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with paint and also varnished inside, to pre- 

 vent any absorption of moisture. 



The milk, when taken to the dairy, should 

 be poured, warm from the cow, through a 

 strainer of hair or gauze-wire, or simply of 

 strong gauze, as being easier cleaned by 

 removal and washing, as it can be tied over 

 a large round space left vacant in the bottom 

 of a wooden bowl. 



Mr. Arkwright, of Sutton Hall, near Ches- 

 terfield, has indeed lately brought forward a 

 very simple implement, which at one opera- 

 tion combines the measurement of the milk 

 with straining it into the churn. The vessel, 

 which is of tin, as here described, contains 



half-a-dozen gallons— each mark denoting two 

 quarts — and being placed over the mouth of 



