Archive image from page 351 of The dairyman's manual; a practical. The dairyman's manual; a practical treatise on the dairy dairymansmanualp01stew Year: 1888 346 .'fr THE DAIRYMAX'S MANUAL. ground floor should be amply spacious, and a two-story building with curing-room above is the cheapest. As an even temperature and a stable condition of moisture and good ventilation are required, it would seem that a base- ment curing-room would be preferable to any other. It would certainly provide every requisite in a more certain manner than an upper floor. The factory site should be on high, airy, we


Archive image from page 351 of The dairyman's manual; a practical. The dairyman's manual; a practical treatise on the dairy dairymansmanualp01stew Year: 1888 346 .'fr THE DAIRYMAX'S MANUAL. ground floor should be amply spacious, and a two-story building with curing-room above is the cheapest. As an even temperature and a stable condition of moisture and good ventilation are required, it would seem that a base- ment curing-room would be preferable to any other. It would certainly provide every requisite in a more certain manner than an upper floor. The factory site should be on high, airy, well-drained ground. A permanent supply of water sufficient to fill a two-inch pipe is needed, for a factory of 500 cows. A Fig. 70.—CHEESE FACTORY. building of this capacity should be seventy-five feet long by thirty-two feet wide at least, and the floor should be nine feet in the clear. If the curing-room is in the base- ment, a story-and-a-half building only will be needed. The frame should be substantial; the lower floor of matched hard pine plank, slopes three inches from front to rear, where a trapped drain is made to convey away all the slop and whey and the washing of the floor. The whole interior should be double plastered. The upper floor should be matched and tight, and to avoid pillars in the lower room the beams should be supported by iron


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