KAIPARORO CHEESE FACTORY.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10086, 6 September 1910, Page 7

KAIPARORO CHEESE FACTORY.

(From Our Own Correspondent

The central topic of conversation at the preEes t time is the new cbeeEe factory, which is to be opened »n the Bth of the month. Shareholders are justly proud of the new building, which haa been erected at a coal; of about £ISOO. It occupies a commanding position at the junction of the Kiiparoro and Lower Valley Eketa hunal&oads. The Makakahi river, ■which drains the slope, foums a picturesque foreground, whilst in the backi-round, about a quarter of a mi!e distant, is a rarge of low hills, from Which issues a spring that affords a plentiful supply of pure water. The buUding, which faces the east, is built on extra strong concrete foundations,which even an unpractised eye can see will stand the force 'of Kaiparoro's gentle zephyrs fcr many years to come. Tne main building covers floor space of 80 by iSO feet, and has a I2J foot Btud. On each side is & lean to 19ft by 12ft. Ventilation and lighting have been well attended to; the:e being about sixteen windows above which are ventilators and in the roof also several ventilators have been inserted.

The main entrance leads into tha receiving room, which measures 12 feet by 12ft, and is situated in the northern wi.ig. This room has a raised concrete floor, so that no liftirg will be necessary when removing milk cans from the carte. It is fitted up with a large vat or receiver, and "Fairbank's Beam Scales," which weigh up to one thousand pounds weight, a vat for containing the starter, and a thoroughly up-to-date cooler. At the back of the receiving room is the "testing room," in which is a *'Babcock tester."

The front portion of the main building is occupied by the "making room," 36 by 32 feet. In this are two 850 gallon vats fitted with the latest agitators. The vats are lined with English steel tin, in order to avoid risk of rust forming. Steam pipes lead from the engine room to these vats, and pip«s aIBO lead form the vats to the whey tank? outside.

At the back of the "making room" ia the curing room," %ith a floor space of 44 by 32 feet. A door from this provides an outside exit, and half the space of the room u occupied by shelves, on which to store chee&e undergoing the process of curing. The walls of this room, have. I believe, a special lining, in order to preserve a certain degree of temperature and humidity. In the southern wing are the engine and salting rooms, and a bathroom. The engine room contains a 14, horse power "Luke's multitubular; - boiler" for generating Btearn, v and for heating milk, whey, etc., and a 4 horse power 'Tangye engine" for driving the agitators in the making room. In front of the building is the cart stand with a brick floor (as whey wears away concrete), and a concrete wall supporting a v bank at tbe back. On this rest two 1000 gallon wooden tanks to receive the pasteurised whey; which, owing to the downward'slope, pours into the tanks without any of the usual pumping attached to its removal. Here also provision is made for Washing and for sterilising cans.

The water supply, as before mentioned, is obtained from the hills at the. back of the factory, where a concrete-called reservoir, and a large wooden tank for storing water ate erected. Pipes lead from this tank to two 400 gallon tanks at tbe factory. Waste water, etc., is drained into the river.

A four-rcomed cottage for the manager has also been built, and busy bands have been at work planting shelter trees, metalling roads, and erecting fences, so that everything may be>iu perfect order for the opening day, when afternoon tea is to be dispensed at the factory by the ladies of the district, and a ball is to be given by the directors id the local hall in the evening.