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cleaning. The cap is made of paraffined paper, and as a rule fits so 

 well as to allow the bottle to be held upside down without spilling a 

 drop, and there is no trouble at all if they are handled in cases like 

 Fig. 58. These bottles are sold by THATCHER MFG. CO., Potsdam. 

 N. Y., arid JOHN BOYD, 199 Kandolph St., Chicago. 



Wire baskets, Fig. 59, or, better 

 still, ice boxes like Fig. 60, are handy 

 for their delivery. 



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Fig. 59. 



John Boyd makes an insulated box 

 in which galvanized iron crates fit 

 tightly and in such a manner that 

 the handle of one projects into the 

 next crate, and then three crates 

 make a solid column. Mr. B. 

 claims that these columns may safely be submerged in the ice water 

 tanks, and the bottles there kept cold until ready to pack in the box 

 which is on the wagon. 



In very hot weather a little ice may be placed in the boxen. 

 which are lined with galvanized iron. 



The bottle with a ground glass stopper is, of course, in one way 

 the very best, but they are expensive, and it is quite a bother to keep 

 track of the stoppers, so I would advise their use only in exceptional 

 cases where an extra price is received. They are not practical for 

 general use. 



Selling milk in any kind of .bottles should always be rewarded 

 with an extra price of ^ or 1 cent per quart, as there is quite a loss 

 by customers retaining them, besides the breakage and the extra 

 labor. It is considered impractical to demand a deposit on them, a 

 precaution which to me would seem fair and reasonable. 



CLEANING AND FILLING THE BOTTLES. 



Even in a small dairy, it will pay to get a bottle cleaner, and of 

 those I have seen the one illustrated in Fig. 61 seems to me the sim- 

 plest. 



