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not attacked by acids, does not spread any odor, can stand 

 changes in temperature well, is not cold to walk on, and 

 may be easily kept clean. To all these advantages may 

 also be added that asphalt floors are easily laid and also 

 very easily and rapidly repaired. It will not be necessary 

 to interrupt the regular work in the creamery when such a 

 floor is to be laid. If we begin laying the floor at noon 

 immediately after the day's work is done, even the largest 

 floor may be entirely done before the milk comes in the 

 next morning. 



The only disadvantages of asphalt floors in creameries 

 is that asphalt is dissolved by oils which may drop from 

 the machinery, and that it becomes soft and pliable under 

 cans filled with hot water. These disadvantages may, 

 however, easily be avoided by a little care. Dripping of 

 oil ought in general to be out of the question with dairy 

 machinery, and the softening of the asphalt through the 

 effect of hot cans may easily be avoided by placing these 

 on a wooden stand. 



It is important that the creamery floor be laid at an 

 even slant so that water may drain off as completely as 

 possible. In this respect the asphalt floors are also very 

 serviceable; gutters may be easily made in them, and what 

 I consider very important, the asphalt may be laid from 

 the floor up on the wall at least two feet, so that the lower 

 part of the latter may be impervious to water. By this 

 arrangement the part of the wall most liable to become 

 soiled may easily be kept clean through rinsing and wash- 

 ing. The wall around the exit-hole in the wash-room 

 should also be dressed with asphalt. 



In planning and building creameries the number of 

 corners and crooks that cannot be easily cleaned must be 



