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MILK 



There are three objections to strainers, namely: 1, the filth that 

 gathers on the strainer is exposed to the force of succeeding streams 

 of milk, so that part of it is broken up and passes through the 

 strainer; 2, cotton can be used but once, and the expense of pro- 



Fig. 121. Nesco sanitary milking Fig. 122. The North milking hod. 



pail. 



(A. H. Barber Creamery Supply Co.) 



duction is increased thereby; 3, the cloth requires much care if 

 used repeatedly, and any carelessness in cleaning the cloth in- 

 creases the germ content of the milk. 



Fig. 123. The latest development in covered milk-pails. (Stocking, Storrs' 

 Agric. Exp. Sta., Bull. No. 48, May, 1907.) 



Other pails that have gained considerable favor are the True- 

 man, Loy, Haymaker, North, Storrs, Atlantic, Champion, Fran- 

 cisco, Lisk, Sterilac, Bostwick, Elgin, Fishmouth, Nesco (Figs. 109- 

 122), and others. Dirt is excluded most effectively by using a pail 

 described by' Stocking (Fig. 123). The pail itself serves as a stool 



