The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-09-28
Deep Setting Of Milk.

last experiment in deep and shallow
citing reported by me was not at all
complimentary 10 my cows it did moi |
Gem so funny to me as 1t did to Mr. |
Reeder. In fact, did not get all the
ream out OF the milk, though | think |
he conditions of the experiment were
much more favorable to the shallow
pans than 10 the deep cans. l used Il
Blanchard churn, all from its peculiar
construction, l think 1t will take up
md churn small quantity of cream
quite as well, If not better, than large
mount. 1t has been so long since / |
abandoned crooks that most of them
ire broken up. I therefore confess to
lack of material for making an ortho-
OK experiment in shallow setting.
| lately made more careful expert |
nent with my deep cans. From The
mixed milk from seventeen cows, |
lsed in setting 104 pounds of Who'll,
milk; set at Il mean temperature of
bout 400; skinned at r. 80 and a. |
lours: amount of cream taken off, 25 |
'ounds ounces; amount of butter
churned, pounds l3 ounces. This i.
yield of one pound of Lutter to 17.9l
,ounds of whole milk, which believe
"a better yield than Mr.. Reeder las
ported from his shallow pans. ] |
weighed the milk with great care, ana
'ill fearing mistake, tested the
quantity 10y measure. When the but |
ter was churned, | weighed it in u
lump. then patted il Into pound pats
sing Il second pair OF scales, with no
material difference in results. (Nol
pring scales used. do not think itpos
'llr that have lost 25 per cent of tn,
outer from this milk. In fact. l d,
not think it lusable for herd of sew
IN cen COWS tOyielt milk % per cent.
f.cler tliun this.
have just finished another expert
ment with deep cans, with tie follow
ing results: From ll2 pounds of whole
milk, l made pounds l3 ounces of
tier, which, as l figure II. Is one
p 'uhd of buiter from IS pounds 2 S
noes of milk. In this experiment,
the ice gave out IN lhe box while was
absent, and the thermometer got up to
lj5', which accounts for the result being
less favorable to deep cans than the
previous experiment.
am going TO ChautauQua county
next week, to conduct some eXueri-
ments with the committee of the New
York Dairy mems Association. Mr.
Re,der il invited to meet me. I eX-
pect to see lively time, as they are
Town on deep settlers in that section,
and | Will tiy 10 give you an account
of my visit.)
Mr.. Reeder does not conflne himsel
TO the statement that lie loses % PEI
cent. of butter when he uses deep cans
(which l think probably is the case),
but he says call dairymen" lose 25 pei
cent. of their butter when they us,
deep cane. Mr.. Reeders evidence
agai INST deep setting stands in mega
tive form. He bears hone ST testimony
to the fact that he cannot get all the
butter out of the milk when he sets il
deep, while there are numbers of W
who bear equally honest testimony t.
the fact that we can.
If my readers believe that / have oh
tanned pound of butter from II 0-lt
pounds of milk with deep cans, AM,
Ina. MIR. Reeder has always require,
over 10 pounds of milk to make Il pounc
Of butter with his shallow pans, ar,
they not irresistibly driven to the con.
clusion lha. Mr.. Reeder has made
mistake when he asserts that lose y
per cent. Of my butter when use deeI
cans? In other words, If equal weight
IL to lie given to the testimony of all
parties, is it not natural Inference
mat there is something wrong about
Mr.. Reeder's experiments?
think the principal trouble will
his experiments Is that lie has nevei
aiken all the Cleum from the tops ol
The deep Luckels. He confesses to his
inability TO find the line of separation
ueIween Il cream and the milk Qhis
could not be the case If he went deer
enough 1T is very distinct) and admilt
that he has never taken more than
three inches off. In my last expert
ment II will he seen took more lltul
!our inches off. OF course he could moi
STE The skiIn milk if he did not 60
/ down to it. According TO his report,
lie got within TOUR ounces of as much
! butter from one inch OF cream during
P the first experiment as lie got fion
three Inches of cream in the second eA.
|, pertinent. This. suppose, he claims
IL proof that little or no cream was Il
be found below the first inch. NJ,
i theory is this In our last experiments
D we both set the milk cold (4oo.) lit
, took of three-fourths as much cream
; Us j did, and made three-fourihs as
;, much butter as / did. In his first ex'
z pertinent he set his milk warm, there
n by causing the cream TO rise rapidly
r and form thin solid mass at The top
: He also failed to skim il all of. Thi,
: theory certainly accoris with many al
r unrecordeI experience of my own.
: Nothing would give me greater pleas
= ure than to accept the exchanl OF Wis
}. its proposed by Mr.. Reeder, imd it I.
: possible one of us might he induced Il
acknow ledge the corn, out l think 4
= OF more importance now that this ques
y ton is before the public, that 1t shoulc
n be tested In IL more public manner.
}. therefore approve ofihe suggestion tina
J.. "A test he mace by the IElniIa Farmers
club during the state fair, II the clul