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AMERICAN DAIRYING. 



densed-milk factories, and milk shippers to 

 have the cans set in cold water (running water 

 if it can be had) and the milk agitated while 

 cooling. 



Agitation. A 

 tin disc four in- 

 ches in diameter, 

 with a galvanized 

 wire handle about 

 thirty inches long 

 and used like a 

 churn dash, is an 

 excellent device to 

 agitate milk when 

 cooling. 



Vat for cans. 

 Have a wooden vat 

 a few inches wider 

 than the cans and 

 deep enough to 

 have the water 

 come as high as 

 the milk in the 

 can. With fre- 

 quent agitations 

 during the time of 

 milking the milk 

 can be thoroughly cooled with but little time 

 spent about it. 



As the milker goes to the vat with milk he 



THE IOWA CAN. 



