Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-09-07
New Apparatus for Setting Milk.

Mr.. William Cooley of Waterbury Gen
ter. so well known as the inventor of the
Cooley Dreamer, has perfected new APP
paratus for setting milk, which bids fair to
be even more successful than the first
named. In all methods of cold setting
there has been some draw backs, trouble
in cooling with sufficient rapidity and
unavoidable stopping and
we about the milk room, requiring "a gre It
quantity of ice where KEPT in water, several
vessels to be handled and kept clean, etc
All other systems apply the cooling med
ium TO the outside of the vessel containing
the milk, and 80 the portion next the YES
sci cools quickest, and throws up the
cream first and when there is complete
line of separation shown at the side of the
pail or can, the cream in the inside or near
the centre of the pail is much lower, hang
ing in conical shape several inches lower
than is shown on the glass pane at the
side. Mr.. Cooley claims to have remeded
this difficulty by applying the cooling
medium TO the milk direct In the form of
cold air, and to show how this is done a
description of his app tratus is necessary
There is but one vessel for holding the
milk of the entire dairy, and that for IA ten
COW dairy, is Of tin, 20 inches in diameter
and II inches high, holding 20 gallons.
The sides are vertical, and the bottom
slightly concave TO the centre, where there
is II tube to draw off the milk and cream,
fhis tin can is enclosed in II wooden tub
or jacket, which fits snugly about it, and
through which comes the tube befor,
named which is fitted with flncet. A
snugIy fitting cover closes the top when
desired. The apparatus for cooling is very
simple and effective, being wooden casb
Il little larger at the top, in the upper heaC
(placed down few inches from the op) o.
which has an aperture for putting in
water and ice which is closed bv an ali
tight cover From the upper head of thi
vessel, an elastic tube ending in meta
one, runs to the vessel containing the milk
and as will readily be seen the wooder
vessel containing the water may be Sc
outside the milk room if desired. In tn,
upper head of the wooden vessel is fitted
IN air pump, the lower end of which 4
down in the water and canvas nap il
fastened over it. Now for the operation o
The apparatus. Before the milk is brougb
water and finely broken ice are put int,
the tub and the cover tightly closed; thel
the milk is strained into the can, and tn,
metal end of the tube (Which also has ;
canvas bag over its end) is placed in tn
milk, and then the attendant pumps tn
AR down into the ice water where it i
forced through the canvass bag, straine
one night say, and rising in fine bubbles i
W 'shed as well, and made very cold Thu
freed from all impurities and destruc.iy
germs it is forced through the tube dow
to the bottom of the milk, when bein
forced through the canvass bag it rise
in very fine bubbles ofpure cold air, carry
ing away the heat and any unpleasan
oiors which may be present.
Iu ten or fifteen minutes the milk wi
, be brought down to 40 degrees. When tn
tube is removed, the cover put on, an
being thoroughly cooled throughout, neet
, no further attention Till time to draw til
milk away from the cream. From II
concave shape of the bottom, any sedimer
should there be any present, will be draw
tway first. and an Indicator shows whe
the cream is reached. The adyantao
claimed are, more perfect separate
from more thorough cooling. secured
Il much less consumption of ice and with I
e stopping in the milk room; and compile
Iteration of, the milk by air strained al
e washed to practically absolute purity.
e Mr. Cooley will have II creamery
some of our fairs, and we commend it
o the attention of all dairymen. Though II
l. description is lengthy the apparatus
y simple in construction and operation, |
y sure and look it over