The Teton peak., 1904-09-08
Cream SeparatorS on Farm.

Mrs. Tacy B. Mathews, who thus
relates her experiences in the
Practical Farmer, in dairying both
with and without the aid of the
cream separator, showing its great
economical utility in the dairy.
She says:
Some years ago a creamery started
i'll our neighborhood and we began
sending milk to it. AT first the
price paid for milk was quite good,
sometimes running over 81 per 100,
and the milk was tested twice
week; 1 believe this was carefully
and correctly done. While this
was the case we thought the dairy
business would prove profitable,
and planned to increase the number
of cows. 1t was not long, however,
before the price of milk went SO low
as often to be but 60 cents per 100
for milk testing 4 per cent. And no
matter how good the cows were, the
test of none of the farmers would
go above 4 per cent, while some
seldom reached that point. Our
test was always marked a." We
sold some milk in the village.
This was put into Mason's glass
jars and the cream came one third
the distance down the jar. Persons
buying milk of us claimed to be
unable to obtain such rich milk
elsewhere. We decided to churn
some cream ourselves and see if we
were only making 4 pounds of butter
per 100. AS a result we found we
made between 5 and 6 pounds in
stead. We Immediately stopped
sending to the creamery and began
making butter in the old-fashioned
way. We decided cold water was
a good enough separator for us, if
it would give us between one and
two pounds more butter per 100.
We continued to make butter in
this way for year or so; and /
confess we were prejudiced against
separators. One evening, just be-
fore milking time, team stopped
at the house and young man asked
permission to separate our even-
ing's milk for us. We told him it
was useless to waste his time in
showing his separator to us, as we
were we'll satisfied with our spring
house, and desired no change But
at last we gave in, and he set the
machine, separated the milk and
washed it in less time than it
would have taken to have SKINNED
the same quantity. and washed and
scalded the pans containing it.
This was the first time we had seen
hand machine; and the quality Of
the cream was so fine that we felt
sorry to see him replace the separa-
tor in his wagon the next morning.
We began to think, perhaps, that
in the far distant future we would
buy one. We did not keep many
cows, and had not stable room to
! increase the number very much.
So we reasoned it would not pay us
to put SO much money into such a
tool. The agent noticed we were
pleased, so he saw to it we did not
forget him, nor the firm he repre-
sented. At last we allowed him to
leave one of his hand machines on
trial. To try it as money saver
we exactly divided our milk for a
few milkings, putting one-half in
to pans and treating it as usual,
while the other half was separated.
When the churning was completed
the scales showed the following
record: SO ounces of butter from
milk set away, and 81 ounces from
: same quantity separated, again of
, % ounces in favor of the separator.
Pork sold low, and milk does not
fatten very much, anyhow. 1t
S would make large hole in the corn
, pile before the pigs would be ready
} to convert into pork, even if fed so
< much butter; so we concluded not
4 to furnish them such a large pei
h cent of cream any longer; and in a
: few days the separate. was our own.
n We have used the separator since
3 and have had no expense in con.
e nection with it, except for the oil
There seems to be nothing to ge
out of order except some rubbe
e rings, which have to be replaced
e once in while. Everything need
U full for washing comes with tn
st machine except cloth for drying
e We first wash off with cold water
% then with warm water and soda
II and then scald every part wit
,e which the milk comes in contact
le In warm weather we hang in til
ID sun to dry; but if cold or storm
IS wipe instead. We think the qualit
Of of the butter better than befo,
'e using the separator, and the deman
IS for it is increasing. We though
E. the skim milk would not do SO we
t, for calves, etc. but our Young stoc