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Table 25. 
STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 
Haymaker Pail with and without strainer attachment. 





Date Kind-of pail pice Banaras Beet, 
Feb. © 28.0.0): Wath strainer L233 500 67 
Feb.  28....| Without strainer 425 108 8 
March 1....| With strainer 3230 2,625 34 
ss ix Without strainer ‘4,230 3,200 33 
s Seo With strainer 500 230 33 
- ie Without strainer 830 530 92 
July 12 With strainer . 940 730 0 
ie ....| Without strainer 560 110 50 
te Looe oa ithestramer 183 00 0 
: 13....| Without strainer 3,100 342 0) 
Average...| With strainer 1,237 827 ay 
Average...| Without strainer 1,829 767 37 


It will be seen that out of the five trials made three of the 
samples obtained with the strainer contained a smaller germ 
content than did those obtained without the strainer, while 
in the other two experiments the difference was in favor of 
not using the strainer device. The averages for the two series 
show a difference in favor of using the strainer. This differ- 
ence is, however, not relatively very great. As an offset to 
this advantage in using the cover as shown in the decreased 
germ content must be placed the inconvenience in the use of 
the strainer device. The extra number of pieces necessary to 
be washed each time in.connection with this strainer is a dis- 
advantage. There is also a small amount of milk left in the 
cistern which must be discarded. But the greatest drawback 
to the use of this strainer attachment lies in the fact that 
the milk does not strain readily enough to allow it to pass 
easily into the pail. This often results in the funnel on top of 
the pail becoming full of milk and running over during the 
process of milking. This fact practically excludes the use of 
this device in its present form as.a practical means for re- 
ducing the germ content of the milk. It may be possible to. 
change this arrangement so that it would do away with this 
objection but in its present form it is not practical, especially 
while there are other pails more simple in arrangement which - 
give equally good results. This pail might, however, prove 
very satisfactory when used without this inner strainer de- 
vice. In fact in this form it is a very easy pail to milk into 
and the area through which dirt can fall into the pail is great- 
ly reduced. 
