Putnam patriot., 1928-08-30
INSTALLS FIRSTLOCAL
PASTEURIZING PLANT
Benjamin c. Richard Opens
New Dairy with Most Mod
ern Equipment
Visitors Watch Machinery Purify
MILK


The first milk pasteurizing plant
TO be set up in Putnam, and probably
the first within the county is chat
which has been Installed the past
week in the dairy Of BENJAMIN c.
Richard, at 100 Smith street. Both
the equipment and the new dairy
building are Of most modern design
and demonstrate the advances which
have been made toward furnishing
consumers with absolutely pure, safe
milk. The pasteurizing equipment was
installed by the Oliver n. Dean COM
pany Of Worcester, dairy supply
house, under the direction of Arthur
Vaudreuil.
On Tuesday afternoon Mr.. Richard
opened the dairy to public inspection,
inviting many local people, including
several city officials, to see il in oper-
alton. At this time the Patriot repor-
ter paid a visit and watched the pro-
cesses. Mr.. Richard purchases his
milk from farmers in Woodstock and
the Grosvenordales. exclusively from
accredited herds. The milk is turned
from the can into a large tank. from
which it slowly feeds into the clari-
fer.
Machinery Does All
In this machine 10 seeps slowly
through metal discs and is spread thin
and whirled around at high rate OF
speed, so that all dirt and sediment in
the milk are deposited on the metal
housing. Such clarification is held far
superior TO filtration, for it removes
every bit of foreign matter within
the milk. The fluid then passes
through a tube 10 the large pasteur-
ization vat, which holds 400 quarts.
Within this tank, pipes filed with wa
ter heated to las degrees revolve for
half hour, after which the milk pass
es 10 the cooler. This is the latest pas
teurization method. and leaves not
the slightest chance of detecting by
taste the difference between pasteur-
lied and raw milk. The somewhat
scorched taste which used TO be the
peculiar property Of pasteurized milk
is missing.
Half of the cooling pipes carry city
water. the remainder using ice water,
with the result that the milk IS re-
duced to a temperature of SS degrees,
and is ready for bottling. Here as IN
all other processes the hand plays
no part, everything being done by
machinery. Machinery fills the bot
ties and then caps them. Now the
cases of quarts and pints are stacked
in the ice chest until time for deliv-
cry.
Steam and Electricity
The dairy itself Is a 20 X 80 foot
building. of cement block construc-
ton with cement floor. A small boil
err house adjoining houses the boiler
which heats the water for the pastenr-
ization tank and for washing the bot
tiles. All bottles and cans are washed,
lrinsed and then steam sterilized. The
clarifying and pasteurizing machines
are operated by electric motors. The
equipment, exclusive OF the DAIRY
building, represents an investment OF
over SO 900
Mr.. Richard, the owner Of the
business, is young man, rs years
old. who has been in Putnam for a
bout six months. He previously lived
lin Webster, where he worked for a
dairy establishment. Upon coming 70
Putnam he organized a milk route
which has grown to considerable pro
portions. Now that he can supply a
high grade of milk, with the added
safety Of Qualification and pasteuri-
cation he expects to increase 1t mater
tally. He makes his home with his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Napoleon Richard.
who have purchased the house at 100
Smith street, and the land adjoining
upon which the dairy building stands.