Composition of Cheese. 
37 
The first class is made in limited quanti-ties only, and constitutes 
a luxury which is found chielly in the houses of the wcaltliy. 
The second class is })rodiu;ed in larjjcr ([uantities ; and the 
third lurnishes our chief supply of this important article of food 
for the working-classes of this country. 
To the first class belong Stilton, Cream-Cheddar, and the 
choicest quality of Cotherstone cheese, or \orkshire Stilton. 
These, according to their (jnality, fetch more or less a fancy 
price in the market, as they are made in perfection only by few 
persons, and in limited quantity. 
To the second class belong the best Cheshire, some Cheddar, 
good Double Gloucester, most of the cheese made in the Vale of 
Berkeley, as well as whole-milk cheese produced in Wiltshire 
and other counties of England. 
In the third class we meet with ordinary Cheshire, Gloucester, 
Wiltshire, Warwickshire, Shropshire, Leicestershire, and other 
cheeses made in districts where its manufacture is combined 
with that of butter. 
This division into three classes is to a great extent an arbitrary 
one, adopted more for the sake of convenience than on account 
of any definite line of demarcation. In reality the richer ad- 
mixture often only compensates for the inferiority of the natural 
product. Thus the best Cheshire and Cheddar cheese is fre- 
quently as good and rich in butter as Stilton. Again, it is well 
known that in some dairies a richer cheese can be made from 
the mixed new morning's-milk and skimmed evening's-milk than 
in others from the whole-milk. The classification, therefore, 
does not so much refer to the quality and value of the cheese as 
to the description of milk which is used. 
Stilton and Cotherstone Cheese. 
The following Table embodies the results obtained in the 
analyses of two samples of Stilton and Cotherstone cheese : — 
Stilton. 
CoUierstone. or 
Yorkshire Stilton. 
No. 1. 
No. 2. 
No. 1. 
No. 2. 
Milk-sugar and extractive matters 
tMineral matters (ash) 
32-18 
37-3G 
2-t-31 
2- 22 
3- 93 
20-27 
43-98 
1 33-55 
2-20 
38-28 
30-89 
1 23-93 
\ 3-70 
3-20 
38 ■ 23 
29- 12 
24-38 
2-7'G 
5-51 
100-00 
100-00 
100-00 
100-00 
3-89 
•89 
•29 
3-83 
-79 
3-90 
2-55 
