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cents per hundred pounds, and in some cases as high as forty 

 cents. These differences were caused by the different methods 

 of feeding it. 



Again, the separator has been introduced in several sections 

 of the country where the cream gathering plan is in vogue. The 

 plan is as follows: The proprietors of a central factory estab- 

 lish separating stations at- points convenient for their stations to 

 deliver milk. The skim milk is taken back in the same cans 

 that the whole milk was brought in. The cream gatherers from 

 the main factory collect the cream from the various stations every 

 day in a much fresher condition than could possibly be attained 

 by any other process. 



To private dairymen handling the milk of from twenty to fifty 

 cows, the separator system presents many advantages. It ena- 

 bles him to handle his milk and cream with much less labor, 

 securing a much larger yield of butter, and making his skim 

 milk of double the ordinary value of skim milk. Having but 

 the cream to take care of. after the separation has taken place, 

 he requires less can or vat room to hold his cream for ripening, 

 and it enables him to churn twenty-four hours earlier than he 

 could if he had to wait for the cream to rise by the natural pro- 

 cess. In this way he avoids many of the dangers from contam- 

 ination by atmospheric and other impurities. 



Within the past few months a new device has been placed 

 upon the market known as the turbine separator. The machine 

 is operated by steam direct from the boiler, no engine or power 

 of any kind being necessary. Hand power separators, in a vari- 

 ety of forms, also are making their appearance, enabling the 

 small dairymen to compete with the creamery in making fine 

 butter without the outlay of a large sum of money. This is 

 essentially an age of improvement, and the dairyman or factory- 

 man must keep up with the procession by adopting these new 

 processes and inventions, or be left entirely out of the race. The 

 best is none too good for our people, and the dairy products of 

 this country must improve in quality to meet the demand for 



