A NEW MILK CAN. 



Attention has been drawn to the import- 

 ance, in buying cans and pails, of seeing that 

 the soldering is smooth and even, but even if 

 it is, the seams remain the danger point. In 

 Fig. 7, I illustrate a Danish improvement. The 

 cans are made of two pieces, pressed out of the 

 very best English steel plate, joined in the mid- 

 dle of the side and heavily tinned. The cover 

 is of one piece and the handles only are riveted. 

 Prof. Boeggild strongly recommended this can 

 in "Maelkeritidende," and it has given good sat- 

 isfaction in the past six years. The price for 

 the 8-gallon size is $3.00 in Denmark, but if ^ ig - 7) 



it is durable it would be cheap at $5.00. Now they even make 

 lo-gallon cans stamped out of one piece of steel. These cans are 

 now made with an anti-rust composition imbedded in the bottom, 

 claimed to be innocuous. 



STRAINING. 



The strainers on the market are innumerable, but most of 

 them are delusions and snares. " Prevention is far better than 

 cure." In the first place all the fine metal strainers only keep the 

 coarse dirt and chaff out, moreover nearly all of them allow the 

 milk to rinse the spores and bacteria off the dirt as it lies caught 

 in the meshes. Fine muslin is better, and light flannel is the 

 best, as long as it is kept clean, and renewed when felted, so as 

 not to delay the work too much. I am not in favor of the so- 

 called sanitary milk pail, with a small opening in the top to admit 

 a strainer, in which the milking is done, the difficulty in keeping 

 it clean counterbalances, in my opinion, the advantage, unless the 

 opening is in a loose cover. 



Far better will it be to cover the pail with a piece of light 

 kJannel or double muslin, allowing it to sag in the middle; four 

 clothes pins will keep it in place. For straining into the shipping 

 can or separator tank, I also prefer the strainers that are easy to 

 "lean, having no nooks and corners. 



KEEPING ACCOUNT. 



I simply suggest the following ruling for the record of the 

 individual cows. It requires two pages 1 , with 26 lines for each 

 cow. In the column "For Week," you insert the "Total" daily 



