Gunnison news-champion., 1907-12-13
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aaIrvIn1 Will agree thai any farmer
who mliks hive COWS or more aud IL
either selling the cream ca making
buster ct IT. peeds a centrifugal hand
cream separator o. -ecare the hes;
profits
The hand cream separator work
lnQ under favorable conditions. does
bod leave over ! ~ ol a pound of
butter Eat ia l'o pounds Il skim
milk The gravity systems aud di-
luton separator methods Of secar-
ing the batter tat viii leave under
favorable conditinas from to IT a
pound of butter fat Ia luo pounds
of milk
According . these figures far
mer who uses hand separator and
mllks 10 COWS, which produces 60,
90 pounds If milk year would
lose ia the 81 ina milk but ~ pounds
# batter FAT wear ON the total
amount Of milk by the other meth
ods he would lose from 3'D TO I5O
pounds wear Figuring butter fat
at twenty cents a pound there would
be an annual loss Of from s3i 10
Ssi between the hand separator
aud the other methods.
Not only does the machine secure
practically all the butter fat, but IT
delivers the skim milk in sweet,
warm and andiluted condition ready
10 lie ied 10 the calves Very few
dairy utensils are needed as the
milk is separated a. soon a. 1t
comes from the COW and the skim
milk is fed at once. Less work Is
required to handle the milk IN this
manner than with the other methods
The cream delivered from the
separator is of uniform richness, i,
has all the tibrous and foreign mat
ter removed. The milk has not alb
sorbed bad ilavors and odors from
standing around and the cream is
IN excellent condition for ripening
Thus there is a gain ia the quantity
and quality of butter obtained.
Not only is the centrifugal sepa-
rator Of advantage in the production
of fine butter but it is equally ad-
vantageous in the puritication Of
milk and cream for direct human
consumption. Diaries improve the
quality Of their milk very much by
running it through the separator
and then mix the milk and cream
together before bottling it.
The average farmer cannot afford
to haul the whole milk to the cream
erv, even if he is within hauling
distance and the roads are good
The skim milk often comes back in
cold half sour and contaminated
condition which is unfit for feeding
purposes. Even if it does come
back in good condition, it is i'm
possible to feed it regularly, and it
is far from being equal to hand sep
arator milk Too much time is re-
quired to haul il to the creamery
compared to the length of time re
quired to separate 1T at home by
hand. The hand separator cream,
by careful handling, need not be
hauled to the creamery oftener than
every other dav during the summer
aud perhaps not -oftener than once
in three days during the ;winter
months.
Hand separators may be procured
in sizes varying in capacity from
$50 pounds Is gallons an hour to
1900 pounds llll gallons az. hour
The prices varying from about $40
for the smaller size TO about Sl15
for the larger size depending upon
the particular make
\ farmer who milks ten COWS OBJ
tanning from them say 800 pounds
of milk a day or 80 pounds at each
milking, should be able to separate
it in fifteen minuter. This will re-
quire a separator Of GOO pounds ca
pacity an hour which would cost
about 500.
The average separator OF standard
or reliable make, should last, with
GOOD care for - or , wears with