Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-01-20
farm Copies.
THE CREAMERY QUESTION.

lf for the Cornwall creamery, in your
ne of Dec. 80? OF course'the object of
] article was to boom the separator
II depreciate the Cooley system. He
rs he paid 10 cents more per 100 lbs.
milk in September than was paid at
! Sudbury creamery.
never supposed it required a very
art man to pay 10 or 20 per cent more
|an an article is worth, for little while,
make a record.
! see he still adheres to the obsolete
stem of test tubes to tell the value of
y milk from different diaries, the accur-
N of which is illustrated by one test
hich he made where the milk showed
per cent of cream. Perhaps he had
liter try now for awhile the soil test
|urn,' which is advocated so vigorously
the separator advocates as the pana-
h for all troubles in the whole milk
hn; "any man now gets pay for his
|lk according to the butter-making
lality,' so they say.
The State legislature of Wisconsin, a
Jar ago, appropriated 81 800 to have the
bill test churn'' tested for the benefit of
h dairymen of the State.
FThe committee have made their report,
ter spending all the money, stating that
lis wholly unreliable.
Prof. G. H. Whitcher, of n. II. State
gricultural college, who at one time re-
|mmended it, after thorough tests. now
|ys, over his signature, in the Hanover,
H., Gazette, Dec. 3d. 1887, $50 far as
|e oil test churn is concerned. am con-
need that person can Judge of quality
the milk just as well by seeing it run
i of jug as he can by using this oil
st churn; it is wholly unreliable in my
Pinion."
but never mind such statements, Mr..
Puglas try it, perhaps it will suit your
ltrons for another year. Then give them
be year of Cooley cream gathering, and
|e if you can ever get them back to
hole milk; one season will show them
their entire satisfaction that every man
Fts pay for his milk according to the
bality.
The creamer shows every day just the
lantity of cream produced, and every
htron can keep his own record and be
is own tester.
Mr.. Douglas refers to Mr.. c. M. James
(iry and says Mr.. James received 81 .05
pr hundred pounds for his milk while he
I'D his cream raised in the Cooley
Feamer. would like to know how Mr..
|ouglas learned the number of pounds
milk Mr.. James had while selling his
Team, as Mr.. James does not know him
(lf, and another thing, Mr.. Jones does
BIT claim that he run the creamer to get
be best results, as he was short of ice,
pit having put up any for that purpose.
1t is conceded by every dairyman that
|ilk is richer i'm November than earlier in
be season, and while sending his milk to
fr. Douglas in November Mr.. James was
Feding his cows on corn stalks with fully
eveloped ears. Further on, will give
bpy of tests showing this.
The milk was carried to the factory ev-
~ other day, so that the patrons had to
! Ike care of it one-half of the time; why
|ot use cream gathering and care for it
he other half? Probably the milk from
Fhich the test was made was taken from
be top of the can, and as it did not cost
FIR. Douglas anything in this way to
Dom his separator, for what he gave to
me patron came out of the other, he
Puld afford to be very generous to Mr..
|anes, so as to make point against the
(ooley. But it seems to me he has over
lone the matter very decidedly.
1t seems strange that Mr.. James never
discovered that he had such a valuable
utter dairy; and though Mr.. Douglas
laims that Mr.. James milk averaged
early 50 per 100 pounds, Mr.. Douglas
hn contract it for the season for Sl.2,
Yer hundred.
DR.. Bonds average was from May tt
pee. l, and he has fine Jersey dairy. L
FIR. Douglas is so anxious to make thu
hrmers all rich, why don't he at leas
|ivide with Mr.. james the S67.3l which
|lr. Douglas says he lost by selling hi
hilk instead of having his butter made
Why don't Mr.. Douglas make complete
|eport and say how much his entire lis
Pf patrons received for their butter o
blk each month and the average for tn
|eason? | notice he is careful not to d.
hat and is never willing to make any
hing but garbled report. If he is dc
hg such great things, why does he hol,
back such report? He certainly ough
70 be anxious to let the whole worl,
know that he is making all his patron
fich, then how his business would boom
t is to bad that the great philanthropis
bf the country should not let his llgh
|hine, but hides it under separator.
The West Salisbury creamery paid al
It's patrons, who contracted for the sea
BON, 20 cents for cream equal pound @
butter and this means 20 cents a no,rn