. The dairyman's manual; a practical treatise on the dairy. Dairying. U6 THE dairyman's MAKUAL. bnilt in the center ; or a tank or pool may be constructed upon a spring which fills the reservoir and flows off with- out wetting the ground. But as one of the important points about a spring-house is evenness of temperature, a solid heat and cold proof wall is desirable. Spring-houses may be used for either shallow or deep setting, but the economy of the latter is too obvious to be disregarded. For instance, to set 400 quarts of milk in shallow pans holding eight quarts each, a trough of more than
. The dairyman's manual; a practical treatise on the dairy. Dairying. U6 THE dairyman's MAKUAL. bnilt in the center ; or a tank or pool may be constructed upon a spring which fills the reservoir and flows off with- out wetting the ground. But as one of the important points about a spring-house is evenness of temperature, a solid heat and cold proof wall is desirable. Spring-houses may be used for either shallow or deep setting, but the economy of the latter is too obvious to be disregarded. For instance, to set 400 quarts of milk in shallow pans holding eight quarts each, a trough of more than ninety-six square feet of surface would be re- B yY^7yW//y/^^^^y>J^^^A^^^^^/^^^y^y/J^^^//7777l k. 20 Q inCH PAILS. ,t= J ^ ^C4l^, 3 rr. TO AfJ JNCH., \^^2Z2ZZ^22^22i: •:SZZZZZ2Z2ZZ^ Fig. 89.—PLAN OP MILK-HOUSE. quired. A useful plan for a deep-tank milk-house is shown at figure 39; (a) is the inlet pipe, {b) the outlet, and in the center is the pool. The house should be roomy. A brick or concrete floor is preferable to any other. The concrete is made of gravel or coal ashes, and mixed with a thin mortar of water lime and sand, in the proportion of one of lime to three of sand. The concrete is laid three inches thick and well rammed down. The pool should be lined with brick laid in cement, if it is below the surface ; if it is raised above the surface, it may be built of brick laid in cement and painted inside. For a handsome pool the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stewart, Henry. New York, Orange Judd
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