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hours, then turned, pressed twelve hours, turned severa] times in the 

 course of the next two days pressing. The cheese is then taken 

 from the hoop, placed upon a shelf and colored lightly with annatto, 

 prepared in strong lye, bandaged snug and greased with oil made 

 from whey, cream, or butter, turned daily, cheese-room kept well 

 ventilated and shelves or tables kept clean and sweet. 



JVames of Members. 



Zenas Elared, Winfield. 

 Newton Wilcox, " 

 J. M. Prendergast, 

 Samuel Smith, 





A. L. Fish, 

 Anson Rider, 

 Benj. Campbell, 



Litchfield. 



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Rodney Wilcox, Litchfield. 



William Holcomb, 



Samuel Mathews, 



J. W. Beckwith, 



Israel Young, 



David Young, 



John R. Bliss, 



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Columbia. 

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Mohawks 

 A. L. FISH, .^gent. 



ROBERT EELLS. 



Statement of the method of making the cheese entered by Robert 

 Eells, of Westmoreland, Oneida county, for the premium offered by 

 the New-York State Agricultural Society. 



The said cheese was made about the middle of June. The num- 

 ber of cows kept 24. The cheese was made from two milkings and 

 no addition of cream. The kind of salt used, Liverpool. To 18 

 pounds curd, used one tea cup full of salt. The rennet soaked 48 

 hours in salt and water and used sufficient to coagulate the milk in 

 30 minutes. Pressed 48 hours in a screw press, taken from the press 

 and rubbed with annatto, greased and bandaged the same day, turned 

 and rubbed every day. Washed with weak brine occasionally. 



The old cheeses entered by Robert Eells, were made after the same 

 rule, and were kept through the winter in boxes, in a dry cellar, 

 taken out of the boxes in the spring, and put on tlie shelves in the 

 cheese house ; turned and greased occasionally. 



FREDERICK INGERSOLL. 



Cheese made last of June, 1844 ; number of cows kept 16 ; made 

 from two milkings ; no addition of cream ; Onondaga common salt 

 used and salt to suit the taste ; rennet soaked in brine 48 hours with 

 a little lemon peal added ; quantity used, half of a common sized 

 tea cup full ; pressed in screw press 48 hours ; after treatment, 

 placed upon shelves oiled with w^hey oil, and turned every day, un- 

 till late in the season, when they were turned and oiled as often as 

 they required. 



Vernon^ Sept. 17, 1845. 



