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crops and also some meal. We can get bran for from $8 to $14 

 per ton. We think bran makes one of the best foods for the 

 production of milk. It is the cheapest food we can buy. We 

 buy all our food in the dairy department of the college and 

 we find bran very economical both in summer and winter for 

 milk production. 



It is not only important that the cow should be well fed 

 and well cared for, and the milk properly cared for, but in 

 the manufacture of cheese it is also necessary that the milk 

 shall be delivered at our cheese factories as promptly as possi- 

 ble after being- milked, and it should be protected from the 

 sun and dust and those things which detract from its quality. 

 In some sections where the milk is hauled a longdistance it is 

 a difficult matter to deliver it at the factory in good condition. 

 Patrons living within three miles of the factory have an ad- 

 vantage in getting the milk to the factory early and of good 

 quality. 



It is important to have a first class cheese maker. Our dairv 

 sections are developing a class of men who are able to turn 

 out a fine quality of cheese. Last } T ear Dr. Dillon, one of the 

 foremost cheese makers of Canada, addressed you on the de- 

 tails of cheese manufacture, and on that account I shall not 

 touch upon that phase of the subject. 



As to the curing of the cheese: It was thought at one time 

 that when cheese was made and put into the curing room all 

 was done that was necessary. We now know that the cheese 

 when it goes into the curing room is onl} T half made. In 1898 

 our customers were asking for a cool, mild flavored cheese. 

 The past season we have not heard so much of that. It is re- 

 ported that some of our factories have been taking the cheese 

 out of the hoops on Saturday and shipping them out on Mon- 

 day. This is a great mistake. 



Our people are trying to overcome the disadvantage of cur- 

 ing cheese at a high temperature. At most of our factories 

 there are put on an ordinary room, two ply of building paper, 

 then two inch strips, building paper inside of that, lining finallv 

 the whole inside with matched boards, the whole costing per- 

 haps in the neighborhood of S100. We also recommend the 

 use of double windows and double doors. To get light with- 

 out heat we are using over the windows a paint of white lead 

 and linseed oil which makes the room light and keeps it from 

 getting warm. In a number of our factories are ice boxes 

 about three or four feet square raised about a foot from the 

 floor, with a galvanized tin underneath to catch the drippings. 

 A number of factories which have adopted this plan of cooling 

 have found that they can keep the temperature from rising 

 above 70 degrees. When the temperature rises above 70 or 80 





