EQUIPMENT FOR MILKING 41 
tern. The New York can has a lid with a 
mushroom top. This is more sanitary than any 
other, because it does 
not collect dirt, dirty 
water, dirty ice, or old 
milk. 
Strainers 
The cleanest dairies 
use no strainers at all. 
The simplest and_cheap- 
est strainer is a piece 
of white cheese cloth 
which may be folded 
once and held in place 
on the mouth of the 
can by clothes pins, or 
tape, or a string, or a 
tin holder. A piece of 
white flannel or pieces 
of cotton may be used 
once and thrown away 
after each milking. Wire 
mesh strainers are much 
harder to keep clean than cloth, and should not 
be used. 
