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farmers' bulletin 960. 



Food cho'p'peT. — A food chopper with special attachments and a 

 hopper are essential for molding the cheese into the desired forms. 

 Depending upon the quantity of cheese handled, satisfactory food 

 choppers maj^ be obtained in three sizes, costing about $2, $5, and 

 $8.50. (See fig. 8.) The smaller machines may be used in handling 

 Xeufchatel and pimiento-cream cheese, but cream cheese requires the 

 large size for making the customarj^ flat packages. The large machine 

 is to be recommended if the weekly output of cheese amounts to a 

 few hundred pounds, although the medium-sized machine would 

 2)robably do the work as effectively, only more slowly and with more 

 labor. 



Cheese hopper. — The hopper consists of an open box 3 inches deep, 

 made of maple, Avith sides sloping outward about half an inch. The 



Fig. S. — Grinding and molding equipment. 



box has a hole in the bottom 3^ b}'^ 3g inches. To the bottom of the 

 box a board five-eighths of an inch thick is screwed, which has a hole 

 corresponding to that of the box. The hopper is fastened to the 

 food chopper by means of a beveled strip of wood and button, as 

 indicated in figure 9. The base of the box will probably have to be 

 grooved in order to allow the Avheel to turn without friction. The 

 materials required are (1) two quadrangular-shaped pieces of wood 3 

 inches high, five-eighths of an inch in thickness, and whose tops meas- 

 ure 9f inches and the bottoms 8 inches; (2) two pieces of similar 

 shape, except that the tops measure 11^ inches and the bases 10| 

 inches; (3) one piece 10| inches long, 10^ inches wide, and three-quar- 

 ters of an inch thick; (4) one piece 9| inches long, 7 inches wide, and 

 three-quarters of an inch thick: and (5) one piece 7 inches long, 4f 

 inches wide, and five-eighths of an inch thick. 



