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DAIRYING. 



Fig. 855 a.— Top^View of Tank. 



Fig. 855b— Section ol Tank. 



The plan of heating the milk soon after it is drawn from the 

 cow, and before it is set for creaming, up to 1.30° or 140°, is prac- 

 ticed in many localities with beneficial results. 



Tanks or cisterns are used for setting milk in the system 

 adopted in Sweden, and found to work well where it has been 

 adopted in this country. These tanks are about nine feet long by 

 three feet wide and two feet deep, made of two-inch plank, and, 

 of course; water-tight. Ih Fig. 855 A, B, are given a top and a 

 section view of one of these tanks. According to this system the 



Fig. 857.— Milk-strainer. 



Fig. 856.— Can (or Setting 

 Milk— Schwartz System. 



Fig. 858— Lid of Milk-can. 



