The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-30

west end of his the lavatory and shower
bath are located.
The Office room, which is about u by
20 feet. with hardwood floor and a lava
tory. occupies the southeast corner of
| the main floor with entrance from a YER
anda on the south of the building. There
are two large windows on the east and
a door opens into the factory from the
north end of the room. Here there is a
hallway, which also may be entered from
the east side of the building.
Next comes the testing room in which
a testing machine and other apparatus
nave been installed, including a porcelain
tub sink, where hot and cold water are
o%btainable. There also are cupboards
for the storage of testing bottles and
other creamery paraphernalia.
Through the door to the north is the
receiving room. Milk cans passed in
at n door from a team or truck standing
in front of the building are emptied into
an automatic weighing can with two
compartments. \ record of the weight
of the milk brought by each patron is
copied from the automatic scales by the
man in charge, and while the milk
brought by that patron is being drawn
into a large vat in the work room the
other compartment of the weighing can
is being filed with milk belonging to an
other patron.
As fast as the cans are emptied they
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ing machine, where each is put into n
vat of warm water. This is so arranged
that the can is put horizontally over a
lOnE brush in the water while another
brush is pressed on to the can the en-
tire length. Pressure of a lever with one
foot then swirls the can around the brush
inside, washing both inside and outside.
The can is then turned upside~down over
a steam rinse for a moment and then
placed in the same position over a drier.
After a brief period the can is ready to
receive milk again. BY the time the
patron has completed his work of unload
ing and has received his record slip he
may drive to a door near the northeast
corner of the building-but n few steps
from where he has unlOaded-rCceiyc
his steriliZed cans. and return home.
Going into the main work room one
finds a 2,OOO-quart receiving vat, which
receives the milk from the weighing can.
In the center of the vat is an agitator,
which mixes the milk thoroughly. 1t is
then pumped into a trough at the top of
the cooler. through the pipes of which
water from the a~rtesian well is passing
and over which the milk runs down and
then into he O-quart cans for shipment.
There also are a set of pipes in the cooler
through which salt water is pumped
from n brine tank if it is desirable to
make the milk still cooler.
In case it is desired to separate the
milk it is pumped from the vat through
a heater. thence into the separator. An
other pump carries the skim milk into
u storage tank upstairs.
4 2.400-quart pasteurizcr, with a coil
vat. in the same room will be used for
treating sweet cream. In this room there
also IS a churn capable of churning 700
pounds at q time.
North of the work room. but on a
lower level. is the boiler room with one
n bDrLn ,Or4-p hoilnr md sufficient pDom
for another boiler Of the same size. The
smoke stack is of brick with fire brick
lining TO the roof and a steel stack from
the roof up.
In the boiler room there is also a
pumping outfit which throws water from
the artCsian we'll just outside into the
tank in the attic. There also is a steam
saver safety device which returns to the
boiler the compressed steam and saves
pumping water into the boiler. This
works automatically. Out of the boiler
room to the west is a l~ayatory and
boiler room. and with opening from the
side track. Is a bunker room with capac-
ity of three carloads of coal.
. The refrigerator for the can milk is
entered from the south end Of the work
room. This has n capacity of a carload.
The icc-box of the refrigerator has a
capacity of between 30 and - tons. The
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south end of the main work room. Here
a machine has been installed which IS
capable of bottling 1000 quarts of milk
an hour. There also is a bottle washing
machine with steam sterilizer. \ smaller
refrigerator opens from the west of the
bottling room and is to be used for bot
tie milk and butter. Overhead in both
refrigerators is a galvanized-lined tray
in which ice may be placed in very hot
weather in case sufficient cool air is not
obtainable from the ice box. which is at
the south end of the rooms.
4 basement under the east side of the
building probably will be used at some
future time for the installation of an
ammonia rcfrigerating plant. From the
center of the work room a large vent
pipe carries away all Odors through the
roof
The floor of the second story. which
will be used later for the manufacture
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