CO129-473 - Individuals - 1921 — Page 340

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THE LABORATORY.

SCULLERY IN TOWN DEPOT,

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All ice boxes and cold stores, in addition to the usual daily washing, are to be sprayed once a week with disinfectant.

All butter churns, cheese tables, milk tables, etc., are to be scoured with lime once a week in addition to the daily washing and scalding.

All floors to be well washed at least once a day.

All roadways round the Dairies to be sprayed with water once a day, or oftener if necessary in dry weather, if not attended to by the Sanitary Depart ment.

All employees are specially invited to report to the management at once, any case of sickness amongst the staff.

THE CATTLE-SHEDS.

After many years experimenting in building cattle-sheds and out-houses of various types, the Company devised a cattle-shed which will be difficult to improve upon as far as the necessities of such an undertaking are con- cerned. It is white-ant, typhoon, and fire-proof-so much so that the directors have declared it to be unnecessary to effect insurance against any of the risks mentioned. These sheds are constructed of brick walls with reinforced concrete roofs. A 3-ft. open space (with the exception of where the pillars carry the roof) runs along the entire length of both sides of the building, while the gables have ventilators at the top. In front of each animal a 9-inch square air circulator is provided ensuring the admission of pure air. The roof overlaps for three feet and protects the animals from both sun and rain.

The attendants' quarters are outside the shed on a higher storey. erected over the cook-house and store. A plentiful supply of water from the public main is conveniently laid on. The sheds are washed out three times a day, once a week with disinfectant and once a month with limewash, All manure is taken some distance from the shed and placed in the fertilizing pit. The cattle-sheds, large and small, number sixty: there are also six hospitals and a slaughter house. The floor area and cubic content of air space per animal in each shed is three times that required by the local sanitary bye-laws.

REGULATIONS FOR COWBOYS.

The cowboys are required to conform to strict conditions, as is shown by the following:-

To enable the Dairy Department of The Dairy Farm, Ice & Cold Storage Co., Ltd.. Hong Kong, to produce clean milk, free from disease germs and dirt, the management insists on the following regulations being carried out with regard to handling of milk and care of cows.

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