Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-08-03
CHEESE IS HEALTHFUL.
Government Puts Official o. K. on
Welsh Rabbit.


After conducting experiments with
rbpeSe as Il food for several weeks the
Gated States department Of agricul-
ture has officially indorsed cheese nnf
has declared that the Welsh rabbit l.
4 much ma.ignpd dish. Secretary vi
Agric uliure Wilson has just issued Il
formal bulletin giving the results OF
the experiments and singing the praises
of American cheese.
Cheese can no longer he diScrimi
mated against" says the department :
bulletin, because of Il suspicion that
it is not healthful food. The abso
lutte lack of any disturbance Of the
general health of the subjects used in
the experiments Is proof that cheese
can be eaten n large quantities with
out danger to health"
The secretary's bulletin. which is Pre-
pared by G. F. Dome, assistant dairy
MAJ of the department Of agriculture
dcplUres the fact that cheese is used
by Americans chiefly as matter of
havoring. This Is all wrong. 1t ought
to be consumed in larger quantities
according to Secretary Wilson. Eat
the report. The consuming public. eS-
racally that part of II which needs
10 practice economy in buying food
would do well to turn its attention
little more toward cheese are the de
paitmen's own words In regard ~
his matter.
The fact is brought out in the re-
port that many of the volunteers VIII"
We're Gagged and stuffed with cheese
We're Wesleyan university students a
MiIdletown. Conn. The work at Mid
dletpwn." says the report. was plan
ned to include green and ripe cheese
or cheese as soon after ii was made a.
it was possible to ship samples to Mid
d,ptown. and cheese in all stages ol
ril"ling up to the point where it wa
brewing unfit for consumption.
\ total of fourteen cheese expert
mpntS We're made nj Wesleyan. ant
siXty-tivr human subjects. the most "i
them college students. awaited them
selves of an opportunity I" ill up on
free cheese. Each undergraduate whr
applied got ut least II three day die
of cheese. but one subject liked II 50
we'll that he submitted to fourteen eX.
ppriments of three days each. n forty
tw" day cheese deimurh. The depart.
Tent's report says that the students
ranged from the ages of nineteen tn
thrty.tw years. indicating apparent.
that some graduates or solemn took
ing professors also joined the cheese
testing brigade
The students were not held down an
Soutely to cheese They got few
slices If bread with the crust rpmov
ed. some bananas and now and then
as a treat. Al dose of charcoal. The
charcoal was taken in capsule form.
and everything else possible was done
For instance. the students were not
compelled to bite into lump of the
for II was cut into small pieces
ard then run through II finely rradu
ated meat chopper. When the students
received it it bore absolutely no re
with n pretZel. but looked more like n
dish of breakfast food.
The report says that II pound of
cheese has nearly the same food value
as two pounds of fresh beef or any
other fresh meat 1t is worth as much
as or more than a pound Of ham and
is more digestibie and is equal to two
fish In price good cheese costs about
Il third more than round steak and
twice as much as the cheaper boil
ing beet and costs practically the
same per pound as smoked ham or
bacon. The department says that the
only way to account for the coInpara-
lively limited demand for cheese is on
the basis of custom and lack of knowl.
edge.