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separators; reasons which are, to a large extent, confined to 

 local conditions. Only a few of the chief and general reasons can 

 be given here : 



(1) The farmer is able to skim the milk at once after it 

 has been drawn, thereby enabling him to feed the milk while 



FIG. 78. The Iowa hand separator. FIG. 79. The De Laval hand separator 



(Baby Xo. 1). 



it is in a warm, sweet, unadulterated condition. If he hauled 

 the milk to the creamery, the skimmed milk would be likely 

 to come back in a sour and curdled condition, and at times 

 watery. (In a well-conducted creamery these latter conditions 

 do not exist.) 



(2) The high cost of hauling in many instances makes it 

 almost impossible to get the milk to the creamery. Even if 

 the roads are good, the distance to the creamery is frequently 

 so great that it is impossible to get haulers, nor is it practical 

 for every farmer to haul his own milk every day. Especially 

 is this so during the busy season of the year. In the fall, 

 when milk is scarce, it is almost impossible for the hauler to 



