MILK COOLING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 308, 22 September 1908, Page 5

MILK COOLING.

. A NEW DEVICE. Two officers of tho Wellington Stock Office of the Department of Agriculture—Messrs. 6. H; S. Jenkinson and H. A. Ward—have invented a dust-proof cover-for milk cooled.: In these days, when coolers have- to be' attached to all dairy farms to the iatinfaction of the inspectors',.many farmers will bo looking out for practicable ways of improving their appliances, arid it is important to knoyi;, therefore, that' this new applianco has met, with the ppproval of numerous experts' who have' seen it. Like all good appliances, it is exceedingly simple. It consists of, W tinned steel-jacket, which is fitted over'.the cooler when in use, and completely prevents dust from reaching tho. milk in its passage down the cooler. The milk is poured.into a strainer' at the, top of the jacket, and passes through this directly, upon the cooler. ■It can be made to fit any cooler already;,:in" use, or it could be,sent out by makers'as part of cooling outfits. Lightness, sin*-, plicity, '.and cheapness are among its strong points, and it appears to fill.a long-felt want, removing the greatest drawback of coolersexposure to ,the air and contamination. ' It is expected ■ that its cost will be not moro than, 20 per cent, of the cost of tho cooler'. It I 'is. being patented;