BUTTER-MAKING. 



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Churning. 



First of all, the churn. The variety of churns so far invented 

 is almost infinite. But it is coming to be understood that the 

 " end-over-end " barrel churn is the true type of the best pos- 

 sible churn. By all makers but one, so far as I know, these 



FIG. 30. PERFECTED DIAPHRAGM CHURN 



churns have nothing inside of them no beaters, I mean. They 

 are just an empty barrel, and no more ; and for this reason 

 they are not perfect, despite the superiority of type. We live, 

 and learn. 



The one maker who has something more than a plain, empty 

 churn to offer us is Mr. Bradford, whose name is a household 

 word in all dairy districts. His churn contains what is known 



