THE TE AWAMUTU CHEESE FACTORY.

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1627, 7 December 1882, Page 3

THE TE A WAMUTU CHEESE FACTORY.

Tub following paitieulars concerning the operations of the faotoiy have been supplied to us by a gentleman from Wellington, who is at present on a \ isit to this After speaking of the kinduess and courtesy he expel ieneetl at the hands of the manager, Mi W.Upole, our conespondent proceeds :— The factory is a substantially-built building, containing two Urge rooms for lnanutaotuiing and cming the cheese, an ollice, btore-rooin and an uigine-ioom. As it is found th.it the evening and morning milks mixed ib preferable to new milk alone foi cheese making purposes, each is leceived in the iiiurning only, iv separate cans, and after lining tested" to cnsuie its being frer from vegetable oilois, &c, is tipped into a receiving hopper pkeed in .1 poioh outside the building, fiom whence it is caused to flow throii'.'h a pipe and allowed to mix in the curdling vats. Theie vats are about 1 1 feet long .1 feet wide and 2 feet deep, lined -with tin, .md sim-omuled by ■water and steam eoinp.iittnents, connected with a beautifully-made u (night portable engine, and boiler of about 2-hort.o power, by which means the milk can be warmed or cooled with the greatest nicety to the exact temperatiue required. When the curdling pioeess is complete, the curd ib cut by means of suitable .shaped fiame Jwiivrs, and removed in bottomless moulds lined w ith calico, to the screw presses, and a pressiuo of over I ton bi ought to bear on one end, in oidei' to press out the wlioj'. After several hours the pleasure is removed, the mould lcvcised, and the pressure again appliid to the opposite of the new chec&c. On the following tho*e cheeses aie sufficiently firm to be removed without the moulds to the ouring-ioom. wheie they are stamped with the namo of the company and the date and placed on a shelf, and afterwards turned at intervals ranging from twice a day to tw ice a week, according to the age of the cheese. At the end of about tluee months the old calico coveis me n moved and new ones, stitched on, after which the cheese i-> ro.idy for the niaikct. The cmitig-ioom is fitted with shelves cipablc ot holding upwauls ot 1000 cheeses, and is kept at even degrees of Ikm t and moibtui i> by steam ])ipes. This room is .said to be one of the most pcifect in the world. At the rear of the premises a long tiou^h conveys the icf use away to the piggery, which is situated some distance away from the factoiy and mamigii's house, At present over oO pigs are fed and allowed to urn out 38 aoios of splendid grass land with an abundant stream ot clear water runnini! through the pioperty. It might bo mentioned that all milk has to be up to a eoitain standard, and any that does not bear- the test is rejected the standard is fixed at 8 per cent, and the testing appatatus consists of a glass tubn, about •/ inches diameter, and fl inches long, w ith a scale cut on one side so that the li&e of cieam can be accurately lead. A dozen or so of thesu are always m usetosee that the milk keeps up to the lcquisite standaid. The average per cont.igc the manager stated was from J) tol#, and was greater thau he hail found elsewhere in America or Australia. As far as the business progress of the factory is concerned, everything joints favourably to its immediate sivctotal amountof milk received npto the date of visit was GOOO gals, which has turned out upwards of 240 cheeses, ranging from 121 us to32lbs each. Yoii require to go through the factory, and have the smallest details in the working explained to you to he able to appreciate the amount of solid work that has to be done when, considering that the manager has only one apprentice and a boy rejoicing in the name of "Thusey" to carry on the whole work of the establishment.

Mi.ss Philippi.va Fkekukl, of St. Louis, 'is attractiui» the attention of the medical fraternity, as well as the public in general. For nioro than three months she has been unable to retain food in her stomach, and, in fact, bas no desire for it. She is gradually , wearing away to a skeleton, and, in the opinion of the physicians, will not long survive. Ax Electric Plough.— At the Munich Electrical Exhibition M. Peprez works an electric plough at Munich by power transmitted from Miesbach, some forty miles distant. The motive power required is in part furnished by the Falls of Hirschau, some three miles distant from the exhibition. Among the many improvements which are now taking place in Auckland, not the least the wonderful chanpc for the better in i hotel for families and travellers visiting 9tuck}and. ( Foremost amongst these improvement*, \fc would draw attention to Mr W. A. Crombic's advertisement in another column, of the lMnco of Wales .Hotel, I ' of Hobson-strcet. Mr Croiubic purchased the old premises which., were immediately pulled <iown, and ttt a very heavy outlay he has had erected ono*of,the hand«, soniest and most elegantly fitted Up hotplf in th 6 provincial district. ,■ Jloth Mr and. 'Mrs' Crorobie are well-known to Waikato travellers,, and we feel mre that they will receive a large ampujjj.of, patron«ee*fronrthlrdiitric"£rTv*emu«t"norforget to mention thas there, «« a handosme ' billiard'- > room Wifll (ihe bf Mj^vsoi)'? fir/st-class billiard tables, on'deftthe superintendence of i Mr '.Ford,' late ofGwynne'* Hamilton Hotel, who will po'