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ton waste and covered with a blanket of some cheap dark-colored 

 cloth to keep dirt out of the wearing parts. 



On account of the prevalence of oil on the engine, and also 

 on the separator, I have found they may be kept looking cleanest 

 and best by simply wiping clean with cotton waste rather than 

 by washing with soap and water. Cracked cement floors should 

 not be tolerated for any length of time, as milk and filth soak 

 into the cracks, causing unpleasant odors. 



Steam should not be allowed to escape and condense in the 

 room or black mold will appear on the walls and ceilings which 

 is unsightly and unsanitary. All machinery should be kept in 

 a smooth running condition, because vibration means friction 

 and friction means waste of power. 



In judging the qualifications of a buttermaker, I would give 

 fifty points out of a possible one hundred to his ability and 

 willingness to care for, clean and preserve the creamery and its 

 contents. In advising fellow buttermakers along these lines, I 

 would say, — keep the creamery looking as near new as you can. 

 Have your refrigerator room clean and dry. Have a place for 

 everything in the line of tools, and then keep them there while 

 not in actual use. Have a set of piping tools, and a soldering 

 outfit, and learn how to use them, and you will find in the course 

 of a year many calls for their use. Keep all dark corners clean 

 and free from cobwebs, and remember that a tidy boiler and 

 store room add to the general appearance. Have the ashes re- 

 moved daily from the ashpit of the furnace, and kept there in a 

 metal can until they can be removed. Empty salt barrels should 

 not be used for this on account of the danger of fire. Do not 

 darken your creamery windows in order to keep out the sun, 

 because sunlight is the great annihilator of germs. The store 

 room is the room from which the sun should be excluded as 

 sunlight will cause the tubs and boxes to turn yellow, giving 

 them a secondhand and shopworn look. Make the cleaning a 

 part of your daily work and you will find that a few afternoons 

 in the fall, painting the woodwork, and a few more in the spring 

 on the pipes and boiler will be about all the extra time required. 

 Utilize every spare moment, relacing a slack belt, fixing a leaky 

 valve, packing the plunger of the pump, soldering a leaky uten- 

 sil, washing the windows or repairing some other of the in- 

 numerable things which you now tolerate but which in some 

 future busy time may require immediate attention. Keep the 

 creamery clean for sanitary reasons ; care for the machinery so 

 that it will not be worn out prematurely ; paint it to brighten and 

 preserve it, and make it a place of which you may be proud. 



(Applause.) 



