COVERED PAIL TO EXCLUDE FILTH FROM MILK. 



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4. The relation of the germ content to the keeping property 

 of the milk. 



5. A comparison of the results obtained with a covered pail 

 and by straining milk from an open pail immediately after it 

 was drawn from the cow. 



The results of these experiments are discus,sed on the follow- 

 ing pages. 



THE EFFICIENCY OF A COVERED PAIL IN EXCLUDING DIRT. 



Two kinds of milking pail were used in these experiments. 

 One was a regular open pail, the other was a pail with a cover 

 of special design.* i\n illustration of the latter is given in the 

 cut below. It is an ordinary milk pail with a closel}^ fitting 



cover which has an opening on one side into which is soldered 

 a funnel four inches in diameter, having a wire gauze of fine 

 mesh soldered across the bottom. This funnel extends slightly 

 above and below the cover and slopes somewhat toward the 

 side of the pail. Another funnel, which is loose, fits inside of 



*This pail was devised by Mr. F. H. Stadtmuller, of West Hartford, and is used by 

 him iu the production of high grade milk. It is also used by Prof. C. ly. Beach in the 

 dairy of the Connecticut Agricultural College. 



