Packages.

The package in the first place makes a favourable or unfavourable impression on the buyer, and directly influences the sale of the goods. Therefore see that the boxes are neat in appearance; strong, to stand rough handling; the cover-band on the head thick, and able to resist considerable knocking about, the covers fitting well; the boxes of straight-grained wood, uniform in size and weight, shaved down to fit on the top of the cheese, and to fit nicely, that the cheese is neither loose nor jammed in. See the cheese carefully handled when shipping—that the packages are in good order, and the cheese protected from damp, heat, or cold, and stowed tight in the steamer, away from the engines or any cargo of a liquid nature or with a strong odour.

If each point herein mentioned is carefully attended to, the cheese must command the top market-price.

Further particulars as to the best rennet, colouring, and salt to be used, and the latest improvements in the necessary implements, will be furnished on application.