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care is not taken to keep dirt and impurities out of it. Milk not separated 

 by a cream separator should be at once cooled by some suitable method 

 and held as cold as possible until the cream has risen. Cream should be 

 cooled as soon as it is separated. 



Percentage of Fat in Cream. If a separator is used the percentage 



A GOOD TYPE OF CREAM SEPARATOR. 1 



of fat in the cream may be regulated. When it is impossible to test the 

 cream for its percentage of fat, the separator so regulated that about 12 

 to 14 per cent of the total milk is separated and comes out as cream, will 

 give approximately the proper richness to the cream. The best results 



1 Courtesy of the Sharpies Separator Company, West Chester, Pa. 



