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the light is reflected so that spots on darker colored sur- 

 faces are more readily seen. Some of the equipment 

 should be painted a dark color, as for example the 

 gearing of machinery, a square place around a door 

 knob where hands touch the door, and the like. Often 

 the application of the proper paint will make it pos- 

 sible to clean more easily. Creamery buildings should 

 be kept in good repair, not only to insure longer life, but 

 to encourage carefulness on the part of the persons who 

 work in them. 



As a whole, the milk establishments of the country 

 are not only unattractive but repelling. In no direction 

 is there greater need for reform. The cases in which 

 the buildings and the premises have been touched with 

 pride are so few that they always arouse comment. 



