CHAPTER XXX 



DAIRY-ROOM AND CHURN 



/^N our American farms not enough attention 

 ^-^ is paid to having a proper dairy-room. But- 

 ter is too often made in an overheated, poorly ven- 

 tilated kitchen. If possible, a building, or at least 

 a room, should be fitted up and used exclusively 

 for dairy work. It should be well lighted, well 

 ventilated, convenient, and easy to keep clean. It 

 should be well supplied with pure, cold water, and 

 should have a good drain. One great trouble 

 around our farm homes is a lack of proper sewer- 

 age system, causing very unsanitary conditions. 

 This menace to the senses and health may be over- 

 come by installing a septic tank and filter bed at 

 a cost of about $50.00. An up-to-date hardware 

 merchant can tell where to secure the necessary 

 equipment and how to put it in. 



Provision should be made for heating the dairy 

 in winter, and, by choice of location and shade 

 trees, having it as cool as possible in summer. 



I have used many different kinds of churns, but 

 so far have found none so satisfactory as the 

 plain barrel style, revolving end over end and 

 having no dashers or breakers inside. The earth- 



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