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Instead of the yoke a soft cushion is also used, which 

 the dairymaids strap over their backs, so that they hang 



Fig. 90. Fig. 91. Fig. 92. 



down and rest over the hips and thighs. On this cush- 

 ion the cans are laid, and fastened with broad hempen 

 straps, that they may not press too heavily upon the 

 body. This band is called the milk-strap. Where the 

 milk is carried home on a hand-cart, neatly-woven 

 baskets are fastened upon little wagons in which the 

 cans are placed. If it is to be carried in casks, the same 

 arrangement is fixed upon a hand-cart. Two wooden 

 floats are laid upon the milk in the buckets, in order to 

 protect it from slopping over. One or more large milk- 

 casks or tubs, in which it may cool off properly , are also 

 used. The size of these tubs ia different, as well as the 

 materials of which they are made. Where the cooling 

 is not left to the air alone, but is sought to be effected 

 by hanging the milk-tub into cold water, the vessels are 

 made of metal. The large vase-like jars are also used 

 for this purpose. These hold about thirty cans, or 

 twenty-six quarts. Wooden bowls are used, of different 

 sizes and forms, and earthen pans, rather deeper than 

 broad, Figs. 93 and 94, in which the milk as it cools is 



