224 The Churn. 
The premium on best collection of agricultural implements was 
made |20. 
At the meeting on the 2d Thursday (11th) May, to be held in 
this city, the judges for the annual show are to be appointed, and 
a general attendance of the officers is expected. 
B. P. JOHNSON, Secretary. 
KENDALL'S PATENT CHURN. 
It is well known, that the common method employed to sepa- 
rate the butter from the thinner portion of the cream, is by strong 
agitation. The common instrument u3ed is the churn, which is 
generally made of pine or cedar, in the form of a cask, wider at 
the bottom than at top, covered with a lid, through which passes 
a round stick, on the bottom of which is either a round board 
pierced with holes, or two narrow pieces crossed at right angles, 
also pierced with holes. This is called a dash or plunger churn. 
The improved churn, of which 
the annexed figure is a repre- 
sentation, is the best churn in 
use, as it is simple in its con- 
struction, and combines all the 
good qualities of other cylindri- 
cal churns, with the additional 
advantage, that the dasher can 
be taken out in a moment any 
Fig. 18— Kendall's Patent Churn, time it is required to be cleaned. 
It is in the form of a barrel, with a shaft, on which are placed wings 
or paddles, and turned by a crank on the outside. 
We have one on the same principle, made of tin, which we 
have used several yearsj we can therefore speak advisedly on the 
subject. For further particulars, see advertisement on the cover. 
The Mexicans have a peculiar churn, which may probably suit 
a certain class of community right well. It puts all others far 
in the back ground, for it has the merit of delivering the butter 
fresh at the doors of their customers. It is described thus: 
" Two tin cans are enclosed in a green cow hide, the size to 
correspond to the quantity of milk. The hide on drying will 
shrink and adhere tight to the cans. These cans are partly filled 
with milk, and placed on a hard trotting horse like saddle bags; 
a person then mounts the horse and rides seven or eight miles 
to the city; the motion of the horse effects the separation of 
the butter from the milk, and the rider has only to pocket the 
cash for his butter and buttermilk, and wend his way home at his 
leisure," 
