The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-05-05

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the milk handling machinery. In the
power room is a sixty kilowatt, three
phase, $500 volt, General Electric
generator direct connected to a one
hundred horsepower three cylinder
Nash gas engine. The engine oper-
ates on gas produced in the building
from gas producer plant utilizing
anthracite coal. This gas-driven gen.
orator supplies ample current for all
! the electricity used to light the many
buildings on the plantation, gives
energy to the several motors driving
the farm machinery and provides for
| the operating of special heating de-
vices, fan motors, etc. Compressed
air is used for starting the gas en-
gines; small one horsepower Cen
eral Electric motor operates the air
| compressor To the left of the en-
CINE and generator is located the
| necessary switchboard panels. Three
ten-kilowatt transformers are placed
in the loft of the over house for
stepping the voltage down to 220
| volts for the power circuits, with a
tap at Ito for lighting circuits.
A portion of the power house
building is devoted to refrigeration
and the manufacture of artificial ice.
! A ton of ice is made every day and
| in addition to this the plant main
! tains low temperatures in four cold
storage rooms, one for meats, one
for perishable fruit products of the
estate, another for milk, and still
another for milk products, such as
cream and butter. A fifteen horse
power General Electric motor drives
the gas compressor in this refriger-
ating plant, while smaller motor,
OF one and one-half horsepower,
| operates the brine circulating pumps.
Another interesting installation in
the power house is small twenty
! five horsepower low pressure boiler
which generates the steam used for
heating the power-house, supplies
pressure to the small steam turbine
and operates the cream separator and
| the bottle washer and gives surplus
supply of live steam for sterilizing
| the cans, bottles and the dairy ma
| chinery.
In the dairy barn there are forty
seven fine imported Guernsey cows.
| The stable is model of its kind
with every convenience for caring for
| the stock and every sanitary arrange
ment necessary to preserve the health
of the cattle and to, assure large
supply of sanitary milk. A traction
engine is utilized to cut the ensilage
of the cattle. This engine is also
used for other heavy work about the
plantation, such as driving the, ort-
, able saw mill, the circular saw used
for cutting firewood, and supplying
power to the threshing machinery at
harvest time.
The milking is still being done by
hand, although vacuum milking
system, driven by electric power, is
being talked of. The milk is carried
across the intervening space between
the dairy barn and the power-house
building and deposited in the milk
ROOM The milk-room is finished in
white plaster with concrete floor.
A three horsepower motor drives
countershaft from which is driven
the pump which raises the milk to
a tank in the loft. AS the milk de-
seconds from the loft by gravity it is
strained and cooled. Both sterilized
and pasteurized milk is shipped, and
when this has been prepared and
bottled the remainder is put throug
a separator driven by tiny steam
turbin, and the cream is carried away
to the ripening room where it is
cured and soured by special pro-
cess. In this department three
horsepower motor drives the churns
and other machinery.
In connection with the milk room
is a work room where the cans, bot
ties, pals and other machinery are
washed and sterilized. A two horse
power motor drives a countershaft
from which is belted the machine for
washing cans. This machine washes
the can inside and out at one process.
The bottle washer is driven by a
small steam turbine. Every can,
bottle and pail, as we'll as the parts
of the separator and other machinery,
is thoroughly sterilized with live
steam as soon as the washing is done.
Live steam is also used to sterilize
the floors and walls of the milk room
after the days work is done and the
rooms have been thoroughly washed