Description: Map showing cheese made on farms by state in 1849. "Western New England, central and western New York and northeastern Ohio were the important cheese producing regions in 1849. Cheese production was the pioneer form of commercial dairying in the cooler climates. Dairies near large cities sold milk or butter."—United States Department of Agriculture Yearbook 1922, 1923
Source: , United States Department of Agriculture Yearbook 1922 (Washington D.C., Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1923) 306
Map Credit: The Private Collection of Roy Winkelman |
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