CARE OF MILK ON THE FARM 



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ing milk cans and utensils. After washing, all such utensils 

 should be scalded with boiling water or steamed. 



The plan of a milk house shown is intended for a medium- 

 sized dairy and may be enlarged or reduced to suit each farmer's 

 conditions. 



The building should have a good concrete floor, pitched to 

 drain through a bell trap. The side walls should be plastered 

 with cement on metal lathing as high as the windows. The 

 remainder of the walls and ceiling may be covered with matched 

 boards and then painted with a washable, Avhite-enameled paint. 

 A ventilating flue should extend through the roof from the ceil- 

 ing. The windows should be hinged and set flush with the inside 

 wall when closed. 



The equipment consists of a one and one-half- to two-horse- 

 power vertical boiler, which supplies steam to the sink and to 

 the steam jet in the drain board ; a galvanized-iron wash sink ; 

 a can rack ; a Babcock tester ; cooling tank ; a milk cooler ; and 

 milk scales and separator. 



FxG. 167. — Outside view of a ^ood type of milk house. The 

 house is shown in Figure 166. 



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