The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-22
PROF. EMERY'S WEEKLY LET
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AASG W0ok We u6O b r0pOEg LEOm GQ6
State Dairymen's Association. We
cannot drop the matters treated with
that report. Mr.. Bemminger, from
Pennsylvania, was at the meeting.
In fact, he was very much in evidence
in the Dairy School, which was made
a part Of the Dairy Exhibit through
his kindly CO operation with others in
putting thought and time with his
own handicraft in dairy manipulation
into it.
AT this meeting Mr.. Bemminger
made an address, in which some very
apt things were stated. He said of the
methods of Dreaming milk for butter
making: 1T is more important and
necessary in your State to make your
butter from cream with the Separator
than it is in the North, owing to the
warm weather. You get much better
results when the Separator is used.
You ought to have it separated as soon
as possible after it comes from the COW.
Ia this way you get decidedly the best
cream and butter. I say, separate the
milk as soon as possible after it is
drawn from the COW, if possible, twice
a day. This, I beIieva(to be of great
Importance"
This is from a skilled dairyman who
has only made short visits to North
Carolina in winter. Now read from a
report of tests made at the North Caro-
lima Experiment Station farm extracts
from Bulletin Nc. ia, PIP. 149 and $50.
to see how nearly correct the above OBJ
servation is when applied to practice.
This bulletin was published in 1895.
Have our farmer readers all seen it,
Do they appreciate the comparisons
between creamery setting, or cold set
ting, and separator work as stated
from these tests2
If any one does not and will get out
his pencil and figure q little he may
see what difference he might have
made in the past three years by con
pairing separator work to common or
creamery methods:
IAN average of these results for the
Cooley system churnings, the same as
for the Centrifufal Separator churn-
ings, shows the following average per
cottages to have been recovered: In
butter, 81 Al; in skim milk, 10. 1868; in
butter milk, OPS; in losses, Z 70,
Now, comparing the average results
from both systems, there ia seen to
have been a loss from the Cooley sys
tenn of IA 90 per cent. of the butter fat
more than from the Centrifugal sys
tenn. Part Of this may have been due
TO lack of that expert dizziness in hand
ling the Cooey creamer which the
more thorough acquaintance from
everyday work had given with the
Centrifugal machine. But it must al
80 be remembered this test was chosen
for the time of year most favorable
to the gravity system in this climate;
and when the comparison is made be-
tween the poorest result with the sep
arator and the best with the gravity
setting, there is yet about 8 per cent.
of the butter fat saved in the butter
by use of the separator, and 1 16 per
cent. less loss from handling.
Calculating these four churning on
a cash basis of 25 cents per pound for
butter, and separated milk, skim
milk and butter-milk at half a cent
per pound (4pproximatel s cents per
GALLON, the following advantage is
shown from the use of the Centrifugal
separator, compared with the next
best system of handling milk on terms
favorable to the latter: