. The American farmer's hand-book ... Agriculture. 522 farmer's hand-book. might be appropriately shown are those just referred to. Fig. 305 repre- Benis a very neat sketch of a cottage of moderate size and cost. 11. DAIRIES. General Remarks. — On proper attention to the construction of the daiiy- house materially depends the perfect manufacture of cheese and butter, and nothing should be spared in rendering it as complete in accommodation for the different operations as the nature and size of the farm will admit. We allude not to the elegance of many gentlemen's dairies, nor to some few of th
. The American farmer's hand-book ... Agriculture. 522 farmer's hand-book. might be appropriately shown are those just referred to. Fig. 305 repre- Benis a very neat sketch of a cottage of moderate size and cost. 11. DAIRIES. General Remarks. — On proper attention to the construction of the daiiy- house materially depends the perfect manufacture of cheese and butter, and nothing should be spared in rendering it as complete in accommodation for the different operations as the nature and size of the farm will admit. We allude not to the elegance of many gentlemen's dairies, nor to some few of those fitted up at great expense for a large business, but to those upon a moderate scale, and in every instance where the object is not confined to the mere consumption of the family. It is, indeed, the more necessary to remark upon their deficiencies, and give some hints towards remedying them, as many of them consist of nothing better than an out-shed attached to the kitchen, and very few are erected with a proper degree of judgment. Different Apartments of the Dairy-house. — The apartments which are peculiarly appropriate to the dairy-husbandry are, one for milk; another for butter in churning, or for scalding, pressing, and salting cheese ; and a third for implements, over which, in cheese-dairies, a store-room may be placed under the roof. Site. — The building, though placed conveniently to the house, yet should be apart from any immediate contact with the odor of the farm-yard, or other impurity, as well as from any pond of stagnant water, as nothing more Fig. 306. A \\&»g^J. readily acquires an unpleasant taste or smell than milk and cream. An uniform temperature being also of extreme importance, the site of the structure should be such as to be as little as possible affected by 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 no
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