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that the refrigerator door opens into this butter room its tem- 

 perature may thus be advantageously cooled while churning and 

 working the butter in summer weather. A clean, dry room* 

 should be provided for storing butter tubs and salt. Salt will 

 absorb odors and may easily spoil the butter if this point is 

 not watched. 



655. The Refrigerator must be provided with a good circu- 

 lation of air and perfect drainage, as a damp refrigerator may be 

 the cause of serious losses from mouldy butter. 



656. The Milk Receiving Room. This should be built large 

 enough to give the buttermaker plenty of room to inspect the 

 milk and cream before it is poured into the weighing can. A 

 serious mistake in the construction of some creameries has been 

 made by building the milk receiving room so small that the 

 buttermaker does not pretend to get into it, but takes the milk 

 which patrons pour through a spout connected .with the weigh 

 can, which is placed in a box-like attachment to the outside of 

 the building. This is a very poor arrangement. The milk re- 

 ceiving room ought to be built to accommodate the patrons when 

 unloading cans from their wagons to the platform and permit the 

 buttermaker to take off the can covers handily, if he chooses to 

 do so. The room ought also to be provided with an arrange- 

 ment by which two conductor spouts may be connected with the 

 weighing can. This will give the buttermaker a convenient 

 means of conveying the milk or cream to two vats, if he wishes 

 to separate some lots from others on account of their good or 

 Dad qualities. 



657. The Creamery Floor. The question often arises as to 

 the advisability of laying a wood or a cement floor in a creamery. 

 The first cost of a cement floor is approximately one-third more 

 than that of a two-inch matched wood floor, but the cement 

 floor can be so laid that i^ will not crack if the foundation is 

 made firm enough to prevent uneven settling, while from a sani- 

 tary standpoint it is far superior to the wooden floor. The 

 cement floor should also wear three times as long as the wooden 

 floor. 



