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BULLETIN 890, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Principal equipment for a plant of from 1,000 to 1,500 gallons' capacity. 
1 2-valve dump and weigh can. 
1 platform scales. 
1 drip saver. 
1 sanitary milk pump. 
1 300-gallon receiving vat with cover 
and coil. 
Pasteurizing and cooling outfit with 
automatic temperature control and 
recording thermometers ( capacity 
4,000 pounds an hour). 
1 clarifier (4,000 to 6,000 pounds an 
hour). 
Sanitary milk piping and fittings. 
1 supply tank to filler. 
1 filler and capper. 
1 small filler for buttermilk. 
1 hydraulic bottle washer; 3 com- 
partments, power feed. 
1 small bottle washer with turbine 
brush. 
1 can washer, rinser, steamer, and 
drier. 
1 separator. 
1 50-gallon cream- vat. 
1 150-gallon jacketed vat. 
Estimated cost, from $18,000 to $25 : 
1 churn and butterworker. 
Butter printer, ladles, and packer. 
1 starter can. 
200 10-gallon cans. 
500 milk-bottle cases. 
Trucks or conveyer tracks. 
1 8-ton ice machine, with brine tank, 
piping, brine pump, etc. 
1 20-horsepower engine. 
Motors. 
1 40-horsepower boiler with all nec- 
essary fittings and accessories (al- 
lowing 3 hours to pasteurize and cool 
1,200 gallons milk). 
Shafting, pulleys, belting, hangers, 
piping, pipe fittings, valves, etc. (If 
live steam were used for pasteuriz- 
ing, the boiler capacity would have 
to be increased.) 
1 special exhaust-steam water heater 
and storage tank to supply hot water 
for pasteurizing and for washing 
purposes. 
Chemical apparatus. 
Bacteriological apparatus. 
000. 
Principal equipment for a plant of from 2,500 to 4,000 gallons' capacity. 
1 2-valve dump and weigh can. 
1 platform scales. 
1 drip saver. 
1 sanitary milk pump. 
1 300-gallon receiving tank with 
cover and coil. 
1 clarifier (8,000 pounds an hour ca- 
pacity). 
Pasteurizing and cooling outfit with 
automatic temperature regulator 
and recording thermometers (ca- 
pacity 6,000 pounds an hour). 
1 100-gallon vat pasteurizer. 
Sanitary milk piping and fittings. 
1 supply tank to filler. 
2 fillers and cappers. 
1 small filler for buttermilk, etc. 
1 hydraulic bottle washer (4 compart- 
ments, power feed). 
1 small bottle washer with turbine 
brush. 
1 can washer, rinser, steamer, and 
drier. 
1 forewarmer. 
1 separator. 
1 churn and butterworker. 
Butter printer, ladles, and packers., 
450 10-gallon cans. 
1,500 milk-bottle cases. 
Trucks and conveyer track. 
1 starter can. 
Motors. 
1 300-gallon ripener. 
1 300-gallon cheese vat. 
2 drain racks. 
1 buttermilk machine. 
1 18-ton ice machine with brine tank, 
piping, and pump. £ 
1 60-horsepower boiler, with all nee- ^ 
essary accessories and fittings (al- 
lowing Si to 4 hours to pasteurize 
and cool 2,500 gallons of milk) . Ex- 
haust steam used. (If live steam 
were used for pasteurizing the boiler 
capacity would have to be in- 
creased. ) 
