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whenever the dairy is free from m'flk, &c. or with-* 

 eut being free in winter, the water may pass at 

 once through the whole system of leads or trays, 

 and he kept standing at pleasure in any of them, 

 which is the most effective way of scalding, and 

 having made the tour of all, may pass out to a 

 drain. The immediate passage of the water 

 through the wall of the dairy, should be in a 

 trough large enough to receive securely a pail of 

 milk emptied by it, that all from the cows may 

 run at once through a hair sieve in this trough, 

 into as many trays as are requisite to receive it. 

 This prevents all ingress to the dairy by dirty 

 men and boys who may bring pails of milk to it. 

 The dairy itself may be circular, and if expence is 

 not regarded, a fountain of water may play in 

 summer in the centre of it, the water falling in, 

 a circular jet, surrounded by a clean gutter to con- 

 vey it away. This, however, is mentioned as a 

 hint for expensive dairies, and not by any means as 

 necessary. 



The establishment of a piggery demands even 

 more attention than that of a dairy, combining as 

 it does with more objects. This must be in a cir- 

 cle*, or it must fail in convenience. In the cen- 

 tre, 



* Circles of masonary are more expensive than straight lines : in 

 this case, therefore, the round form may be broken into angles, 

 so as to approach it; it may be m ten or twelve divisions, or less, as 



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