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raise the cream and making the skim-milk into 

 cheese. With the advent of the separator the 

 comparison would be more in favor of the 

 whole-milk work. 



Test plan in gathered-cream work. — After 

 a few years' work with the gauge plan of pay- 

 ing for cream we adopted the test plan, using 

 the oil-test churn to decide the butter value of 

 the cream. This proved to be quite reliable 



and accurate. The 

 &—-"■ "^ r»-B greatest trouble 



ifj^aS'^ffft* ' "*' we encountered 



I^Pzs'! '*e5H«^'*iJ'*Bi ^^ ^^ make the 

 1 Trf- teaSsh aiawys ??.?*?*■»■ , cream gatherers 



realize the neces- 

 sity of care in se- 

 curing the sample 

 of cream to be 

 tested. With care- 

 ful work we found 

 the test and churn to agree so closely as to sur- 

 prise us. This plan of paying also did justice 

 between the different patrons. 



Pioneer work. — I look upon gathering cream 

 as pioneer work. There are many sections 

 where it can be made a success and the whole- 

 milk work could not. The gathered-cream 

 work can cover so much more territory that it 

 can secure a business where there cannot be 

 milk enough secured to make a paying business. 



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