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machine, so as to place it at the head of all in amount of milk 

 skimmed per horse power used and in close skimming. 

 It was introduced under the name of "Alpha," and the work- 



(Fig. 19) 



ing is nicely illustrated in Fig. 20. The milk and cream 

 have, so to say, each their own "side- 

 walk," the milk along the under side and 

 the cream along the upper side of the 

 plates as indicated by the arrows; and 

 thus reach their respective destinations 

 without jostling each other as in the 

 case of the old hol- 

 low bowl separator. 

 It is true, the price 

 is somewhat higher 

 and cleaning may 

 take a little longer, 

 but the fact remains 



that with the same power no hollow bowl 

 machine has ever done as good work. The (-Fig. 21) 



1910 model of this separator is shown in the hand machine, Fig. 

 89. It is of interest to note that since the expiration of the Alpha 



(Fig. 20) 



