Milk, cheese and butter, a practical handbook on their properties and the processes of their production . ter-balance these evils by variations in management. Construction and Materials.—In order to the last preceding point,the dairy must be built with proper materials, and especially oncorrect principles of construction. The roof, of whatever character,should be whitened every spring with a wash which contains abund-ance of size, this colour causing it to cast back the suns heat, while adarker surface would absorb it. Inside, the roof should be boardedsubstantially, and the ceiling of the cur
Milk, cheese and butter, a practical handbook on their properties and the processes of their production . ter-balance these evils by variations in management. Construction and Materials.—In order to the last preceding point,the dairy must be built with proper materials, and especially oncorrect principles of construction. The roof, of whatever character,should be whitened every spring with a wash which contains abund-ance of size, this colour causing it to cast back the suns heat, while adarker surface would absorb it. Inside, the roof should be boardedsubstantially, and the ceiling of the curing room made also of board,and covered with six inches depth of dry sawdust. By this meansthere will be above the cheese the treble protection of the whitenedroof, the sawdust, and the large space between these. The tempera-ture of the air in this last will often rise or fall below that suitable tothe cheese and making, but it will not affect the air in the dairyinterior to anything like the same extent. The walls can be built either of brick or stone ; if of the latter, it THE CIIKDDAK DAIRY. 125. Fig. 28.—Wall Lining. must not be of a kind inclined to dampness. Bricks are decidedlybest, and can be lined with board at two inches distance from the wall,nailed to pieces of scantling laid on their broad sides, as in Fig. 28,where the dotted lines show the positionof these and the continuous air-space en-closed. Good walls may be made oftimber, a frame-work being covered onboth sides with matched boarding, andweather boarded on the outside. To ourBritish notions this would be unlikely toafford much protection from changes oftemperature, but only in permanence aresuch structures inferior to those of brickor stone. Doors should fit well, and beprovided with rubber draught-tubing; andwindows should have second sashes, whichcan be buttoned into place, making air-spaces between the two sets of glass. For brick or stone walls nothing isbetter than whitewash, renewed e\ery spring ;
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