CHAPTER II. 



RECEIVING MILK AT THE CREAMERY, 



THE; GREATEST TRIAL. 



The greatest trials of a creamery buttermaker are at the 

 weigh can. It is there he must show his knowledge of human 

 nature, his diplomacy and his sense of justice. We will pre- 

 sume that the proprietors (individual or co-operative) have 

 given him the strong moral backing of a well-built, neatly painted 

 creamery with neat surroundings, as well as full authority to re- 

 ject poor milk. We will also presume that he has recognized the 

 same principle by keeping the platform, the scales, the wall and 

 his person perfectly neat and clean. (This presupposes also that 

 he is not expected to be on a jump between the boiler and the 

 receiving can). 



All this given, he has yet to show his diplomacy by treating 

 the various patrons in a way to suit their individual idiosyncracies, 

 so as to obtain the desired result pure, clean milk. He has yet 

 to show his backbone and sense of justice by refusing to accept 

 tainted milk, which he knows will deteriorate the quality of butter 

 even if it belongs to the owner or one of the directors. He has 

 yet to learn that the patron's interests are identical with his own. 

 Every patron delivering milk should back up such a milk receiver, 

 he is fighting in their interest, as they would lose by the acceptance 

 of the tainted milk. 



TESTING MILK. 



To run a creamery on the pooling system is so absurd that it 

 requires no mention. I am in reality in favor of having an out- 

 sider at best a woman, receive, and take the samples and test 

 the milk, but in any case the testing should be done openly and 

 fairly to all and no one should do this work who has not studied 

 Milk Testing carefully. Suffice it here to say that the better the 

 milk has been cared for, the easier it is to secure a uniform, fair 

 sample. No maker can afford to juggle with the test scale either 



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