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whey drained off as it separates, tlie temperature being kept up to 

 98 degrees by standing the jars in water at this temperature. At 

 the end of six hours or more the lid is removed, and by the odour and 

 texture of the curd in the jar we can tell immediately which was the 

 milk that caused the trouble. The principal cause of trouble is due 

 to carelessness in milking, and the neglect to properly cool the milk. 

 If fai-mers would adopt the Laurence cooler there would be a great 

 improvement in the condition of the milk delivered at the factory. 

 The same applies to farmers treating their own milk. The Laurence 

 cooler aerates and cools the milk at the same time, and one has only 

 to taste the milk before and after running over the cooler to be 

 convinced of this. Another cause of trouble is the use of cheap 

 thermometers. Scarcely one in a dozen is correct. Some in use are 

 as much as 8 degrees Fahr. too high, which means that when the 

 cheese-maker thought he was cooking to 100 degrees he was really only 

 cooking to 92 degrees, and often there is a variation of two or more 

 degrees between 86 and 100 degrees. A test thermometer should 

 always be kept with which to try the cheap ones, and can be obtained 

 for from 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. 



There is a good deal of ignorance as to the proper time to run off 

 the whey and when to mill or grind the curd, but this should not be 

 if the cheese-maker will make himself acquainted with the tests for 

 acidity, and success or failure depends mainly upon the development 

 of the proper percentage of acidity at the different stages of the 

 work. 



A list of the places that have been visited is attached, and in 

 almost every instance an improvement has been noted as the result of 

 the instruction given. 



Warrnambool Cheese Factory . . . Allansford 



Mr. Baragwanath's ... ... ... Agnes River 



Toora Cheese Factory .. . ... ... Toora 



Woodleigh Cheese Factory ... ... Via Loch 



Lindenow Cheese Factory ... ... Lindenow 



Clifton Park Cheese Factory . . ... Bairnsdale 



Mr. McLeod's Factory Hillside 



Mr. Mclnnes' Factory ... ... Weeaproinah 



Lower Gellibrand Cheese Factory . . . Princetown 



Princetown Cheese Factory ... ... Princetown 



Wangerrip Cheese Factory ... ... Princetown 



Briagalong Cheese Factory ... ... Briagalong 



Messrs. Rogers Bros. ... ... ... Longwarry South 



Farnham Cheese Factory ... ... Dennington 



Mr. R. A. Tulloch's . ... ... Moyarra 



Mr. A. Tulloch's Moyarra 



Mr. A. O'Keefe's ... Toora 



Mr. Meredith's ... ... ... Larpent 



Grasmere Cheese Factory ... ... Grasmere 



Mr. G. F. Syme's : . . Dairy 



Mr. Cropley's ... ... ... ... Darnum 



