FIFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART IV. 261 



Churn — The proper cleaning of a churn has often been discussed. A 

 churn can be kept perfectly clean and sweet by the use of hot water and a 

 scrub brush, and steam for scalding. 



Pumps and Pipes — Fix all pumps and pipes so they can be taken apart 

 and cleaned. Keep all pipes painted. I would recommend aluminum 

 paint, as this gives them a nice, clean appearance, and wears well. 



Walls— The walls of the creamery should be white-washed at least twice 

 a year; and oftener if necessary. To keep clean lime is a good disinfectant, 

 and not very expensive. 



Afachinery— The machinery and utensils in a creamery are short-lived 

 with good care. Some men handle everything with care; others drop or 

 t tiro w everything they handle. The careful man can save half his salary 

 over the careless man. Do all your work about the creamery in a tidy man- 

 ner, for constant care is necessary to success, and in no business does this 

 show more plainl than in the creamery. 



I thank you. 



Thursday Evening Session. 



Meeting called to order at 8 o'clock p. m. by the president. 



The meeting was opened by a vocal solo by Miss Maud Blythe, 

 of Mason City. 



The President : We are going to vary the programme a little 

 and will give you next a buttermaker. We have with us one of 

 the winners at the St. Louis fair last summer in the six months' 

 contest, one of the best buttermakers in the State, Mr. Johnson, 

 of Arlington. 



W. B. Johnson, Arlington: Mr. Chairman, Brother Butter- 

 makers, Ladies and Gentlemen — This afternoon you listened to 

 the way the different speakers felt. I feel somewhat different; 

 I feel very much like the new minister at a new place, after a 

 sister of the church had finished her remarks of congratulation, 

 winding them up by saying "we might have got along with a 

 better and cheaper man, but we did not know where to find 

 him." I suppose the committee meant well in this and I will 

 ask you to overlook their mistake. I will not detain you very 

 long. 



