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that the hiuul separator is a means of h)woring hntter quality sevei-al 

 points, l)ut still that is not the fault of the hand separator; it is clue largely 

 to the iuan behind the separator. Tlie eonuiion understanding among 

 farmers is that a little quantity of cream is easily cared for. If the cream 

 was separated with a hand separator and placed in cool water, I can't 

 see why as good butter can not be made by that system as by any other 

 system. When we changed from the gravity system to the power sepa- 

 rator system, we had some difficidty then, probably not as much as at 

 the present lime. The diffei-enee then was in the Ijody of the butter. 

 AVlien we separated that way, we got a weak body, and for a time it was 

 a. (luestion of whether the large separators could make as fine butter as 

 the gravity system, but now tlie gravity systeiu can not be compared with 

 the power s.\stem, and we may reach that time when we can educate the 

 farmers in regard to caring for the cream properly. I don't know what 

 the future will bring forth. 



iNIr. Ilollow.-iy: 1 tliink tliat perhaps one fault with the hand sepa- 

 rator lies in tlie sale of them. A man comes to a farmer and is anxious 

 to sell, and lie will tell him most anything to sell to him, and, among other 

 things. 1 liave known them to tell them they did not need washing more 

 than al)out once a week, and such things as that, and that is what makes 

 our cream bad. A great many times they do not wash them as they 

 should be washed, and it is pretty hard to make good butter when the 

 cream comes tlirougli a separator that h;is not been washed for a week. 



Mr. Sehlosser: There is another olt.jection along this line, and that is 

 they will tell them that the cream should lie delivered twice a week. 

 That is one of the greatest objei-tions there is to hiind sei);ir;ited cream. 

 In order to make good ))utter we ought to have cre.-ini as often as we have 

 the milk, and if we get the cream sweet and in as good a condition ;is 

 we get the milk, we can get good butter out of it. 



Tlie I'resideiit: This is an interesting and vital question, but we must 

 hasten along. We will now ask the Committee on Resolutions if they are 

 ready to report. 



Mr. Drischel: Mr. Wollen being chairman of the committee, and leav- 

 ing the city last night, I present the following resolutions for the com- 

 mittee: 



RESOLUTIONS. 



Resolved, That this Associatiou commend in the highest terms the 

 equipment and work begun in the Daii-y Department of Purdue Univer- 

 sity and that we urge that the members of this Association bring to the 



