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hand separator question to a finish in my territory, but lately I 

 have taken up the system. I will say that I do not believe I am 

 making quite so good butter, as I did before I went into this sys- 

 tem, but if you will insist on good cream I think as good butter can 

 be made. I had one patron who had bothered me for a year. I 

 had talked, scolded, and sworn a little, I think. One morning I 

 was sitting in my office and my helper called me out and this 

 patron who had been bothering me had thirty gallons of cream. 

 He said it was cream. It looked like Dutch cheese. My helper 

 asked me what I was going to do with it, and I hardly knew, mi! 

 we finally went to work and dumped the stuff out. And from that 

 day to this we have not had one bit of trouble with the hand sepa- 

 rator cream. I have come to the conclusion that we will have the 

 hand separators, like the poor, with us always. I have found 

 it helps to mix it with the milk. I think that when the hand 

 separator system is used throughout the state the quality of Iowa 

 butter will be improved, but the butter maker will have to stay 

 awake nights planning about it. It doesn't do any good to fight 

 the agents. But I don't think there is a patron in my territory 

 who doesn't fetch his tale of woe to me, and I don't hear any com- 

 plaints about the agents. 



President : We have only five minutes left and we will give 

 that to Mr. Barney. 



Mr. Barney: This seems to be a one-sided discussion, but I 

 want to say this : That if there are any farmers here who want 

 to raise good calves if they have the same experience I have had 

 they will have to have separators. I have had one about six years, 

 and one of the most important things in my business is the raising 

 of good calves. I can say I raise just as good calves with a little 

 feed and the separator milk as I ever did. I am using it today 

 and the creamery man is coming my way, and when he doesn't 

 I am going to use my hand separator and churn my own milk, 

 because I couldn't get along without it. 



Mr. Carpenter : Returning to the matter under discussion a 

 moment ago. There is no question but that the new milk did 

 probably relieve the cream, but what is there about a hand sepa- 

 rator that spoils that cream. It keeps it way beyond the time. 

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