454 The International Dairy Exhibition at Hamburg, 1877. 
exhibited at Hamburg would convey no idea to the reader, 
while a description of them would require more than a whole 
number of the ' Journal.' It will be sufficient to mention that 
more than fifty well-defined kinds of cheese were exhibited, 
and that they came from the different countries in the following 
numbers : — 
Cheese fron Cows' Milk : — 
Schleswig-Holstein Collection 20 
Danish „ 15 
Westphalian „ 9 
Prussian „ 32 
Dutch „ 119 
Swedish „ 16 
Oldenburg „ 4 
Hildesheim „ 14 
Swiss „ 13 
Italian „ 19 
Russian „ 9 
Russian Baltic Province 6 
Russian Finland „ 1 
Various countries 82 
359 
Cheese from Goats' Milk ' 1 
Cheese from Sheep's Milk 2 
Sundry Milk products 6 
368 
With regard to the quality of the cheese exhibited, the Judges 
reported that if more care and observation were brought to bear 
upon the process of cheese-making, a far better product would 
be obtained in the majority of instances. At the same time 
they had no difficulty in selecting several of the cheeses exhibited 
as worthy of the highest commendation. Accordingly 21 
exhibits were decorated as " Very Fine," and of these 13 were 
Dutch, 3 Swedish, 1 Norwegian, 1 English, 2 German, and 
1 Austrian. It should, however, be added, that several of the 
Dutch cheeses thus distinguished were " cream cheeses " by 
description, although to all appearance of the ordinary Dutch 
make. 
One of the Judges of cheese, Mr. Eastty, of the firm of Eastty 
and Corderoy, Hibernia Chambers, London, was nominated by 
the Royal Agricultural Society, and I have much pleasure in 
appending his Report on this portion of the Exhibition. 
"In accordance with your request, I now make the attempt 
to give expression to my opinion concerning the Cheese shown 
at the Hamburg Exhibition. 
" You will from your own observation be aware how inade- 
quate an attempt was made to show our home production; and 
