Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-06-09
UNIFORM MILK TEST.
iowa Regulation Of standard Required
From sepsratorsand Test Bottles.

sowa ReenIation Of Standard Required
Prom s.paratorsand Test Bottles.
A new law for the regulation Of
creameries aud uniformity in milk test
,rs throughout thestat is being put in
operation by the state dairy commission
err. assisted by the dairy department Of
the experiment station al the college at
Ames. Considerable trouble has been ex-
perienced in the past III arriving at the
exact butter value OF the milk sold to
such creameries as were operated upon
what is known as the separator plan.
There are many kinds Of machines in
tended 10 determine the amount of but
ter fat in milk, and these have been in
use. br.t il came to be believed by patrons
and state officials that there was little
accuracy or equity by reason of the
manner in which they We're used, and
that. furthermore, the benefit of all
doubts were too largely in favor Of the
proprietor. in whose hands and under
whose directions the tests were made.
This led TO the passage OF law requir-
ing that the machine for testing milk,
and by the use of which the price to be
paid for the same was to be fixed,
should be sent by the proprietor of such
creamery to the experiment station al
Ames. there To be thoroughly examined
and if found accurate and correct in It's
workings the officers of the experiment
station would issue certificate to thai
effect. No machine should be so uset
in any, creamery that had not been ex
amined and approved 10y these officers
| The new law also requires that cream
cry men secure from the Office of tn,
state dairy commissioner one STANDARD
/ milk measure and one standard test bot
| tie TO he used in connection with tn,
particular machine that has been ap
proved by the officers at Ames.
This milk measure hasa graduated o.
tabulated rule along or SID" much aftel
the style of the indicat On a thermom
eter. Once the operate ls thorough,
/ stirred the milk, so th.., u iair sampl
can be secured, he draws into this mill
measure a certain amount of the fluid
! The milk is then turned into test bot
tie together with n certain amount o
sulphuric acid, and the bottle is thel
placed in the machine that has beef
licensed by the station at Ames, wher
it is kept for a certain length of time "a
given speed on the part Of the ma
chine. All the work of testing is don
by rule. There is no guesswork. AS
result, there is equity not only as be
tween the proprietor of the creamer.
and the patron, but between the patron
themselves, as the price that any cream
cry can pay for milk depends upon tn
quality of all the milk purchased.
These milk measures and test bottle
are sold by the state at % and 30 cents
respectively, being their actual cost
The whole aim of the state is to compe
such a course of procedure on the par
of creamery men as will give to the pa
tron that which is his due The Office c
the state dairy commissioner is receiy
ing hundreds of applications for thes
measures and bottles. Every measur
and bottle is numbered and the numbe
is entered in the books of the dairy com
missioner SO that he can tell Instant
in what creamery the same Is i'll use
He also issues certificate to ever
creamery man who purchases these SUI
plies. Omaha Bee.