Report  on  Implements  at  York. 
593 
£ s.  d. 
Butter  trough  and  frame 150 
Butter-worker 7 7 0 
Hair-sieve  for  removing  butter  0 3 0 
Butter  table  with  marble  plate  2 8 0 
Pair  of  boxwood  patters 030 
Salt-mould  and  measuring-glass  0 3 0 
Butter-print  0 10 
Butter  scale,  with  marble  top 130 
£12  13  0 
No  price  is  charged  for  the  hot-water  apparatus.  If  we  add 
20/.,  as  in  Bradford  and  Co.’s,  we  get  a total  cost  for  butter- 
making appliances  of  49/.  6s.,  which  approximates  very  closely 
to  that  of  Bradford’s.  A number  of  costly  appliances  were  shown 
for  the  purpose  of  utilising  the  skim-milk,  principally  for  cheese- 
making. Thus,  there  was  a copper  steamer  (25/.)  ; metal 
steam  cheese-vat  (10/.)  ; two  curd  knives  and  agitator  (3/.  10s.)  ; 
cheese  thermometer  (4s.)  ; curd  mill  (2/.)  ; double  cheese  press 
(8/.  10s.)  ; cheese  shelf  (1/.)  ; rennet  glass  (2s.)  ; six  cheese  hoops 
and  cloths  (1/.  2s.)  ; curd  scoop  and  curd  pail  (12s.)  ; decimal 
scale,  5 cwt.  (5/.)  ; two  brushes,  each  hair  screwed ; two  scrubbers, 
two  Holstein  scrubbers,  and  one  cheese  brush  (1/.).  All  the 
above,  which  total  up  to  54/.  18s.,  are  for  cheese-making,  which, 
if  managed  properly,  should  realise  4c?.  to  5c?.  a gallon  for  skim- 
milk. 
The  great  novelty  exhibited  by  Mr.  Ahlborn  was  an  apparatus 
for  making  sparkling  milk,  price  40/.,  which  is  similar  to  the 
machinery  for  making  aerated  waters  ; only  in  this  case  the 
gas  is  introduced  into  skim-milk,  and  the  result  is  a pdeasant 
refreshing  beverage  which  will  keep  good  for  many  weeks.  Mr. 
Ahlborn  said  it  would  pay  well  to  sell  the  bottles  (ginger-beer 
size)  at  lcZ.  each,  and  it  is  probable  that,  when  once  the  public 
are  accustomed  to  this  novel  drink,  they  would  gladly  pay  for 
it  as  much  as  they  do  for  ginger-beer.  Not  only  can  skim- 
milk  be  thus  dealt  with,  but  the  whey  from  the  cheese-tub  can 
also  be  converted  into  a pleasant  wholesome  beverage.  It  was 
chiefly  on  account  of  the  attention  paid  to  the  utilising  of  the 
refuse  products,  which  were  entirely  overlooked  by  Mr.  Bradford, 
that  the  Judges  awarded  the  prize  of  50/.  to  Mr.  Ahlborn. 
Ever  since  the  great  Kilburn  Meeting,  the  Working  Dairy 
has  been  a feature  of  increasing  Interest,  and  at  York  there  was 
a decided  advance  upon  previous  efforts  at  instruction,  inasmuch 
as  the  object  was  to  show  a butter  factory  worked  by  steam 
power  in  this  case,  but  equally  adapted  for  horse  power,  as  well 
as  a dairy  for  hand  power,  suitable  for  a small  farm.  The  public 
had  an  excellent  opportunity  of  seeing  what  was  going  on,  and 
