Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-06-21


what shall be paid to patrons in cream
Gathering creamerieS, and some of the
experiment stations have been doing
pioneer work in experiments and in
designations The Connecticut station
mas done some excellent work in this
respect and has recently issued val
liable bulletin giving summary of
the results.
The fact is well known to those who
have Investigated the subject that
there is much difference in the butter
value of spaces" Of cream, and that,
therefore, the space system has its dis
advantages. The farmer must not be
so radical as to denounce the system,
because it has done excellent work in
times past. and through lack Of any
thing better has been of wonderful
advantage to tho farmer. We always
ike to SPEAK NtcA o. the bridge that
carries us over the stream. But on
the other hand. it is not wise to be
dull to any faults in the construction
Of the bridge or any weakness in its
composition The space system hav
Ing done excellent service is now
shown by modern study to have GER
tain inaccuracies One space" is
not always like another space" and
paying farmers by the space makes
that arbitrary measurement the sole
end and aim of the farmer rather
than the production of butter fats.
In using the Babcock test the funda-
mental essential is that The product to
be tested shall be fairly sampled, and
this has, to many careful thinkers,
been an apparent element Of difficulty
in applying the Babcock test to cream
gathering creameries, because cream
is so thick that error seemed to be
possible, and if so, it would be more
manifest in its results in dealing with
product which contains a heavy per
cent. Of fat
In the work done by the Connect
cut station this trouble was obviated
by the use of brass tube twenty-five
inches long and 3-16 Of an inch bore.
The cream to be tested was first pour
ed from one can 10 another so as to
be mixed as we'll : possible, and then
IllS lliDt WAS ltN ~ w llLbO q NtAh NAAN
sample taken, which included cream
from the top, bottom and center of
the can. The cream from this tube
was run into a small jar, to which
was added a small amount of bichrO-
mate of potash as a preseryauye.
This was done every day, and at the
end of the week a sample was taken
e. nj, thnrspI HtVp-
ing the week, which proved to be
reasonably accurate for purposes of
the test.
BY using the tube different amounts
Of cream were obtained from different
cans in proportion to the whole
amount Of cream in the can, and this
SO equalized any error which might
arise from taking samples represent
ing different quantities Of cream BY
this arrangement, if patron furnish
ed twice as as much cream today as
he did yesterday the sample drawn
from t0day's cream was twice as much
as Yesterdays, and if there was any
difference in the quality of the cream
on the two days this method OF sam
ping would make due account of the
difference in the composite sample.
After sampling. the test is made in
the ordinary way with the Babcock
tester The remainder of the work is
matter Of bookkeeping, for multiply
Ing the result Of the test by the num-
bar Of pounds Of cream furnished
shows exactly how much butter fat
each patron furnishes, and the pro-
portion Of that to the whole amount
Of fat furnished shows the proper
Tomato amount Of the whole money
which he will receive.
The bulletin before named gives a
number Of table results showing the
variation between payment by the
space and by the actual test. Thirty
three tests Of cream from one gather
ing showed a variation in the quality
OF the cream Of from SIP spaces TO the
pound UP to as high as 802 spaces.
Bur ~ the thirty-three tests nineteen
OF the patrons would receive more
money by the Babcock test than they
would by paying by the space, and
fourteen would receive less. The eX-
lfemes Of difference were very marked.
One patron would receive twenty-three
per cont more by the Babcock test
'aan he would by payment by the
space while another would receive
'Ranty per cent less Thirty-four
I7''F II cream from one gathering at
smother creamery showed a range in
|l'N'r N cream Of from sol spaces
Z ? pound to 11.72 spaces per pound.
" his case fifteen patrons would re
.Fa moro money by the Babcock
system and eighteen less. The
whose cream required lip
a'oS TO the pound would receive
E-Seven per cent. less than he
l If paid by the space system.
'' The man whose cream was SO
20 require only five spaces TO
pound wou1 receive twenty-six
cent more by the Babcock test
- the space system.
record Of the tests or composite