GRADING CREAM.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2367, 25 January 1915, Page 8

GRADING CREAM.

"Hoard's Dairyman" writes"Ever linoe tho advent of the. farm separator ;he agitation for cream grading ' has )cen going on. ' Many individual iroameries lmvo attempted at different limes' to "put a system of grading in Sjtce." A few hay«;been successful, but, host of these attempts have failed, rh'e failure has usually been the result if commercial competition. Competitors operating in the same field werei irilling .]to -'.'accept any; cream, regardlesß if quality; for the sake of large rolum©.;bf; business. Every creamery lompany has practically admitted the lecessity of buying cream on grade, but iot beihgTable : to control the strife of they have been impotent in loing anything towards accomplishing he desired end. *-• ■i V ' "Several- States have at last taken jold~ of[ the subjeot, with the view of iTinging'all of the oreameries in line, ind establishing a grading system. In ■rder to lend support to tnls movement 0 the -part of the State officials, the reamery owners .and managers" are organising , voluntary associations to; help all creameries.. within their _ terriory in lino. It now looks as if the Mg-ncedecl work of- grading would ,bo ccomplished. It will take the united fforji of the State forces and the creamries to pull everyone into line.. _ ( "The-dairymen who want their indusi"y. to '"go iforward should lend support f t)iis:;niovement. It is to ..their, invest to patronise the creamery that ,' linaup with the State officials, and lake tlio "cream 1 grading plan a suc3ss.. '--.'lt-is only the best butter 'that' ocs not meet severe competition; in., irge central markets. The-best but--5r cann.otl.be made from inferior creala.. et every-;dairy farmer - who 'hals cream j.:sell-..for. butter-making .investigate, ie ;attitude of his? creamery-'on; tlis lbject,'; and tell the" managers :that he ■*" xpects'them to et .in linft and grade 11 cream. : Ho cannot afford to egII ■ 00d_ cream to a concern ;that inrikes iforior "Tiutter, for it will pjill dowr. his iturns," r : : ;.