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butter. The floor should then be well dried, 

 as damp is very prejudicial to the operations 

 of the dairy. 



The floors of most dairies are paved either 

 with bricks or tiles, neither of which can be 

 recommended ; for brick is rarely laid so 

 level, or so closely cemented, as not to ad- 

 mit of crannies in which the spilled milk 

 remains without a possibility of removing it, 

 and tiles, unless they be glazed, also absorb 

 a great proportion of any moisture to which 

 they may be exposed. Slates are therefore 

 much preferable, as they have been found, on 

 comparative experiments made by the late 

 Bishop of Llandaff*, to imbibe only the two- 

 hundredth part of their weight, while tiles 

 absorbed one-seventh ; and slates, when after- 

 wards exposed to 60° of heat, became dry in 

 a quarter of an hour, while tiles retained some 

 portion of damp during six days. 



The temperature of the room in which the 

 milk is kept, when left to stand for cream, is 

 a point of great importance, and should be 

 maintained, as nearly as possible, at 60° of 

 Fahrenheit : air should therefore be admitted 

 in every way during the summer and ex- 



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