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shade from groves or the channels of natural air 

 drainage. On the other hand, it is not well to lo- 

 cate the building on a too bleak or exposed site, and 

 yet the great majority of creameries are either ex- 

 posed to the 

 full rays of 

 the August 

 sun or to the 

 bleak winds of 

 winter. 



Arrang e- 

 ment of build- 

 in g. Two 

 general princi- 

 ples govern 

 the arrange- 

 ment of cream- 



Fig. 57. Diagram of creamery arranged upon the 

 "gravity" plan. 



ery buildings. In the one, the milk is taken in at such 

 an elevation that it may now by gravity, from the 

 weighing can to the receiving vat, thence to the tem- 

 pering vat, thence to the separator, and finally to the 

 skimmed milk and cream vats. In the other, the milk 

 is taken in on a level with the work-room floor, and 

 is elevated by pumps. Both plans have their advan- 

 tages and disadvantages. The main advantage of 

 what may be called the "gravity" system is, that 

 the milk flows by its own weight during the whole 

 course of manufacture, and no pumps, troublesome 

 to keep clean, are necessary. As an offset to this 

 advantage, it entails a considerable amount of ex- 

 tra labor in ascending and descending the neces- 



