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The outside is of novelty siding which lies close upon 

 the studding; the inside is sheeted with narrow, matclied 

 stuff. This gives a sufficient and perfect air-space which 

 equalizes the temperature. The main building is thir- 

 teen by twenty-one feet outside, has two windows, and 

 one outside door. The annex is nine by nine feet out- 

 side and has an arched passageway, but no door ; in this 

 is a water heater, and a sink provided with a pump ; a 

 window over the sink lights this wash-room. The main 

 room contains a pool, six by twelve feet, which holds 120 

 eight-iuch fourteen-quart or thirt3'-pound pails, twenty 

 inches deep. This will be sufficient for nearly 100 cows, 

 and it is best to have the pool of ample size rather than 

 barely large enough. The pool or vat should be built 

 up of cream-colored brick laid in cement, and, if not 

 wholly sunk in the floor, should be inclosed in a pine- 

 plank frame strengthened with two three-quarter-inch 

 galvanized iron rods passing from side to side and held 

 by washers and nuts on the outside of the frame. A 

 raised vat will be found more convenient than one sunk 

 in the floor, as stooping will be avoided. A one-horse 

 power is placed under a shed, with the driving pulley 

 brought into the building ; a belt from this works the 

 churn. The butter-worker may be kept in the wash- 

 room. The whole floor should be of matched pine with 

 the joints calked and the boards well painted; the floor 

 should incline one inch from the sides to the center, 

 where a wide groove or narrow gutter should lead the 

 drainage to a pipe under the sink where it escapes into 

 the trapped drain. A pump to supply water to the vat, 

 if needed, may be set near the vat and worked by a belt 

 from the horse power. Both the pumps may be con- 

 nected with one well near the house, if running water is 

 not available. This plan may be adapted to small private 

 dairies, and the smallest dairy may be arranged in a 

 similar manner. A hanging rack above the vat may be 



