122 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



sible, the creamery is visited in the morning so as to be there 

 when the milk arrives. The milk is examined and when needed, 

 suggestions are given the patrons about taking care of their cans ; 

 how to wash them and when to wash them; also talk about the 

 care of the milk, and emphasize the importance of bringing the 

 milk to the creamery, well ventilated, clean, sweet and free from 

 any odor. 



One of the faults most prominent at this season of the year 

 in hand separator cream is that it is so apt to be tainted with 

 odors from the kitchen. One of the things that every creamery 

 operator should be careful in and which needs looking after, is 

 the receiving room and platform. I have had farmers say to 

 me, '' You better talk to the buttermaker about cleaning this room 

 rather than say anything to us about our cans." 



Another thing I have noticed is that a number of cream- 

 eries are not careful enough with their composite milk samples. 

 A sample of the milk is not taken every morning; the jars con- 

 taining the milk are not properly taken care of; they are at. 

 times left uncovered, and at a few of the creameries a sample of 

 the milk is taken every morning and the morning before they are 

 to be tested the bottles are all emptied and cleaned and on the fol- 

 lowing day a sample is taken of every patron's milk and tested. 

 What that sample tests, is recorded and stands as a test of the 

 total number of pounds of milk the patron has delivered at the 

 creamery for fifteen days. Work of this kind ought not to be 

 tolerated. 



Another thing that needs looking after and even the most 

 accurate cannot be too careful with, is to see that the composite 

 samples are thoroughly mixed, all of the cream dissolved and 

 removed from the inside of the bottle before the pipette is filled. 



At this time it might be well to say a few words about the 

 test. A number of the farmers have complained to me that 

 their milk is not tested right. In a number of cases the farmer is 

 not to be blamed for complaining because he is not given what 

 his milk really tests, especially if he has a good test, and lives 

 where he cannot take his milk to some other creamerv. His 



