Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-02-21

After having used the BabcOck test foi
several months and becoming sausneo
with it's accuracy we sent the following
note TO each Of our patrons:
BY request Of msay of the patrons Of TINS
crea.aery. ApriI We shall start IN operation q
fest vat All milk entering this Fai VIII o
paid for in proportion 70 the aHount oi DHiief
X wisI rnate. A. decided BY the Ba5cock test
All patrons desiring their milk % 60 into TAI
vat must give Is notice on or before ApfI J Z"
wait until tie ~ 1t month. FurtLt informA
tlon will be cheerfully given at the creamery
We anticipated a good deal Of opposi
ton from many Of the patrons and L.
preserve harmony proposed separate
vat for all those who preferred pooling
their milk IN the old way. To Our sur
prise on the morning Of the lst not q
pound of milk went into the old vat.
Many Of the patrons thought that thci1
milk would test low Certain ones, Of
course, knew that they would have to
quit skimming, and in many cases that
meant sorghum OF mustard on the daily
bread, but WREN it came to putting
theirs In with the rest Of the poor and
dishonest milk each one had conceii
enough to rec that il would end in los
ing game. They preferred the society Of
the best.
Many Of the patrons thought that the
test would be unfair through the taking
Of the sample 1his we overcame by
punching little hole in the conductor
spout and setting pint basin under 1t,
thus securing almost perfect sample.
A few drop from each half pound OF
milk must necessarily reach the basin.
Every patrons milk must pass over the
same hole, and the patron sees that no
favoritism is shown.
During the nine months that we have
used the test our yield has been about
three-tenths Of n pound higher than dur
ing the same months Of the four years
previous. If the test will bring about SO
great an improvement in so short time
with the same cows, we may reasonably
expect still greater improvement when
the patrons have had time to improve
their herds. Before the whole object OF
the patron was milk now 1t is butter.
The average price per 100 pounds Of milk
received by our patrons from April to
December inclusive was 9Oi cents. Pa.
tron No. received $l.l7t. Patron No.
Q received lO3i. Patron No. 3, 81 cents
Patron No. 4, 75i cents-a difference
between the highest and the lowest Of
411 cents
One hundred pounds Of No l'g milk
made US much butter as 1855 pounds of
No. as and as much as l29 pounds of
the average In other words, 100 pounds
of No. Is milk brought him 55 per cent
more than No. Is and 30 per cont more
than tho average. We have heard many
creamery men say that they believed Il
the only fair way 10 pay for milk, but
the extra labor and expense of testing
and bookkeeping made them slow to
adopt u,
We found that II made considerable
extra work and expense for acid at first,
but after having pipette made holding
one-third the regular amount and using
the test bottle Ms composite jar at the
end Of three days we have the required
amount for sample and have TO test
but once in three days, or 10 times
month. We have about 100 patrons In
our home factory, and II takes us about
three hours 20 test them all, equivalent
70 one hour each day Manager Hoard's
Creameries