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by wliich the milk is conducted, as it is received on the 

 platform (this is raised to get the required flow), to the 

 vats ; the vats, of which there are several kinds in use, 



Fig. 77.— CHEESE PRESS. 



are arranged for heating by steam from the boiler ; the 

 curd knives {figure 75), of which there are two, one for 

 vertical cutting and the other for dividing the curd hori- 

 zontally, so as to leave it in small cubes ; a curd mill 



Fig. 78.— GANG PRESS. 



(figure 76) for breaking up the curd when it has been 

 solidified by the cooking, and the press and hoops (figure 

 77), or the gang press (figure 78), by which a large nunv 



