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protection against the contamination of the milk than the 
pail with the horizontal opening, even when the latter 
contains a cheese-cloth and wire-gauze strainer. Some 
varieties of pails in which strainers are used have a spout 
on the side so that they can be emptied without removing 
the strainer. There is one type of pail which has no 
opening in the top, but a spout extending from the side 
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has a funnel in the end to receive the milk. The milker 
sits on the pail and milks into the funnel. When the pail 
is to be emptied the furmel is removed and the milk is 
poured out of the spout. Pails with several parts are 
not as easily kept clean as the other kind. Every addi- 
tional piece of apparatus not only increases the work of 
cleaning but also provides another possible medium for 
the conveyance of bacteria to milk. 
Strainers of cheese cloth and wire gauze cannot be 
