Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-28

Some time since we printed short note
from IL correspondent of the FREEMAN.
hoping more attention would be paid to
the matter of setting milk, to the end that
the true way to get the best results might
he made certain and plain, and which end
ed by asking, "What of the Cooley sys-
temp"
We give below reply of Mr.. Cooley to
Mr.. Hardin of Kentucky, which quotes
enough from Mr.. Hardins article to make
both nlain to our readers on the main
points. We shall be glad to hear from
readers of the FREEMAN or others of their
success or failure in setting milk and the
manner in which it was made:
Mr.. Hardin quotes as follows and makes
me say, "lf the temperature of water in
the cooler is kept ut from 400 to 500, the
cream will all rise in five hours > Your
reIders would, as he says, be entitled to
some proof y if | rad ever said any snch
thing; or if the company manufacturing
my apparatus had made any such state
ment, then Mr. Hardin might hide behind
it, and make me responsible for them, but
in their pamphlet they say that " if the
temperature of the water in the cream is
kept ut from 40o to 500, all the cream will
rise in from ten to twelve hours or between
mllkings," and the experience of hundreds
of dairymen the past season backs up the
staten mt. and any amount of testimony
can he had from intelligent dalrvmen who
know as well us Mr.. Hardin when they gel
all the cream from the milk. Mr.. Hardin
inquiries, "What evidence does Mr.. Cooley
produce in support of his statemcnt-simp
ly the old refuge Of patent medicines and
other pretentious claims of doubtful char
acter-certifcate of the good opinions of
his friends" Well, then in the first place
have made no such cl,im; i'll the next
place have published no certificates to
back up such claim Wishing to kill two
birds with one stone, Mr.. Hardin does me
the honor to bring Col. WHring, the cam
ateur dairyman,' out to execution with me
and thus annlhilatc us both. The reputa-
ton of Col. Warning will lot suffer by the
circumstance, | hope. Those who have
read "Odgen Farm Papers" and Mr. Hur
din's have formed in opinion us to which
is the amateur, which the reckless writer
skimming the surface. Mr.. Hardin in the
circular he has sent forth the past season
says: "About four years ago started a
butter dairy near the city Of Louisvillc.'
About four years ago. Then the learned
author OF Odgen Farm Paper, was lakel
as authority in dairy matters before Mr..
Hardin was even in amateur. Well, it is
u grand thing TO know II good deal, and
another grand thing TO know that you
know 1t. Mr.. Hardin refers to the report
OF the test Of the Coohy system ut the
Vermont Dalrymen $ Association when in
about five hours three inches OF cream
rose on eighteen inches Of Chat much rose
in four hours, Mr.. Harding. And with the
utmost self complauency he proceeds to
say, " He IN fact lost just about one-fifth
of the cream How do you know that
Mr.. Hardn9 The milk was taken from a
city mlIkman can, from cows selected for
the quantity of milk they would produce
rather than of The amount of cream il
W mld ntain; NOT much like Mr.. Hardin
jersey milk. Tie test above referred t.
h'S SOhAuS'Sb W u CAIlIlllllGt CONSISTING
of A. W Cheever of the N. g. Frrmer
Froi. Stewart and Gardiner b. Weeks.
They were satisfied that there was in thi,
ca a perfect separation of all the cream
from the milk in the short space OF time
alluded TO, and that the yield of cream was
good considering the quality of the milk
but then ! suppose these gentlemen arc
merely amateurs. 1t should be better un.
derstood that all wisdom in regard 10 dairy
matters emanates from Louisville, the re.
suit Of "about four years." experience Is
the Cooley system a success? If the hoot
of orders for the apparatus which have
poured In upon the manufacturers is anyin.
dicatlon OF success, then | answer in the
affirmative. Over eight hundred diaries
have been supplied since March, and tho
letters which have been received from
those who have used my apparatus-(my
friends" if you pltase-l doubt not They
are every one OF them, though | have
never seen one in fifty of lhem), are al
that could desire.
Mr.. Hardin had best refrain from writ
ing upon topics he don't understand. IL,
will do better upon the milk tscu cheon
VI eUIHe SuDJeCJ Will WHICH ne IS more
familiar than he is with the Cooley system
which he knows nothing about, as is evl
dent from his statements that he canno
submerge can OF milk without getting
it full of water. Over eight hundred
dairymen are using the Cooley system
and no case of such lack of skill yet re-
ported from any one of them. If Mr.
Hardin will come TO Vermont will show
him how TO submerge can of milk, ant
mole-l will set milk with him, putting
my system against his, and l will promise
him that will obtain as much butter from
milk set twelve hours mot five) by MY
system as he can make by setting thirty
six hous by his. And he shall have
p facts, all he needs of them. Mr.. Har
din will not succeed in making the readers
of the turner believe that il costs NJ
more to keep milk cold thirty-six hours
than it does twelve. Ii cos,s about three
times as great an outlay for ice in the
former, as in the latter case, because {
tank three times as large must be used
and kept cold Does any body believe Mr.
Hardin when he says whether tho mill