THIRD ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART IX. 519 



Anderson : Under which system did you ship the greatest 

 amount of butter? 



Pufahl : During the first year I was in business we shipped 

 the most. We handled it for two years without any hand sepa- 

 rator, but we were dropping off because the farmers were not milk- 

 ing so heavily. I will venture to say that this summer the patrons 

 got more dollars and cents out of their cows in proportion. 



Mr. Ross : I would like to ask the same gentleman about re- 

 ceiving cream when they were running and mixing the cream with 

 the milk and re-skimming, would you advise that as a safe method 

 of getting a heavy cream? 



Pufahl: I certainly would advise that method if I was run- 

 ning a plant and had milk and cream both. I would skim the 

 cream again and get a heavier cream. 



Mr. ISTietert : I would ask if the object of that was not to im- 

 prove the quality of the hand separator cream ? 



Pufahl : I said it was to take out the bad odors it might have 

 attained. 



Xieteet : That was the purpose you had in view ? 



Pufahl : Yes, that was the purpose. 



Mr. Kieffer : I would like to ask Mr. Pufahl if he can tell us 

 whether the quality of butter at Luena creamery is the same now 

 as it was when the whole milk was delivered to the plant ? 



Pufahl : That of course I can't tell, because I am not there. 



Kieffer: Then the only object you had in changing to the 

 hand separator was the enormous expense in hauling to the 

 creamery ? 



Pufahl: That was one of them. 



Kieffer : That was the main reason ? 



Pufahl: We have lots of main reasons. 



Kieffer: Hasn't the amount of butter production fallen off 

 at that creamery ? 



Pufahl : Why, you can't give that a fair show, because there 

 has been mis-management there. 



