168 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



examination he discovered a yeast germ in the cans that was the 

 cause of the trouble, amounting to over $3,000 before it was 

 stopped. 



Pasteurization of skim milk will prevent this so far as the 

 skim milk is concerned but the buttermilk tank is still a source 

 of danger and should be carefully looked after. The condition 

 of the building, floor, drain and surroundings, especially where 

 the skim milk is loaded should also receive attention. The smells 

 arising from milk spilled on the ground and from poor or 

 neglected drainage cannot fail to injure a product so susceptible 

 to odors as milk or cream. 



A study of the methods employed in ripening the cream ; 

 temperature employed in churning; washing and working the 

 butter may reveal something to the inspector whereby the 

 quality of the finished product may be brought to a higher 

 standard. The tester and its glassware should be most carefully 

 inspected, as it is this part of the business that causes so much 

 trouble between factory and patrons. The record of f he tests 

 looked over, and if need be, the testing clone. A high percentage 

 of over-run may indicate a large incorporation of water, but 

 more often it is an evidence of the buttermaker's effort to 

 make a better showing than some neighboring creamery. We 

 all know that a good deal of poor work is done with the test, 

 especially since the advent of the hand separator, and the con- 

 sequent handling of cream instead of milk. 



If after an inspection such as I have indicated in the fore- 

 going a meeting of the patrons and their wives could be held 

 for instruction by the instructor, the amount of good resulting 

 from his visits would increase manifold. I also believe that 

 the publication of the results of these inspections of creameries 

 in bulletins should be approved and recommended in the interest 

 of clean and wholesome dairy products. 



When the inspection reveals conditions that are habitually 

 unsanitary or unclean and instructions or suggestions from the 

 inspector fails to remedy these conditions then the inspector 



