CHAPTER VI. 



THE DAIRY, AND ITS MANAGEMENT 



The dairy-house should be built on slightly-elevated 

 ground and on a dry spot, sheltered as much as possible 

 from the south, north and east; it should be sunk at 

 least a foot in the earth, for the sake of coolness. 



The floor should be of bricks or tiles, on a descent 

 toward the drain, which should have a plug, so that 

 spring water may be retained on the floor for three or 

 four hours during the day in the heat of summer. The 

 plugging the drain when its use is not required will also 

 have the eflfect of preventing any effluvium rising 

 through it, which might originate at its outlet from de- 

 cayed vegetable or other matter. 



The benches, which should be kept a few inches from 

 the wall to allow of free ventilation and to prevent 

 insects from falling into the pans, may be of stone or 

 slate, the latter material being preferable'. 



The windows, which should be so placed as to allow 

 of a free current of air passing through the building, 

 should be of perforated zinc, with shutters to close in 

 the winter ; and exteriorly to every window where the 

 sun can fall at any time of the day there should be 

 placed a kind of Venetian blind, to keep the rays from 

 falling through the zinc. 



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