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some of that success may be attributed to that, but to the fact 

 that we have comparatively few hand separators in the state I 

 think is due largely the high scored butter we made. 



Mr. Kieffer : — Is there anything about manufacturing the 

 butter that has anything to do with this high scoring? 



Mr. Mowbray : — Well, I am not a buttermaker, but no 

 doubt there is. 



The President : — Is it not a fact that your state has really 

 become a guardian for the butter interests and dairy interests 

 here, and will they not take a hand in this hand separator 

 proposition if it comes to them and reduces the quality of their 

 butter ? 



Mr. Mowbray : — I think if the hand separator people ever 

 make the attempt to get their machines into our state, as many 

 as they have in other states, there will be a very decided stand 

 taken against them. I know there is a very strong feeling 

 against them now by the powers-that-be in our state, and I think 

 that their influence will tend to hold the hand separator back to 

 some extent. 



The President: — Have you, as a farmer, tried it? 



Mr. Mowbray : — I have, yes sir. When I first used a sep- 

 arator there was not a creamery within ten miles, so of course 

 it was somewhat excusable. 



The President: — You believe it was a success? 



Mr. Mowbray : — There are points where the hand separator 

 may be of advantage to the farmer. It gives him a better 

 quality of milk for his calves ; there is no doubt about that ; but, 

 whether or not the advantage that he gains in that way offset 

 the loss that is bound to come by their general introduction is a 

 question. 



Mr. Davis : — What is the cause of this loss. 



Mr. Mowbray: — The poorer quality of butter that is made 

 from hand separator cream compared with whole milk. 



Mr. Davis: — Does that hold true in every case? 



Mr. Mowbray: — Very largely, I think. It may not in 

 every case. 



