The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-09-15
HAVE been asked to render a short
treatise on The Farm Separa-

butte what information ana Suggestions
| can. bearing in mind that TO many
of you who are using separators and
using them intelligently, my advice is
perhaps superfluous. 1t is not to such
that | am addressing myself but more
particularly to those contemplating
the purchase of a cream separator, and
to those who are already using one,
but are not living up to the require
ments that the buyers OF their cream
would insist on, if they but knew that
they had you where you could not take
your cream elsewhere.
What kind of a separator to buy is
the first rock in the channel TO steer
clear OF, and many founder on II. IL
is on this that many need advice, and
in setting forth my views, | Will en-
deavor to be as impartial as possible.
First of all, convince yourself by
means of your eyes, and reasoning
powers tnat the machine you select Is
the result of your best judgment; DO
not be hustled into taking one that
does not look good to you, just TO
please some agent Ii he sells you,
probably you never will see him
again. Separators, like horses, must
have points OF merit about them to
show for themselves about what can
be expected of them, and you must
learn and look for these points. Here
they are in nutshell:
First. 1.-THE easiest to turn by hand"
according to your judgment. Try diff
ferent new machines, which are in
good order. You are competent enough
to pick the easiest running one.
civ lnyt
cleanse and keep sweet according TO
your judgment. Hence, all things
being equal, select the bowl that has
the tewest parts to it, avoiding those
fitted with a lot OF tinWare in the bowl
or with corrugated or perforated
cones, which are hard to get at 10
clean. Such a bowl it is difficult 10
keep in sweet condition. YOU can
tell Them anywhere. Just put your
nose close to one that probably one OF
your neighbOrS has. Any bowl Will get
into such a state II neglected, but the
simpler it is, the less opportunity II
wall have to become so, and 1t goes
without saying that the fewer parts
there are to wash, the better for you
or whoever does the cleaning. Also
the freer the bowl is from any bad
OdOr. the better quality cream 1t Will
turn out. The presence OF lot OF
parts in the bowl has tendency to
partly churn the cream in minute
degree In other words, the cream is
not delivered quite in smooth cOndl-
ton. This, however, is not factor to
any extent in your deciding on sep
aratOr. There is this much for your
consideration, though, That 1t is not
the bowl-shell that becomes out OF
balance, but the ''fxings" inside it,
which, through continual wear and
tear. become loose and soon cause the
the bowl TO vibrate. They cannot be
frightened up or adjusted by the user,
but must go back to the factory, and
have new parts put in, and the bowl
re-balanced.
Third. What might be termed "one-
spindle machines" are also unsatisfac-
tory, for the bowl must OF necessity
be long, and hence easier to become
sprung, or bent, and as these bowls
have the worm-gearing on them,
should this become cut, you cannot
replace with a little extension spin
de-" but you will have no recourse
but to ship it back to the factory, to
undergo a big expense in having the
bowl fitted with a new spindle.
Fourth. convenience" is another
important feature. The loW-doWn
supply can in use with one or two
MAKES are preferable to the high-up
supply can previously universally
used, and which stands for a back
straining lift and frequent rubber-neck-
ing over the can, on your tip-toes to
look down into it. OF course, we
have always heretofore got along all
right with the high-up can, but the
new pattern low-down can saves all
Won nan lnAl RIGHT down into