64 CARE OF MIIJC A-ND CREAM ON FARM 



the discharge from the skim milk spout is clear. This removes 

 most of the remnants of milk and cream and loosens the separa- 

 tor slime in the bowl, making subsequent washing easy. Take 

 the bowl apart and wash with brush and hot water containing 

 some good washing powder or other alkali, all parts of the bowl, 

 bowl cover, discharge spouts, float, supply tank and buckets. 

 Rinse them with scalding hot water and steam them if steam 

 is available. Allow them to drain in a clean place, protected from 



rig-. 3. Bowl immediately after separation 



dust and flies. All other milk utensils should receive similar 

 treatment. Do this after each separation. 



A clean separator will also skim more* closely, as ex- 

 plained in the chapter on the separation of milk, and the sep- 

 arator will last longer, because the acids formed by the decompos- 

 ing impurities in the bowl tend to corrode the bowl and internal 

 contrivances and to shorten the life of the separator. 



Care of Cream After Separation. The cream should always 

 be cooled immediately as it comes from the separator. The com- 

 mon practise of placing the cream in the cellar for this purpose 

 is undesirable. Cream so stored is prone to contain a so-called 

 cellar odor, which is antagonistic to the flavor of good butter. 



