122 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



should be sided with matched floor plank, and provided with ven- 

 tilators at the sides and top.* 



One of the best arranged plans for building and fixtures that I 

 have seen is that of the new factory of Frazee's, at Truxton, Cort- 

 land county, which goes into operation the present year. Mr. 

 Frazee formerly conducted a factory near Rome, and had there 

 made a considerable improvement over the original or early built 

 factories. The new buildings are a great improvement over the 

 Rome establishment. 



This factory has a capacity for manufacturing the milk of fif- 

 teen hundred cows, and was expected to start with that of twelve 

 hundred. 



Mr. Smith, who has charge of the manufacturing department 

 of the Truxton factory, in a note, says : " The manufacturing room 

 is 32 by 40 feet, and contains seven vats, 15 feet long by 3J feet 

 wide, of six hundred gallons capacity each. There will be two 

 places by which the milk can be emptied, so as to keep the wagons 

 waiting the least possible time. The milk will be lueighed instead 

 of being measured. Adjoining the work room is the press room, 

 50 by 16 feet ; there are ten presses on each side. The sink con- 

 taining the curd stands on rails, so as to be run into the press 

 room opposite the presses. There is a space of four feet behind 

 the sink, so the hands can work the curd and not interfere with 

 those who are dipping it out. 



" The engine, of eight horse power, stands in a separate build- 

 ing. There is a (horizontal) main steam pipe, six feet from the 

 floor, to which are attached six steam pipes connecting with the 

 vats ; the hands can in this manner go around either end of the 

 vats. 



" The buildings are on a level, so the cheese can be run from 

 the press room on trucks into the curing house, between the 

 counters ; no carrying of the cheese, as at the original Frazee fac- 

 tory. 



" The back side of work room is built of masonry, and the 

 water, fifty feet fall, brought into a large reservoir directly under 

 the platform upon which stand the receiving cans. Under the 

 work room is laid flagging, over which flows a stream of water to 

 keep it free from any matter that might collect there if the soil 

 under the building was soft. 



* For plan of these, see report of 1862, page 110. 



