Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-29
VALUE OF SEPARATOR
Benefits Derived From Use Of
Machine Are Many.
Greatly Lessons Labor of Swimming
the Milk and Handling Cream
Also Plays Very important
Part in Making of Butter.
(By w. F. PURDUE.)

10Y W. T OAe1OI1.I
The cream separator on the farm
adds value to milk products and is
great labor saver.
The benefits from the use of
cream separator are many, and the
tarmer who milks even three or four
| good COWS cannot afford to be with
| put one. The farmer who looks close
! ly to his various sources of profit
will not be without cream separator
The work economy and money econo-
my to be effected by the use of the
separator will not permit the prac
/ teal farmer to be without one.
| Let us see what some of the bene-
| ITS to be derived from the use of a
cream separator are. First, 1t great
~ lessons the labor of skimming the
milk and handling the cream. AS
soon as the milking is completed the
separator is started, as the work Is
best accomplished while the milk Is
warm. In very short time one has
the cream in one vessel and the
shmmilk in another. The machine
may then be taken apart and washed
In few minutes. One never has
lot of crooks and pans to wash and
air and there Is work in warm wealth
sr trying to keep a lot of milk cool
nntil it is ready to skim, such as
pumping a milk-box full of cold water
several times a day or running UP
and down cellar steps with heavy
crooks of milk if the milk is kept in
the cellar.
By the use of the separator more
cream Is secured from the same
amount Of milk The separator gets
practically all of the cream from the
milk, while where the milk is sep
arated by water dilution or by the
deep pan system only a part of the
cream is secured. The rest goes to
the calves or pigs along with the
skimmilk This item of securing all
the cream is one of the most impor-
tant ones in favor of the use of
separator. The additional profit which
only few cows can thus be made
to render will pay for good separa-
tor in short time.
If you have separator, you sep
arate the milk while it is warm and
fresh, and the calves, pigs and chick
ems get the skimmilk before it is
stale or cold or sour.
The cream separator plays an i'm
portant part in the making of good
butter. First-class butter cannot be
made from an inferior quality of
cream, no difference how skillful the
buttermaker. The care of the milk
and cream from the time it is drawn
greatly affects the quality Of butter
produced. When separator is used
there is the cream only to look after
until it is ready for the churn. Sep
aration by water dilution or the deep
pan system results in cream of an
inferior quality; it is thinner than
| separator cream and does not churn
as completely. Separator cream
when sold to creamery will sell for
more money than that produced by
other systems, and when made into
butter at home, the butter will com
mand higher price.
The cream separator has come to
stay, and where several COWS are
kept it is indispensable. 1t may not
be profitable to invest in separator
when only one or two COWS are kept,
but in time separators probably will
be somewhat cheaper in price
Though they are not really exorbi-
tant in price now or you may keep
more COWS. One of the results from
the invention and perfection of the
cream separator is that many farm
ers keep more COWS now than for
merly.
There are numerous makes of sep
arators now on the market and a
little Judgment should be used in Sc
lecting one. A standard machine
should be selected, one that is easy
to turn and as simple as possible.
Separators are made to wear and,
with proper care, good machine
should last for years, with but small
expense for some minor repairs.
Always remember, however, that
even the best separator has it's limi-
tations. This machine will not rem
edy the negligence of its owner If
the milk is not run through until
cold, or if it is run through at the
wrong speed, or if the machine sets
unevenly, thus causing it to vibrate,
it may not give satisfaction The
best thing to do is to always follow
to the letter the instructions for op-
Grating which the manufacturers
send with every machine, then if it
doesn't work satisfactorily you may
be sure that the trouble is not due
to any negligence on your part and
tthat reliable manufacturer. will cor
ect the trouble