The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-07-09

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A Costly Experiment.
When it was decided to Iut in the now skim
ming stations the officers of tho Alexandria
Creamery Go. made as careful an investigation
MS was possible and Came to tho conclusion to
try the Sharpless snpara.ors. Tho price yrs
low compared to tho De Lavel and they were
taken on an iron-clad contract, which guarau-
teed tho separators to do certain work and
beund the company to take them back ut u stat.
ed price at tue end of thirty days, provided they
did not come up to the contract in every par
tcular. The machinery came In Gue time and
was the very best in every way. Great care was
taken to run it according to contract and the
cream from tho Alphas and the Sharpless was
kept separate and churned separately. A care
tul record was kept of the churn test of each set |
OF machines. The scientific test took place last |
week, The De Lavel people were represented |
by j. IL. Holman, of st. Paul, and the Sharpless !
byJ H.. McAvoy and the agent who sold the
sepnrators. The result proved to the ~setisfac. !
ton of everyone that the Sharpless could rot
compete with the Alpha. The result is that new
Alphas are hero to take tho place of the Sharp
less and the latter will be sent back.
There is not n man connected with the cream
cry but what is sorry the churn and scientific
test went against the Sharpless. That separator
10 sold ut a reasonable price and the Alpha is
not. The people who handle the Shurpless arc
business men who do just us they agree in every
particular and arc gentlemen. But there Is no
sentiment i'll round iron dollars and tho cream
cry company were looking closely after the in
tercsts of tho patrons.
The result of the thirty days trial and the
scientific and churn test may bo briefly Gun
married. from a report by Manager Wood to this
writer as follows: Owing TO the great speed
ana ugh temperature required by the Shurpless
1t takes from II to 20 cents Il day more for coal
for each sharpless than for an Alpha. 1t also
takes moro ice which is not here counted but
which cuts considerable Of n figure. Tho churn
test proves Il loss of from 20 to IS pounds Of but.
ter on every 10000 pounds of milk. The scienti-
fc test shows that the Sharpless is over two
POINTS off compared with tho Alpha. Without
figuring right down TO needles and pins and
keeping well within the facts tho loss on tho
four Sharpless WIS $3.50 daily. The writer had
hoped Tor u different showing and was one of
those who thought the Sharpless would prove as
good a machine US the other. Tho De Layel is
sold for too large q price. But in the light of
the tests We are forced to the conclusion that it
10 the only separator to use for profit.-Alexan-
drin Herald,
When the Kimball creamery was in
process OF organization the now secre-
tary and manager early learned that
next to a competent buttermaker the
most important feature Of a factory was
the separatois. 10 the end that no mis-
take OF this kind be made, the writer
instituted a most thorough and palms.
taking investigation. lasting over thirty
days. Practical creamery men all over
Iowa, Minnesota. Wisconsin and through
out the Elgin district were addressed
upon the subject and particular care
made to obtain the opinion Of men who
not only had large money interests in
the creamery business, but disinterested
as we'll SO far as having prejudices for or
against any separator. The first point
learned was that of all makes of separat-
ors in use the De Laval or "Aipha" COM
prised fully 80 per cent Of them-that is
to say, for every 100 separators in use 90
Oh them were "Alphas." II this was not
suttclent not one answer returned
named a separator as superior while 95
per cent unhesitatingly recommended
the "Alpha" above all others. The mass
Of correspondence once laid before the
directors of the KimbaIl creamery was
sufficient to preclude the purchase Of
any other separator no matter what the
inducements-a decision that time has
demonstrated the wisdom OF. In fact, it
Is not too much to say that had any
other make Of separator been offered as
a gift it would not have been accepted.
Based on the present run of milk it
would have caused a loss to the patrons
OF hundreds OF dollars annually.
1t is. incidentally, painstaking, bust
ness like sense Of this nature which has
had largely to do with the success Of the
Kimball plant and its heavy payment to
patrons.
The expense undergone by the Alex
andria creamery is that Of many others
notably three Of the new creameries
recently started near Kimhall. All that
the Rimball creamery management
learned Of separators was easy OF pro-
curement by the Alexandria folks and
all OF which was freely impaired to the
three creameries in this neighbour hood,
without money and without price-and
much more along the same line learned
after two years Of experience and close
touch with other creameries. The man
ayers and directors OF the three cream
cries mentioned early interviewed the
manager of the Kimball plant as to the
rival separators-and then went right
contrary to his advice. The seductive
voice of tho separator agent was too
much for them. One company was
sharp enough, however. to order an
alpha placed by the side OF the other
machine for a 30 days test and the trial
Is a duplicate Of A%lexandria's. The
manager of the Kimball creamery now
has on file letters from the managers OF
the three new craameries stating that
every statement made by him as to the
merits Of the respective separators has
been fully borne out-and as n man
ager writes: "Our farmers are learning
something every day" A director OF
one OF the creameries who was not in
favor Of paying $500 for an alpha"
when another machine could be bought
for $3.50, when asked II all that the man
ager of the Kimball creamery had said
to him of the machines had not since
been amply demonstrated to him as to
the truth, said: Eyes, that's so, but l
didn't think he knew anything about it."
1t seems that he did, after all.
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