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The cream gauge. — The gauge of 113 cubic 

 inches was made to fit average work, but aver- 

 age work does not secure all of the cream; it 

 allows the profit to go to the calves arid pigs 

 in the skim-milk. 



Comparative profit of whole milk and 

 gathered-cream work. — In 1882 I made some 

 comparisons of our gathered-cream and whole- 

 milk work to learn what our patrons received 

 for their milk by the two systems. In making 



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this comparison I allowed 10 cents per 100 lbs 

 for delivering ttie milk to the creamery oi 

 cheese factory and 15 cents per 100 lbs. for the 

 difference between the feeding value of skim- 

 milk and whey, and deducted this 25 cents from 

 the price received by the patron who delivered 

 his milk at the creamery before comparing it 

 with the price received by the patron who sold 

 cream. At that time we kept a record of the 

 cans skimmed for the patrons, and knowing 

 what the cans held it could be got at as closely 

 as necessary. Figured on this basis the result 



