CHAPTER XII 



CARE OF MILK AND CREAM FOR DELIVERY TO 

 FACTORY 



THE success of the butter and cheese industry rests 

 with the farmer. For although in these days of 

 central creameries the farmer himself has nothing 

 to do with the making of the products of milk, the 

 success and quality of the products depend to a 

 large extent on the class of milk or cream received. 



The quality at present received by the butter 

 and cheese factories varies to a very great extent, 

 so much so that if a fully-qualified man was not 

 employed to divide the cream and milk into its 

 various classes on arrival at the dairy, our South 

 African products would be very much poorer in 

 quality than they really are. 



There is still, however, much room for improve- 

 ment. Time after time directions for the proper 

 handling of milk and cream have been written and 

 rewritten until the farmer has become somewhat 

 tired of hearing of these things. But in repeating 

 them the writer makes no excuse, for they are 

 intended to remind those who may have forgotten, 



