CHAPTER III. 



BUILDINGS AND MACHINERY FOR 

 CO-OPERATIVE FACTORIES. 



DAIRY buildings should be set on stone or cement 

 foundations. The old plan of putting factories on 

 posts, so that the air may circulate underneath, should 

 not be adopted, as the posts soon get out of place and 

 the factory becomes dilapidated and the floors uneven 

 in their surface. If a wooden floor is put in the 

 factory it should be supported with cross walls to 

 carry the weight of vats or machinery. The floor for 

 the separator and churn needs to be specially well 

 supported, also the floor carrying the vats of milk. 

 Well selected one and a half inch matched pine 

 lumber is probably the best material for a wooden 

 floor. The joints should be put together with white 

 lead. This floor should receive as soon as laid, at least 

 two coats of hot linseed oil (half a gallon), turpentine 

 (one pint), and dryer (one pint) applied with a white- 

 wash brush having a long handle on the side. This 

 dressing should be applied at least once a year to 

 preserve the floor and make it easy to clean, as the 

 hot oil fills the pores of the wood, thus preventing 

 water, grease, milk, etc., from entering. However, a 

 wooden floor should not be used in a well-built factory, 



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