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Report on the Exhibition of Cheese at Chester. 



answers of three of the prize cheese-makers. The first was the 

 maker of the champion cheese, the second the winner of the 

 highest prize in Class 1 (coloured cheese of 1857), and the third 

 the winner of the highest prize in Class 3 (coloured or un- 

 coloured cheese of 1858). The person obtaining the highest 

 prize in Class 2 made no return. 



Form of Questions and Answers. 



QUEHIES. 



Answers of Mr. Willis. 

 (Champion Cheese, 1857.) 



Answers of Mr. Ankers. 

 (Cheese not less than 

 60 lbs. weight, 1857.) 



Answers of 

 Mr. George Jackson. 

 (Cheese not less than 

 (iO lbs. weight, ISib.} 



1. Number of COWS? 



2. Month -when the 



cheeses were 

 made? 



3. Treatment of the 



cows? 



4. Nature of the 



land and kind of 

 pasture grazed 

 at the time of 

 making the 

 cheese ? 



5. Hours of milk- 



ing? 



6. Has any part of 



the dairy pas- 

 ture-land been 

 manured with 

 bones ? 



7. Is the' ranuncu- 



lus (buttercup) 

 orcarex (carna- 

 tion grass) pre- 

 valent in your 

 dairy pastures ? 



8. Kind of vessels 



in which the 

 milk is kept be- 

 fore using? 



9. How many meal s' 



milk were used 

 in the cheeses 

 made for com- 

 petition? 



96 cows.* 



Latter end of Sep- 

 tember, 1857. 



Turned out to grass. 



Strong and light soil, 

 part drained. Part 

 old turf,, part clover 

 and ryegrass. 



From 5 to 6 o'clock, 

 night and morning. 



80 acres boned -in 

 1854, 26 in 1855, 

 and 45 in 1857. 

 Boiled bones. 



Yes. Harmless. 



Tin. 



Two meals. 



36 cows. 



Last week in Sep- 

 tember, 1857. 



Turned out to grass 

 regularly. 



Strong soil, drained. 

 Old turf. Natural 

 grass of many years' 

 standing. 



5 o'clock A.M., and 



5 P.M. 



All the pastures have 

 been boned twice, 

 and some thrice. 

 The last time partly 

 inl8.53, 1854, 1855, 

 and 1856. 



In some pastures the 

 ranunculus is pre- 

 valent. I consider 

 them rather inju- 

 rious to the dairy. 



Tin. 



Two. 



28 cows. 



The last week in 

 May, 1858. 



Out at grass. 



Light soil, drained 

 where required.. 

 A part old pasture, 

 the rest rye-grass 

 and clover. 



6 o'clock. 



With raw bones. 

 The greater part 

 three times over. 



Tin pans and mugs.. 



Two. 



* 96 cows were, I presume, the number actually giving milk at the time the 

 cheeses were made in September, 1857. The number that 1 found on the farm, on 

 going to see it in August, 1858, vvas 118. 



