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Show ST. GEORGE CHEESE OF HIGHEST QUALITY Modern Plant of Ice Concern Con-cern Proves Excellence in Utah Product. Exhibit "A" of the evidence being collected to prove that cheese of the best quality possible can be made in Utah was received yesterday from St. George, Utah, by J. E. DormaD, supervisor super-visor in charge of the western dairy division of the department of agriculture. agricul-ture. It eame by parcel post a ten-pound full-cream cheese. It was made m St. George by the St. George Ice company in a newly-installed modern plant. Both Mr. Dorman and G. E. Frevert. dairy expert of the division, said, yesterday that the cheese was or exceptional excellence ex-cellence in quality. The sample cheese was dated August 5, showing that it was made in the not-test not-test part of the summer season. Mr. Dorman said that this was conclusive proof that the climate of Utah would permit of the manufacture of as good cheese as is made anywhere, provided that the conditions under which it is manufactured are up to the mark. The plant at St. George, while small, is of the latest plan and is operated with great care, according to Mr. Frevert. Fre-vert. who has made an inspection of it since, its installation. It has a capacity ca-pacity of about. 150 pounds of cheese daily. Mr. Dorman said yesterday that if the quality could be kept up to that of the. sample sent him the cheese industry in-dustry in St. George could not help growing on the merits of the product. Mr. Dorman returned to Salt Lake Sunday from a trip of inspection throug'h all of the western . states in company with B. H. Rawl, chief of the dairy division of the department of agriculture. He said that they found even- evidence that the quality of milk in tne western cities is being rapidly brought to a higher standard. M. Dorman Dor-man said that, in general the quality now compares favorably with the product of the best milk sections of the east, while the standard in some of the cities of the west is as high as anywhere any-where in the United States. |