THE CARE OF MILK. 



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than two quarts in a minute, which is equal to a flow, 

 without pressure, of a quarter-inch stream of water. 



The author has built several dairy-houses for himself 

 and other dairymen; the latest and most improved, how- 

 ever, is the last one made for his own use, and described 

 as follows. The ground plan is shown at figure 42. It 

 consists of a tank-room and a churning-room, with an 

 attic overhead. The tank-room is three feet below the 

 gL'ound level, for the sake of coolness ; the churning- 

 room is a foot above the ground. The whole house is ten 

 by twenty feet, inside measurement ; the tank-room is 

 ten by eight, and the churning-room ten by twelve. The 

 tank-room is the most important part, and this has a 



Fig. 43.— PLAN OF MILK-HOUSE. 



A, Milk Tank, 4^^ feet by 7; B. Churiiinp:Knom. with Pump, Bench and Sink; 

 C\ Low Siuli and Drain; £>, Table. 



stone basement wall laid in cement and a cemented floor. 

 The tank is twenty-two inches deep, made of brick laid 

 in cement, and with a loose brick floor. It has a perma- 

 nent cool spring running through it, and an overflow 

 pipe eighteen inches above the bottom, to keep this depth 

 of water always in it. The cans used are the deep cans, 

 twenty by eight and a half inches, each holding four- 

 teen quarts, or thirty pounds of milk. The tank has a 

 passageway around it, and has a falling door over it to 

 exclude dust and preserve the desired temperature, when 

 there is need for it, as m extremely hot or cold weather. 



