CHEESE SOLIDS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 611, 14 September 1909, Page 8

CHEESE SOLIDS.

' A' WORD ON A BIG SUBJECT. . ; ; The question of whether buttw-fat test is a souud.'hasis 'of: valuatiou ; for ; milk: intended - for cheese-making, continues toattract.- interest amonc .dairy farmers,'' and tlio interest will; do docibt ."increasef as" the 'shows draw; with-.their- milking; contests 'and, their - different bases 'of/ valuing the l , milk." As to tlie actual .percentages of ; fat: and/ other, solids -in ; milk ,01; dilfei-eut bVeeds. /thoy have been,set 'down-aitor several experiments in .the' following order■:—Other Total . " ./.f:,/:-.-.' .. - Fat. Solids.. Solids. Jersey. : ,; .- >,'; - (ruerusey •. • 3.1b ■■ .)..jo 11./ I ' rHhorthorn .7 IHi ,'A.yrshirq ; .■. .3.. J:'?}: ■' Ilolstein'-. ................ ,'3.42 : 8.43; ' . ; ' Although'- casein': is generally- regarded as - tho' 'typical' '"checso- solid,''- it ,is, of course, .in actual 'fact; iio"niore ; so than.'the;which ! igo, to make :■'up - the .• finished- article.; Ihe "other,,.-solids",/.referredto,; in' ; the ' foregoing table 5 contain casoih,' sngar,land other, matters. 1 ,The>sii'gar is not'-retained I ,in,-'cheese,'/ iiiid-.the raseifi': (about'!3';per'.'cent. oni is, iii-'slightly'-less quantity ,'than the ■ fat../ Some of those .who oppose tho' use of; .very■; rich: milkfor cheese-iiiaking, ' state that much, of the fat, is '/wasted /iii. the whey, / but .;otlier ; -authorities -reply that 'the'rb is ;waste per cent.' of-4otal fat>in'ricti-.millcl.tlian.'.in poor milk. : V;-/-'; U Caseini' hbwover,; : i's' the .spongo-- which, holds 'th'evMtwA--Butfer-faW-,0n,-'fte.';conbrai#;i,is ah, Ingrediciit l tliatj';- reduces;; the water-holding "capiioityyiof the,' Curd,- and -on this account, it aj.tyljpfpitpd >over-run 'kto ■scas6n,Hffh:en' ; itho'. ! inilk is. relatively rich*, is , leSs tliaii .in tho season.'-.Tho issiio.isiwhether the 'run, -'etc.r:.'are fully, 'couuterbalanced' by- anyextra''priced .that-.may for the richer cheese. .'; ■'-' ;'.■.;.■■''. ■'' '. ;'; ■'.'.