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AMEKICAN DAIRYING. 



Gathering cans and tanks. — In my early 

 experience I used the common eight-gallon 

 milk can to transport the cream; later on we 



used the jacketed can, which had a space out- 

 side" the cream can for air. It also had a 

 floating cover that rested on the cream to pre- 

 vent churning by agitation of the cream. Later 

 still the tank or vat came into use, and this 



