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and the farmer gets his just dues. The cream is thoroughly 

 stirred before the sample is taken, and we are only too glad to 

 wash cans for him. I do not know whether the patron covers 

 the route in going back, as I have not asked in regard to that. 

 We have one regular cream hauler, a man hired for the purpose 

 of hauling cream. In that route there are twenty patrons. It 

 is a question in my mind as to just what method is used in regard 

 to emptying the pail or can, whatever the cream is kept in. As 

 they sent 35 to 50 per cent cream, I don't know whether it is all 

 emptied out of the can or what the farmers do with it. I sup- 

 pose the cream is stirred by the hauler, the sample taken and the 

 can emptied into his, but whether the cream is all gotten out of 

 it is another question. There is a question in my mind whether 

 there is any loss there or not, and I am asking for information. 



On the other hand, at the factory we see that we get all 

 the cream out of the cans. For rinsing we take a few 7 quarts of 

 water and pour from one can to another, so we are not adding 

 very much water in the cream vat. I have requested our patrons 

 to take good care of this cream and see that it is delivered in as 

 good condition as they formerly delivered the milk. I have had 

 no trouble so far, but at the present time I think my hand separ- 

 ator cream is even better than my factory cream, but in the route 

 I have referred to we are using a herd the quality of whose cream 

 is not so good. When I sent a tub of butter here I kept that load 

 of cream out. My other cream was emptied right into the cream 

 vat. I have eight hand separator cream patrons. 



Mr. Lea: — A creamery in this state is gathering cream. 

 They use to clean out their cans at the bottom with a piece of stiff 

 rubber with a long handle. In that way they can scrape out all 

 the cream. I spent two days with the cream hauler at that 

 creamery and he did not leave cream in a single place. Got it 

 all out by the means of this rubber. It is kept perfectly clean 

 so there is no chance of anything getting in. 



The President: — We have with us this afternoon our dairy 

 committee which works with the experimental station, and I will 

 ask for that report if Mr. Long has it with him. 



