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made in American manufacture. The English shipper, Mr. 
Webb, in summing up his remarks on the quality of Ameri¬ 
can cheese, says that “ the whole season’s make (of 1869) shows 
a decided improvement in the average quality, and larger propor¬ 
tion of really choice cheese than in any former year.” 
In my address before the American Dairymen’s Association, 
January 12th, 1870, I pointed out quite clearly what, in my 
opinion, was the main cause of the marked improvement in 
the flavor of American cheese for the season then just passed ; 
and I now quote from that address the followiug paragraph, 
as summing up my views on that point : 
‘‘Seasons like the past, (1869,) are exceptions, and the like 
may not occur again in years. It approximates more nearly 
to the summers in England than those common with us, and to 
the peculiar condition of the climate, more than anything else, 
may be attributed the general good flavor of our cheese the past 
season. And if there was anything more needed to establish 
the fact of climatic influence, reference may be had to the hot 
summer of 1868 in England, and the consequent depreciation 
that year of English cheese.” 
Now, the extremely hot weather of the year 1870, put its 
black mark upon the cheese made during the time of its con¬ 
tinuance. Loud complaints were heard among dealers in all 
the markets, of the “ hot, strong flavor ” of nearly all the 
cheese sent out by the factories from the middle of July to the 
middle of August. And this condition of things will prevail 
more or less during every hot summer until some plan is in¬ 
augurated in the construction of curing rooms, so that tem¬ 
perature may be controlled; and even then the trouble from 
faulty milk, on account of overheated cows, will not be ob¬ 
viated. 
It will be seen, then, what an immense advantage in climate 
the coast range of California possesses, where the average tem¬ 
perature is about 60°, and the highest heat seldom goes above 
70 3 . The advantage of mild winters in saving of fodder, re 
quiring the storing of comparatively little fodder to carry 
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