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THE DUTCH DAIRY. 



In the larger dairies the utensils in common use are 

 small wooden pails, Fig. 85, painted in variegated colors, 

 with bright brazen or iron hoops, and neatly washed ; 

 a strainer, Fig. 86, made of horse-hair ; a large wooden 



Fig. 85. Fig. 86. Fig. 87. 



tunnel, Fig. 87, for pouring the milk into the cans 

 and casks ; one or more buckets, Fig. 88, usually of 



Fig. 88. 



Fig. 89. 



brass, lined with tin, large enough to hold the milk of 

 several cows together, or from twelve to eighteen 

 quarts. In many dairies they have wooden buckets, 

 Fig. 89, painted green or blue outside, with black stripes, 

 and with iron or brass handles, kept very bright. Here 

 the buckets are coated over inside with white oil-colors. 

 These are borne by the yoke (Fig. 84), or in some of 

 the ways indicated above. 



In many places, instead of buckets for keeping the 

 milk together, they use copper or brass cans lined inside 

 with tin, and in the form of antique vases or large 

 beer-jugs, Figs. 90 and 91, which are constantly kept 

 brightly polished. In other places, they use for hold, 

 ing the milk smaller or larger barrels, Fig. 92, with 

 broad hoops also kept constantly polished. 



