8 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, 
The time during which the above samples were taken was 
about two months. The analyses were made by the gravimetric 
method. Each of the percentages in the table represents the 
result of the analyses of five days’ cream. It will be observed 
that there is a range of from 1.5 to 2.5 per cent. in the butter-fat 
of the cream of the same cow, that of Cow No. 1, for instance, 
varies from 18.4 to 20.3 per cent. There is also a range of 5 per 
cent. in the butter-fat of the cream of different cows; from 138.4 
in cream from the milk of Cow No.1 to 23.3 in that of Cow 
No. 4. 
Since these trials we have no doubt as to the unfairness of the 
space system of paying for cream. If such wide variations in 
the composition of the cream occurred when every precaution 
was taken to insure uniformity of conditions, it is evident that 
the differences would be greater under the usual management of 
creameries by different patrons. In addition it is possible for 
dishonest patrons to ‘‘manipulate” the cream so as to increase 
the number of space readings. Moreover, during the winter 
time many creameries collect the cream only two or three times per 
week and allow their patrons to draw their own cream and report 
the number of spaces to the gatherer. The temptations to 
increase the returns by drawing a few spaces of skim milk with 
the cream and reporting it all as cream, are frequently too great 
for human nature to resist. 
During the years 1890 to 1893 occasional analyses were made 
of cream from different creameries and, as was to be expected, a 
great range in composition of the cream was found. Early in 
1894, a creamery in the State asked the assistance of the Station 
in examining the cream collected on one of its routes. At this 
time the cream on this route was gathered three times per week, 
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. For the Monday gathering 
the patrons were allowed to draw the cream of Friday’s and 
Saturday’s setting and report the number of spaces to the 
gatherer. The Sunday’s cream was drawn by the gatherer on 
Monday morning. 
One Monday morning, without previous notice to the patrons, 
the Friday’s and Saturday’s cream which had been drawn by the 
patrons was weighed and samples were taken for analyses. The 
number of spaces of cream were taken as reported by the patrons. 
The table on the following page contains the results of the 
analyses of the cream thus collected. | 

