lo Sept.. J910.] 



.4 Labour-saving , Coiiirivaiice. 



61 r 



purchased for 5s.. and, for a similar amount, the local blacksmith fixed 

 the ironwork which forms the handle for pulling or pushing. 



The total cost is very little compared with that of other vehicles used 

 elsewhere for the same purpose. ^Ioreover. the barrel is far ahead, as a 

 labour-saving contrivance, of the battered kerosene tins very often used 

 for carrying milk to the pigs. 



The barrel is filled direct from the separator, and rolled to the piggery. 

 It is then pulled up the inclined plane where the milk runs into either of 

 two casks partly sunk in the ground. While it is being emptied a second 

 small bung-hole is opened for the entrance of air. 



EMPTYING AT PIGGERY. 



Cleansing can be carried out by partly filling the barrel with warm 

 water and rolling it. Where steam is available, it could be used to 

 advantage in keeping the barrel sweet. 



