60 MODERN MILK GOATS 



is required: A cheese thermometer, a supply of cheese 

 rennet tablets, a curd cutter, a perforated mold, or set of 

 molds, made of dairy tin in the form of a cylinder four 

 inches in diameter and six inches in depth, and a draining 

 rack. For the last, it is convenient to use a piece of gal- 

 vanized wire screen, one-half inch mesh, reinforced and 

 bound around the edges with a strip of tin. This rack 

 should be of the size necessary for the number of cheeses 

 in the daily output. A square of fifteen inches set on a 

 large milkpan holds conveniently four cheeses. 



The process of making is as follows : use fresh sweet 

 milk, at a temperature of 86". Set with rennet tablet, 

 using enough of the rennet so that the curd will coagu- 

 late properly in about one hour. It is the general experi- 

 ence that this requires slightly more rennet than indi- 

 cated in the directions that come with the tablets. The 

 curd is sufficiently set when, upon moving the finger 

 through tlie mass, it splits with a clean edge. If soft or 

 mushy, too little rennet has been used, and it must be 

 left longer before cutting. When the curd is thus seen 

 to be ready for cutting, cut through it lengthwise and 

 crosswise with a long kitchen knife. It must then be cut 

 horizontally. If the cheese is made in large quantities, 

 regular curd knives would probably be used. For a 

 small quantity a wire egg- beater will serve, or, better, a 

 home made device of heavy, galvanized wire strung across 



