Storeroom
Each cheese factory had a store room where the cheese was kept while it aged. Each cheese was marked with the number of the factory, the date, the batch and the Canada mark for cheese going to the UK.. Cheese was packed in wooden or later cardboard boxes.
A 92 lb cheese box used by Eldorado Cheese Factory in 1971. All cardboard body and lid. 92 lb. rounds of waxed cheese would be packed in the box for shipping. 2013.358.D00831
Rubber stamp with wooden handle. Stamp reads "Kemptville College of Agricultural Technology Kemptville ONT." Paper label which also lists Dairy Division which has been crossed out. 2013.326.1
Cheese stamp. #451 registration number registering to Myrtle Cheese Factory and Creamery, Ennismore. 68 slotted in the bottom groove. Metal brackets holding wooden handle to pad. Used in stamping information on cheese or its packaging. 2013.315.D01108
Wooden cheese stamp with rubber base. Base says' REG. No 119". Registers to- Wilberforce Co-Operative Dairy (Cheese Factory), Eganville, R.R.1, Renfrew. Used in stamping information on cheese or its packaging. 2013.340.D00920
Black wood handle on rubber stamp for whey butter. Nail through the bottom holding handle to base. Used in stamping information on butter or its packaging. 2013.336.D01109
Wooden table with 64 stamps CANADA spaced down the middle on a tin plate. Used for stamping round cheeses.The registration number changeable. Currently registered to #770- River Side Cheese Factory, Dalhousie Mills, Glengarry. 2013.314.D00362
Small square wooden refrigerator door set up in wall made nu Northern Refrigeration and Counter Co. Toronto with large hinges and a single latch. 2013.455.1
Wooden cheese stamp with rubber base. Stamp reads 12/10, 1967, 233, 282. Number registers to: Middleville Cheese Factory, Lanark R.R.2. Used in stamping information on cheese or its packaging. 2013.338.D090363
Wooden cheese stamp with rubber base. Comes from Quebec. Rubber stamp on base says "No. D'ENR 2841-registers to the Cheese Manufacturing Society of St. Malachy, Mayo, Labelle. White writing on the top of the handle says Pritchard Andrews Co. Ottawa. Used in stamping information on cheese or its packaging. 2013.339.D00365
Large wooden refrigerator door by Northern Fridgerator and Counter C. Toronto, Hinges marked with Ns for Northern Plaque on the centre of door. Pull latch on outside, push plate inside. 2012.290.1
Wooden stamp with rubber base. Paper insert on front reads "Creamed cottage cheese" as does the rubber lettering on bottom. Used in stamping information on cheese or its packaging. 2013.320.1
Metal cheese trier with brass handle. Grooves in the handle near the middle. Used for taking samples from cheeses. The cheese trier is inserted into the wheel or block of cheese, it's given a part rotation and pulled back out with a plug of cheese. The plug is smelled, then rolled between the fingers for texture and then tasted. This is the process of grading for cheese. 2013.460.14
Metal cheese trier with brass handle and dark rounded wood inserts in handle. The cheese trier is inserted into the wheel or block of cheese, it's given a part rotation and pulled back out with a plug of cheese. The plug is smelled, then rolled between the fingers for texture and then tasted. This is the process of grading for cheese. 2013.460.22
Wooden cheese stamp with rubber base. Base says' REG. No 119". Registers to- Wilberforce Co-Operative Dairy (Cheese Factory), Eganville, R.R.1, Renfrew. Used in stamping information on cheese or its packaging. 2013341.D00366
88 lb cheese box used by Sidney Town Hall Cheese Co, Belleville. Used for packaging and shipping of waxed round of cheese. 2013.361.D01097
A cheese cutter with a spinning plate with drop down cheese knife. It was originally painted pale blue with white motifs. It was used for making precise cuts or wedges of cheese. 2013.352.1
Registration stamp with interchangeable slot. Currently registered and was used by # 446- Menie Cheese and Butter Mfg. Co. Ltd. Cambellford R.R.3., Northumberland. # 190 at top and 558 at bottom. Handle and base are wood. Used in stamping information on cheese or its packaging. 2013.317.D00363
#13 Warkworth Cheese Factory and Creamery cheese stamp. 4 nails holding rubber centre stamp to wood handle. #13 raised in middle of stamp. Warkworth Cheese Factory and Creamery, Warkworth, Northumberland. Used in stamping information on cheese or its packaging. 2013.216.1
Wooden stamp with rubber base. Both lettering on bottom and paper insert read "Brick Cheese". Used in stamping information on cheese or its packaging. 2013.321
Wooden stamp with rubber base. Stamp read "Reg. No 921". Corresponds to Eastern Dairy School (Cheese Factory and Creamery), Kemptville, Grenville. 2013.325.1
Cheese stamp # 217 registered to Farmers' Joy Cheese Factory, Gravel Hill, Stormont. Wooden handle and base with rubber pad and numbers. #3076 on the top, then 197 followed by 217 and 503 at the bottom. Used in stamping information on cheese or its packaging. 2013.318.1