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DAIRYING 

 COVERED MILK PAILS. 



691. Many kinds of covered milk pails have been suggested 

 in recent years. The idea in them all is to reduce the size of the 

 top of the pail and thereby expose less space to the air and dust- 



Plate 5. Two kinds of milk pails. The open pail admits much 

 dirt; the covered pail keeps it out. From Circular 158, B. A. I., U. 

 S. Dept. Agr. 



In some cases layers of cloth or cotton and wire gauze are placed 

 over the reduced opening ^in this way falling 'dust or dirt is kept 



Plate 6. The Gurler Milk Pail. 



out of the pail during milking. Careful trials with such pails as 

 compared with the common open pail have shown over 60% less 

 dirt and 25 to 95% less bacteria in milk when a covered pail was 



