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round cliepsp, — is turned at right angles thereto, and is conse- 
(jucntly alwa} s tending towards the outside ; and the whey is sa 
far expressed and evaporated that decomposition is much less 
liable to take place. 
3. These cakes, being entirely covered with bandage, may be' 
cured with or without greasing, and are thus rendered safe from 
flies. 
4. They are much more easily turned and handled than round 
cheese. 
5. They are shipped to market in boxes of thin stuff of any 
kind of timber. Any farmer can make them, making the boxes 
of such size as he chooses, and at an expense much less than for 
round boxes. For ten-pound cheeses boxes are used with success 
containing 18 cheeses, 180 lbs. ; and for thirty-pound cheeses, 8 
in a case, 240 lbs. This item of boxes is a great advantage. 
The boxes are solid, and there are no covers to come off. The 
cleats on the outside of the boxes prevent them from being packed 
too closely together in carrying or in store-houses. There is a 
great saving in weight, as, in the old style, down weights are 
given in each cheese, while in this shape only one down weight 
is given for 18 small cheeses or 8 large ones. 
6. For retail trade this form of cheese is of great advantage. 
The dealer can weigh the Avhole cheese, and cut by measure 
the exact weight required, and many of the cheeses are sold 
without cutting. 
7. For family use small cakes are a great success. A ten- 
pound cheese is 10 inches in length and 5 inches square, and is 
cut for table use as follows : — 
Turn the bandage back from the end, cut a thin slice from the 
end of the cheese, then cut off the desired slices for the table, 
and replace the thin slice and bandage; set the cheese on end, 
and it is sealed and as safe as an uncut cheese. 
8. These cheeses cure much better than round ones, as the 
gases, if any be generated, escape from the ends, and are not 
forced back and forth through the cheese as with round ones. 
9. They take less room in the dry-house, and women and 
children can easily turn and handle them. 
Fvj. U.-Hohli,lne Chce,c. For exportation they 
greatly excel the round cheese. 
They can be packed closer, 
boxes cost less, and small 
cheese can be boxed and ship- 
ped at nearly the same expense 
as large ones. They have been 
shipped to England with great 
success. We give cuts which 
will explain more fully this invention (Figs. 23 to 26). 
