THE CAMEMBERT TYPE OF CHEESE ie 
SKIPPERS, 
Another enemy of ‘the cheese is the cheese skipper, the 
larva of a‘small fly. The flies lay their eggs on the cheese, 
and these hatch out in a short time. The skippers remain 
on the surface and can be scraped off, but not without spoiling 
the appearance of the cheese and possibly leaving unhatched 
eggs. Such cheeses cannot be sold and are practically lost. 
APPENDIX. 
ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT. OF A FACTORY USING ABOUT I,000 
POUNDS OF MILK PER DAY. 
Before building such a plant it is always desirable to visit 
some dairy establishment where the essential equipment would 
be as nearly comparable to that needed as possible. This need 
not necessarily be a Camembert cheese factory. Any properly 
equipped dairy establishment will give ideas as to the arrange- 
ment of steam and water pipes, vats, etc. 
In addition to this ordinary creamery equipment, a Camem- 
bert cheese factory requires its own special apparatus. 
Calculated for 1,000 pounds of milk, which will produce 
250 cheeses, this will require for the making room: . 
I. 250 high hoops. 
2. 500 low. hoops. 
3. 150 draining boards (if used in making room only). 
42-150 mats: 
s. Draining table to accommodate 250 cheeses (42 square 
feet of surface). 
6. Shelf room enough to accommodate 250 cheeses on’ the 
second day of draining. 
Vats and draining table should be so arranged as to min- 
imize the labor of dipping. 
The two ripening rooms must be large enough to accommo- 
date the entire output for about 20 days, i e. 5,000 cheeses. 
If the cheeses are kept on boards such as are used in the 
making room, this would require about 500 boards in constant 
use. These would occupy 700 running feet of shelving. the 
shelves should be about § inches apart. A rough calculation 
will show that a room 14 x 14 x 8 would be large enough to 
accommodate all the cheeses. The arrangement of shelving 
‘s a matter of economical utilization of all the available space. 
Aisles between the shelves should be at least 3 feet wide to 
give sufficient room to do the necessary work. It probably 
would require a maker and one helper to run such a factory. 
