The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-02-20

ter, because it got the cream out Of the milk
the most thoroughly. There can be no
doubt of this point.
We do not claim the Cooley Dreamer is
churn or butter-worker We claim it is
the most thorough cream-raser or separa-
tor, and not only this test but all public
tests sustain our claims.
The chairman of the committee at the
time he gave his report stated to the meet
| ing that the cream was not ripe and not fit
! for the best results and also stated in con
| versation after the meeting adjourned that
| he told Professor Whitcher when making
| the tests that the cream would not yield
IT'S iull amount of butter in the unripe state.
IL must be borne in mind that the com
nlttee were not allowed to use their judg-
ment but were compelled to work under the
! professors rules
One of the strongest points in favor of the
| Cooley process is that it keeps the cream In
an absolutely unripe and perfect condition;
! by submergng the atmospheric effect which
| prevents full yield of cream, is entirely
overcome. Being water sealed no chemical
| change can take place in the milk to destroy
| the conditions necessary to perfect work,
and therefore the cream requires more time
! for ripening and will not yield the full
amount of butter, unless it has sufficient
! time to ripen,
1t is impossible to ripen the Cooley cream
| in the time allowed under the printed rules
of Professor Whitcher for the tests without
| a starter"
In all non-submerged " apparatus the
cream is undergoing the process of ripening
while the cream is rising. The cream on
| open pans is practically ripe when ready to
skim, and can be churned at once and yield
the full amount of butter. This is proved
by the tests we are discussing The pans
made more butter than cold, deep setting
and yet the analysis of its skinned milk
showed that there was more cream or fat
left in it than by the others. The separator
1, aI,nu In. IL, tha
ton of separating it from the milk, and par
TALLY churns it. 1t will ripen faster, and
consequently its cream will yield It's full
amount of butter in short test while cream
that ripens slower will not, and is therefore
| not fit for Churning because it has not had
tire to ripen. The efficiency of a cream
raiser or separator, as before remarked, is
shown by the thoroughness with which II
removes the cream from the milk This test
is the analysis of the SKINNED milk. The
Cooley shows the best in the tests we are
discussing, as it h s in all public tests ever
held.
The analysis of the butter from the
Cooley showed S1.25 per cent pure fat, and
that from the Separator 7944 per cent, the
Cooley being nearly two per cent better
than the separator. The analysis also
showed that the Cooley butter had the least
curd of any, proving that it makes the
purest butter
Let us Examine and see why Professor
w nlUC0bT Is 80 DlIleTlN OpDOStu W lIt
Cooley process
In 1887 when the Hanover creamery was
contemplated a majority of the would-be
patrons were in favor of the Cooley cream
gathering system, but Professor Whitcher
led the opposition in favor of the Separator
and with the aid of the village stockholders,
who were not patrons, had majority and
the Separator was adopted. 1t ran for about
year with Professor Whitcher as superin-
tendent with indifferent success: More or
less of the patrons became dissatisfied,
complaint being made that good herds had
to carry the poor, etc, etc, as all were paid
the same for milk.
Then tests were made. These were not
satisfactory and caused trouble Then D
portion got weary of carrying the milk and
demanded branch at another portion of
the town, and got it. Then the patrons il
another direction got weary of carrying the
milk so far and claimed that they should
have branch if the others were allowed
one and became dissatisfied and Withdrew
and started factory among themselves
In the meantime others OF the patrons
and would-be patrons, including the pres.
ident of the association, had tried ana
bought Cooley Creamers, and found tha5
! they made more butter with the Cooley
than when patronzing the Separator.
These things combined have made the
professor and eX-superintendent of the
creamery desperate. Something must be
done to sustain his poston and so the be-
aforementioned tests have been reSOrted 10
: that no experienced or fairly-disposed per
son would for a moment attempt.
The conclusion must inevitably be thai
Professor Whitcher is ignorant of the sci
3 ence of cream-raising and separating and the
ripening and handling Of cream, or he j.
not honest, and proposed TO prove to the
dairymen of his state the superiority OF
his favoritc machine, and sustain his pos
ton by methods that have been proved
. ! nj p,ra ~ he nOtrnSt worthy
, He could hardly have been ignorant Of
, these things, as his attention and the atten
I ton of the association was called to them
at the meeting last year, when his then adj
, vertised tests izzled
Again, let MS examine and see how re-
liable he is on other questions in the same
line In November, 1887, he appeared in a
I meeting of farmers at Lebanon, n. H., and
told them the Oil-test Churn - which
. they used at Hanover was practically cor
! rect-as correct as anything except the
. chemical test.
: Issue was taken with him, and it was
; shown by the best authorities in the land
4 that it was very unreliable.
On December 31st, less than sixty days
= afterwards, he published a statement in the
! gazette, weekly paper printed in his own
: town of Hanover, as follows
" So far as the Oil-test Churn is concerned,
. | am convinced that person can Judge OF
p the quality of milk just as well by seeing II
? run out OF Jug as ne can by using Ihls Oli'
! test Churn, II is totally unreliable, in my
a opinion"
/, He had grown wise in sixty days. Is il
not possible, that after more experience in
4, handling milk and ripening cream and set
= ting aside prejudice, he may grow wiser in
! this line as he did in regard to the " Oil-tes,
a Churn," and become more competent "a
= teach others, even in his own opinion? We
= trust such will be his experience if he will
= be honest and candid with himself.
= VERMONT FARM MACHINE Co.
!, Bellows Falls, Vermont.
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