The Marshall republican., 1909-04-30
The Cream Separator on the
FARM.

The greatest single Improvement
ever made in the way OF handling
milk has been the cream separa-
tor. In speaking OF a cream sepa-
rator we mean one that separates
the cream by centrifugal force and
not a tin can in which water is add
ed to the milk that is often inn
properly called a separator. When
the cream separator first came in
to use most farmers were inclined
I'd look upon it as an impractical
machine that would not stand such
usage as 1t would receive on the
tarm. Experience has shown, how
ever, that these ideas are entirely
wrong. There is no machine used
on the farm that serves the par
pose for which it is made any bet
ter than does Il good separator.
1t is not a toy and seldom gets out
OF order. On the other hand, whln
given reasonable care there is no
machine used on the farm that will
give longer service thln the sep
arator when W. colALe' Ia f.,
that most machinery on IN. fam.
is used only a few days dur.hg til
year and the separate is useL
twice each day. Some s-para;o.a
are still in use in this Stl.o that
have been used regularly for 10
years without having NOR man {
few dollars repairs dur.hg tAis
this time. With reasonable care n
separator should run from 1 to 6
years with practically no expense
for repairs. After that time by
the expenditure of a few dollars
for repairs and by rep.ac!ng seine
parts, the machine viii be in good
condition Tor several years mora
service. The Old shallow pan or
crock plan OF getting the cream
from the milk results, on an ave.
age, in a loss OF about olp-fou-th
of the entire amount of c:eam that
is to say, in using a pan or crock
in which to raise the cream every
fourth COW is kept to supply the
cream that is lost in the skim milk.
To put it in another way, three
COWS, where a separator is used,
are equivalent to four where the
cream is raised in a pan. This saw
ing in cream is sufficient to pay
for a separator in a years time
where as many as 10 cows are milk
ed Further, not only is a fourth
additional cream secured with
the separator but the work of TAX
ing care of the milk is much reduc-
ed. The machine is usually placed
in a small room adjoining the barn
or other suitable. location. The
mlkers at milking time. take. the
separator parts from the house, af-
ter milking they separate the milk
feed the fresh warm~skimni'k TO
the calves and pigs and return a
small can with the cream, and the
separator parts Tor washing, to
the house. In this way the house
wife has only the separator to
wash as compared with a number
of pans and crooks to wash and
milk to care for. Still another ad-
vantage connected with the use of
Il separator is that the butter made
is much better as it allows the
cream to be separated while fresh
and sweet and it can then be sour
ed Tor churning and a much better
quality o. butter will be made than
where cream raised by gravity is
used.
The increase o. popularity of the
farm separator is showl by the
striking .act tina; il $50 there were
only about 200 in Missouri while at
the present there are over 10000 in
regular use. There is no doubt that
within a few years the use OF the
separator will he as common ove,
the entire State as they already are
in a Jew localities and they will
be considered as 4 necessary part
OF the farm equipment as is the
moving machine or corn planter.
C. H. ECKLES,
Agricultural College & Experiment
Station. Columbia, Missouri