Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-01-25

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said that it made a better pro-
duct, to pasteurlze, but would be
of better keeping quality, and
was recommended because the
oleomargerine manufacturers are
making a big blow about their
product being so clean and sanl-
tary. even the IA per cent cream
cry butter which they claim their
product contains, they tell us is
made of the very sweetest
pasteurlzed cream under the
most sanitary conditions, and are
doing their level best to show
the creameries Of Minnesota as
being dirty and unsanitary.
The scales for weighing cream
should be Of the automatic
springless kind so the patron and
the operator can see the amount
at the same time. Then there
is no argument. Some cream
cries are not weighing their but
ter in tubs, others do, but do
not see to getting the right
amount in each tub. Eastern
dealers insist on an uptip of the
scale beam when they buy your
butter, the result is you are the
loser. If tub contains So lbs.
and Is OF. you will get paid for
63 lbs; if you put 65a lbs. in a
tub you get paid for "a lbs. Then
to avoid this loss put in every
tub 62a lbs, 63a lbs, 64a lbs. las
the tub may hold) allowing J Id.
for shrinking.
Getting back to the scale. you
think you are extravagant If you
buy $50 worth of scales to do a
$4,000 business, while a merch-
ant will use a $3.50 scale and he
may not weigh more than $4,000
or $4,000 worth of merchandise
on it in a year, and still your
butter is 40 to so cents a pound
The experts sent by the state
to eastern markets last fall re,
ported refrigerator cars arriving
there without ice, and butter
melted so it run out of the tubs
also some tubs being mouldy.
Each churning should be mark
ed on the tub by some specia
mark and your commission
merchant notified about 1t, ther
he can sell them together anc
you will get more for your but
ter, better average score an(
more uniformity in sailing ant
flavor.
The eastern butter merchant
and commission men are hiring ;
lot of experts to work for then
and work you, and for which yo,
are paying. You could we'll at
ford to pay them B times thel
present salary and still have a 10
left of what you are really los
ing every year.
There was much talk about thu
cooperative creameries of Min
nesota hiring experts to "ap e
sent them on the eastern market
the scoring is now done by ex
perts employed by the dealer
and in reality paid by you.
The metallic flavor is cause'
by Old cream, unclean separators
rusty containers oi various kinds
/ cream coming in contact will
brass or copper bearings. ~ust,
i or unsanltary pipes or pumps
This bad flavcr and others ru
be overcome If We all take hole
When there is anything wron
we should know about it and no
4 try to hide it; If we do not Vor
! together we do not co-operat
and we fail to make a success O
: our work, the buttermaker car
~ not do it alone. There is nc use O
! grading cream: there should b
] but one grade and that numbe
: one. for your own good, If yo
q expect 70 milk cows this veal
j next year and stay in the bus
q ness. You cannot afford to hrin
! in anything but No. l and you
4 butter should sell above top.
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