FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION 193 



Richness of Cream 



The richness of cream is another very important factor for 

 improving the quahty of cream. Cream that contains between 

 30 to 45 ^« butter fat will keep sweeter longer than cream con- 

 taining less butter fat, because the sour liiilk- germ, or lactic acid 

 bacteria, grow upon the milk sugar in the skim milk. The 

 smaller quantity of skim milk present the less food present for 

 the lactic acid bacteria, and the cream will remain sweeter and 

 in better condition longer. By skimming a richer cream, the 

 farmer has more skim milk at home for feed, he will receive a 

 better grade and price for his butterfat, and he will save trans- 

 portation charges on his cream. While, on the other hand, rich 

 or heavy, testing cream enables the creamery to reduce its me- 

 chanical losses of butterfat, to improve the quality of butter by 

 permitting the buttermaker to use a clean high flavored starter 

 to increase the capacity of the creamery and to give a larger 

 overrun, thus reducing the cost of manufacture. 



In closing allow me to emphasize the importance of cleanli- 

 ness with barn or milking sheds, cows, milkers, dairy utensils 

 and the cream separator; the control of temperatures on the 

 farm and in transporting cream to markets ; the frequent de- 

 livery of cream to market and the advantage of a richer cream. 

 I also suggest that this Association be put on record as asking 

 for cream grading laws, laws that will have merit which will be 

 of interest to the producer and manufacturer. I believe in the 

 philosophy that you cannot interest a person in a thing unless 

 you convince him that he will in some way be benefited by it. 

 Moral persuasion will be a great help in improving the quality 

 of Illinois cream but when combined with legal persuasion the 

 improvement will come immediately and there will be an incen- 

 tive to produce a better quality of cream, thereby stimulating a 

 greater growth of Dairying in Illinois. 



