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style of milk pail. The old fashioned pail had a flaring top, the 

 purpose of which was to make the milking as easy as possible, 

 but incidentally it resulted in exposing the milk to much con- 

 tamination by dirt and bacteria. Various devices for protecting 

 the milk from such exposure by the use of covered milk pails, 

 are now used. Figures 51 and 52 show some of these devices. 

 There is quite a great variety among them, but they all have 

 the general plan of decreasing the size of the opening of the 

 milk vessels so as to expose less surface for the entrance of 



FIG. 51 COVERED MILK PAIL (NORTHS) 



dirt, and they also have in the opening some kind of a cloth 

 strainer for catching the larger particles of dirt and keeping 

 them from the milk. The pail of Curler uses a layer of ab- 

 sorbent cotton for the purpose. Such milk pails produce a de- 

 cided improvement in the milk. Careful testing has shown that 

 by their use a large proportion of the dirt that gets into milk 

 may be avoided. Their use has been extending rapidly, and the 

 covered milk pails will soon doubtless take the place of the old 

 flaring tops. Every dairyman should recognize this as one of 

 the easiest, cheapest and most efficient means at his disposal for 

 improving the character of his milk. It is necessary to use 



