Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-23
A CREAM SEPARATOR GRE
ATES A PROFIT FROMTWO
AND THREE COWS

Thanksgiving Day that caused US to
dosome careful figuring and opened our
eyes to the profits that can be made
from two or three cows by using .
cream separator.
AS we always like to do, we had the
pleasure of eating our turkey In the
country. After spending the after
noon visiting and assisting in the
entertainment of two vigorous young
Americans, we accompanied our farmer
friend when he went to do the milk
ing Our interest in the dairy bust
ness being keen, we wanted to learn
something of the way this up-to-date
farmer handled the dairy end of his
business.
Four cows comprised his dairy herd
We were somewhat surprised at this
small number. Two of the COWS were
dry and the other two were so nearly
dry that scant gallon Of milk was
obtained from them both. Yet that
small quantity of milk was imme-
diately run through the cream sepa-
rator. We were surprised some more
at this procedure.
On being asked why he went to all
that trouble for such small quantity
of milk, our friend replied. Il want
to get all the cream that there is in
the milk and the cream separator is
the only sure way of doing it. Besides
separator cream makes much better
butter than if the milk were left to
stand for several hours and what
cream came to the top was taken off
in a stiff, leathery condition"
This man even though the quantity
of milk was small realized that there
was gain for him in using cream
separator.
Is not this just as reasonable prop
osition for you and your neighbors as
1t is for this man?
When we returned from this little
holiday outing and got to where paper
and pencils were handy, we set down
the figures acquired on the trip to see
just what profit there would be and
why it pays farmer having two or
three COWS to invest in a cream Sepa-
rator, aside from having better butter
for his own table.
A good COW will yield 5000 pounds
Of milk a year. Allowing six weeks
Of the year for her to be dry, she gives,
then, an average of 108 pounds Of
milk for the forty-six weeks, or the
balance of the year. BY using a cream
separator for separating, gain of
fully one pound of butter is made
from every 100 pounds of milk. Say
farmer has three cows. His total
amount of milk for the week will be
324 pounds. He thereby gains 81
pounds of butter week. This amount
at twenty-five cents per pound for
forty-Six weeks makes total of
$37.37-a return of over fifty per cent
on the money invested in the cream
separator. There are, as you will
admit, mighty few investments which
will return dividends as large and As
soon as this.
Furthermore, in purchasing cream
separator you benefit your entire COM
munity. 1t is human nature not to
want the other fellow to get ahead.
1t works with cream separators the
same as it does with automobiles, or
a new set of furs among the women
folks. If you purchase cream sepa-
rator, you will reduce your labor
around the dairy and you will increase
your profits from your herd, regard
less of its size. Your farm will benefit
because all of the fertiliZing elements
are retained on the farm and returned
to the soil. Your neighbors seeing
you prosper will soon learn their lesson,
and the whole community will benefit
and prosper because you had the fore
sight to create a greater profit from
your dairy by the use Of the cream
separator.