Hutchinson gazette., 1901-05-16
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How Successful Farmers Operate THIS
Department Of tho Farm - A Few
Hints rs to tho Care OF 1.-Two stock
and Poultry
Cream separators on tho Farm,

Cream separatorA on tho Farm,
On invitation OF Secretary Il, d, Co
burn, OF the Kansas State Board OF
Agriculture, an address was delivered
at the Boards recent annual meeting
by Mr., Geo, Morgan, a longtime, OBJ
servant dairy and creamery man, on
tho subject OF using cream separators
on the farm, Mr., Morgan Is entirely
convinced OF the deslrab!llty OF the
milk-producer having his separating
done at home rather than at the fac
tory or station, and some Of his OBJ
servatlons are rs follows;
The value of tho farm separator
to the private dalryman has already
passed the experimental stage. The
evidence Of our experimental stations
and the testimony Of all who have
made u careful, intelligent comparison
between the gravity system and the
modern cream separator Is practically
unit In favor of the latter for the
private dalryman The question as to
Its advantages In localities where
creamerles are established is one con-
fronting creamerles at this time In
their operating expenses. This applies
alike both to creamery and patron,
whether under cooperative or pro-
prletary management, 1t makes but IT.
tie difference, All are vitality interest
ed In the expense account. II the east
ern creamery enjoys patronage Of
from 10000 to 10000 pounds OF milk
per day, while many Of our creameries
are running along at from 5000 to
5000 pounds, then we have lost much
of the advantages we possess on ac-
count OF our cheaper dairy foods in
the increased cost Of operating, Evil
IDENTIFY, as long as present conditions
exist, some system Of Capitalization is
inevitable.
The farm separator, we think, will
assist greatly in solving this problem,
1t means minimum OF labor with
maximum Of profit, The product Is
carried In condensed form from the
patron to the creamery, In our state,
dalrying Is incidental to beef and pork
production, The conditions at times
are peculiar and perplexlng, The
farmer has a way of putting the cream
cry on half ratlons of milk, When
times and crops are good, 1t Is no un-
common thing to find him at milking
time quietly sitting on the fence with
complacent smile upon his counte-
nance, as he watches the calf do the
milking, but when reverses come, the
COW and the creamery are counted
amongst his best friends and assets,
Where large investments are made In
skimming stations and these spells
strike the patrons, 1t often proves very
disastrous to the management as they
feel compelled to keep running
though the patronage has gone below
any chance Of profit. We feel safe In
saying that fully one-third of the
sklmming stations in this state from
October to May do not pay running ex-
penses. It Is in these localities where the
farm separator will prove of the great
est benefit, II the patronage is light
then the expense is correspondngly
light, We place the average cost Of
skimming station at $1,000 and the
average cost of operating at $500 per
annum
At points where the patronage Is
liberal, any radical change would not
be advisable 1t will to a great extent
work its own way, But at these weak
err non-paying stations much good can
be accomplished by the use Of the farm
separator especially in territory where
the distance is too great to haul milk.
True, to carry out this plan the farm
er must make an Investment for which
he is amply compensated In the in
creased value OF the skim milk and the
convenience Of having 1t on the farm
morning and evening to be fed while
warm, sweet and fresh and in the best
possible condition to be fed to the
young animal, The milk patron often
suffers a severe loss on account Of his
Sundays milk during the heated term.
He also loses again by feeding new milk
to the calf for six or eight weeks on
account Of the danger incurred in feed
ing the creamery milk, Where milk
is fed from the farm separator by care
ful management and the use of Kaflr-
corn-meal, the calf can be put upon the
skinned milk at Is days old. 1t has
been our experience that the patrons
with from 10 to 15 cows save enough
in one year to pay for $100 ma
chine.