Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-04-30
The Cream Separator
On The Farm.

Ine greatest Improvement ever
made in the way Of handling milk
has been the cream separator. In
speaking Of q cream separator
we mean one that separates the
cream by centrifugal force and
not q tin can in which water is
added to the milk that is often
improperly called q separator.
When the cream separator first
came into use most farmers were
inclined to look upon it as an i'm.
practical machine that would not
stand such usage as it would
receive on the farm. Experience
has shown, however, that these
ideas are entirely wrong. There
is no machine used on the farm
that serves the purpose for which
it is made any better than does a
good separator. 1t is not a toy
and seldom gets out of order.
On the other hand, when given
reasonable care there is no
machine used en- the farm that
will give longer service than the
separator when we consider the
fact that most machinery on the
farm Ia used only a few days
during the year and the separa-
tor is used twice each day.
Some separators are still in use
In this state that have been used
regularly for 10 years without
having more than few dollors
repairs during this time. With
reasonable care a separator
should run from 4 to 8 years
with practically no expense for
repairs. After that time by the
expenditure OF a few dollars for
repairs and by replacing some
Iparts, the machine will be in
good condition for several years
more service. The old shallow
pan or crock plan Of getting the
cream from the milk results, on
an average, in a loss Of about
one fourth of the entire amount
OF cream; that is to say, in using
pan or crock in which to raise
the cream every fourth COW is
kept to supply the cream that is
lost in the skimmilk. To put il
in another way, three COWS, where
a separator is used, are equiva.
, lent to four where the cream il
raised In q pan. This saving ir
cream is sufficient to pay for &
separator in q years time where
as many as ten cows are MIXED
Further, not only is -fourtl
additional cream secured will
) the separator but the work o
> taking care of the milk is muci
reduced. The machine is usual,
} placed IN a small room adjoining
' the barn or other suitable loca
: ton. The mixers at milking
0 time take the separator part
. from the house, after milking
Q they separate the milk, feed tn
Q fresh warm skimmilk to the calve
n and pigs and return Q small ca
: with the cream, and the separate
: parts for washing, TO the house
= In this way the housewife ha
/ only the separator to wash a
o compared with number Of pan
y and crooks TO wash and milk I
n care for. Still another sdyantag
a connected with the use Of a sepa
n rator is that the butter made
it much better as IL allows the crear
ls to be separated while fresh an
Is sweet and it can then be soure
y for churning and . much betts
10 quality of butter will be mad
= than where cream raised b
.. gravity is used.
+ The increase ct popularity ,
re the farm separator Is shown b
l. the striking fact that In 1900 thel
Is we're only about 800 in Missouri
y, while at the present time the
n are over 1000 In regular US
n There ID no doubt that within
Ilfev years the use Of the separ,