News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-09-09
THE CREAMERY OPERATOR.
Both Milk and Cream Can Be improved
by Proper Care.

Both Milk and Cream Can BE improved
by Proper Care.
Creamery Operators as Il class are
ltally interested in improving the
quality Of milk and cream furnished
by their patrons and equally interested
in increasing the quantity Of these
products That the quality can be i'm
proved and the quantity increased
there is no doubt, but just how to ac-
complish these results has proved a
perpleXing problem, says the depart
ment of agriculture.
Creamery patrons as a rule are hard
working, Industrious men, but many
of them do not realize the importance
of furnishing the creamery with moth
ing but clean, sweet milk and cream.
They should become more familiar
with the methods for properly caring
for dairy products economically. Many
of them would like to increase the pro-
duction. but few know just how to
accomplish such result.
The creamery operator who gets
nothing but good raw material is al
ways in Il position to meet competi-
ton and to pay good prices to his
patrons, and where patrons get good
prices for their product and have high
producing COWS they are almost sure
to be interested and successful in their
work 1t is evident, then. that the
success of both the patron and the
creamery are so closely associated that
they are practically Identical. Every
ambitious man is anxious to succeed
and will do SO if given the opportunity.
The cause of lack Of interest and per
haps failure in dairying is largely due
to the absence of definite knowledge
on some vital points ut issue. 1t
seems. therefore. that the creamery is
the proper agency for supplying neceS-
Sary information to its patrons. Many
patrons would be glad to improve their
methods and frequently resolve to do
so, but when they reach the point of
outlining Il plan they are unable to
proceed 'becau''e they have no example
to follow, nor do they know where to
go for reliable advice and demonstra-
ton The creamery operator should
be able and willing to give the infor-
nation, for in this way he will adj
vance the cause of dairying in the
community and indirectly help him
self He should go still farther, and
instead of waiting for requests from
his patrons he should take the ipitia-
tive and go to them prepared to make
suggestions that will secure improved
conditions. This may be done in per-
son or by use Of circulars or let,prs. .
The first. however. is preferable, as
personal appeals always have greater
Suggestions should be made systeuat-
icaIly, beginning with the most impor-
tant item.
Probably the first consideration
would be the care of milk and cream.
Advice could be given which if fol-
lowed would materially improve the
quality of the product without max
ing any perceptible increase in the
cost Patrons could be shown the ne
cessity for clean milk and the precau-
tons required to secure such, the i'm
portance of cooling milk and cream
and how it can best be done and the !
need for frequent deliveries to the |
creamery and how the cream or milk |
should be protected while on the road. |
The next point for consideration would |
probably be the production of milk |
and cream. 1t is a well known fact |
that in a few years time the product |!
of many herds can he doubled Pa
irons could be shown the importance |
of herd records which disclose the
amount of profit or loss each COW is |
making and how to proceed to detect /
the improbable or "boarder" cows.
They could be assisted in figuring
economical and proper rations and CIV
EN- instruction on the construction of
barns, silos and dairy houses and as
sistance in the selection of animals for
up a dairy herd.