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AMERICAN DAIRYING. 



sai-}^ time for milk to set to secure the best 

 results by the deep, cold-setting system. My 

 experience is that a larger yield of butter is 

 secured when it is held 24 hours in ice water 

 than when held 12 hours, and if held in water 

 at 60 deg. Fah. it is best to let it set 36 hours, 

 and in some cases 48 hours. 



The breed and period of lactation have much 

 influence on the cream raising-. The cream 



METHOD OF SKIMMING MILK FROM COOLEY CANS. 



globules are larger in the milk of some breeds 

 than others, and this fact must be taken into 

 account in the gravity methods of cream-rais- 

 ing. The milk of all cows creams more readilj^ 

 when they are fresh than when they are ad- 

 vanced in the period of lactation. This will 

 apply to all methods of creaming, whether 

 the shallow pan, the deep, cold system, or the 

 separator, although the separator will secure a 



