ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 161 



Thursday Morning, January, 1 8, 1 906 



Convention called to order. 



President in the chair. 



Is Mr. Lee in the hall? Yes. 



We will come to order and hear from Mr. Lee of our State 

 University. His paper will go in the records, but he wishes to tell 

 you a few thngs. 



THE HANDLING OF SEPARATOR CREAM, 



By Mr. Carl Lee, Urbana, III. 



Mr. President : — I am sorry in one sense that the work is not 

 one that will be of such interest to you. 



There is not a problem before the dairymen, creamerymen, 

 mission merchants and the consumers today that should attract 

 more attention than the improvement of the product made from 

 the hand separator, or gathered cream. 



A few years ago very little was said by anyone regarding 

 the quality of the butter put out by the Illinois creamerymen. It 

 was acknowledged that a number of them were putting out butter 

 that would pass above the extra mark and that here and there 

 was a creamery that would occasonally pass below* They never 

 inquired into the details of the work because a small amount of 

 an inferior product could be handled. No questions were asked 

 by the commission merchants as to whether the butter was made 

 from whole milk or from gathered cream. Today we find that 

 conditions have changed. The consumer calls for a better grade 

 of butter and nothing but the best will be accepted. Commission 

 merchants want the best, but are often compelled to take what 

 is not just up to standard. One thing is true, the centralizing 

 system is increasing and the number of whole milk patrons are 



