Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-05-22
CREAMERY INTERESTS.
GETTING THE PROCESS OF MILK
TESTING DOWN FINE.

How to Prorate the Value of MILK When
Tested by the Babcock or a Similar
Machine-In Figuring Garry out tho
Fractions of Mills in Decimals.
First-Talie fair sample of milk, and
find by the rules given for using the ma
chine the per cent Of fat in the milk;
then by multiplying the weight of the
whole body of milk from which the sam
pie carne by the per cent Of fat found
it will show the whole weight of fat
in the milk weighed in. From day to
day through the month. or as often as
tests are taken during the month, credit
each patron with the weight of the fat in
the milk the test applies TO. For instance,
if one days milk of 800 pounds shows
per cent. milk, give tho patron credit for
twelve pounds of fat in the cheese or
butter that is subsequently included
in sale. If tests are made once a week
add together weight Ct milk back TO
former test, whether milk was delivered
six or seven days, as the case LA,y be,
and multiply the aggregate weight by
tho per cent. shown l'y the test.
tain the weight Of fat Of all the patrons
that has entered into tho weight Of the
butter or cheese sold. From the sum
obtained from the sale Of either product,
or from both, if both are made, from the
milk, deduct the cost Of Manufacture;
then, using the aggregate weight Of fat
in the sale as a diyisor, and the sum of
money left, after deducting the cost of
manufacture, as a dividend, find the
value of one pound of fat in either the
butter or cheese, or both, if both are
made and arc in the sale. Then multi
ply the weight Of the fat each patron has
to his credit by the price found for one
pound, and pay him so many dollars and
cents. Example,
Q +67 pounds of cheese sold at Of cents. ss75 90
Deduct cost of making ut Ilp ccnts...... AZ 90
Balance to be divided ...................s7 5S36
Pounds of fat in tue cheese sold, say 4-lU
OF It's Northumberland. 8,IT
Value OF each pound Of fat Cccnts)....... 1906
Mr. 4 having rut Su luoLl7 pounds Of
fat from "a, 1875 pounds of 90 per cent.
milk is entitled .$2l1 %
b having put in 1860 pounds Of fat from
40oJ pounds Of milk Is entitled to-. 800 IS
c having put in 90 pounds Of fat from
l2,ol@ pounds of per cent. milk Is TN
titled Observation-Disclosures. llG9(
D having put in 413 pounds Of fat from
/ SIG pounds of per cent. milk is enti-
tied Observation-Disclosures. o5Gl
Total paid the four &C.. u
which is within eight cents of the bal
ance III the pool, as shown above, and
that is about as "Close shave as the
average mathematician could make in
working out IA dividend, unless he had
a hint from omniscience Just how fal
he had better take in or leave out frac-
lions Of mills. | have purposely taken
not round numbers for weight Of milk
or per cent. Of fat or price Of cheese
because it comes as it happens ON the
books Of the factory, and so | put my
self in the cheesematers place and hell
him all can.
! want 20 also call attention to the alb
solute necessity Of having the mills an(
fraction Of mills carried cut at leas
three figures - the right Of the Lccima
in getting the value Of one pound of fat
for the rnultipiier Of the aggregate fat OF
each patron, for the price Of the poun,
is very intense representative of TIL
money III the POOL. y. Smith il
Hoard Dairyman.