PACKING CHEESE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1561, 3 October 1912, Page 10

PACKING CHEESE.

DAIKi" COJIJIISStCWCER'S.SUGGES- ' ,„.;.■'.. ~...TloT \ ri.' As a result of the remarks in the annual report' of the Agricultural' Department's Director of Dairy I'rodrico in London, Mr. D. Umldie, .Dairy Commissioner, lias sent out a circular cUocse factories with th(3 object;q('voiiiedyiiiij some of the troubles which are" most'apparent, lieferrinj to the. f:\ct that a "considerable quantity of vXewZoilaiul -cheese arrive-l on the .'Home'; market Inst season with soft (.'mi.--,- Jlr. . Cmltlic -Suys that sometimes 'IJoth piuls of each choice were affected,'but 11loi-3, f rci| uc:itl }- only ono cml or the crate. These'defects were' probably due. to tlio following causes:—Tho casing of the cheese. when 'they Were toj pi'fßii; the use of cake ends or centre boards' oi greentimher, and the iittiii" of the checsa so tish'Hy in the case, as l o prevent the proper circulation''of. air between the cMiis-of' the cheese and'the timber. In iiinu^'iiist:iiict-f> it wmfonml'.that the rind of tiiu cheese was adhering to the wood,-and .when: the cheese was' removed,:lrmu. tlio cases a ■ portion of tha chce.se- -va« lorn away,. •■■'■•■ • ■ : Mr. Cuddic'.points out that' cheese-mak-ers, in enter-tu avoid a recurrence, of ibis trouble..would,do well to use only well seasoned timber—particularly for the csss ends end centre boards—and to make tho. cheese'."&>■ that when'placed'in the cas? thcro 'would be about half an -inch' of space hi each wetion of the crate. I'rcvidiii.^ v a,ll -details in the hnndlin? of the clici-se are ol;' ; vrvnli' this space, when the caws of elietfec ■■■nre'-lyiiift in tho ship's, hold, should be ample* to allow of a current of'a'ii'circiilatihK'rouiHl each cheese. Timber-intended for cases: which may jxv on tho j;reou"siU'e, sKOuld' bs\, opened'.out and nlaeod-i|i slacks- iiy « dry niry place 'and 'hot used until thoroiighh' dry. The u'lilrp boards should bi' at , tent tbrec-tiifarEsi's of "(in inch'' thick,'- ami double'nailed to each batten: •"; ' ;