NEUFCHATEL AND CREAM CHEESE. 15 



Standard packages of cream clieese are about 3 by 2 inches and 

 1 inch thick, and have a net weight of about 3 ounces. The pimiento 

 cheese is marketed in 3 or 4 ounce ghiss jars, each packed full and 

 covered with a disk of paraffined paper and screw cap. 



COST OF MANUFACTURE. 



When made upon a small scale the cost of the various items of 

 making these kinds of cheese for market purposes is difficult to as- 

 certain. The cost of manufacturing them on a farm scale would 

 probably be quite different from the cost of manufacturing them 

 on a factory scale. The figures given are based upon the use of 

 200 pounds of 4 per cent milk, valued at $2.40 a hundredweight, 

 which is made into cheese twice weekly with equipment costing about 

 $25. The cost of the equipment depends, of course, upon that 

 already available and that which may readilj^ be improvised. Under 

 average conditions the approximate cost of the various items of ex- 

 pense involved in making ihe three kinds of cheese is enumerated 

 as follows: 



COST OF MAKING CREAM CHEESE. 



With 200 pounds of 4 per cent milk a dairyman should be able to 

 make 24 pounds of cream cheese, and with the skim milk 12 pounds 

 of cottage cheese in addition. At present cream cheese is marketed 

 in 3-ounce packages. Figuring conservatively, the yield from 200 

 pounds of milk, then, would be about 120 packages of cream cheese 

 and 12 pounds of cottage cheese. Assigning a value of 6 cents a 

 pound for the latter, and subtracting the amount received for it, 

 the cost of the milk used for cream cheese would be reduced from 

 $4.80 to $4.08. The cost of milk for each package of cream cheese, 

 then, would be $0,034. 



The cost of special equipment necessary for handling the cheese 

 may be proportioned as follows : 



1 food chopper ^8. 50 



6 shotgun cans ,5. lo 



^ drain racks 4. 50 



2 mokling attachments 2. 00 



1 carrier 1. 25 



1 thermometer . 60 



1 liopper 1 . 50 



1 cheese cutter L .50 



6 yards of cloth for draining . 75 



1 pail . 85 



1 agitator or stirrer-^ .25 



2 spoons, long-handled . 20 



25.00 



