PACKING CHEESE.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 June 1915, Page 7

PACKING CHEESE.

' t-NIFORMITV OF MK UHUEIX j o\v Our Special Importer.) j At the meeting of the National Oairv Association at Puluierston .North on , 1 uesday, some discussion took place over , the question of the waste of .space owing ,to tlie cheeses not filling tlie crates. The chairman, in his repovt. stateil that ill some eases lour or live inches of space were wasted, In his address to the meeting, he stated that, while they had succeeded ill standardising the size of ' the crate, tliey had not standardised the cheese. lie pointed out that the lossmay not be apparent to the farmers, as they were not paying for dead freight, ! biit he said if all the crates were filled with cheese they would be able to get a larger quantity of cheese away to the Home market in each boat, and'that was what they wanted. Moreover, he said, this might give shipping companies a handle to say that cheese carrying was not a payable proposition. lie admitted that some of the factories erred on che side of ; . tilling the crates to bursting point. Mr. Brecon considered that a standard crate should be used, .but this was not done iii very many cases. He also referred to the difficulty of filling the hoops evenly. i

Mr. C-tiddie, Hairy Commissioner, said on the whole parking "was fairly good. In some cases too much space was left in the crates, whereas in others the cheese was packed too tightly. The whole trouble could be got over by using standard hoops and weighing the curd into the hoops. He considered that the new hoops saved ns per ton in the handling, and in a couple of years' time even- factory iwould be using the new hoops. » In reply to n oiip.stion. Mr. Cuddic said that sini.'lar hulks of cheese at tlie same age always weighed the same, nil. less there was something wrong in the manufacture.