Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-29
The Value of a Separator.

In determining whether any machine
will lie profitable investment the initial
cost IS only one of the points to be con-
sidered; there are others of as much or
more importance which should receive
attention before the question Is decided
II the first cost were the only considera-
ton, we should still be cutting our grass
with scytheS ard binding our grain by
hand. Some of the other points when
should be considered are the saving or
time resulting from the use OF the ma
chine; the elimination OF the present dis
agreeable. unsatisfactory and unproiit-
able methods of doing some branch OF the
Work: the quantity and quality OF tho
machine and the dependence 10 be placed
on II: cost of its operation ratio OF re-
turns to the amount invested.
fefhapS as good 4 way any to OBJ
tain reliable information rs to the value
Of airy Particular machine is to talk with
the MEN WIN have used one When We
learn what il has dore for them we NAV
form an idea regarding what it will do
Tor US. Let us endeavor to amply this
reasoning in considering the wisdom of
Let us take the man who has from eight.
I" fifteen ccws. and Iao separator. Unless
he is in exceptionally faxorable circmn-
stanceS. he is probably dispoSing of his
milk by one of the following more or less
unsatisfactory and Improbable methods:
Setting II iii oren vessels. q method 50
we'll known to he waSteful that subj
nlnrSion or dilution is practiced by some
with a little better result but with too
mech loss Of butter fat for n good profit.
separator
half water and makes a poor food for
any animal. Cream obtained hy this
process makes an inferior grade of butter
The water used for diution may contain
bacteria Of very injurious kinds: these
will multirly rapidly and produce Il bad
flavor in the hutctr The skim-inilk from
he suhnlersion creamcrs is not as valC-
ahle for feeding the warm milk FROM
the separator.
Selling the whole milk makes less work.
and in most cases less income than other
rs III. nYf, .t.n
ceived for the milk is all that may be
placed on the credit side of the account
as there is no sknl-milk to feed to calves
or pigs. In some places much milk is
drawn to cheese factories and the whey.
drawn home: this whey is of some little
value for feeding. but not much. and
Sometimes the whole milk is hauled to
n creamery. where it Is separated and tho
skinl-rrilk taken home. This Is perhaps
NEXT hest to having ones own separately
icctons. Where The milk from several
farms is mixed together If there is, n dis
eascd COW in one dairy tn" disease may
he Transmitted through inc skiiiI-nlilk to
arothcr farm. or even to S2ve4 Il farms
and thus cause serious trouble, 80, H.
When the farm CT screrat" his milk at
horne he knows that he is not feeding his
calves and pigs on diseased. tainted milk
from COW In som. one slses dairy
| grossly" rnen that the Skirn-ulik fed
| warm from the separator is of more value
as feed for Young stock than the milk
| that is brought home from the creamery
where it il separated. This point alone
! would warrant the purchase or sep
| arator where the growing Of calves ana
pigs is considered an important side limo
| In connection with dairyipS.
| Then thclt. is the expense of hauling the
| milk to be considered this. of course, de-
| ponds on the distance AMI the condition
| of the roads hut there is always the eX-
pense Of cans and more cans. Any cfh-
| Gent method of handling tho milk at home
| without i centrifugal separator generally
| requires a considerable supply of ice, and
| this is sometimes quite an expense. frst
| for the icehouse, and then to I'LL it each
| year.
| Then the work OF getting the Ice out and
| putting il in the dreamer tWica each day
| is no small chore. and owing partly TO the
| chaf and saWduSt which can not be en-
| tirelv cleaned from the ice, and partly to
| the fact that n lid sometimes will come
| off a can. the water in the tank Is
| generally not iE good condition rs II
| should be. to secure the approval of fas-
| tidous people. When separator fs pur-
chased it Is soon seen that II il q decided
improvement over the cr""'rnr. both IN
convenience aFf1esalts. The work IS less
and the income iS greater thnn before.
OF course, there are except ions, but III
most cases the man with ten cows should
| have u separator