Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1880 — Home Market for Cheese. [ARTICLE]

Home Market for Cheese.

Oub dairy industry seems to be blind to the advantages of its best market. A very low estimate must be placed upon the taste of our citizens in reference to quality of cheese by our factory managers. Perhaps, however, their indifference to the home market arises from a disbelief in its importance. Notwithstanding all that has been said at dairymen's associations about the necessity of tempting the home market with the very best cheese made, the refuse is still sent to our villages and country stores, and thrust upon those who would eat cheese, until those who know what wholesome cheese is cease to inquire for it. It is only the distant market that is considered, and dairymen are elated or depressed as the news from that is favorable or otherwise. • We have a population capable of consuming all the good cheese made in thw country. It would be not only conducive to their health, but they are quite able to pay for it. There is considerable foreign cheese imported into our cities. Probably one hundred thousand dollars' worth of Stilton is imported and consumed by those who prize such a delicacy. It would seem that this should, awaken American enterprise, for we can make as good Stilton as is made in England, and sold to us at three prices of our best cheese. Our soil is peculiarly adapted to the production of rich milk. Our milk will bear a higher cream standard than that in Europe. Extra cream is added to Stilton cheese; but there is jittle doubt that our best Jersey milk would make prime Stilton without any additional cream. If this delicious cheese were made in this country, large quantities of it would soon be consumed. at a much better profit than is now obtained for any cheese exported. Our people pay high prices for “gilt-edged” butter, and they would not hesitate to pay a price as comparatively high for cheese of the same extra quality. In England and Europe meat is consumed in mu ch lower ratio per capita than in this country, and the laboring population supply its place with cheese of a common quality and at a less price according to food value. Now, it would be better for us to ship our lower grades of cheese to supply this peculiar market than to force it upon our home market, which is quite able to take the best. And sending these low grades to supply this demand tor cheap cheese need not injure our credit for good cheese because it will be sold for what it to, and our finest grades will keep up our reputation for quality. Meat is so comparatively cheap in this country that our most economical population prefer that to a low grade of cheese. It is quite true that the best way to get rid of our poor cheese is to stop making it, as there to no excuse for making poor cheese from whole milk; but we make some fair qualities of cheese at our creameries after lightly skimming for butter, and this has already acquired a reputation as healthy food among the farm and factory laborers of England. To double our consumption of cheese at home it is only necessary that every country and village store, as well as those of our cities, be supplied with a prime quality of cheese. And, to suit the most fastidious tastes we should make a cheese equal in every particular to Stilton. Il certainly shows a want of proper dairy enterprise to allow the demand for the best cheese to be supplied from abroad. If one-half the enterprise had been exhibited in educating our own people to the use of a high quality of cheese that there has been to baud up a foreign market, we should have heard nothing pf ruinously low prices. Let us feci a just pride in our success in Opening a largo foreign market, which to destined to become more profitable than in the past, but lot us Mot forget that greater and more lucrative market ready to receive our goods at home.— national Live-Stock Journal. - 1

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