. Canadian grocer January-June 1908. r, the same being placed upon theboxes the same as upon the cheese vatin order that a fair and proper inspec-tion of each shipment may be made bothby the buyers and the official referee atMontreal. The objection made to thepresent method of inspecting the cheeseon its arrival in Montreal is that of oneshipment the inspector in taking anyfive boxes may have selected cheese allmade from one vat, and, therefore, per-haps all faulty. If these samples areadjudged below the standard the wholeshipment is marked down. If the sam-ples are considered Al the shipmentm
. Canadian grocer January-June 1908. r, the same being placed upon theboxes the same as upon the cheese vatin order that a fair and proper inspec-tion of each shipment may be made bothby the buyers and the official referee atMontreal. The objection made to thepresent method of inspecting the cheeseon its arrival in Montreal is that of oneshipment the inspector in taking anyfive boxes may have selected cheese allmade from one vat, and, therefore, per-haps all faulty. If these samples areadjudged below the standard the wholeshipment is marked down. If the sam-ples are considered Al the shipmentmay bring a higher price than it reallyis worth. In this way injustices aredone both buyer and seller, whereas, aswas pointed out by Mr. Barr, the fivecheese may all have been of only onebad or good vat in the factory. Thesystem recommended by him and refer-red to in the resolution would requireone sample to be taken from each vatrepresented in the shipment. It was the opinion of the associationas expressed in another resolution that. Hudsons Bay Companys Flour Mill at Fort Vermilion. and butter exports for 1907 will beabout $23,000,000, against $29,000,000in 1906. The small make of cheese this pastyear, compared with previous years,was due to the very late spring andpoor pasturage. Throughout easternOntario the season was very backwardowing to the continued cold weatherwhich retarded growth. Towards thecloSe of the season the make was re-duced by the cold wet weather, coupledwith the shortage and high prices offeed, which is used at this time to keepup the milk flow. Feed was so scarceat this time that many farmers soldstock at a great sacrifice. In our opin-ion this could have been remedied. The matter of. whey butter wasquite comprehensively discussed and was ter often tasted and looked as well asthe regular article, the former wouldnot keep well, even under the best cold-storage conditions. J. Stonehouse, discussing the cream-ery outlook, testified that the butter inquestion
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