. The American farm and stock manual. Agriculture; Home economics. THE DAIRY. 225 point to accommodate the spring of the pole. Fig. 2 i*? a vertical wheel with a rim about two feet in width, on the inside of which the animal treads. It is necessary to have this wheel as much as eight or ten feet in diameter. The engraving gives ample insight into ita mechanical construction. Fig. 3 is a water-power churn, showing the water wheel fitting easily into the box or flume, at the outlet of the dam, or it may be simply placed in a swift-running brook, as it does not require much power or speed. The wh
. The American farm and stock manual. Agriculture; Home economics. THE DAIRY. 225 point to accommodate the spring of the pole. Fig. 2 i*? a vertical wheel with a rim about two feet in width, on the inside of which the animal treads. It is necessary to have this wheel as much as eight or ten feet in diameter. The engraving gives ample insight into ita mechanical construction. Fig. 3 is a water-power churn, showing the water wheel fitting easily into the box or flume, at the outlet of the dam, or it may be simply placed in a swift-running brook, as it does not require much power or speed. The wheel should be about three feet in diameter. The power can be transmitted any dis- tance by means of two wires fastened upon poles with swing trees that receive a backward and forward motion from the crank of the water- wheel. Fig. 4 represents a cheap churn power, which is both simple and practical. A is a log, squared and set in the ground far enough to be sohd. B is the sweep—a four-inch scantling sixteen feet long, with a two-inch hole in one end and an axle on the other, and holes in the center for the standard, according to the length of the dash. C is the drive-wheel, eighteen inches in diameter, three inches thick. D, the churn, which stands still on a small one- legged table, with the leg running through the sweep (B) and into the stationary block. This arrangement gives the dasher (E) two motions, and causes the but- ter to "come" in shorter time. F, beam guide; G, beam; H, standard; I, hitch- ing stick; J, whiffletree; K, pitman. It is very easy to operate. POWER FOR CHURNING.—FIG. 4. Hard Clmrniiig and Blue Cream.—It is a very common thing for a person with one cow to complam that her cream will not churn, or that it churns with great difficulty. The reason is the cream is kept so long to get a churning that it becomes too sour. Putting in either. aOWER FOR CHURNING.—FIG. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that
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