22, BULLETIN 849, U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Measurements from 5 modern, well-arranged plants that were built. 
after careful study as to size of rooms are shown in Table 5. These 
plants were built in recent years and are giving satisfaction in regard 
to arrangement of rooms and machinery. The figures given illus- 
trate the size of rooms that give satisfaction in modern plants. 
It is important that the receiving room be of ample size. A small 
receiving room soon becomes crowded and “cluttered up” and is 
difficult to keep clean and attractive. There should be room enough 
to hold conveniently one or more truck loads of milk in cans and to 
Fic. 9.—Bottle-washing room. Note use of gravity conveyers. 
have plenty of room to handle the milk without crowding. It often 
happens that several loads of milk may arrive within a short space 
TABLE 5.—Floor space in various rooms of 5 well-arranged plants of 
various sizes. ; 
Total 
OiestiLy area for a 
0) : : receiving oe ean- 
bottled |Receiving Pata LES Bottling washing, ie. bottle 
te 5 room. asi Tag room. | pasteuriz-} “oom storage 
handled | : , ing, an > room. 
daily. bottling 
rooms. 
Gallons. | Sq.ft. Sq.ft. Sq.ft. Sq.ft. Sq.ft. Sq. fi. Sq. ft. 
1 4 60 50 300 S 
, 000 00 0 0 1,800 450 400 
1500, at eee 700 550 375 1) 625 ye eis Sete 
3, 000 900 1,050 1,300 1,200 4) 450 1,200 750 
4’ 000 460 1) 886. 540 700 3,586 1, 426 540 
6,000 1,200 1,908 720 720 4’ 548 1,110 720 
of time and unless there are storage tanks it will have to remain in 
the cans in the receiving room until it can be dumped. 
