The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-12-18

1t is characteristic with that class
of people to lose their tempers and
call names because they have no good
arguments and must depend on bluff
ing.
Our would-be competitors" are
squirming terribly because the United
States beat the DeLaval in the Model
Dairy at the Pan American, and are
resorting to all sorts of schemes to
break the force of the victory of the
United States over the DeLaval Sep
arator.
They say we put out "what pur-
ports to be a skimmilk record of the
work done by the u. S. machines i'll
the Model Dairy" We gave the ex-
act statement signed by the Superin-
tendent of the Model Dairy, namely:
Average test of the u. S.-.013S.
They published statement also
signed by the superintendent of the
Model Dairy showing average of .0161.
The Superintendent afterwards found
he had made an error, and stated over
his own signature the correct average
for the DeLaval was Org; but these
would-be competitors do not cor
rect the error, but continue to adver-
tise the figures which they know to be
wrong.
The DeLaval Co published their
second period of running, which was
i'll the best season of the year, from
August 8 to September % inclusive.
We published our second period from
September 30 to October 30 inclusive.
All experienced dairymen know that
the U. S. had the hardest milk to sep
arate, as the COWS were longer in milk,
giving less quantity and with cold
weather coming on; yet, with all
these conditions against the u. S., it
excelled the DeLaval, as the superin-
tendent's reports show. Ut also beat
the DeLaval in the first period, after
adjustment
The DeLaval statement reads "Tests
were from August to September
2Sth, but the record books of the Mod
ell Dairy show no record was made I'M
til the l. tn Of August. This gives them
two days to adjust the machine un-
der the friendly expert operators be-
fore any tests were recorded.
Our statement includes the first run
of our machine with no time allowed
for adjustment.
The records after adjustment of the
first period show that the United
States beats the DeLaval on these runs
also.
The DeLaval Co., being aware that
they were beaten in the first period,
sent their machine back to the fac
tory to be fixed over and improved, if
possible, for second trial. Their
machine was one made special for that
work. The U. S. was taken from the
regular stock and was returned to it's
booth after the first run and remain
ed there until we were requested by
telegraph from the Superintendent of
the Model Larry to put in the U. S.
to make a second run. We wondered
why the necessity for telegraphing
such request, but telegraphed back
we would comply with the request.
We learned later that the DeLaval was
shaking so badly that it was not deem
ed safe to run it longer, therefore the
necessity for arranging by telegraph
to replace it with the U. S.
The DeLaval Separator is top
heavy machine filled with 40 to 80
metal discs, and when they get out
of balance, cause trouble if continued
in use. Therefore the necessity for
immediate change when it begins to
shake. They claim to run on slow
speed but always, when in competi-
ton with the U. s., attempt to run at
very high speed-sometimes more than
90 per cent. higher than they adver-
tise to run. They know that their
separator cannot run at high speed
long, so run it at high speed only i'll
tests with the u. S.
The u. S. is made more substantial
ly and does stand high speed, and
runs longer and easier at its speed
than the DeLaval does at its claimed
lower speed.
The DeLaval Co. advertise "vol-
untary" ca statement purporting to
be from the engineer of the Model
Dairy in which he says sit took but
one-fourth as much steam to do our
work with it (DeLaval) as the Unit
ed States used" Such statement
is so ridiculous on it's face that no ex-
perienced dairymen would doubt that
it was voluntary on the part of the
DeLaval Co.
We have hundreds of statements
from dairymen, who have used both
separators, that the U. S. runs easier
than the DeLaval, and wears much
better.
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