244 



THE DAIRYMA]S'S MANUAL. 



temperature in the house. A section of a house con- 

 structed in this manner is shown at figure 37. The out- 

 side of the milk-house should be painted or washed white, 



Fig. 37.— BRICK OR STONE MILK-HOUSE. 



as this reflects the heat and keeps the inside much cooler 

 than would bare bricks, stone or boards. 



For a butter dairy an adjoining room for churning 

 should be provided (figure 38), furnished with water for 

 washing pans and utensils, a stove for maintaining suffi- 

 cient warmth in the winter, and a sink and drain fur 

 carrying off the slops, which are shown at (a). In such 

 a dairy-house the furniture should consist of a proper 

 arrangement of shelves (hb)y a table {c) for keeping but- 

 ter on, and alow bench (d) for the cream jars in one 

 corner, out of the way of passing to and fro. In the au- 

 thor's shallow-pan dairy-room the shelves are made in 

 three tiers, the lowest one twenty-four inches above the 

 floor, the others thirt^'-six and forty-eight inches high 

 respectively. They are made of four pieces of one and 

 one-quarter by three inch slats set on- edge three inches 

 apart, and the upper edge is beveled sharp, for the pans 



