330 Milk and Its Products 



large one, requiring the services of more than one 

 man, that the "gravity" system is preferable, be- 

 cause of doing away with the objectionable pumps. 

 Whereas, if the factory is to be a small one, and 

 one man is to do all the work, the amount of 

 labor saved by the more compact pumping system 

 will more than overbalance the objection arising 

 from pumps. In a factory of the size indicated, 

 handling from three to five thousand pounds of 

 milk per day, a floor space of about 18x24 feet 

 will be required. In larger factories, it will be 

 found of advantage, in controlling the temperature, 

 to introduce partitions, so that the receiving and 

 separating room may be separated from the churn- 

 ing and working room, and if much gutter is to 

 be made up into prints, a third, colder room, for 

 printing the butter, will .be found of great advan- 

 tage during the warm part of the year. Here, too, 

 the question of labor again comes into play. When 

 the creamery is so small that all the work is done 

 by one man, labor is economized by having all the 

 operations conducted in one room, but where two or 

 three, or even more men are employed, it will be 

 found of advantage to have separate rooms for the 

 different operations. 



Construction. The building should be laid upon 

 solid foundation walls rather than upon piers. 

 Besides adding decidedly to the appearance of the 

 building, it aids materially in keeping the build- 

 ing warm in winter and cool in summer. In regard 

 to the floors, cement floors are the most expensive 



