Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-03-19

amount and if we lose we viii forfeit
the 500 to them and if they lose, they
are to forfeit their 500 to us, and the
following points are to he contested for.
/ First, close Swimming at a tempera-
ture of 70-80 aud 80 degrees
Second, ease of operation.
Third, ease of washing.
Fourth, ease with which milk is
poured into the supply tank.
Fifth, simplicity of construction.
Sixth, simplicity of oiling devices and
economy of OIL
Seventh. durability.
Eighth, general appearance.
The contest to be decided by four
strictly disinterested judges. these four
judges to select fifth aud they to
render their decision on the merits an "a
points as above stated immediately after
the trial, with the exception of the test
which is to be made by Babcock tester
testing the whole milk, the skim milk
aud the cream, said test to be made at
the Brookings college or at the Webster
creamery, and the machine leaving the
least butter-fat in the skim milk shall
be deemed TO have won ON the points in
regard TO testing, and the aforesaid
judges TO determine the other points,
and the machine making the most points
shall be deemed the winner
If our competitors in the previous
contest and in the writeup thereof had
followed more closely the Golden Rule
''do unto others as you would like to
be done by" the result would have
been much different ard there would
have been no need for this reply We
have added to this article the statement
of a contest held at Mount Vernon,
South Dakota, but different results
/ than contest as quoted in last weeks
issue, but ''the crowd" in the following
contest did not consist of favored few
who represented one particular machine
/ but consisted of IS to 100 farmers
Il
Complete victory for Sharples Tublar
separator
! The agent for the Alpha hand sepa-
rator, Mr.. Fl. H. Gary, challenged Mr..
O. Il Lowell, agent for the Sharples
Tublar hand separator, to contest of
hand separators; which he suggested
take place at the Old Settlers picnic at
Mount Vernon, S. d., June 7, 1901.
The challenge was accepted by Mr..
Lowell and the contest took place on
the above date and at the above men
/ toned occasion. Mr.. ]. I. Morrow was
selected as judge by Mr. Lowell and Mr..
w. FL Schlund as judge by Mr.. Carey,
with the understanding that a third
judge be selected by the judges men
toned. If ang points arose over which
the two conld not agree.
Tie following tests were taken by the
Sharples representative:
One at thirty-fiye 1851 revolutions Of
the handle per minute:
One at forty (40l revolutions of the
handle per minute:
Que at forty-five (45) revolutions of
the handle per minute:
The Alpha representative took two
tests, aud both at forty-seven (47) revo-
buttons of the handle per minute
i After both contestants explained the
merits of their respective machines, as
4 to ease of operation, ease of cleaning,
simplicity of construction, ETC., the con-
i testants and spectators repaired to the
testing room of the Mount Vernon CO.
operative creamery where the test was
taken by H. H. Carey, w. H. Howie. of
Howard, s. d., a practical butter-maker
and Mr. Welch, butter maker of the
Mount Vernon creamery.
Il The following statement signed by
both contestants, shows the result of
the test:
'.Sharples Tublar Separator.
At thirty-dye 1850 revolutions of the
handle 2-I00:
! at forty (4o) revolutions of the
handle 2-1O0:
| AT forty-fiye t45) revolutions OF the
handle, Trace:
alpha Baby Separator"
AT forty-seven (47) revolutions to the
handle, 6-100:
AT fcrty-seyen (47) revolutions of the
handle, 7-130:
The temperature Of the milk being
normal, when SKINNED by each machine
and the density OF tbs cream being the