Archive image from page 554 of Dairy farming being the. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying dairyfarmingbein00shel Year: 1880 FLOATING CUKDS. 481 posi's : in the scoop (a) salt, &c., may bo wciglu'il ; ou the table (b) cheese. The cxjiense of packing the cheese in boxes for exportation is considerable, each box, 10 inches deep, costing one half- penny for every inch of its diameter; a pack- age of that depth, and 16 inches across, cost- ing IC cents, or Sd.; and if a greater depth Fi-. -'ill —t'liEisE .sc\i Ks than 10 inches is neces- sary, a cent is charge
Archive image from page 554 of Dairy farming being the. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying dairyfarmingbein00shel Year: 1880 FLOATING CUKDS. 481 posi's : in the scoop (a) salt, &c., may bo wciglu'il ; ou the table (b) cheese. The cxjiense of packing the cheese in boxes for exportation is considerable, each box, 10 inches deep, costing one half- penny for every inch of its diameter; a pack- age of that depth, and 16 inches across, cost- ing IC cents, or Sd.; and if a greater depth Fi-. -'ill —t'liEisE .sc\i Ks than 10 inches is neces- sary, a cent is charged for every additional inch of vertical measurement. Thin discs of wood, called ' scale-boards,' ai'e placed against the top and bottom for protection of the cheeses when they are boxed. Many dealers visit the factories and inspect the goods previous to the weekly market, but the cheese from the dairies of reputed makers is generally sold without any such inspection, and sometimes even without samples. Some dairymen, well known on the market as skilful makers, receive a certain sum per pound in advance of all other prices, and sell their goods only to one house. The dealers are well aware that in first- class factories the quality of the goods is uniform, and great confidence is therefore placed in the managers of such establishments. When samples are carried to the markets (for factory-cheese is never sold and delivered on the spot, as in our English fairs) the ' plugs' are often placed in glass tubes, and carried in a leather ease (see Fig. 219, page -IIG), by which means they are preserved from dust and damage. There is a time in every season when the inferior condition of much cheese that is made in American factories seriously affects the market. Those goods made during the months of June, July, and August go ' off flavour' rapidly, and have to be sold at a lower figure on that account. ' Hot weather' cheese becomes a drug on the market, a source of vexation to all parti
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