Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 215, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1912 — HOME-MADE MILKING STOOLS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HOME-MADE MILKING STOOLS

Two Handy Devices Shown la Illustrations Will Prove of Satisfaction to the Milker. (FROM THE WISCONSIN AGRICULTURIST.) We Illustrate two types of milking stool, both of which will give satisfaction to the milker. ' . The stool shown in the upper picture Is the kind used by Mr. G. H. Smith of La Farge, Win, who sent In the drawing. It serves as a seat and

a solid shelf for the pall. This stool has a leg qr support at the outer end of the milk pall shelf. The stool in the lower picture is the kind used by the editor of the Agriculturist for years. Wo bad several of these stools and found them most convenient and comfortable. Wo gave them a good scrubbing once a weak

and when not In use they were hunt up in the stable. The space under the seat was used to hold a damp doth which was used on each cow’s nddez before milking.

Smith’s Milk Stool.

Comfortable Milk Stool.