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K. J. (Kenneth Jesse) Matheson
1885–1940
A practical early-20th-century writer on dairy science, these works focus on how cheeses like Camembert, Neufchâtel, cream cheese, and Roquefort were made and handled in American agriculture. His books read less like kitchen nostalgia and more like field guides for getting the process right.
1 Audiobook
Neufchâtel and cream cheese : farm manufacture and use
by K. J. (Kenneth Jesse) Matheson, F. R. (Francis Ray) Cammack
About the author
Working in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's dairy work in the 1910s and 1920s, K. J. Matheson wrote clear, technical guides on cheese manufacture for farmers, factories, and agricultural readers. Surviving records identify him as Kenneth Jesse Matheson (1885–1940), and multiple publications credit him through the USDA's Bureau of Animal Industry and Dairy Division.
His known works center on practical production: How to Make Cottage Cheese on the Farm (with F. R. Cammack), Neufchâtel and Cream Cheese: Farm Manufacture and Use, The Manufacture of Neufchâtel and Cream Cheese in the Factory, Manufacture of Cows'-Milk Roquefort Cheese, and The Manufacture of Camembert Cheese. The emphasis throughout is hands-on instruction, quality control, and adapting European-style cheese methods to American conditions.
Very little biographical detail about his personal life was easy to confirm from reliable online sources, but his publications show a specialist writing for working dairymen and food producers rather than for a general literary audience. That makes his books especially interesting today: they preserve a snapshot of how agricultural expertise was shared in the United States a century ago.