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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 890 
Contribution from the Bureau of Animal Industry 
JOHN R. MOHLER, Chief 
Washington, D. C. 
Issued October 7, 1920 
Revised April, 1925 
MILE-PLANT EQUIPMENT 
By 
ERNEST KELLY, in Charge of Market Milk Investigations, and 
CLARENCE E. CLEMENT, Market Milk Specialist, Bureau of Dairying 
CONTENTS 
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Selection of Equipment 
Equipment Required 
Scales and Weigh Can 
Drip Saver 
Receiving Vat and Storage Tanks . . 
Clarifier . 
Pasteurization 
Selection of Pasteurizing Equipment . 
Heaters 
Holders 16 
Coolers 18 
In-the-Bottle Pasteurization .... 20 
Systems of Pasteurizing Used ... 22 
Temperature Regulator 23 
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Pasteurization — continued. 
Recording Thermometer 23 
Bottle Fillers and Cappers 25 
Bottle Washers 29 
Can Washers 31 
Labor-Saving Devices 32 
Power Plant 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 OFFICK 
1925 
