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sils iiibtiiUed, for, as has been pointed out in this Journal, 

 the human element is the most important factor, and elaborate 

 buildings and costly fittings are not essential for the production 

 of clean milk, provided that the arrangements are such as 

 reasonably conduce to increased care and personal interest in 

 the work on the part of the farm hands. 



A recent visit to various farms in the Heading district under- 

 taken under the auspices of the staff of the National Institute 

 for Kesearch in Dairying proved most instructive and convinced 

 the v^riter that, given the requisite knowledge of what is 

 essential, adaptation of existing buildings for the purpose of 

 producing clean milk is a simpler and less expensive under- 

 taking than many people are apt to imagine.' 



BOILER AMD 'ii 



ROOM 



STERILISE]? 



1 



BOILEB 



CHUPN 

 STAfND 



STEAM 

 PIPE 



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stope: 



BoTTLirsc 

 Room 



72> STEJSIUSE^ 



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Fig. 1. — Old Stable adapted for Sterilizing Plant. 



The purpose of this article, therefore, is to describe by means 

 of rough sketch plans some of the small but significant im- 

 provements recently carried out at several old farms of the 

 ordinary type, whereby the production of Grade A milk has 

 become the normal procedure. 



Fig. 1 illustrates the premises of ]\[r. J. J. Davis, of Eead- 

 ing, retailer of Grade A milk, and is instructive as showing 

 how existing buildings may be adapted to entirely new purposes 

 at small cost with profitable results. The plan shows an old 

 stable converted into a boiler house and sterilizing room. The 

 boiler, by Jenkins, of Eotherham, cost £35 complete and gives 

 50 lb. head of steam per square inch, 10 lb. being sufficient to 



