The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-09-10

pense has been the oil, which is
but little, and fifteen cent rubber
ring for the bowl which has to be
renewed about every two months.
had my separator over a year
before sending any cream to the
creamery.
The separator is a paying insti-
tuition all by itself but in connec-
ton with the creamery, it is the
missing link for which farmers
have been looking. The separator
pays in other ways besides saving
butter fat and work. 1t has been
shown time and again at the Ex-
pertinent Stations that skim milk
balanced with corn produced the
greatest gains at the lowest cost
when fed either to pigs or calves.
To get the best results from skim
milk, it must be fed warm. With
the separator, this is easily done,
for, when the milk is separated as
soon as MIXED and fed at once as
it should be, it still retains the ami
NAL heat which is better than artl-
fcal warming and gives but little
chance for disease germs.
Which is the best kind of sep
arator to buy?
There are only two standard
makes, one is the U. S., the other
is the De Laval. Beware of the
others. while there may be excep.
tons, for the most part they are
cheaply made and will not skim
high testing cream clean.
Cream should test at least 30
per cent butter fat. A lower test
is paying useless transportation or
worse than wasting skim milk that
should be fed on the farm.
l have U. S. Separator. 1t is
a splendid machine, runs light and
skins to a shadow and am well
pleased with it, but still, if l were
going to get a new separator,
would get both De Laval and a
| U. S. on trial, for both machines
have been greatly improved since
bought mine.
The De Laval people are put.
ting out small machine they cal
the Cumming Bird 1t is the
neatest thing l ever saw. 1t has q
capacity of $50 pounds per hour,
enough to keep three mixers busy,
and turns just about as easy as the
average coffee mill. A boy twelve
years old ought to turn it withou,
getting tired.
AS to size best to buy that de.
ponds somewhat upon the number
of COWS, number of mixers, etc.
l am satisfied that when there are
more than ten COWS to milk, it is
good economy to have some kind
Of power, so that the milking and
separating can be going on at the
same time. | have just put in a
small tread power that runs with a
sheep which is very satisfactory.
With two mixers and ten cows, by
milking four cows before we star,
the separator, the milk is all
through before we get the calves
fed. 1t is no trick to feed the milk
while it is yet warm.
When one first gets a separator,
washing the bowl seems like {
big job.
1t took me over an hour and
was just about ready to pitch the
whole thing out doors. Now as
write, it has been washed in les:
than fifteen minutes.
When | bought my machine
Iowa territory was handled from I
general agency at Cedar Rapids ane
the machines and supplies were
shipped from there. Now, Mr.. ]
B. Romans keeps the De Lava
machine in stock and Mr.. Tamn
carries the U. S.
This makes it easy to examin,
the different size and kinds and Il
get supplies.
The hand separator is no longe
an experiment but means NOR,
! profit and less drudgery especial,
when the creamery is patronized
S. ]. WOODRUFF.