148 GUIDE TO DAIRYING IN SOUTH AFRICA 



Never let the milk dry inside the bucket, but 

 wash immediately before the bucket dries with the 

 milk sticking to the sides. Never allow sour milk 

 to stand in the buckets, neither allow skim-milk to 

 stand in them too long. All joints in the buckets 

 should be flushed with solder so that no dirt can 

 collect in the crevices. It is always best to use a 

 seamless bucket. The writer has seen buckets used 

 for milking where on using an ordinary pocket- 

 knife the dirt could be "peeled off" the inside of 

 the utensil. At other times he has seen pigs nosing 

 in the buckets and these same buckets used for 

 milking without being washed. 



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(I) The above is a diagram showing corners of 

 a bucket and how it should be flushed with solder 

 so as to clean easily. 



(II) Shows a joint in ordinary tinware, and the 

 arrow shows where milk gets in, dries, and turns 

 bad and so is difficult to clean. This should be 

 closed with solder. 



