CHEESEAKING EXPERIMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 254, 20 July 1908, Page 3

CHEESEAKING EXPERIMENTS.

RESULTS FROM PASTEURISED MILK. 'NOT SATISFACTORY. . The Ontario Agricultural Collegehas among, other things oxperimentod in . making during tho past. year. Professor 11. H. \Uean's roport on the results of theso oxperiments will be; interesting to our friends : at.tho cjiecse factories:— .... , - , " It. is doubtful." ho says, "if tho pas-.tourisation,-of milk tor clieesemaking will ever boconio practicable in Canada for handling large quantities of milk. Tho labour and expensos or heating and cooling from 10,000 •to 30,0001b.-milk daily would.bo very groat— . in fact,, almost prohibitive. .. In European countries, we understand that tho pastounsation: of milk for'chcosomaking -is frequently , practised. . In previous experiments on this ■ . question we found itneceijsary, to add a sol- . üblo limo.-salt, such as calcium, chloride, to pasteurised - milk . before tho rennet would ::: coagulate .the. milk properly. Even then, , the k- " ' cpagulum"or curd was of a flocculent, .weak, ' f nature, and tho cheese tended to.bo soft and ' . porous. : This yoar, a rather hoavy (L} to, 3 l . per cent.) lactic acid : culture (startor). ; was added to tho pasteurised milk 'some timo c. ;beforo putting the usual; quantity, of ..rerinot ■ ' into the , vat'of milk. ■ Tlio results wore vory '. Bimilar to thoso obtained by tho addition of r: ;a, soluble :liriie ; salC; . The 'renriet:.co'agulated ' tho milk, but tho curd'was weak in, body. ', j " There; w'ereV five,. experiments" made;' one reach -i month, '.'during' tho season'. _ Altogether there wore used 29801b. milk, testing an aver- , of S.S pcr ccnt.'fat. The mjlk was firat mixed •together .'for:'each experiment, :then . divided into two equal »parts. Ono part was , heated.to Fah., in a:milk pasteuriser, then it' was cooled, culture was added, then. rennet,, and afterwards handled along:, lines ,' similar ;to those followed <. in, ordinary Cana- . • dian Cheddar cheesomaking. The other part was made into .cheeso - in tho usual way. , : ''The; average ..percentage of fat in tho wliey from the. pasteuns?d milk was .35, and from the:normal milk,'.2s. r Tlio pasteurised, milk : produced •an average of: 106.81b. chceso per ; 10001b. "riiilk.'vThe-yield ffo'm 'the normal.lots ; was : 92.4]b.' cheese per 10001b. "milk.! This'was , ■ an inci'case of nenrly;l4:llb; chees'c per 10001b;' - milk in 1 ' favour of- tlio -pasteurising.', -Tho ' chceso -made, from' • tho pasteurised milk shrank' 4:5, per j cent, in one' month;; while, the normal lots; shrank. 3.7 per cont. m the samo • time. Tlio average score of the cheiiso mado from pasteurised milk was 88 out of a pos- .. sible 100, 'while tho normal lots scored an average :of 89-79. - The chief difference .in quality; was; in closeness, and- texture. Tho .-; cheese;'; made; frointhe pasteurised milk i; tended to .bo open-and weak in'body-and tcx- ;; turo.The'-, cheese;.'riiade ; ' from; .pasteurisedmilk > might local 'markets;' where: a: soft cheese-is wanted,-'but-would-not-:su]t tho ro- - quirements^-of the oxport trade. ;results;JwVre:'no't;very v ' . -, Batisfaet6ry;'.and , ; ,we'' , shall require more light I 'on the subjcct :of . making pasteurised milk into'cheoso before wo'could recommend the . method." 'Tho*striking point- in .experi- - monts'was the. very marked increase in yield .vf 'the 1 pasteurised-^milk.";'V '' - '■■'J;', : FEILDINQ SHOW GOMMITTEES., . .V/At'- a ' meeting-of-the Foilding ;A: and P. Association,:: o'n)V-£Viday;.'.hight' ! tne.:'folloiiring - sub-committees ; wore appointed:— . •? Sheep :*■ Messrs.: : A:' Campbell (convenor), ' L. E. Jackson, C. Dick; J. Kmght, W. Reid, . . ;\V': J.:'Phillips, F., S. Bowcn,- J. H/ Porrett. ' : Horses and Competitions :• Messrs.' 11. J. (convener), J. Wilson,- N. Gorton, , O-iM'Elroy, iF: F. Haggitt,' G.: B. Healey. Gattle Y.- Lethbridge, J. S. -Mills, A.- H.- Atkinson, H. J. Booth, W.'A. Sandilands, J.-B.v John- ■' stpnei.. ;v;: Produce -and Some- Industries Messrs.' J. ',: W. <Bramwell (convener), A. R: Maj-o, ,G. B. Healey, J.'G. Cobbe. • i ; : Pigs: Messrs. J. S. Mills, (convener),' J. H. Perrett, F. Boddy. " School Gardens:.Messrs.fA:'E;'Mayo'(con-' vener); , A.f II:. Atkinson; L.. E. Jackson, O. . M'Elroy;-S..Strachan. ;i r -, ■ Guessing Competition: Messrs. L. E. Jack--Bon, .o. ; :M'Elroy, :S.iStrachan; Ji W. BramwelljiJ. Cobbe.': . . -.- Advertising iiand' ' Printing: . Mossrs. <E: j . Gcodbehero'Tconvener), H. J. Boothj '/W. A.'i Sandilands, J.'Cobbo,:A: H. Atkinson, J. W. I Bramwell. . .Roception and' Accommodation: Messrs. H. •t J.'Booth, A.. Campbell;-:L.; E, Jackson,. F. ' Y. Lethbridge: ,' : v : •'• -' .i Ground: Messrs.-'J.'Wilson.(convener), N. Gorton,''H-.'/J:-'Booth,- A. Campbell;: E. Good- . behere,'L.' E. ; Jackson. •■ -. ; Gates: .'Messrs;; J:.. Cobbe,- E. • Goodbehero, 'A."R. Mayo,"S. Strachan. ... . Luncheon wMr:-E.,.Goodbehere. m -..Stewards-in-chief: 'Horses, Mr. H: J. • Bcoth ; sheop, : :Mr. A. Cainpboll; cattle, Mr. ■ J:- S.' Mills: produce- arid home industries; ' Mr.'J. W: Bramwell; stock, Mr. F. Boddy. . The 'Presiaont (Mr. Hugh Burrcll) -to be . ex-officio member of- all- sub-committees. •Canvassing Committee: Tho President and L. ,E.;. Jackson, A. H. Atkinson, , 'Jobbe, and Bramwell'. ■ '. • • THE LAMBING SEASON. jfimo days 'ago-a' paragraph appoared in ■' '.' these.' columns ito ; the-: effect that >it. was - not ! ;, .wiseVforc farmers to 'be' l feeding :their ewes', j . . . yeryliberallyVuntil within a few weeks : be- • foro; lambing time, : wheri'ithe'animals .might . be -turnpd into rich pastures. This'opinion, lias beta generally'' corroborated by practi-' ■ cal-farmers'.(writes ;, our- Wairarapa: i corre-: ; spondorit), i and >they ■ j give where '.{ —-they: havo sustained severe losses . through ■. ;; ..: .being, as .they -'describo- it,'; " too" kind " > to, -: their .stock;, at' a ''-somewhat'-"crucial;period,; r~ ; i when one would; consider' that. kitidnoss ■; was' • . everything.' • ' it is tho • greatest, mistake ,in the : world to feed your ewes up* extra well before.lambing/' said ono practical sheep-farincr, • " or -.'sven,after;tliey havo lambed; ' I' havo found -- ■ ihat -1 havo lost--my. 'best'' lambs .'.through surning them with; ewes into rich:-pastures, . ; . he' roason;bcing ; ;t-hat the -'fcwes have a pletlora of milk upon which'a lamb will gorge tsclf until it becomes too fat and lazy to .■■.move.'';!;£hi6-farmed when he . found that mortality t was taking place frotri /.' ithis cause,;he -iriiriiediately removed his'flock i-txa'-pooror pasture' and'docked the survivirig lambs. Tho,; loss- of blood from'docking , impoverished the 'bodies' of .-the';lariibs;to - J' 1 some-'Cxterit"; :arid"acted;as a set-off 'to the good living., Nearly; all tlio' practical fa'rmors in tho Wairarapa mako a point of .givr~~ ing their ewes oxorcise at soirie .'tiriio -' during the day, usually in the morning and cvening, :if they : are.: on fairly;good..pastures.;'A . short drive of a' few hundred yards with . •.' the flock is'well''worth' the; trouble, if the ; farmer wishes .a;good -'lambing.'-' ' :' ? WAIRARAPA CHEESE EXHIBITS. . :The-National-Dairy .Association lias consented to tako charge of the cheoso exhibits aj .the Wairarapa A. and P.. Association's :. Show;which': are' to-be "graded; locally, and also in London (says our correspondent). JUTE WOOL PACKS. , - r -, . A SUGGESTION. . "Wo have heard a great deal lately (sayj Mi*; A. R. Watson, of Tinburn, Gisborne, -ii ' tho "Farmers' Uriion Advocato") about the , damage caused to our-wool through particle: of-vegetable matter off' the wool-bales;■ aric bits of string, .etc., getting into- the wool . .Will any of your, readers, join irio in the sim .pio' experiment .of .turning: our' wool-bale: msiiio: out', ! and packing tho wool in then so? : What at. prqs6nt', is the outside ;of till bale is ;much better dressod than the inside and' thoro,would be no raw-, edges of the ma - terial exposed; to, -the wool.'; Of courso thi pressed bales would riot loot, quito so neat ai the edges would, be exposed; but .1 do no think this would affect the saio of the con . tents. -