36 CONSTRUCTION OF CREAMERIES 



CONSTRUCTION OF CREAMERIES 



It is not the purpose of this volume to enter into detailed 

 discussion and to give specifications for the construction of 

 creameries. In the case of creameries of limited capacity, such 

 as co-operative creameries, and small proprietary factories, 

 such specifications and plans may be secured gratis upon re- 

 quest from the respective State Dairy Departments, many of 

 whom have published bulletins containing this information in 

 readily available and applicable form. 1 , 2 , 3 . In the case of 

 creameries intended to do a very large volume of business, the 

 factor of personal ideas and preference on the part of the in- 

 vestor, combined with specialized talent usually employed by 

 him, renders directions in a treatise of this type of little value. 

 This discussion on creamery construction will, therefore, logic- 

 ally be confined to a few general suggestions that may be 

 of value. 



Location of Factory: Proximity to cream supply, trans- 

 portation and marketing facilities. The small local creamery 

 that depends for its main supply of milk or cream on a very 

 limited localized territory must obviously be located as near that 

 supply as possible. A large centralized plant, whose supply 

 territory covers a wide area, and that receives the great bulk 

 of its raw material by rail, is compelled to give first considera- 

 tion to suitable railway or other natural transportation facili- 

 ties, and to close proximity to large consuming centers for the 

 ready marketing of its product. 



Water Supply. The water supply is a most important 

 factor which should be definitely ascertained in the considera- 

 tion of a suitable site. The creamery, large or small, needs a 

 plentiful supply of clean, pure water, free from pollution with 

 organic matter, and objectionable minerals such as iron and 

 sulphur. 



Sewerage Disposal. The satisfactory disposal of the cream- 



1 Mortenson, and Davidson, Creamery Organization and Construction, Iowa 

 Bulletin 139, 1913. 



2 Farrington and Benkendorf, Organization and Construction of Creameries 

 and Cheese Factories, Wisconsin Bulletin 244, 1915. 



8 Durand and Robotka, Cooperative Creameries and Cheese Factories in 

 Minnesota, Bulletin 166, 1917. 



