Churning Difficulties 
Lately we have had a surplus of millc, 
and have been making butter from Hol¬ 
stein cream, testing about. 30 per cent, 
and collected for three days. This is 
kept cool, find 4S hours before churning 
we add buttermilk and set next to the 
boiler. *\Ve churn at 02 to 04 degrees, 
and it takes over three hours to get but¬ 
ter. Last week, and again today, after 
churning for two hours, the cream ap¬ 
peared thick and was 00 degrees. We 
added some cracked ice and let stand for 
two hours, churned another hour at a 
temperature of 02 degrees; no result. 
Last week we let the cream stand over 
night after three hours churning and 
got butter in half an hour the next <la,v. 
Wo are doing the same thing now. Can 
you explain this, and tell us liow we can 
secure butter more quickly? The dairy¬ 
man says he lias always secured his but¬ 
ter in 15 to 30 minutes from Guernseys 
or Jerseys. Cau this make any differ¬ 
ence V He says he has also heard that 
cottonseed in the grain ration affects this. 
We do not use more than 10 per cent in 
ours. r„ M.B. 
Searsdfile, N. Y. 
Your churning practices seem to be 
satisfactory and under ordinary condi¬ 
tions Should give you good results. It is 
a fact that Guernsey and Jersey cream 
churns more readily than Holstein cream, 
due primarily to the larger-sized fat 
I am using a separator and getting a 
quart of cream to a can of milk. Can 
you tell me how to fix this trouble? I 
am also having complaints about my 
whole milk being sour after 24 hours. 
My cows fire two Ayrshire* and two llol- 
steins, freshened February and March. 
The Ayrsbirex were giving 28 quarts until 
two weeks ago. when I got the Holsteins. 
I had to shift them around to make room 
and put the Ayrshires in a new stall. 
They have dropped uutil I am only get¬ 
ting 20 quarts now from them in two 
milkings. Can you tell me the reason for 
this? The Holsteins were supposed to 
give 14 arid 18 quarts, but. 1 cannot get 
more than 1(5 quarts between them at two 
milkings. These cows were milked by 
machine previously. I milk by hand, 
Westboro, Mass. w. s. n. 
Your greatest difficulty in producing 
milk and cream of good quality is iu the 
matter of temperature. The way in which 
you separate your cream may also lie the 
cause of trouble. Milk, when produced 
by clean cows, with clean methods and 
clean sterile utensils, must be cooled im¬ 
mediately to a temperature below 50 de¬ 
grees F. in order to have it keep longer 
than 24 hours. Buy a thermometer and 
see iT you are able to cool the milk below 
50 degrees F. in your well. With the 
approach of warm weather your difficul¬ 
ties will increase unless you can use ice 
for cooling purposes. 
You should have no difficulty with your 
“Last week we replaced a it. We are constantlj 
machine made by . letters of a similar 
which had been used only five from people who 
years. Our customer, Mr. Craw- waited too long- befo 
ford Cook, living near Foyil, a De Laval. 
Oklahoma, shipped one can of On hundreds of the 
cream from.and then one farms today there is 
from the De Laval, and changed mous amount of buttei 
about in this manner for four wasted by inferior or 
weeks, the result being that the separators and by h 
De Laval got him exactly two ming. Perhaps such 
pounds more butter-fat per day, going on right on y 
and he is milking 12 cows. This Stop it at once by geti 
amount at 35c per pound makes De Laval. It is not 
70c per day, or $255.50 per year, world’s best cream j 
more than twice as much as the lasts longer and is 
new De Laval was worth. Mr. clean and turn than ; 
Cook said we could use his name Call up your De La 
and this information, and if today and ask him to 
they didn’t believe it, he would a new De Laval so ths 
make an affidavit to that effect.” try it, or write us fc 
This was taken from a letter formation. Sold on 
from one of our agents, but terms that it will pay 
there is nothing unusual about while you are using ; 
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globules iu the former milk. It is also 
a fact that cottonseed meal will produce 
hard fats in the milk. Linseed oil meal, 
on the other hand, produces soft fats in 
the milk. A ration containing as high 
as 10 per cent cottonseed oil meal un¬ 
doubtedly Is causing your trouble. Try 
cutting the cottonseed feed down and sub¬ 
stituting linseed oil meal. If necessary 
do away entirely with the cottonseed. I 
believe herein lies your difficulty. 
J. W. B. 
cream if you follow the following direc¬ 
tions in separation : 
1. Thoroughly clean all parts of the 
separator every time the machine is used. 
If allowed to stand for even one hour 
without cleaning there is danger of con¬ 
taminating the next lot of cream. 
2. Scald or sterilize all parts with boil¬ 
ing water or steam. Let parts dry with¬ 
out wiping and keep them protected from 
dust. 
3. Flush bowl after separating with a 
few quarts of the skim-milk. Do not use 
water, as it may get into the cream and 
cause a water separation to show. 
4. Cool the cream immediately to tem¬ 
perature near 50 degrees F and keep it 
cold until delivered. 
5. Never mix warm and cold cream or 
sweet and slightly tainted cream. 
0. Set the cream screw to deliver five 
quarts of cream for every 50 quarts of 
4 per cent milk separated. 
Feed is not affecting the cows' produc¬ 
tion. They evidently are not up to the 
standards which you expect of them. 
Continue to feed them well, and no doubt 
the amount of milk will he increased as 
they get more accustomed to your meth¬ 
ods and surroundings. j. w. n. 
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Washing Milk Utensils 
For the past two years I have been 
unable to use any kind of soap or soap 
powder in washing my milk separator or 
milk pails. I always used a little soap 
before, but now I cannot, as it makes the 
water so shiny and slippery that I cannot 
hold fast to the dishrag eveu. It seems 
as if there must be something wrong with 
the milk to make it act so. T am always 
very particular in washing and scalding 
all milk utensils. MBS. K. It. 
Leeds, N. Y. 
I do not think yottr difficulty in wash¬ 
ing the separator can be laid to the milk. 
It is most probably due to the water. 
Try the following steps in washing the 
parts, and see if your trouble continues: 
1. Wash the separator bowl and all 
parts with slightly warm water. This 
will remove the excess milk. Hot water 
or hot soap and water at this point will 
cause the milk to cook or stick on to the 
parts. 
2. Use a brush to polish the surface and 
clean out seams and cracks. Use hot 
water and any soap powder for cleaning. 
3. Finally scald with boiling water, 
leaving till parts to dry without wiping, 
ftenld them so hot they will dry of then- 
own heat. 
The first step in the above procedure 
is of the most importance in freeing the 
parts of milk so it will not become cooked 
onto the parts during the actual washing 
with alkali powder and water. Use a 
brush for cleaning all dairy utensils. 
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A three-yenr-old IIolstein-Friesian oow 
gives about 32 lbs. of milk per day after 
being milked eight months. T made but¬ 
ter from her milk for first two months, but 
have not been able to make any since. I 
have tried churning at all temperatures, 
(50 tn 72 degrees, a ltd have fed many dif¬ 
ferent standard row feeds, but do not 
seem to be able to eorrect the fault. Cow 
is in fine condition, and there seems to 
be plenty of butter, but I cannot make it 
collect. How can I correct this trouble? 
Trurnnnsbnrg, N, Y. \v. B. \v. 
It is not uncommon to find individual 
Cows whose milk contains such small fat 
globules as to render churning difficult 
and at times impossible. The latter con¬ 
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by, (1) feeding succulent feeds; (2) by 
ripening cream to a higher degree of 
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