pro-
ducers and consumers" The majority, however,
favor official branding. The replies to the inquiry
in reference to branding falsely as full cream
while not as explicit as could be desired, Indicate
that the practice Is not INDUCED In to any great
cytent The last inquiry In the crcular-how
shall the sale and consumption OF cheese be pro-
NOTED drought out large number OF susees-
tions wise and otherwise Here are some OF them
hoiled down Tho retailers must be content with
lower prices the retailers must not sell cheese OF
inferior grade: make better cheese and thus whet
the popular appetite for it. keep poor cheese
makers out Of business by civil service eNami-
nation have a book written setting forth tho
merits Of cheese as an article OF tood' etar' re-
vivals Of religion in the places where lard cheese
IL manufactured It having been found In Lttlc
Falls that true Christians as manufacturers oil
such cheese were impossible
H. NAV be added that according to Dr. Clark,
the chemist Of the Dairy Department, one pound
of cheese is nearly twice as nutritious as the same
ouantitv Of beef Assuming this to be SO, 1t is
recommended that our State institutions buy more
cheese and less beef for their inmates What do
stock-raisers and butchers say to this9