The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-01-21

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: there has been just as great an ad
vancement as in any line of industry
l. and the development has been so rap
id that those who are not actually
engaged in this work and compelled
: to study the same closely, do not un
derstand these facts.
Changes have been brought about
: largely by the many inventions OF
dairy machinery that have worked al
most miracles in the handling of milk
and its products. Through these i'm
provements the manufacturing and
: marketing of dairy products has been
revolutionized to just the same ex-
: tent that our system of Transports
ton has been changed and improved
> from the old OK cart to the automo-
bile and flying machine.
Not many years ago, almost within
{ the memory of the present generati N,
all dairy products, such as butter and
Ncheese, were made upon the farm
nd were known as ranch butter
On local farm cheese" and were
49, into the large cities and consu-
mina centers, and through this dis
.u,r'74, found their way to the con-
snn,or I'd were of many grades,
colors and flavors.
nn,,.;no tb;s, time the milk was set
in earthen crooks Or shallow pans ana
the cream taken of OS manu- VIZ" .
ladle, and placed in an D -
until sufficient amount
accumulated to make a CHI. .,
eight or ten gallons. 1t was
placed in an old dasher churn
in a small way, made into utter.
Following this system, there was |
introduced the old Cooley creamer |
and the so-caIled "water-separator."
With the Cooley creamer, by the use |
of cold water surrounding tall glass
jars in a cabinet, with faucet at |
the bottom, the skim milk was taken
off, leaving the cream which had |
gathered at the top. The water sep |
arator was a large, tin tank in which
water was mixed with the milk in
about equal proportions with a faucet
at the bottom to draw off the water
and skim milk Many OF these were
in Use out on the farm in place of the
old ea1 then crock or shallow pan.
Just about this time some ingenious
fellow conceived the idea that cream
could be taken from milk by the use
of a machine rs soon as it was
drawn from the COW, and this fellow
then invented the first cream separ-
ator, known as ii. ,e large power
cream separator, hich proved
grand success and wa IS the means OF
,evolutionizing compile tely the hand
ing and manufacturing of dairy prod
iucts.
Following the Introduction of this
arge power separator, which was the
irst of its kind in IN; my years, we
aw many local creame ries opened in
very dairy section, ou on the cross
Dads, in the country where dairy
len each morning haul ed their milk
0 be skinned and the cream to be
lade into butter. To oN )erate local
kimming station or or amery of this
ind, the plants nece: s,arily had to
e out in the country Z Nar the center
production in each settlement, be-
ause this enterprise would not ac-
the dairyn an who lived |
20 far from the plan to haul his
ilk every morning. Dp u ing this per-
d OF development was t. he day and !
me OF the local crei I'M er V, and in
lis way the dairy PR ,dut is were as
mbled and made nto bu, ter and
tipped to jobber or dis triI ,utor in |
Q large cities an ID distribu ted to /
e retailer and f-fo,n there 20 tEo |!
nsumer
oft times n14mb er of these Ic cal
eamerles, ma '6ing a few hund red
unds of butter week. would he |
lpping their butt er to one dis RIB
or or Wholesale house locate in |
large consuming centers This
stem of accommodating the prod, lcts
distribution gave the distribr tor
my grades and flavors of but ter
q proved often times very unaa, is
tory to him for his trade. II lis
stem of handling dairy produc is
mt on for several years until tho u
Ids OF these local creameries thn /
the dairy sections in many stafh
re built and operated. This va, 3
period and day OIL the local nr.,s
'ollowing this there came aaena
'ther ingenious fellow who invenbs
the hand power cream sepanatons!