THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



(3) Less cost to pasteurize, about 

 one-half as much steam being re- 

 quired per 100 pounds of fat in 34 

 per cent cream as in 17 per cent; 

 two-thirds as much In -33 per cent as 

 in 22 per cent cream. In cooling 

 the cream less water or brine is re- 

 quired for the handling of the same 

 amount of fat when the cream is 

 rich than when it is thin. 



(4) In pasteurizing sour cream, 

 the formation of large curd parti- 

 cles, with the attendant loss of but- 

 ter fat, is avoided to a great extent 

 i fthe cream contains more than Zi 

 per cent fat. 



(b) To the farmer — 



(1) Less bulk to handle, hence 

 fewer cans and smaller cooling tank 

 required . Fifty pounds of 3 4 per 

 cent cream and 100 pounds of 17 per 

 cent cream both contain the same 

 number of pounds of butter fat. 



(2) Less bulk to cool, hence less 

 ice or cold water requi^^d; quicker 

 cooling, hence less deterioration. 

 Cream spoils in a short time if not 

 cooled quickly and held at a temper, 

 ature below 50 degrees F. 



(3) Less bulk to haul to creamery. 



(4) Better keeping qualities of 

 the cream. It is not the fat but thp 

 other solids in the cream which be- 

 come sour and spoil. As thin cream 

 contains more of these solids, it 

 sours sooner than thick cream. 



(5) More skimmed milk kept on 

 the farm. The farmer who delivers 

 100 pounds of fat in 17 per cent 

 cream delivers 294 pounds of skim- 

 med milk more than it he delivered 

 34 per cent cream. Unless the but- 

 termilk is returned free this is a 

 dead loss to him. At 25 cents a hun- 

 dred pounds it amounts to nearly 75 

 cents, or three-fourths of a cent on 

 each pound of butter fat delivered. 



Farmers sometimes offer the fol- 

 lowing obiections to high-testing 

 cream: (1) Thick cream may stick 

 to the can and be a loss to the farm- 

 er; (2) imporepr samples may be 

 taken because of insufficient mixing; 

 (3) a high test is more likely to be 

 cut than a low one. In a properly 

 operated factory, however, these ob- 



jections do not hold good, and the j pQR SALE— Holsteins. Right near 

 creamery man who would have his 



patrons deliver rich cream will man- 

 age the plant so efficiently that there i 

 will be no grounds upon which to 

 base such objections. 



U. S. Department of Agri. 



Forecast of Potato Production 



The August 1 forecast for pota. 

 toes promises the largest yield, 115.4 

 bushels per acre, and the greatest ; 

 total production 430.000,000 bushels 

 on record since the beginning of the i 

 United States Government crop esti- ' 

 mates in 1S66. 



The average price received by pro- 

 ducers for potatoes on August 1, 

 56.3 cents, is the lowest since the 

 collection of these price figures was 

 begun in 190S. The next lowest, 

 64.9 cents, was in 1910. The high- 

 est, $1.36, was in 1911. The aver- 

 age for the five years, 1910 to 1914, 

 was S8.7 cents. 



ANNOUNCEMENT 



Space on this page is given to 

 Farm Bureau members who desire 

 to advertise live.stock, farm pro- 

 ducts, etc., either to buy or to sell. 

 At the present no charge will be 

 made for limited space. Send adver- 

 tisements to the Farm Bureau by 

 the twenty-fifth of each month. 



The Far Bureau Office is receiving 

 many inquiries with regard to men 

 who wish to buy, lease, or rent 

 farms, and also from owners of 

 farms who wish to either sell or rent 

 them. It would be of much advant- 

 age to both parties if a list were kept 

 on file in the office so these Inquiries 

 could be answered. Will those who 

 desire such assistance please send a 

 description of the farms for sale or 

 to rent or of the kind they wish to 

 buy, to the Farm Bureau, and, as 

 much help as possible will be re- 

 turned? 



home. 3 registered heifers, 8 re- 

 gistered cows and 2 registered 

 bulls. Write, telephone or call in 



person. Ball Holstein Farms, 

 South Hadley Falls. Mass. 



FOR SALE — Cream s e p,a r a t o r, 

 "Sharpies Tubular Number 4" 

 used very little. Price with extra 

 10-gallon tank only ?25.00. Ad- 

 dress Walter Bliss. Enfield. Mass. 

 Tel. 9-2. 



FOR SALE — 1 registered Jersey Bull 

 11 mos. old; also one high-grade 

 Berkshire Boar. Address C. S. 

 Parsons, 15 Sherman Ave.. North- 

 ampton, Mass. 



BREED now for fall colts. Use the 

 pure blood Percheron Stallion Con- 



iiet standing at C. E. Parsons & 

 Son, 128 Bridge St., Northamptoa, 

 Mass. 



FOR SALE — Berkshire Pigs of high. 

 est quality. Apply to D. C. War- 

 nock. 25 Hampden street, North- 

 ampton. 



