CHAPTER VI. 
CHEDDAR CHEESE. 
100. History of Cheddar Cheese. 
For some centuries cheese has been made in the farm dairies 
of England and Seotland. The people that came to America 
continued the manufacture at home of their surplus milk into 
cheese. The process varied in different dairies aau our British 
cousins have been particularly jealous of their way of making, 
being careful not to give away any of their secrets as they be- 
lieved them to be. The term Cheddar came from a town of that 
name near Bristol. 
Fig. 22.—Students making Cheddar cheese. 
101. Rise of Cheese Factory System in New York. 
The factory system of making cheese started in America. 
Jesse Williams, of Oneida County, New York, was the first fae- 
tory operator. In 1851 he and his sons, located on different 
farms, brought their milk together and it was made into cheese 
under his supervision. From this beginning the factory system 
developed in New York and was carried into other states and 
Canada. 
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