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III. DURABILITY. 



The best and most permanent creameries are con- 

 structed of brick. They are the most sanitary, and cheap- 

 est in the long run. The original cost may be somewhat 

 greater than that of a frame building but the insurance 

 and repairs are considerably less. A brick creamery with 

 galvanized iron roof, cement floors, and the walls partly 

 of cement, is practically fire proof. Fires occur too fre- 

 quently in creameries to permit their construction without 

 regard to protection against fire. Indeed scarcely a week 

 passes but that from one to three creameries are burned 

 to the ground. In Denmark, the great butter producing 

 country, the creameries are nearly all constructed of brick. 



A good solid cement or stone foundation also adds 

 much to the durability of a creamery building. 



