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Mr. Lyons: And they don't have milk enough to start it up 

 with. I would decide it this way: If I was a farmer and had 

 twenty cows, I would make butter at home. 



CREAMERY BUTTER-MAKING. 



C. T. MILLER, SPARTA, ILL. 



Ml". Chaimnan, Ladies and Gentlemen: 



The subject assigned to me is one that has been written 

 upon many times and a great deal has been said upon it. I do 

 not know as I can add anything to what has been written or 

 said but will give you my views on creamery buttermaking as 

 best I can. I will first describe the buttermaker. 



I claim that buttermaking is an art. Everyone could not 

 fill the place in the creamery as buttermaker. Neither could 

 every person make a good doctor, lawyer or farmer. We all 

 have our places to fill, even if it does take some of us some time 

 to find out where we belong. 



I think that the buttermaker should be the manager of the 

 creamery, and to fill such a place should have his or her five 

 senses well developed, for if there is any place where they are 

 needed it is in the creamery. 



First, The eye should be good, good enough to find all the 

 dirt if any and see everything that is going on. Cleanliness is 

 the first thing; for, if your creamery is dirty, everyone, espec- 

 ially strangers, will notice it and are sure to talk about it in such 

 a way it will advertise and such advertising is not of the right 

 kind. 



Second, The sense of smell should be of the very best, so it 

 will catch what the eye does not see. The buttermaker does 

 not want an onion flavor about his cream, neither does he want 

 anything of any kind smelling about the creamery that is not of 

 the right kind. 



Third, The hearing should be good, and of a musical kind. 

 How can he tell when his machine is running right if not by 

 the sound.!^ There is music in the hum of the bowl. I do not 



