ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN’S ASSOCIATION. 
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L. M. Potter, of LaFox, III., differed from Mr. Buell in relation to blowing off the 
•iler; he could not see any benefit from blowing off at full head of steam. The 
an which he adopted was to have a cistern which holds 300 or 400 barrels of water: 
es soft water in preference to hard; with the sediment in the boiler he thought it 
quired more fuel; with soft water does not have to clean the boiler so often. 
Question—Is soft water as good as hard? 
Answer—I think soft water better. 
IS THE GATHERED CREAM SYSTEM A SUCCESS ? 
BY H. B. GTJRLER, OF DEKALB, ILL. 
I think we can safely say the gathered cream business is a success. There will 
i some failures, as there are in all other kinds of business. I believe there are local¬ 
es where most any one with good business ability can succeed. That is, where the 
rmers are making their own butter and selling in the local market, but where com- 
itition is with a well-conducted whole milk factory, I think success is very uncertain, 
will give some figures further on, comparing the gathered cream and the whole milk 
vidends. It is plain to us all that the dairy business is tending toward the factory 
stem, either whole milk or gathered cream. Many of our local markets cannot set 
ury butter enough to supply their retail trade. 
There are great advantages in the gathered cream system over the dairy system, 
fie goods are uniform in quality and of a much better quality than dairy butter The* 
ctoryman has a great advantage in selling ; he can generally save the commissions 
hich are a large item in a factory. ’ 
I am satisfied that buying cream by the inch does not do all parties justice. If 
e milk is not well cooled the cream is not all raised, but is worth more per inch than 
ie cream is when the milk is quickly and thoroughly cooled, and all the cream is 
•ised. The patrons soon learn whether they are getting pay for less or more butter 
.an their cream will produce, and those that are getting pay for less than their cream 
ill produce will certainly be dissatisfied. The gauge, or 113 cubic inch standard will 
ve a surplus in hot weather and a shortage in cold weather, caused by more perfect 
•oling in cold weather. A shortage when butter is worth 40 cents per pound is auite 
serious matter. H 
I will give some figures comparing our gathered cream dividends, or what the 
itrons received for the cream from 10U pounds of milk, with what our milk patrons 
ceived. The cans we use for cream-raising are 84 inches in diameter, requiring 2i 
ches m depth of cream to make 113 cubic inches or a pound of butter. It will take 
ree of these setters or cans to hold 100 pounds of milk. I will now take ten patrons 
r one week in each month and find the average measurement of cream to a setter 
id multiply it by three to find the number of inches of cream to 100 pounds and 
ultiply the number of inches produced by 100 pounds of milk, by the average price 
it inch for the month. ° F 
. Taking an average of ten patrons for one week for month of May, I find they 
nsed 5 and 79-100 inches from 100 pounds of milk, for which we paid an average of 
' cents per inch, making 53 cents for cream for month of May. Our milk dividend 
t May was 88 cents per 100 pounds of milk, from which I will deduct 10 cents per 
'0 pounds for delivering milk to factory, and 15 cents per 100 pounds for difference in 
due of skim milk and whey, making 25 cents to be deducted from milk dividend 
avmg 64 cents to compare with the cream dividend of 58 cents, the milk dividend 
3ing 10 per cent, more than the cream dividend. 
In June an average of ten patrons showed 5 and 58-100 inches to 100 pounds milk 
>r which we paid an average for the month, of 8f cents per inch, or 49 cents for the 
•earn from 100 pounds of milk. Our June milk dividend was 83 cents, from which 
e deduct 25 cents for delivering milk and for difference in value of skim m lk and 
hey, would leave 53 cents to compare with 49 cents from cream, the milk dividend 
3in£ 19 per cent, the most. 
July showed an average from ten patrons of 5 and 52-100 inches of cream raised 
om 100 pounds of milk, for which we paid an average of 8£ cents, or 47 cents for the 
earn from 100 pounds of milk. Our milk dividend for July was 81 cents, from which 
muct 25 cents to put them on an equality, would leave 58 cents to compare with 47 
om cream, the milk dividend being 19 per cent, the most. 
In August an average of ten pairons showed 5 and 5S-100 inches of cream from 100 
)unds of milk, at 8f cents per inch, would make 49 cents. Our August milk divi- 
md was 102 ; deduct 25 cents, leaves 77 cents to compare with 49 cents from cream 
difference of 28 cents per 100 pounds in favor of whole milk, the whole milk divi- 
3iid being 57 per cent, the most. 
For September an average of ten patrons showed 5 and 85-100 inches of cream 
om 100 pounds of milk, at 1Q£ cents per inch makes 61i cents’ worth of cream per 100 
