The herald., 1896-06-05
Local, Eastern and Foreign
Commercial Dealings
WALL STREET SPECULATION
Department OF Agriculture's Circular on
Cheese
acknowledgement Changes In the
Local Produce narkets Reported

The dairy division of the United States
department of agriculture has issued a
cbans pnrse III, so tne as to ns9re their
getting good. honestly made cheese. The
circular first recites the facts In regard to
with which 'flIed' cheese is made so as
to defy an expert always to discover the
fraud. The circular says Of filled cheese:
1T may be we'll to sta te in passing that
filled cheese differs from the genuine, old
fashioned article In but one essential par
cerned. . Instead Of tn the natural fat Of milk.
or cream, which Is extracted for butter
making, there is substituted what IS
d" leaf fat o. Of the sie hog This article. claimed
to be exceptionally pune and good OF It's
kind. is used at the rate Of or 9,l pounds t to
cheese resulting carries about 80 per cent
of Oard) flt, which is rather less, than the
average of (butter) fat in good whole milk
cheese The casein and other components
of the two are practically the same In kind
and proportions. From this statement OF
legitimate article Of food whether it is
%se h IN the na ae " smse fe ans afssss fnmS
ials, costing from. one-half to two-thirds
Cheese. and its market price. " holesaie or
retail, should correspond. At Its best, this
is a cheap. inferior article of cheese; 1t Is
warm. and never attains the dry, crumbly
consistency Of a wel,cured cheese. 1t Is
sold when only a month or two from the
cheese. 1t is claimed that It does not keep
we'll especially IL subjected to temperature
frst-class full cream cheese would ever ac
cept the filled product as substitute. but
It may be successfully passed as geneuine
Passing to the mention of the testing
fraud, this circular says: .4
"It must be understood that. these re-
mo PhPaca
tomarX factory form, weighing from 20 to
60 pounds each. and sold and shipped in
This description covers the great bulk of
the cheese of commerce In the United
States but necessarily excludes a large
number of other kinds and fancy forms Of
cheese, more or less familiar to trade. but
all in comparatively insignificant quantity
and less subject to imitation and adultera-
tion;.
with agents and firms whom they con-
redress can be obtained in case of de-
ception and loss. even If unintentional.
They should become familiar with the au-
thorized or official markings for full cream
cheese made In the principal producing
states and should specifically order only
ven cneess se as so rs so M p9n
accepted which cannot be definitely identi-
fled by it's markings as the article ordered
Retail dealers should take the same pre-
cautions and should either keep cheese in
the boxes In which bought. or preserve the
boxes until the cheese is all sold. Every
cheese should be SO cut, for retail as to
keep the mark on the bandage to insure
Identity. until the last piece Is sold.
Consumers should inform themselves as
to proper markings in like manner. and,
when they buy. should insist upon seeing
the markings upon the cheese and IL
nece sary, upon its box In order to fully
idenl lfy, the article as one officially
bran led"
Co lies of this valuable circular may he
had by application to Washington as
above