The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-07-12

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aAA Hand Separator, che HxDera.
enes 81 . DaiPynaA - this Dob.
3eet+Dultry RolAts.

stleir ukim-mlk icIt 10 them IN the
best possible condition for feeding pur
poses-it being practically impossible
to feed slop and get good results.
Experience teaches me some very
Interesting lessons about skim-milk
Tor calves. having used It from sl.al-
low settings with excellent results.
Then for eighteen months the Cooley
creanlcr furnished u most excellent
beverage for the growing element Of
my herd, but when our creamery OPEN
cd up We presumed TINT the separator
would skim somewhat cleaner than
the Cooley system, which we found to
be the case.
For eighteen months our calves were
fed creamery skim-milk. for the first
six months with considerable sue
cess. but as the creamery grew older
and it's utensils became worn aud
harder to clean, the greater seemed to
be the trouble to get sweet milk home,
and during the month of last March,
when the creamery was run but ey.
cry other day, the milk became 90 sour
that It turned TO clabber ON the Sec
onds day whenever the temperature
rose to 30 degrees. The principal diff
hculty was In the milk. not having
proper care before sending It to the
creamery but one scarcely desires to
Degin the same caro- during winter
months TINT the summer demands.
One year ago We tried to sterilize Inn
mediate!y after separation, but the OK
pertinent did not prove a success from
the fact above mentioned, that the
product that came into the creamery
Ind not been well cared for by being
aeratetl or rapidly cooled after drawn
from the COW. Such cure cannot be
demanded ut the hands Of every put
ron, and we presume TINT this din.
Guilty occurs with most crcameries.
This state of affairs Inns been so
much OF detrinlent to many patrons
In rearing the heifer calves out Of
their herds some hive gone back to
their COoleys or put in mall separa-
tors so that q supply Of fresh skim milk
can be relied on for both house use
and the young calves, and the cream
either sold for Ice cream purposes or
sent to the creamery to he churned
and marketed.
This brings to mind the query
whether to buy separator or creamer
for cows. The creamer where It can
be attached to q running stream Of
water Of sufficient volume that will
register close to 80 degrees is, we con.
slider, a very satisfactory investment
and In every WY gives nearly perfect
satisfaction. though 1t may not sep
arate quite so closely as the separa-
tor.
On the other hand, where ice Ia put
up and used to cool water altogether.
the cost is materially increased. We
would shy that the annual cost per
COW would not be less. than IS to &C.
cure q supply sufficient to run ten
cows. Some better results could be
gotten out Of spring water by cutting
of when the milk Is cooled to the tenn
perature of the water and some Ice
added at probably half the cost where
ice was entirely depended OH for cool
ing the milk and raising cream.
This latter plan may he the best
for q herd of five to eight cows, but
It seems to us that herd of ten
cows, rather than to furnish ice to
cool their supply of milk, to secure
perfect satisfaction, separator would
serve the best purpose and probably
be the cheapest In the long run. One
feature about the separator should
be taken into consideration, and that
Is Its complications, which necessi.
tate the presence Of a mechanic twice
: day. It cannot be handled by a care
less person without danger OF either
running the machine or doing poor
work. The dairyman who puts his
money into one Of these machines
may expect to become u fixture Mt
home or pny good wages to some ono
who can run It properly.
The creamer does not require ono to
be maclinist and tho boys can of.
ten be left to run things, without the
boss being always OH hand. One great
advantage to be laid at the door of tho
separator is that less handling of milk
Is required and 1t can be fed with the
natural heat still In 1t. which without
doubt, Is better relislled by the calf
than II heated the second time. Don't
purchase one expecting to get out Of
work, for there is Just whore It com.
menccs. Should hesitate about pur-
chasing one unless had enough milk
to justify attaching power OF some
kind to it,as know a dairyElan who
put In a separator In place of a cream
pr and had to hire good, strong hand
to turn 1t.
Tor some months VIC have gone back
to our crcamer. Instead Of scrding
the whole milk to the creamery the
cream only goes, thereby leaving the
skim-milk In wholesome condition
for any use desired. We Ike the
plan SO much better that It is doubtful
Il we shall consent to 20 back to
lending our whole milk.
Our calves could not be depended on
to grow on a mess of sour milk, and
the family positively rejected the
creamery skinned product us q table
beverage. We are not prepared to saw
that we have not some less in int, hut
the value Of a clean, sweet, cold milk
for home use where growing family
of children may enjoy 1t, pays well
for the little loss; yet we see no req
son why the SKINNED product from
the hand separator cannot lie cooled
and give nearly as good satisfaction
for house as from the crcamer. Gto,
p. Scott In Ohio Farmer.