Award of Medals, &c., at Kilburn. 
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Bristol last year) ; by Bradford and Co., of Salford, similar to 
the highly commended churn at Bristol, but improved in the 
dasher, and fitted with pulleys for running at two speeds ; and 
Davis's American Swing Churn, made by the Vermont Farm 
Machine Co., Vermont, U.S., which, as regards this country, is 
a complete novelty, although something of the same sort was 
shown at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition, by G. T. 
Elsworth, of Baine, Massachussetts, and noticed in my Report.* 
Fig. 5. — View of Davis's American Swing Churn. 
This churn consists of a rectangular box with circular ends, 
suspended by iron rods from an ordinary double X frame. The 
interior of the box is entirely 
clear of mechanism, and the Fig- 6. — Section of Davis's Ameri- 
necessary agitation is produced ^^''^w Swing Churn. 
by the gentle motion of the 
box backwards and forwards, 
which causes the cream to be 
thrown first against one end 
and then against the opposite. 
The appearance of the churn 
and its action will be under- 
stood by the subjoined view 
and section (Figs. 5 and 6). 
The advantages of this churn 
for use in small dairies consist 
in its cheapness, simplicity, freedom from mechanical details, 
* 'Journal of the Koyal Agricultural Society,' 2nd Series, vol. xiv. p. 82, 1877. 
