American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments . THE PEBFEOT MILK PAIL. DODGE S TRIPLE STHAIKEB. by the cow. The pail is made of the best tin plate, will bear weight of 300 lbs. or over,holds fourteen quarts; its cover makes a seat for the milker; the funnel which receives themilk is supported liy a rubber tube which returns it to its position if moved by kicks orblows from the cow. A strainer is placed in the lower end of the tube. Any impurityfalling upon or into the funnel can at once be removed and the funnel or the strain
American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments . THE PEBFEOT MILK PAIL. DODGE S TRIPLE STHAIKEB. by the cow. The pail is made of the best tin plate, will bear weight of 300 lbs. or over,holds fourteen quarts; its cover makes a seat for the milker; the funnel which receives themilk is supported liy a rubber tube which returns it to its position if moved by kicks orblows from the cow. A strainer is placed in the lower end of the tube. Any impurityfalling upon or into the funnel can at once be removed and the funnel or the strainercleansed if necessary, by a stripping of milk. The Dodge Strainer consists of a series of three strainers put into the cap resting uponits internal ring, the cap being secured down tight upon the permanent ring, the intersec-tions forming an irregular passage for the milk. Teat Tubes and Milking Machines.—These are a nuisance on the farm, andshould never be tolerated, except perhaps it may be the former*in rare instances, when theteats of the cow are so sore, from cowpox or other cause, as to render the dra
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