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Besides, he will meet a great many different kinds of people, and 

 his ability to deal properly with them will depend largely upon 

 his use of language. Third, he must, to some degree, be a 

 mechanic; fully understand the operation. of the different kinds 

 of machines used, and how to repair them ; know how to take 

 care of them, and keep cool if anything should happen. Fourth, 

 he must possess skill, be quick in his movements, for there are a 

 great many to be executed during the operation, and many times 

 a certain amount of work is to be done in a decidedly short time. 

 In creameries where the operator is alone, he will at times have 

 his hands full, for he has his boiler and engine to watch, the 

 separator to look after, all the while he is weighing in milk or 

 cream. Patrons will be asking questions of various kinds; by 

 the entrance is a customer waiting; the operator has it all to do 

 and it means hurry. Fifth, he must have natural abilities, for 

 the requirements and responsibilities demanded of the creamery 

 today are so much greater than those of the man of half a cen- 

 tury ago. To be a leading creameryman, he must not only have 

 much wider experience along practical lines, but also be able to 

 carry out the theoretical side of the question. Last, but not 

 least, he must be neat in appearance and pay attention to small 

 things. 



When one steps inside of a creamery and takes a general 

 view of the whole affair and of the man operating it, the appear- 

 ance of the man will, to a large extent, decide the judgment and 

 reputation of the product. If a customer or dealer in dairy 

 products, upon entering the creamery, is confronted by a shaggy 

 looking buttermaker wearing a pair of greasy, horrible-smelling 

 overalls, and handling the products manufactured with dirty and 

 greasy hands, his appetite for such a product is not going to be 

 very great. Neither can one expect the best trade nor the highest 

 price for butter handled in that manner; nor can anyone have 

 much faith in its keeping quality. 



Therefore, the buttermaker should always take special pains 

 in looking neat, wear clean clothes, and otherwise keep clean. 



