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Milk. 
Before putting the spout-like strainer (b h) on the bent neck of 
the vessel, a piece of coarse calico is put at (a), over the mouth of 
the neck of the bottle. 
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Fig. 1. Fig. 2. 
Fig. 2 represents the lid fitting the tin vessel into which the 
milk is strained. The lid has a round aperture at (a b). Instead 
of ordinary round earthenware or glass milk-pans, Major Gus- 
sander uses very shallow, oblong, large pans made of tinned 
iron. 
The following figure (3) represents a milk-pan shown by 
Major Gussander at the London International Exhibition of 
1862 :— 
Fig. 3. 
This pan is only 2^ inches high ; the sides bent in an outward 
direction, at an angle of 40°; the corners are carefully rounded 
off, to facilitate the cleaning. They are made of tinned iron, 
and large enough to hold about 2 gallons. In the bottom of the 
pan there is a small opening, closed by a brass plug (c), when 
the milk is set for cream. A small cylindrical tube (a) is sol- 
dered over the opening, through which the skimin(>d milk passes 
when the plug (c) is pulled out. The cylindrical tube is pro- 
vided with several narrow slits, through which the milk can 
readily flow oflj but which afford no passage to the thick: 
cream. 
Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the cylindrical tube and brass 
plug ; and Pig. 5 a horizontal section of the same 
