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pieces passing through the churn-stick. Two o- 
thers placed at right angles to these are not repre¬ 
sented. The leaves of the dasher are perforated 
w^ith holes. H is a roller fastened to the churn- 
stick. Its diameter is about ten inches, and its 
thickness about two and a half or three inches, 
with a fiat groove in its edge. To the top of the 
churn-stick at E is fastened a button, by which it is 
suspended so as to keep the roller exactly half way 
between the arms C C. On the lower arm at I is 
fastened a strip of wood, to raise the bow stick, 
when used, level with the middle of the roller. K 
represents the bow stick, as seen from above. At 
d an open mortise is made into one of its ends, 
into which a cord /f is fixed, having a knot at its end 
to prevent it from slipping. The cord is then taken 
two turns round the roller L, and fastened to the 
other end of the stick, through wdiich a pin about 
eight inches long is driven half way to serve as a 
handle in working the churn. M M is the churn 
made in the common form. 
When the churn is to be used, it is brought near 
to the ends of the arms; the milk and churn-stick are 
then put in, and the churn shifted to its place, the 
churn-stick at the same time slipped into the mortises 
at the ends of the arms, w^ith the roller between them, 
and the pins r r put into their holes. The bow stick 
is next to be passed through between the arms at I, 
and two turns of the cord (as already mentioned) 
taken round the roller, drawn tight and fastened 
