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and sold apart ; the poor cream be kept apart and sold apart. We 

 do that to a certain extent always if we have a little poor cream 

 come in, but his idea was to draw a line in the factory, have 

 part on one side and part on the other. I told him I did not 

 think it was possible. If all was very good and very poor it could 

 be easily done, but the middle class, it would be hard to tell where 

 to put it. 



I agree with a good deal that Mr. Eddy says, but not wholly. 

 His experience that he can get a cent or so more a pound for 

 butter made from milk instead of cream gathered is different 

 from most of us. 



As for the butter being so very poor, perhaps there is a 

 difference in how one gets at it. You have too long routes and 

 are bound to get cream, you go into a new section and try to 

 v/ork up business, the farmers think anything will do and 

 you are possibly to blame in some cases. I think if you would 

 have your routes and have your farmers understand you want 

 the best, I think then Mr. Eddy's remarks would not apply, per- 

 haps. 



Mr. Adams :- — Did T understand you to say when you got 

 exceedingly poor cream you kept it separate? 



Turnbull : — Yes. 



Adams : — What do' you do with it ? Have you got cus- 

 tomers for that butter? 



Turnbull : — Yes, yes, there is always a sale for any kind of 

 butter or anything. When you come to that, there is a sale for 

 anything, at a lower price. 



W. E. Jackson : — I have found, so far as my own experience 

 is concerned that with the gathered cream system I can make 

 as good or better butter if properly taken care of than with the 

 whole milk and I will tell you why : Our farmers are not careful 

 when they milk their cows. I have scored 98 when I had nothing 

 except gathered cream butter. Today perhaps it is half gather- 

 ed cream and perhaps it is half milk but I do not think that I 

 can put my butter in a place that will score up to the best previous 

 year, and the reason why is they are not careful enough either 

 of the milk or cream. Many farmers think they can get more 

 out of it by separating their own cream than they can to take it 

 to the creamery. 



A Member :— I would like to ask the gentleman who said 

 he got as much for his butter whether it was made from, the 

 gathered cream system or the whole milk, where he ships his 

 butter, whether it goes to the grocery trade, the hotel trade, or 

 v/hether he ships it to a commission house? 



Mr. Smith : — I am shipping my butter to a wholesale Boston 

 dealer. 



