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enabling- the buttermaker to put his cream into the churn 

 in the morning- before there is sufficient steam pressure to 

 work pumps with the engine. 



Fig. 27 shows a very satisfactory cream pump which 







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Fig. 27.— Cream pump. 



can be made by any tinner. It simply consists of a heavy 

 tin cylinder four inches in diameter which is provided with 

 two brass valves having two inch openings. This pump is 

 attached to the cream ripener and the cream pumped by 

 hand into the churn through an open spout. Both valves 

 can be removed so that there is not the slightest difficulty 

 in cleaning the pump. Such a pump will readily pump 25 

 gallons of cream per minute. 



