UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 890 
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Contribution from the Bureau of Animal Industry 
JOHN R. MOHLER, Chief 
Washington, D. C. 
Issued October 7, 1920 
l Revised July, 1921 
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MILK-PLANT EQUIPMENT 
By 
ERNEST KELLY, in charge of Market Milk Investigations, and 
CLARENCE E. CLEMENT, Market Milk Specialist, Dairy Division 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Selection of Equipment 1 
Equipment Required 3 
Scales and Weigh Can 4 
Drip Saver .. -. 5 
Receiving Vat and Storage Tanks . . 6 
Clarifier 7 
Pasteurization 7 
Selection of Pasteurizing Equipment . 8 
Heaters 10 
Holders 16 
Coolers 18 
In-the-Bottle Pasteurization .... 20 
Systems of Pasteurizing Used ... 22 
Temperature Regulator 23 
Page 
Pasteurization— continued . 
Recording Thermometer ..... 23 
Bottle Fillers and Cappers 25 
Bottle Washers . . .' 29 
Can Washers 31 
Labor-Saving Devices 32 
Power Plant . , t .- 33 
Steam or Electric Power 34 
Artificial Refrigeration 34 
Use of Exhaust Steam ..... 37 
Cost of Plant Equipment ...... 38 
Lists of Equipment Required for Various- 
Sized Plants 38 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1921 
