The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-10-31
CREAMERIES.
THE THREE SYSTEMS OF OPERATING
THEM IN VOGUE.
Many Difficulties in the Way Of Setting
Milk For Cream in the South.

The following from the Bryan ex-
pertinent station of the Texas Agri-
cultural and Mechanical college is of
value just now.
There are three main systems for
operating creameries.
THE FIRST SYSTEM.
The milk is brought direct to the
creamery once or twice daily,
and paid for at prices fixed
by the company, is there set
usually in deep cans-in a pool of
cold water. skinned, the cream
churned aud the skinned milk and
butter milk taken back by the patrons
each taking an amount proper
Tomato to the whole quantity of milk
furnished by himself.
This system is only profitable where
ice is abundant and cheap or cold
spring OF well water easily accessible.
With our climate and conditions, this
system would certainly be a failure.
THE SECOND SYSTEM.
The milk is set at home in cans fur
nished by the company, and the cream
is bought at a certain price per inch
supposed to make pound of butter)
and is skinned and hauled to the
creamery by one OF the creamery men.
This system is far better than the
first, and under proper conditions may
be made successful.
THE THIRD SYSTEM.
This system involves the use of the
centrifugal cream separator, and has
been thoroughly tested in the south
and found satisfactory.
The use of the centrifugal does
away with all trouble and expense in
cident to settling milk for cream;
avoids all necessity for cellars, cold
water or ice, except for churning or
storage; gets all the cream, regardless
of weather, and n axes uniform butter
product by reason of more uniform
than al epossible under any
other system. In short, the centri-
fugal separation has done, and is now
doing successfully for the south what
the natural dairy advantages of eli
mate, feed and COWS have always done
for the north.
The centrifugal system can be used
lnder any one of the three
pans of organization and
is especially adapted to the
co-operative plan in combination with
invested capital.
To those who are not familiar with
centrifugal separators we may say
briefly that separation of cream from
The milk is effected on the principal
Of the difference in specific gravity as
influenced by centrifugal force. The
machine,takes up little space, is strong,
lurible, simple in construction, and
when set up can be operated by any
one possessing ordinary skill and in
diligence.
There are three different makes of
separators now in opera
ton in this country: The Danish
the DeLaval, and the Back
,trom. OF the three the De Laval and
The Blackstrom have given the most
general satisfaction. All work on the
same principal, whatever difference
here is being due to different ways of
accomplishing the same thing.
SOME DIFFICULTIES.
Few farmers are prepared to handle
he milk properly without ice, and ice
s out of the question.
Where springs of cold water or very
,Old wells can be had the above objec-
ion would be overcome in part OF
Wholly, but springs or wells of cold
water are found on comparatively few
arms in the state. The average tenn
of well water in the western
tates during summer is not above 80
IF % degs. Fahr., while the average
temperature OF well water in this lati-
ude will not fall below 60 or 65, and
more commonly approaches 70 dogs.
Sub-earth or outdoor cellars will
lelp, but require an investment from
ZACH farmer Individually which will
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