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Show MAKE EQUIPIViENTTO CLEAN DAIRY PAILS Heating Apparatus Is One of Greatest Conveniences. Low-Pressure Upright Boiler Is Desirable Desir-able Where a Large Number of Cows Are Kept Cream Separator Sepa-rator Saves Labor. (Prepared by the United States Department Depart-ment of Agriculture.) One of the greatest conveniences ou the farm where cows are kept is some means of heating an abundance of water for washing the milk vessels. Where a considerable number of cows are kept, heating water by means of steam from a small, low-pressure upright up-right boiler is desirable, but on the small farm a stove with a basin fitted into the top (or It may be separate from the top) can be purchased cheaply, and will serve the purpose, provided the water Is properly heated. Water can be pumped from the well directly into the basin. In order to avoid heating the milk room and to do away with smoke and ashes, the water heater should be placed immediately immedi-ately outside the milk room and, if elevated, ele-vated, the water from It can be run Into the washing vat. Some equipment is necessary in which to wash utensils used in handling han-dling milk. A vat is very convenient. One end of the vat can be used for washing and the other for rinsing and scalding. Fiber brushes for washing milk utensils should replace the common dlshrag, as they do better work and are more easily kept clean. On every farm where as many na four or five cows are kept a cream separator sep-arator is advisable, ns it will reduce the labor required In handling the milk from cows more than any other one thing. ArefrIgerator or Ice box Is desirable upon every farm where either a few or many cows are kept If it Is practicable prac-ticable to secure Ice for use In summer. |