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raise the cream and making the skim-milk into 

 cheese. With the advent of the separator the 

 comparison would be more in favor of the 

 whole-milk work. 



Test plan in gathered-cream work. After 

 a few years' work with the gauge plan of pay- 

 ing for cream we adopted the test plan, using 

 the oil-test churn to decide the butter value of 

 the cream. This proved to be quite reliable 



and accurate. The 

 greatest trouble 

 we encountered 

 was to make the 

 cream gatherers 

 realize the neces- 

 sity of care in se- 

 curing the sample 

 of cream to be 

 tested. With care- 

 ful work we found 

 the test and churn to agree so closely as to sur- 

 prise us. This plan of paying also did justice 

 between the different patrons. 



Pioneer work. I look upon gathering cream 

 as pioneer work. There are many sections 

 where it can be made a success and the whole- 

 milk work could not. The gathered-cream 

 work can cover so much more territory that it 

 can secure a business where there cannot be 

 milk enough secured to make a paying business. 



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