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heat in summer and steam in winter; and at least one large 

 door or window should be provided for getting large churns 

 and other machinery into the building. 



664. Skim milk platform. The arrangements for delivering 

 skim milk to the patrons at a creamery should receive careful 

 consideration. The hose through which the patrons fill their 

 cans should lie on a platform when not in use. This platform 

 is built water-tight with a raised strip around the outside to 

 prevent milk and water running over its sides. A sewer con- 

 nection is made with it, and the platform together with the 

 skim milk and buttermilk tanks should be cleaned daily. Some 

 such arrangement as this will help to overcome the foul odor 

 which surrounds some creameries, where the skim milk hose 

 is allowed to drain on the ground outside the building. 



665. Roof of the creamery. Whenever metal roofing is 

 used it must be covered with paint to preserve it^ otherwise 

 it will soon rust out. It is not advisable to use a metal roof 

 at any place where steam comes in contact with the underside, 

 as this will soon rust out even if painted when put on, because 

 the paint cannot be renewed on such places. 



666. The creamery equipment. An estimate of the fittings 

 and machinery ordinarily needed in a creamery which will handle 

 from 3 to 8 thousand pounds of milk per day is included in 

 the following list. The prices of these fittings will vary so 

 much from year to year that no attempt to give them is made, 

 but quotations may be obtained from creamery supply firms 

 by persons wishing for this information. It would be well to 

 get quotations from several dealers. 



This list may not contain everything that every creamery 

 should have, but it will give a general idea of a whole milk 

 creamery equipment and it may be changed to suit the require- 

 ments of different localities and buildings. 



1 15 H. P. Tubular boiler complete with stack; 1 injector 

 or boiler feed pump; 1 10 H. P. horizontal engine including sight 

 feed lubricator; 2 milk pumps; 1 separator, capacity 2500 to 3000 

 pounds; 1 milk heater; 1 cream cooler; 1 80-gal. weigh can with 



