The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-11-01

farm and should be kept thoroughly
clean and given the best care in every
way to insure long life, but this is
not realized by a majority of the own
ers of separators. In the Sunnyside
Sun, Mr.. Goodhue says he is going to
roast some one good and brown-and
he does the thing in good shape. He
says:
II refer to the negligent manner in
which your dairymen are caring for
their separators. Now, this is not IN
tended for the women; for, be 1T said,
they most invariably have nothing to
do with the operating of the sepa-
rator, their lot being to clean the
tinware and bowls after the milk is
skinned; and let me be understood
as going on record and giving credit
to the women of the Sunnyside valley
as showing the neatest and cleanest
tinware and separator bowls that have
come under my observation anywhere.
But the separator frames which carry
the operating machinery-the cleanli-
ness of which is absolutely essential
to the ease of operating and the life
of the machine-are, in the sunny
side valley, positive disgrace to the
users and to the dairy and creamery
interests of this section.
The fact that the country Is very
dusty makes it more necessary for the
user of a. separator to be more careful
in protecting the frames of the sepa-
rator; and this not only preserves
it's lasting qualities, but it's looks as
we'll. In order to do this one of two
things must be done, either the sep
arator must be put in dust proof
room, or nearly so, or a sack MADE
of say, two yards of ducking which
should be drawn over it as soon as
the separator is thoroughly wiped Off
after using.
To clean a separator frame properly
never use any water about it (water
for tinware and bowl only, but in
stead use a cloth (part of flour sack
is Just the thing), let it be moist with
coal oil and as soon as the separating
is finished, wipe off the whole ma
chine: on the inner bowl shell where
the top bearing rests, being particular
to keep this scrupulOusly clean, just
as much so as the bowl itself. Once
a month take out this top bearing
Cts easily done), and drop it in a ba-
sin or cup, immersing completely in
coal oil; and besides this, once every
ten days use a bountiful supply of
coal oil in every oil hole and oil cup
on the machine. If those OF your
dairymen who are so careless in look
ing after the separators will follow
these directions seldom will they find
it necessary to call on separator ex-
pert to look after their separator. No
separator expert should be called out
in the country to simply clean up the
dirt on a separator, but to look after
mechanical defects or worn parts, the
latter of which will seldom have to
be replaced if these directions are fol-
lowed.
For the past two days the writer
has been out in some of this separator
filth. and this article is written in
spirit of helpfulness. The Sunnyside
dairywomen are real nice and Clearly
with the separator tinware, but the
men who operate the machines-Pd
better not say. Out of twelve ma
chimes visited l found but one ma
chine as clean as it should be, and the
operator tells me this separator has
been operated five years with no ex-
pense for repairs.
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