PORTLAND BUTTER AND CHEESE ASSOCIATION
This cheese factory was inspected by the state commissioner on 16 Nov 1894. His report, as found in the State Commissioner's Report #6, stated the following:
The manager was W. A McCaig.
The cheesemaker was W. A. McCaig and he has not attended the Dairy School at the
University of Wisconsin.
There were 28 patrons who were paid on a pooling system.
The milk from 250 cows was sent to the factory. Their milk amount to about 2500 pounds a day. From this milk, about 265 pounds of cheese was produced each day.
The Babcock Test was used only on a irregular basis. The Wisconsin Curd Test was not used.
The factory produced soft cheese in flat shapes for the home market.