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A " Clean Milk " Centre. 



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accommodation comprises a small boiler house and fuel store, 

 well lighted and placed at the opposite end of the building to 

 the cooling room. Between these two, and with direct access 

 to the cooling room as well as the roadway, is placed the 

 steriUzing room containing the usual sink, steriliser and churn 

 stand, the over-all size being 12 ft. by 10 ft. 



Above the cooling room is placed a water storage tank. At 

 the end is an external raised platform 4 ft. from the ground 

 with pent roof over, and 3 ft. above this, on the end wall of 

 the building, is the receiver through which the milk is poured 

 into the strainer and cooler inside. A rough section (Fig. 4) 

 shows the arrangement. 



Approximately, some 90 gallons of milk are dealt with daily 

 and the results so far thoroughly justify the outlay upon this 

 efficient little building. 



In conclusion, it may be said that the chief impression gained 

 by this most instructive visit was the fact that in eaoh case 

 the best results in milk production have been secured by the 

 simplest and most direct means.. Nothing elaborate or costly 

 has been done and what has been successfully attained might 

 with equal ease be attained elsewhere, where the physical con- 

 ditions of buildings and surroundings call for improvement. 



It is impossible not to ascribe this improvement in the pro- 

 duction of pure milk to the spread of education and the per- 

 vadinor influence of the National Institute for Research in 

 Dairying, and it is hoped that the publication of these notes 

 may induce others to follow the lead so ably set in the Reading 

 district. 



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