The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-06-10

of l2.ounce can of chloride of lime in
one gallon of water. Use a crock jar
or pitcher for this solution.
2. Fill tank with 20 to 80 gallons
of water and add one pint of the stock
solution twice a week. The disinfectant
solution becomes useless in a short
time if the stock solution is not added
regularly and even one quart of the
stock solution might be added twice a
week without any harm.
g. During the cold season it is ad-
vTsable to add sufficient salt to the So
luton in order to prevent freezing.
Cleaning the Machine.
| Immediately after milking clean the
teat cups and. rubber tubes that come
in contact with milk as follows:
/. Pump through the tubes clean cold
water.
2. Pump through the tubes hot So
luton of alkali and water. Use Wyan
dotte or any alkali or soda-do not use
soap powder.)
3. Pump through the tubes clean hot
water.
4. immense all teat cups and rubber
connections which milk is passed
through. Mote: Care should be taken
that no air pockets are formed in plac
ing the tubes in the solution as this
prevents the disinfectant from per-
forming its. purpose.)
3. Once week take all the teat
cups and tubes apart and wash thor
oughly with hot soda solution and
rinse in clean hot water, then place as
before in the disinfectant solution.
6. just before attaching the milking
machine, the rubber tubes and cups
shoulds be rinsed thoroughly with clean
cold or hot water.
Metal Parts.
All metal parts, including the pals
and heads must be thoroughly washed
in hot alkali solution and rinsed in
scalding hot water and then put on a
rack to dry. 1t is better to have the
drying rack so located that the uten-
.sils will be exposed to the sun. In
cleaning the head of the machine care
should be taken not to put the pulsator
in the water or cleaning solution.
Proposed Cooperative Creamery at
Bethel
On Saturday evening, June 4, about
go farmers of Bethel met to discuss the
advissbility of forming cooperative
creamery to be located in Bethel to re-
place the Harrington factory which
was destroyed by fire on Friday, May
81 The meeting was very enthusiastic |
and the farmers decided to 90 ahead |
with the project. A survey committee |
was appointed to ascertain the number |
of cows in that vicinity, and also
building committee was appointed to |
investigate building sites, building, ct |
eetera. These com mittees will report at |
the mass meeting of the farmers which
win be held in about ten days.
Second Educational Butter Scoring
Contest.
The second educational butter scor-
ing contest was held at the Mt Mans
field Cooperative creamery, Stowe, on
Friday, May 20. Twenty-Five samples
Of butter were entered The judges
were A. B. Loring. assistant in mar
Seting dairy products, bureau of mar.
kets, United States department of az
Boston; DR.. H. B. Ellenber.
ger. professor of dairy hushsndry, Uni
persity of Vermont. and Vern r. Jones,
dairy manufacturing specialist, Yer
mont department of agriculture. The
lverage score of all samples was 90.65.
The following is the average percent
.ge composition:
Fat, sl42; water, 1907; salt, i.5l;
urd, 100. h
The chief criticism of the butter at
his scoring was on the favor, which ,
in most cases the churning
# old and high acid cream. Tho sam
lies were very uniform in color and
alt. The Trout Brook creamery, Con.
ord, received the highest score OF 90.
The North Montpelier and Mad River
tied for first place on com
lined commercial and composition score !
# 1861
+une Educational Butter-Scoring Con-
test.
The June educational butter-scoring {
ontest will be held at the Cabot Co I
operative creamery, Cabot, on Friday, {
Iune "a. 1t is hoped that as many s
as possible will take ad- &
antage of the opportunities offered at 7