River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-03

A good deal has been said against steam in
this form OF cheese-maling, but practice
does not seem to justify the arguments.
Many of the very best factories-those that
get big yields and excel in quality-use dry
steam. Besides, steam affords motor-power
which is useful in variC US ways.
Presses and H00pS.-The appearance of a
dairy depends very much ON the trueness,
as well as uniformity in height, of the
cheeses. Good presses and hoops are there
fore essential, and save a great deal of
trouble as we'll as give n great deal of
satisfaction. We would not now recommend
anything but the Frazer gang press, which
costs but little more than the old style,
while it saves IA vast amount of labor, press
es truer, and gives much better satisfaction
every way. After two years observation Of
its operations, we do not hesitate TO say that
any man who builds new factory or re-
places the presses and hoops of an old one,
would make great mistake If he did not
introduce the press. But for tho benefit of
such as are prejudiced in favor OF old styles
and old ways, or against everything new,
we give directions and measurements for
building strong and durable one. The
press needs to be made heavy and strong,
so as to avoid springing and varying Let
the sill be fourteen by four inches; the
beam, ten by six inches, posts, four by
! fourteen inches, slanted from the sill up
ward to ten, the width of the beams. The
sill and beam should be boxed into the
posts three.fourths Of an inch, and the posts
should extend above the beam some four
inches. The interal space allowed for each
hoop should be two feet and in each space
between the hoops the sill and beam should
! be held in place by seven-eighths inch rods
of iron. In the first space from either end,
a single rod is sufficient; the next should
have two rods, and so on alternately. The
single rod should extend through the mid
die of the sill and beam, and have heavy
washers attached to each end to prevent the
fhead or nut from settling into the wood.
The double rods should go through the
edges of the beam and sill, and through tho
heavy washers of iron ON the bottom of the
sill, and through strong straps extending
across the top of the beam. The presses
should be made for pressing four or six
cheeses, and be made Of hard, seasoned
timber. The screws should be l inch
Of the various kinds of screws introduced,
We know of none better than the old-fash-
ioned ones, with holes through them to re-
ceive the bar.
| Curd SiRk.-The curd sink is an impor
tant thing in a factory. Its construction is
always matter of considerable speculation
and perplexity We will give Dimensions
for one suitable for factory of the size we
indicated. 1t should be sixteen feet long,
two feet ten inches in width inside, and one
foot deep. The bottom should be Is inches
thick, and the sides one inch thick. The
legs should be three feet high. extending up
the sides, SO that the top of the sink will be
three feet from the floor. The sink should
be made of clear, seasoned pine, and the
/ legs well traced, with cross and side pieces
connecting them about six inches from the
floor. Racks and cloth strainers may be
used, or a false bottom with perforated tin
strainers may be substituted. But if the
cheddar process is adopted, none of these
will be needed. Some of the dealers in
dairy apparatus offer sinks of various con-
struction, of the merits of which dairymen
must Judge for themselves. The sink should
be on large castors, so that it can be easily
run where needed.
Weighing and Dumping Apprenticeship
proper height Of the weighing can, of the
dumping window from the ground, and tht
best apparatus for unloading, are generally
matters quite perpleXing. The proper heigh'
of the receiving can is that which gives gen
tie slope to the conductor, as too much cur
rent not only causes the milk to slop ovel
the sides of the strainer, but drives the dir
through the strainer. With watts three fee
two inches high, the platform for the seale
should be three feet eight inches from tbs
floor. A square tin box, with bits of wir,
strainer cloth in the sides, is in use at tn,
factory of DIR. L. l.. Wight, Whitestown, n
Y, and is the best kind of strainer we have
ever seen. 1t is held in place by being fit
ted to a wooden rack.
Of the many appliances for unloading
none is simpler, cheaper or more satisfac
tory than the crane, unless it be large
wheel and shaft overhead, like the one USED
at Budlong's factory, in West Schuyler, N
Y, which does the work easier than an,
lifting apparatus we have seen. A cram
may be made of scantling four by four inch
es, the upright eight feet long, and the arm
seven feet. Hang it as you would barn
door. Fasten one end of a strong half 0
three-quarter inch rope to the end of th
arm; run it through pulley to which
attached the tOngs then over a four-inc
pulley above, near the end of the arm: ru
it back over similar pulley next to tn
upright. then down to three inch role
with crank, at a convenient height fo
turning. One end of the crank must b
sustained by strong iron strap, bowIn
outward in the direction of the arm, TO ad
NIT the roller about six inches long length
: wise, and fastened to theupright above an
below.
The window-sill should be not more tina
, two or three inches above the edge of tn
receiying-can, which should stand close [
the window, Just clearing the sill TIL
road should be eighteen inches below th
platform on which stand the scales an
weighing can. Then the can, when raise
Just enough to clear the wagon-box an
wheels, will be of the right height fo
l dumping when swung round 10 the window
f. Many make the mistake of getting the roa
! too low, which causes the unnecessary wor
0 of raising the milk three or four feet b
r hand before it can be dumped, and waste
strength and time, both in raising the ca
!. and lowering il back again into the WACO
: after it is emptied.
( The Location, etc.--ln building factory
| every provision should be made for eleanl
0 ness 1t should be located near a Twin
0 spring of water, ranging in temperatur
{ somewhere between forty-hye and ttty-hV
o degrees There should be sufficient waite
1 TO fill, al all times, an inch pipe, and car
al, 10 NaLa, ia "a fair head