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The " Kingston " Cheese. 



[JUNE, 



than is usually the rule; a temperature of 6o° F. to 65 0 F. 

 is satisfactory, and the disadvantages often experienced in 

 ripening larger cheeses at a fairly high temperature have not 

 been met with. 



In the making-room, shelves are required for the various 

 smaller utensils, and also, should it be necessary, for one 

 day's ^cheeses, previously to their being taken from the 

 mould; a table or bench is also needed on which to turn and 

 bandage the cheeses. 



In the ripening-room, provision should be made by means 

 of "sparred" shelves for the accommodation of about 

 fourteen days' cheeses, the shelves to be sufficiently wide for 

 one cheese ; we have found that by using sparred shelves a 

 much freer circulation of air is obtained, a fact which 

 materially assists in obtaining the desired ripening. 



It is immaterial whether the shelves are arranged round 

 the walls or in the centre of the room, provided proper 

 ventilation is obtained. 



In addition to the accommodation above noted, a small out- 

 house near at hand would be an ' advantage, as a boiler or 

 copper could be fixed therein. 



A sure supply of hot water is essential, and if no room is 

 available, a portable copper can be bought at a small cost, 

 and can be fixed just outside the dairy or moved about 

 at will. 



As regards the utensils, some initial expense is inevitable; 

 it is, of course, possible to make good cheese by the aid of 

 verv primitive appliances, but we are strongly of opinion 

 that for the purpose we have in view it is preferable, and in 

 the end much more economical, to obtain as far as possible 

 up-to-date utensils of a suitable and convenient nature. 



However careful and systematic the maker may be, it is 

 not an easy matter f o produce an article of uniform quality 

 throughout, and as uniformity is one of the essentials 

 to successful dairying, any mechanical assistance to the 

 attainment of this end should be warmly welcomed, even if 

 for the time being some extra expenditure is entailed. 



Any of the principal dairy-utensil manufacturers can 

 supply what is required, though the prices given below may 

 vary to some extent. 



