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power used. In other words, there is practically the same 

 amount of heat in exhaust steam as there is in live steam when it 

 is throttled, as it usually is for heating. Consequently when heat 

 is required it can be secured from the exhaust steam after the 

 power has been used, just about as effectively as if taken from 

 the boiler directly, thus providing the power without cost. The 

 fuel problem is one which many managers may very profitably 

 consider. 



DISPOSAL OF BUTTERMILK. 



Another source of waste which should perhaps receive more 

 consideration is in the disposal of buttermilk by creameries. 

 Reports on this subject from several hundred creameries show 

 that many of them make no use whatever of the buttermilk pro- 

 duced. Others waste a portion of their product and more than 

 50 per cent of all the creameries reporting, admitted that they 

 were wasting some of this valuable by-product. In one factory 

 producing 750,000 gallons of buttermilk a year, the entire 

 amount was run into the sewer. In this time of high living cost 

 it seems a pity that a product containing such a large quantity 

 of food value should be wasted when it can be made into a 

 variety of wholesome and desirable products. An up-to-date 

 creamery manager would find some way to turn this product 

 into money. 



EDUCATIONAL WORK AMONG PATRONS. 



Besides attending to the various duties in connection with the 

 operation of the creamery on the business side, there is a field 

 for doing educational work which some creamery managers may 

 enter to advantage. I have tried to show, and I trust I have 

 been successful in pointing out the value of the quantity and 

 quality of milk or cream delivered to the creamery. There is 

 scarcely a creamery where personal assistance to the patrons 

 would not materially improve the quality of the product as well 

 as increase the quantity. 



In addition to the immediate benefit to the creamery, patrons 

 can be aided in materially increasing the production of their 

 herds and improving their conditions in general, all of which 

 would be beneficial to the creamery and extend the interest in 



