CHAPTER XVIII. 



LOCATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF CREAMERIES. 



The creamery industry has had a marvelous growth 

 during the past decade and at no time in its history has 

 it been in a more healthy, flourishing condition than 

 it is at the present time. This growth has been the result 

 of a gradual change in agricultural methods, necessitated 

 chiefly by the need of conserving the fertility of lands now 

 under cultivation. As our lands become older, an agri- 

 cultural practice that will have for one of its objects the 

 preservation and restoration of soil fertility, must grow 

 more and more imperative. We have, therefore, much 

 assurance that the creamery industry will flourish in the 

 future as it has in the past, and that the creamery has 

 come to stay as a permanent institution. The same care 

 and attention should therefore be given to the location 

 and construction of creameries that is now given to our 

 schools, churches, and other institutions. 



Location of Creamery. In deciding upon the location 

 of a creamery, we should carefully consider the following 

 points: (i) the number of cows in the community; (2) 

 the slope necessary to insure good drainage ; (3) the center 

 of the milk producing territory; and (4) the supply of 

 pure water. 



(i.) Before building a creamery we must first ascer- 

 tain the number of cows available for its support. There 

 should be an assurance of not less than 400 cows in a 

 radius of five miles of the creamery to start with. Too 



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