A fantastic if slightly blurry motion shot of a man squeezing the whey from the curd before scooping the fresh cheese into wooden molds in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. The whey are liquid proteins that refuse to clump and so must be removed to make hard cheeses. Squeezing out the whey also removes some of the lactose - too much can make for an unpalatable cheese.
Source: content.wisconsinhistory.org

