MILK-PLANT EQUIPMENT. 
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1 40-horsepower engine, with all nee- 1 special 300-gallon exhaust-steam 
essary fittings and accessories. hot-water heater and storage tank, 
Belting, shafting, pulleys, hangers, to supply hot water for pasteurizing 
piping, fittings, valves, etc. and for washing purposes. 
Chemical apparatus. 
Bacteriological apparatus. 
Estimated cost, from $30,000 to $40,000. 
Principal equipment of a plant of approximately 5,000 gallons' capacity. 
1 2-valve dump and weigh can. 
1 platform scales. 
1 drip saver. 
2 clarifiers (12,000 pounds an hour 
combined capacity). 
1 to 3 jacketed storage tanks (2,500 
gallons each). 
1 300-gallon receiving vat, with cover 
and agitator. 
Pasteurizing and cooling equipment 
(10,000 pounds an hour) with au- 
tomatic temperature regulator and 
recording thermometers. 
1 small pasteurizer for cream. 
1 small tubular cooler. 
2 sanitary milk pumps. 
Sanitary milk piping and fittings. 
1 supply tank to fillers., 
3 fillers and cappers. 
1 small filler for buttermilk, etc. 
1 hydraulic bottle washer (5 compart- 
ments, power feed). 
1 small bottle washer with turbine 
brush. 
1 can washer, rinser, steamer, and 
drier. 
1 forewarmer. 
1 separator (capacity 8,000 pounds an 
hour ) . 
1 300-gallon jacketed vat. 
1 rotary pump for skim milk. 
1 churn and butterworker. 
Butter printer, ladles, and packers. 
900 10-gallon cans. 
2,500 bottle cases. 
Conveyer track. 
Trucks. 
1 starter can. 
1 300-gallon ripener. 
1 500-gallon standardizing and mixing 
vat. 
1 300-gallon cheese vat. 
2 drain racks. 
1 buttermilk machine. 
1 homogenizer. 
1 30-ton ice machine with brine tank, 
piping, brine pump, etc. 
2 125-horsepower boilers (one in re- 
serve) with all necessary accessories 
and fittings. (5,000 gallons of milk 
to be pasteurized at the rate of 
10,000 pounds an hour, in from 4 to 
4i hours.) 
1 60-horsepower engine, or TO horse- 
power motor, to run ice machine. 
1 25-horsepower engine ( exhaust steam 
used for pasteurizing and to heat 
water for washing). 
Belting, shafting, pulleys, hangers, 
piping, pipe fittings, valves, etc. 
1 special exhaust-steam water heater 
and storage tank to supply hot water 
for pasteurizing and for washing 
purposes. 
Chemical apparatus. 
Bacteriological apparatus. 
Estimated cost, from $60,000 to $70,000. 
Chemical apparatus for arerage-sized milk plant. 
1 Babcock milk tester from 6 to 12 1 burette holder. 
bottles — hand or steam operated. 
3 dozen milk-test bottles, 8 per cent. 
1 dozen cream-test bottles, 50 per cent. 
2 pipettes, 17.6 c. c. 
1 combined acid bottle and pipette. 
1 lactometer (QuevenneL 
1 burette, 50 c. c, graduated in tenths. 
Approximate total cost, from $45 to $65. 
1 dozen beakers, 150 c. c. 
1 dropping bottle, 30 c. c. 
1 cream-test scale. 
1 pipette, 10 c. c. 
1 pipette, 25 c. c. 
A dozen skim-milk test bottles. 
