. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying. Dairy farms; Dairy plants; Milk plants. Fig. 234.âMilk Aerator. â¢the milk from bciiii;- drawn intu tlie liellows. All the parts are detachable for eleaninii^. The figure shows the apjiaratus by itself, and also as attached to a can by the extension bracket, but without the ice-box. This aerator is sold, complete, for !⢠dollars, and fitted to cans of all sizes. MiLK-CAXS. Milk-cans, for eonvej-ing- the article to fac- tories by railway, to city dealers in milk-waggons, and for delivery in small, unbroken parcels to consum


. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying. Dairy farms; Dairy plants; Milk plants. Fig. 234.âMilk Aerator. â¢the milk from bciiii;- drawn intu tlie liellows. All the parts are detachable for eleaninii^. The figure shows the apjiaratus by itself, and also as attached to a can by the extension bracket, but without the ice-box. This aerator is sold, complete, for !⢠dollars, and fitted to cans of all sizes. MiLK-CAXS. Milk-cans, for eonvej-ing- the article to fac- tories by railway, to city dealers in milk-waggons, and for delivery in small, unbroken parcels to consumers, are very numerous, differing widely in patterns and in size. Over a hundred patents on milk-cans have been issued in the United States since 1860. The "factory" carrying can has been shown in Fig. 13^, page 274. It is usually a. cylinder with diameter two-thirds of height, holding from .j() to 60 gallons; when well made the sides are of a single jjiece of tin, and with top and bottom hoops and a midway band. Bottoms and bands are often of wrought-iron, tinned; the covers in .several patterns have ventilators attached. The side handles may be quite plain or of the Whitney pattern, which is that used by the Iron- Clad Can Company of New York, and shown in the engraving. Another improved form of ean- JKHidles is Millar^â ^ patent; these are a combi- n;iti(in for eonvenieuce in ordinary handling and for raising and tii)ping, when cranes are used at a factory. Some cranes have curved hooks, and some hooks squarely bent which require a socket perpendicular to the side of the can; these handles provide for both. They are made of malleable iron, japanned or tinned, and cost half a dollar a pair. JNIiLK Settino. For setting milk to let the cream gather, almost the only article used in the Northern States for many jears was the shallow tin pan, circular, with sides slightly flaring; and the counterjiart of this in the South and those regions where


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