SALTING AND PRESSING THE CURD. 83 
176. Common Packages of Cheese. 
There are four common packages, into which American 
cheese is pressed, namely, Young Americas, weighing nine or 
ten pounds, Flats and Cheddars, weighing respectively thirty and 
sixty pounds, and Daisies weighing twenty pounds (Fig. 41). 
American Cheese. 
Fig. 41.—Different styles of American and foreign cheese made in the 
United States. 
The common diameter of flats or Cheddar cheese is fourteen 
and a half inches, and a flat is half the height of a Cheddar. 
177. Cheese Presses. 
There are two kinds of presses used, the gang and the up- 
right. The upright press has the screws in an upright position, 
and but one screw to a cheese. The gang press has one hori- 
zontal screw, which presses anywhere from one to twenty 
cheese. The hoops (Fraser) are made a little smaller at the 
bottom than at the top, so that each hoop will fit over the next 
one in front of it. 
It is sometimes claimed for upright presses that the pressure 
is kept up better, as there is but one cheese under a screw, but 
they are hard to keep clean and take up a great deal of room. 
The Sprague automatic adjustable gang press can be ad- 
justed to fit hoops of different diameters. This press as well as 
the Helmer is arranged so that a continuous pressure is kept on 
