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sweet ; but for the factory the quantity of water should be abund- 

 ant and unfailing. It is usual to have a considerable stream of 

 water passing under the manufacturing room, so as to carry off 

 the drippings of whey and refuse slop, so that there be no accu- 

 mulation of filth or taint of acidity hanging about the premises. 

 Where whey and slop are allowed to collect from day to day about 

 the milk room, the stench at times becomes intolerable, and must 

 do great damage to the milk, which absorbs taints of every char- 

 acter with great readiness. Hence means must be taken to have 

 all the refuse matter swept beyond the reach of the premises. 



Some factories are being built where dependence for water is 

 placed upon wells of large capacity, but these are as yet experi- 

 ments to be tried. At all events, it will be seen that much more 

 labor will be required, with greater liability to taints, than where 

 spring water, passing in a considerable stream under the building, 

 can be had. 



Where it is admissible, the manufacturing room should be 

 located with a bank on one side, several feet in height, and form- 

 ing a road on which the teams drive and deliver the milk through 

 the receiving windows, thus giving the proper descent to the 

 weighing or measuring apparatus, and from thence to the vats. 

 Where the bank is wanting, a platform must be raised for the pur- 

 pose indicated. 



If it is proposed to employ some one person to collect and 

 deliver all the milk, then the ftictory should be located at a point 

 where the work can be effected at the least trouble and expense. 



The buildings to be erected will consist of a manufactory or 

 place for making the curd, a press room, dry house or curing 

 rooms and an ice house. 



The dry house should be a separate building, so as not to be 

 affected by dampness, and in case of fire, that the cheese may be 

 more readily removed. At one of the establishments near Rome, 

 Oneida county, recently erected, and where the milk of six hun- 

 dred cows is used, the size of the buildings is as follows : Manu- 

 factory, 26 by 26 feet ; story and a half; press room, 39 by 13 

 feet; dry house, 26 by 100 feet; two stories high. Cost of the 

 buildings, with fixtures, about $2,500. 



These buildings consisted in nothing but frames shingled and 

 covered with rough siding, and even not lathed and plastered. 



The curing house, where it is not proposed to lath and plaster 



