( 22C ) 



ther. This fort of cheefe is apt to rife, heave, 

 or blow up ', but that may be eafily prevented 

 by putting in a fmall quantity of four nailk, or 

 butter-milk, or by pouring fome boiling-hot 

 milk or whey over the curd. Yet many tons 

 of cheefe are fpoiled by heaving. Trent-fide 

 cheefes are prefTed quicker, and made from 

 two to two inches and a half thick ; and as 

 foon as they will bear taking from the board, 

 they are put to dry on a rack edge- wife. The 

 rack mull be made to Hand from the ground, 

 or hang by ropes. 



Care mud be taken to fecure your cheefe 

 from rats and mice ^ for the common enemy of 

 rats and mice will not guard your cheefe from 

 depredation. Cats are fond of new cheefe. — 

 Your remedy (fuppofing the rack to be raifed 

 upon feet to a proper diftance from the ground) 

 is to furround thofe h^i with tin in a conic or 

 fugar-loaf fhape, which will prevent thofe de- 

 ftrudtive vermin from crawling up. I fpeak 

 of rats and mice -, for, as to cats, they are fo 

 nimble that nothing but exclufion can preferve 

 your cheefe from them. 



When 



