Miscellitneoiis Impalements Exhibited at Doncasler. 545 
Dusty chaff, whether made so by fungoid or by other foreign 
matter, is known to be injurious to animals, and liorses are 
particularly subject to ailments caused by it. If the dangerous 
dung-ball does not originate from dust, it is greatly composed 
of it ; and it is a well-known fact that dust has a very bad effect 
on horses' wind. Therefore, as the chatf-cleaner frees chaff from 
light impurities, its value may be readily appreciated by those 
who have horses under their control. The apparatus may be 
fitted to any chaff-cutter, and it varies in price from 8/. for 
hand machines, to 20/. for larger machines attachable to large 
chaff-cutters. 
Mess-rs. Geonje Cotton & Co., High Town, ]\Iiddlewich, have 
introduced a simple and useful improvement in the construction 
of milking-pails (fig. 15). Their Self-holding Milking-can (Art. 
Fig. 15. Fig. 16. 
Sclf-ho'.Jing llilking-cans. 
1075) is made with two hinged rests or handles, which are 
curved so that they lit easily on to the legs of the milker, just 
above the knees. The can is thereby suspended, and is kept 
in position without any effort on the part of the milker, who is 
much less hampered than when he is in the cramped position 
which is enforced in using the ordinary pail. The rests not 
only move up and do\vn, but they slide along if it is required to 
vaiy their position. A section of the paU shows that the two 
sides are not placed at the same angle to the ground, but the 
fore portion extends outward to make a bigger ' catching ' sur- 
face, and at the same time forms a convenient lip for pouring 
out the contents of the vessel. It is said that women engaged 
in milking suffer by having to keep a long-continued grip on 
the ordinary pail, and as the gripping is entirely obviated, there 
is no reason why the complaint should exist any longer, for 
