Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-04-09

per pound for it, which amounts to $40 per
day, and if he runs $50 days it amounts TO
$1,000. The Vermont Farm Machine Co.'S. of.
fer gives the Georgia patrons this $4,000 and
takes its pay in the increase of butter made
over what Mr.. Parker made per inch, II they
use the Cooley creamcrs. II seems to me that
! this looks rs though they have confidence in
the Cooley creamcrs and their statement CON
ccrning what they have done and can do.
! Now let us examine the "Official report"
of II test that Mr. Evarts writes about which
occurred at Cambridge. In the first place let
us see how "oflicial" it was II is true, as Mr..
| Evarts writes, that had worked mp an inter
! est in Cooley cooperative cream gathering
crcamcrics at Cambridge, and with good
| prospects of success. ] really went there ut
the request and in the interest of Mr.. Parker,
and would have succeeded if Mr.. Parker had
stood by me; but ut the critical time he np-
! pcnred ana wanted hand in it, and | was
willing he should have, as he had pretended
to be friendly to the Cooley.
/ But future developments showed that he
was only taking this interest for the purpose
OF finally defeating the Cooley. After one OF
! the meetings mt Cambridge and lust as Mr.
| Parker was leaving accidentally learned that
/ an arrangement had been made between Mr..
| Parker ana Mr. Prior, the agent of the Nose
| ley N >toddard creamery, for n test. | ap.
proachcd Mr.. Parker, after hearing this and
| asked MIN II the report true. He reluc-
tantly replied that it was IL tact they were to
| nave trial soon. After returned to Middle
! bury ! wrote to Mr.. Parker (and inclosed a
/ postal for rcply.) requesting him towrite me
the day the trial was to occur, but did not
the result. The trial was held at Prior's
| house; and on his invitation Il number of far
mcrs were present, with Mr. Parker and Mr..
| Stoddard, the inventor of Prior's apparatus,
and this is all there was "of1cal" to that trial.
| The Cooley had no friends present, but was
/ run by those who meant to beat it If there
was any such thing possible. 1t will be no.
! ticed that in this "Ofical" report that the
cream was churned shortly after it was
| SKINNED, ana before the Cooley cream had n
chance to ripen at all Mr.. Parker knew that
| the cream from the Cooley must have time to
ripen, or il would not produce its full amount
! OF butter; but what does Mr.. Parker write in
! defence of his refusal to follow the Cooley
directions: ! quote his exact words: 1--WE
did not make as much butter from the milk as
! we would had we SOurcd the cream but it was
as fair tor one setting rs the other"
The last portion of the quotation, Gas fair
Tor one setting as the other" Mr.. Parker
! knew was not true, or certainly knew the
cooley people claimed t0 the contrary, and if
! he did not 90 into the test for the identical
purpose of beating the Cooley, why did he
refuse to follow their directions? Let every
| iar-mindcd reader judge for himself. Open
| settlers ike Phrkcr's and Stoddards ripen the
cream while II Is raising and on the milk in
, the can, and therefore those settings had the
advantage of twelve hours.
III" Cooley has an immense advantage over
/ the open setting in its submrrging process,
| which prevents all outside OdOrs from affect
! ing the cream or milk, thus making II finer
quulltN OF butter than can be made in any
other way. This submcrging process holds
| the cream in perfect state of preservation
/ absolutely unchanged and unaffected by out
! side Influences, and leaves the cream in per
! feet condition for ripening or souring-under
more complete control OF the butter maker,
and 1t must have time to ripcn to produce the
/ full amount of butter
/ Mr.. Parker has been an extensive butter
buyer for several years, and has repeatedly
! stated that the dairics using the Cooley cream
ers averaged to make butter that brought
several cents per pound more than that made
! by those not using the Cooley. Mr.. Parker
may deny this now that the controversy has
hccone so heated, but think not; if he does,
ny would he taken in any court of justice
There is still another reason why the CSole Y
did not come out ahead, as it would, had it
/ bcen IN the hands of friends rather than enc
mics; all the cream from ii wns not churned,
nut n portion was left in the bottom of the can
under the prctcnse that "scdimcnt" was in it.
Mr.. Parker will not deny this. If this "of-
| tclal' test was "otficial" tor the purpose of
beating the Cooley at all hazards, then the
! "oilicialS' might do it by leaving ont a por.
non OF IN" cream, under prctcnsc; but if the
test was tor honestly ascertaining which pro-
cess would make the most butter, then why
dld not the "oflicials" put in all the crcum
| from the Cooley and chuin the cream accord.
| ing to directions Is anything further need.
! cd TO convince the readers of the REGISTER
/ tlat that test was gotten up and run for the
express purpose OF bolstcrng up open setting
and the Stoddard against the Cooley? If so,
! let Us examine and see how thorou0h il yvo :
| in other directions.
The "oifcials" cannot tell which apparatus
raised thc most cream. They We're particular
10 forget this part, which Is very essential in a
test for cream gathering purposes. If they
hau done so theymiSht have upset Mr.. Evarts'
| nttle theory that Vermont cream is not rs rich
in butter making qualities as Massachusetts
ana connecticut cream, and of course they
dld not desire Ia do any such thing rs that
/ certainly not; that was not what the "ofii-
CialS" were working tor II was not "A mart of
their scheme to show how many inches of
Vermont cream il took in the Cooley to make
a pound of butter and then show how great a
loss the deep setting patrons of the (Ieorgia
factory sustained in Vermont.
In 1873 there was test at the Palace of In
dustry near Paris, France, conducted by the
french government officials in which the
Cooley deep settlers, like Mr.. Parker's, and
numerous other systems and apparatus were
In competition. This test was continued for
several weeks. The Cooley came out ahead
OF everything and was awarded the gold med
al. Again, in lSS2, a similar tc-t was conduct
ed by the government, lasting several weeks
WIN the same result, the gold medal being
awarded 10 the Cooley crcaIner. Four fic.
tories, formerly using the common doep set
tcrs like Mr.. Parkers, have changed TO th,
cooley cream gathering. These factories are
Canton, Conn; Avon, Conn; West Hartford
Conn, and East CRANKY, Conn., the last with.
in two months. | suppose that if the French
government had had the "ofliciaIs' at cam
bridge, the gold medal would not have been
gwen the Cooley, or if the four factories above
named had the "Othcials" OF Cambridge they
might have been saved the eXprnsc of chun4.
ing to the Cooley, and the patrons rot from IA
TO % per cent. less money for their cream,
than they do now after the change.
our readers must bear in mind that Mpssrs
ENhrls, farker and Douglas are "chums" and
are determined to run the system which they
can make Inc most money out OF. | advocate
what has proved, in Maine, New Humpshire
Ncrlnont, Massachusetts and COnnccticut 10
pay the farmers the largest net proceeds
irnln their dairies, and am confident that the
time i not far distant when hundreds of Yer
mont farmers will feel grateful for my efforts
IN TINS direction. / do not deny that / expect
|" make something on each sale but there my
pront ends. do not ask or wish to make
something out of each days product through
out the seasonas the dairyman does who buys
the goods. 10y
Respectfully yours,
j. W. DORSEY.