UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE | 
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BULLETIN No. 608 § 
B Issued March 6, 1918 
Washington, D.C. Vv Revised May, 1928 
VARIETIES OF CHEESE: DESCRIPTIONS AND 
ANALYSES ' 
By C. F. Doane,? Dairy Manufacturing Specialist, Bureau of Dairy Industry, 
and H. W. Lawson,? of the Office of Experiment Stations 
Revised by K. J. MATHESON, Dairy Manufacturing Specialist, Bureau of Dairy 
Industry 
CONTENTS 
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INTRODUCTION 
Although the per capita consumption of cheese in the United 
States has increased from 3.5 pounds in 1921 to'4.36 pounds in 1926, 
this consumption is low as compared with that of some foreign coun- 
tries, those of Europe in particular. Table 1 shows some of the 
leading cheese-consuming countries and their per capita consumption 
in one year. By improving the quality of the product and dissem- 
inating knowledge as to its uses, food value, and variety, it should 
be possible to increase the per capita consumption of cheese in this 
country. 
TABLE 1.—Per capita consumption of cheese in various countries 
Cheese Cheese 
Country Year con- Country Year con- 
sumed suined 
| | 
Pounds || s Pounds 
SOVIEZORIAT ee 2 ee Ae ee ee 1923 Ze HOG Gareatsvitain <{seeee Ly Soke Ee Ie 1921 8. 90 
Ie tierland sie Hemtaee 22 Fe ess 1923 | NER wach ols e's hee eee ae ed 1924 4.09 
Hasmegi iste sed ie tit 1923 | 13. 50 ; Gan aales ae OF eee ERPS TSN 1926 3.92 
JOR RU KEe Se eek pe re ib a 2) 1922 | 13520: |} Now Zealandiv. Sia. WPoVie7) on 1917 3. 90 
Geren ye eh Ee ie 1912 9. 50 | AISiTAlIa 55 beer. Se ae oe eae a 1922 3. 60 
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1 Factory cheese only. 
The quantity of cheese produced, exported, and imported in the 
United States during the years 1922 to 1926 is shown = Table 2.4 
1 This publication was originally issued in 1908 as Bureau of Animal Industry Bulletin 105. It was re- 
vised in 1911 as Bureau of Animal Industry Bulletin 146, and in 1918 as Department Bulletin 608. <Ac- 
knowledgment is made of suggestions and information received oe the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils. 
? Resigned Mar. 15, 1918. 
3 Resigned Dec. 31, 1907. 
4 Figures from: Bureau of Agricultural Economies, United States Departnient of Agriculture. 
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