CHAPTER XVII 
BUTTER AND CHEESE FACTORIES 
Location of creameries.—In the location of a 
ereamery no one thing is more important than to 
secure a well drained site, and yet this is in many 
cases evidently the last thing thought of. Cream- 
eries are located in any out of the way corner or 
bit of waste land that happens to be at hand. 
The drainage is no less an important matter to be 
considered in selecting a creamery site than in se- 
lecting a house site. The foundation of cleanliness 
in a creamery begins with the sewer, and unless 
the waste materials can be completely and quickly 
drawn away the labor of keeping the whole prem- 
ises clean is very much enhanced. 
Other things being equal, then, elevated ground 
should be selected as a proper site for a creamery, 
and if the advantage of the elevation can be made 
use of in the arrangement of the working rooms, 
so much the better. Another matter that may prove 
of considerable value in many cases is a regard for 
the natural or artificial shelter that may be given the 
creamery building. A difference of six or eight de- 
grees in the work-room temperature may be easily 
secured by having a due regard to the advantages of 
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