ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



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sani'e time gives more room for building the ice box or the refirigerator, 

 increasing its capacity. 



It is essential for every creajnery to have a first class floor, be it 

 cemient or wood. If a cement floor is preferred, it should; be put down in 

 the very best shape. A cheap cement floor is next to no floor in a cream- 

 ery. A cement floor s'hould be made as follows: First fill in with small 

 •cobble or broken stone; then put on dry sand' mixed with a little com>- 

 mon cement, and pour on water and wash the mixture down among the 

 stone so as tO' firmly imbed thetm. Then puddle on a mixture of common 

 cement and sand, half and half, and apply it 2 inches thick; on top of 

 this spread a thick coat from/ 2 to 2^^ inches of Portland cement and 

 fine sand mixed half and half. Let this harden thorougTily, and a good 

 floor can be insured, if the PortI and cement is^ of the best kind. This 

 makes a rather expensive floor, but one cannot afford to put in a cheap 

 floor in a creamery in the line of cement. A wood floor in geneiral gives 

 t)etter satisfaction than a cement floor for the simple reason that the 

 latter is seldom put down right. In putting down a wood floor, one 

 should flrst see that the joistsi are of Norway pine or good^white oak not 

 less than 2x8 in size, laid full strength on sills' 16 inches from centers'. 

 The length of the joist should not exceed 12 feet without having a sup- 

 port. The flooring may be of go od white oak or Georgia pine. If the 

 very best white oak can not be obtained, I would prefer G-eorgia pine. 

 The flooring should be well dressed and matched l^^ to 2 inches in 

 thickness and securely spiked to each joist. The tongue and) groove 

 shouldl be painted with white lead, and when completed should be cover- 

 ed with a coat of boiled linseel oil applied hot and thoroughly brushed 

 in. 



The refrigerator floor should be made the same except that the space 

 underneath should be fllled with cinders to the joist, leaving a dead 

 air sipace betweem the] cinders and flooring. The boiler room floor may 

 ■be made of cement or of hard bri ck laid in cement. 



The studding may be set 16 inches apart from centers. Toe nailed 

 to sill below and also firmly nail ed to roof plate which is of the- same 

 material. 



