The New Turua Dairy.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XXIX, Issue 9497, 28 November 1899, Page 2

The New Turua Dairy.

,From Our Own Correspondent)

TURUA, Nov. 25. v By invitation, a party of "lis vlaitsd the new dairy yeiterday, and were shown round by Mr Bagnall, who courteously explained everything as we went, First we visited the milking shed, where 60 cows'were being milked, and the arrangements for .cleanliness are very complete. Although there are 60 bails, there are iiot enough for the number of cows being milked, so the cows'have to take their turn. Front here the milk is taken to a large tank, from whence it passes into a patent turbineimlk warmer, where it is heated to the [.roper degree by steam "When it is warm enough it passe 3 into the separator. The skim milk passes by a steam pump into a reservoir, and is ! hen carted away to feed the pigs. Thecroam is at once .taken into an „ adjoining room, in which it is cooled as quickly as possible. This room contains a large ice closet, and the temperature was refreshing after the heat of the separating 'room, ;< The little engine was next visited! and admired. Everything is kept beautU fully, clean, for which there is an abundance of hot and cold-water laid on There is a large concrete tank, which contains about 12,00,0,ga110ns of water, and at presents it has sufficient to last for three months, if we should have no rain for "that length of time.; Although all' the departments are under the one roof, very complete precautionshavebeen ' taken to keep any unpleasant odour from the milking room out of the separating and butter-working rooms. We sampled the cream, and found it excellent, both in; flavor and quality. The butter, too, is very good now, as it ought to be with such conveniences l