. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. APRIL 8, 1905] ®txc gveebcv cms gtpovtsman THE FARM. The Cream Separator. Farmers' Bulletin No 201, entitled "The Cream Separator on We6tern Farms," is one of the most interesting publications j of the past year. Jnst at the present i time a great many of our readers in | creamery districts are seriously consider- ing the advisability of purchasing hand separators and we suggest to each one of them that he send to the Department of Agriculture for this bulletin. The par- ticular point we note in this bulletin is the explanation of the difference betwe
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. APRIL 8, 1905] ®txc gveebcv cms gtpovtsman THE FARM. The Cream Separator. Farmers' Bulletin No 201, entitled "The Cream Separator on We6tern Farms," is one of the most interesting publications j of the past year. Jnst at the present i time a great many of our readers in | creamery districts are seriously consider- ing the advisability of purchasing hand separators and we suggest to each one of them that he send to the Department of Agriculture for this bulletin. The par- ticular point we note in this bulletin is the explanation of the difference between profits under the old system and under the new. One of the moat important of which is the value of the Bkimmed milk for feeding purposes. We publish some extracts from the bulletin which will in- terest all milk producers, suggesting that our readers send for the bulletin entire. The change to the home separator proved a means of reducing the cost of hauling, in time or money, to one cent or less per pound of butter fat. This differ- ence in cost between the two methods went into the farmer's pocket. The re- sult was an increased interest in the business and greater receipts at the creameries. One of the great drawbacks of the old system was the serious loss in the value of the skim milk The long haul to the station and the long haul home consumed from five to eight hours, and often more. When the cans of skim milK were de- livered at the patron's door, the milk was usually in bad condition, and the calves that were forced to drink it were in a worse Btate. The skim milk was one of the things that never failed to bring out a 6trong argument the dairy busi- ness Wise ones often filled the dairy paperB with articles about how to feed skim milk to calves successfully, but these wise ones didn't live at the end of a 12- mile route, where they had to feed the article as it was delivered to them, after being from eight to ten hours on the road. It was a common story that
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