Show SANITARY DAIRY HOUSE IS A NECESSITY JINK coola coo lV ap rog ha I 1 floor plan of dairy house home showing mineral arrangement prepared by the united states department of agriculture A 9 ture because bacans e recent developments in dairying have caused a largo demand for a dairy house which will fulfill sanitary requirements plans tor for a practical and inexpensive dairy house aro are suggested in farmers Dul bulletin letin of 0 the united states department ot of agriculture cul turo for those choso who aro are scriv ing to improve the quality ot of their products such a building Is nix an absolute no necessity ces sity elty milk which Is poured or strained in tho barn or allowed to stand there Is liable to bo be contaminated by bacteria and to absorb stable odors As soon as the cows milk ts Is drawn it should bo be carried to the dairy house to be strained and cooled immediately to 60 degrees F P or lower an up to date sanitary dairy house Is provided with all the facilities tor for cooling milk in the most economical and expeditious v manner for convenience the dairy house should be near the bar yit so eo tar far from it that no barn odor can bo do detected in the house arid and should bo be on well drained land iana which slopes elopes from the house the principal purpose in building i ft dairy house is to provide a place where dairy products may bo be handled apart from anything else to carry out this idea it Is necessary to divide the interior of the building so that the utensils do not have to be ba washed in the same samO room whore where the milk Is handled the idea of absolute cleanliness must at al ways bo be kept in mind therefore there should be no unnecessary ledges ledge s or rough surfaces on which dirt may lodge ventilators rs are necessary to keep the air in the milk room fresh and free from sill all odors and to carry steam away from the washroom windows are of great importance as they idelt slin light and frosh air and facilitate work in summer the d doom booro and windows should be screened to exclude flies an and d other iri insects sects it AL Is 1 imperative that there be a plentiful t ful supply of cold running water at tho the dairy house it it to la not possible to havo have a regular water system water supply may be piped from an elevated tank fed by an engine windmill hand pump or hydraulic ram the dairyman can ill afford to spend his time carrying water in a pall to cool milk and wash utensils for the proper sterilization of uteri utensils an abundance of steam or hot water a Is needed A pall or can way may ap pear to be clean and still may contain numerous bacteria which will hasten basten the souring of milk cause bad flavor in butter or cheese or spread contagion after the utensils are thoroughly cleaned they buquia suquia be either scalded with boiling water or steamed the dairy house should bo be so built as to economize labor to the greatest extent to do this the building in must ventilator r nj 1 P I 1 az 1 ot PIPE rum iare cross section through dairy house be arranged to avoid unnecessary steps it Is not possible to submit mita a plan that will suit all conditions but it Is believed that the accompanying design wl will I 1 I 1 meet the needs of the average dairy that ships either milk or cream in cans this plan Is capable of considerable sid erable variation to adapt it to a wide sphere of usefulness for larger dairies the same arrangement may be used on 01 a larger scale each ro room om being made of greater size outline of construction and equipment the building illustrated herewith Is 20 feet long 10 feet wide 8 feet C G inches high in the front 6 feet 6 inches in the rear and has a shed roof tho the exterior of the building may be covered with sheathing and building paper or with ind and shingles the deciding factors being expense durability and appearance the interior however should be carefully finished so that thai the walls aril and belling may be smooth and tree free from corners or projections on which dust or dirt may accumulate the building should have a good concrete floor pitched to drain through bell traps tho the side walls walla as high as aa tho the window should bo be plastered with cement on metal lathing tho remainder of 0 aho tho walls and coiling may bo be covered with patched boards and then painted with a white washable enamel paint ventilating hues flues should extend through the root roof from the ceilings of the cooling room and washroom the windows should bo be hinged eiju shown in tho iho drawings and set to bo be flush with tho the inside wall when they aro are closed the little closet in the wall between the milk room and tho the washroom I 1 la to hold bottles in which tho the composite milk samples sample s may be kept the closet can be opened from either room so ao that the samples from the milk room may be placed id inthe bottled in tho the closet and when it is desired to test the can be reached easily from the washroom this arrangement makes it unnecessary to carry bottles from one roooto room to the other over theaester tha the Apster in tho washroom a shelf may bo be placed for the purpose tho the glassware used in tho the babcock the scaled for bof weighing inythe tha samplis of cream ii the equipment of the dairy house consists of a 1 to two horse power vertical boller boiler which supplies steam botho sink and to the steam jet in tho drain board a galvanized iron wash fash sink a can rack a babcock tester fester a au A dmn N an sanitary dairy house concrete con creto cooling aan tank a milk cooler and milk scales A separator ri may ay also be located in the milk room I 1 routine work in tho the dairy house after each cows milk Is drawn it should be carried to the milk room weighed recorded sampled and strained for tho the composite test teat altis it la the than n run over the cooler using cold running water w for the first cooling whon when 6 a can fil ledwith milk from fior dho the cooler it input la put in cement tank which should bo be filled with liae and water well up on the neck of the can the milk should be stirred frequently until thoroughly cooled when abo milk ls Is not being stirred the cans cana should always iway be kepi kept covered to the entrance or oc dust duit ts etc never mix warm milk and C cold ald milk pr or cream the doors of oc the milk room should be kept shut except when necessary to pass in or out when nil all the milk is cooled tho cooler palls pails strainers etc can bo bla parried carried into the washroom where they should bo be rinsed in cold water and i then washed with hot water and nd wa washing sh powder after this they steamed and inverted vertel In on the drain board for foi this purpose two pipes may be used one orio carrying carry ing cold cola water the other steam these may be controlled by either elther handor hand or foot lover lever or a single jet fed by both cold water and steam may bo be installed |