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stock is held mostly by the patrons, the remainder being 

 owned by residents of the village in which it is situated. 

 The building (figure 56) is situated on a hillside, and 

 has a road entirely around it, which is "found .a great 

 convenience in doing business. The cream is thus de- 

 livered on the upper floor (figure 58) and is poured 

 through the cream-receiver in the vats on the low^er floor. 

 There is an ice-water tank on this floor, which is supplied 

 from a spring several feet above its level and a short dis- 

 tance away from the building. This tank supplies the 

 cold water used in the cream vats for preserving it sweet 



Fig. 56.— THE WALKILL CREAMERY. 



in the hot w^eather, and keeping the temperature even 

 during all the sudden and violent changes of it in the 

 summer season, and, in fact, during the whole year, for 

 a too low^ temperature in the winter is quite as disastrous 

 as a too high elevation of it in the summer. 



The cream-room below is reached by a staircase. This 

 room is on the ground floor or basement. The addition 

 at one end (figure 57) contains the engine and boiler, the 

 coal bins and the office. The work-room contains two 

 large churns, the butter-worker, and a drain for carrying 

 away the buttermilk. The cream is drawn off from the 

 vats by means of pipes, as shown, the vats being elevated 



