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The barrel churn gives two concussions to each 

 revolution. The square or box churn gives four, and 

 the sexangular, or Fenner, gives six. The last turns 

 easier than any of the revolving churns. The rect- 

 angular churn, pivoted at opposite corners, also 

 gives six concussions to each revolution, and for 

 churning small quantities of cream it is an excellent 

 churn. It does not seem to be adapted to churning 



FIG. 22 THE DAVIS SWING CHURN 



large quantities. The four and six sided churns are 

 adapted to dairies of almost any size. The Davis, 

 or swing, churn (Fig. 22) does good work, and 

 for hand use can be used in larger dairies than most 

 other churns. The sixty-gallon churn, capable of 

 churning twenty to thirty gallons of cream, is per- 

 fectly adapted to hand use. In the writer's judg- 



