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the press being applied, when they are turned, and pressed 

 again for a further period of two hours ; the pressure is then 

 taken off, the cheeses turned again, and left to stand on the 

 shelf during the night. During the following day the cheeses 

 are allowed to remain in the moulds, and a slight greasiness 

 appears on the coat. On the morning of the second day the 

 coats are scraped with a knife until smooth, then bandaged, 

 using calico and paste : it is an advantage to allow the 

 bandage to come well over the edges in order to preserve them 

 from cracking. After remaining about a day for the bandage 

 to dry a little, the cheeses are removed to the ripening-room, 

 where they must be turned daily. In ten days' time they 

 should be ready for sale, and on stripping off the calico a 

 smooth clean surface is found, while the ends of the cheese 

 not covered with the bandage will be nicely coated with 

 mould. In consideration of the fact that the cheeses are small 

 and consequently much surface is exposed to the air, the 

 percentage of loss in weight is small, one gallon of milk 

 producing slightly more than 1 lb. of ripe cheese. If for 

 retail trade, the cheeses should be offered for sale in a 

 manner pleasing to the eye, and wrapping in tin-foil is to 

 be recommended. 



PROGRESS OF THE SUGAR BEET INDUSTRY IN 



NORFOLK. 



Walter E. Sawyer. 



This year all our interests are centred in the endeavour, 

 which is being made by Mr. E. S. Ali Cohen, with the assist-' 

 ance of the Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture, and of many 

 farmers and landowners, to make this year's trial a success 

 that will justify the erection of a sugar beet factory in 

 Norfolk. The trials made last year in Norfolk on a small 

 scale conclusively proved that we could grow sugar beet of 

 good sugar content and in sufficient quantity to make it 

 profitable, and suggested that it was only necessary to do 

 the same thing on a larger scale to turn the experiments to 

 commercial account. Several hundred acres are being grown 

 this year in plots of varying size up to 25 acres, and by over- 

 coming difficulties gradually, we hope to be in a position 

 another year to contract for a much increased area. It is 



