CARE OF MILK AND -CREAM ON FARM 



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Cleanliness of Separator. The cream separator is a collector 

 of many of the impurities contained in milk. These impurities 

 are found in the separator slime which deposits on the wall and 

 between the internal contrivances of the bowl. The separator 

 slime consists largely of viscous nitrogenous matter contained in 

 the milk, and a large portion of the dust, dirt and bacteria 

 which may have reached the milk during its process of produc- 

 tion. In addition to the separator slime, the bowl, at the end 

 of the separation, contains remnants of milk, skim milk and 

 cream, all of which are prone to decompose and ferment unless 

 removed promptly. If not washed and freed from all these im- 

 purities and remnants of milk of the previous separation, the 



separator bowl becomes a 

 seat of contamination and 

 the source of unclean, un- 

 wholesome and filthy 

 cream, the disastrous con- 

 sequences of which no 

 subsequent care or treat- 

 ment of the cream can 

 overcome. Not only 

 should the separator bowl 

 be washed after each sep- 

 aration, but the washing 

 must be thorough. The 

 most aggravated cases of 

 unsanitary and unclean 

 cream, result from the use 

 of separators, the bowls of 

 which are never washed en- 

 Tig. 2. TMS bowl was flushed after use. if tirely clean and, while no 

 not taken apart and washed it will toe j amount of filth is left 



foul-smelling- at the next separation 



on them, they contain just 



enough of old and decomposing matter to expose the cream of 

 each separation to bad odors and to infection with germs capable 

 of producing very undesirable fermentions and flavors, which are 

 responsible for butter of inferior quality. 



How to Wash the Separator. After each separation flush 

 out the bowl, while still running, thoroughly with water until 



