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James
AFAIK this is incorrect.
Harpers is a NYC Magazine founded in 1850. So it may have been true for someone in an urban 1870’s environment. Just because an article is old doesn’t make it true. As this article points out cheese was being made in several forms on American farms by women prior to the 1870s. Wisconsin’s first cheese factory was established in 1841. The Amish were here prior to the 1870s and have a long cheese making tradition.
Food was very different then it is today. But, I don’t think the newspapers or magazines are.