CREAM TEST VARITIUONS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 85, 4 January 1919, Page 10

CREAM TEST VARITIUONS

i, * - ;'pi . SQME ; ,PqpBLE'EJJiSONS.. j.'•*■••'■'• Questions' ar'(£sometimes-.asked as'to i/ in the".test/of ■ fl-'l-V cream occu^;even ; -.when: ; 'the cream screw t- ;.';■: 'on-.-the sepaHto.iv'has-Tnpt'Sbeen; changed. !:.,U Sbjao po^ible'.-reS'sp'n's"are-giyeii'by H. A.. . j. ; . ftirah.e,,._of. / .the..lliiiiois Experinieutal StiYi ■';■■ the separator,' , i^..:ybow^revplyes s lß'■-v■efy important. Unless f ; ; .-■ the 'proper, rato of f' ■ ; dp.eied;it : i?ill:hpt'/slrim cfupioiitly,.aud : !too' £' .muchxfatnTiUrbe.sieft in'thcakim-milk.' y ; : -a. ; decrease.^in-the'Speed of thq separator:' : tat test' ' I' .;■ d^h6^re^i : whlle'_ov:er-speediiig"'the' f. ' .:bpwi;Ti;ill' cause'_a'tL:''increii"se. , ! ;■';The".sepa- ; i.': iafw'r : 1 v ."Matedihyytiie'/raauiifacturer. ; -Jn"? order- . j : ', tho : icpara-' i'/. ; : 'beftiff Operated' atJjthe correct' speed r'. : ' T --' i . J-.."; f ; .!'A" : .'.TOTJ;aOOn-:i r n/tli^;jerceri.tage : ;. f'•.'-■ .ftef-mtlk of. : ■. !:,v s ";',ca"us"e-a variafio^' i ih^t , n'e-;:creain ; '.-:;test.'. ;,: V .A'j'VKiUStho separ!atb'i^s.at; ; .{ie'iiame,- ; ailow- . |j'A-te_Sfo)g"'tniUs: •will; i skim-i , "thinrier.ib"^a.m : f. ■"'. .shajs , ;?' "oh addition'of fresh' .. |' : V;cows may change tliC.test of the~n)illc- ■ (' the herd. A when the i . are on pasturej will cause a decrease |;:',>Sh--tho'milk flow and an increase in the \;;'Mest of tho milk, while reverse "is i■■.; triia. of a wet season. The temperature ; 'of'ythe milk'when'being skimmed will' I >'■'-. ■:. affept tlio tcet of the cream. Lowering ;,. ;,the';temperature of the milk will cause a ' i■"; ithirinor cream than.would.be skimmed r.-;->'if-"the milk "wero'warraei , .' " Never at--"tempt to skim milk that is not at least ;■■ ; 75defT. Fahr. in temperature. Tho, rate ' at.which milk is fed into the separator is ' ! alS)'important. The float should always '■: /beitsed to.regulftto the amount of milk '.;.;.". entering the bowl.' underfeeding of : ; inslE into the separator wiU'cause an in- ;■; ,' 'crea'se in the test of the cream. The ; ; amount of skim-milk or -warm prater that U asiUsed to flush the bowl and allowed to i'- ruri'.into the cream can will also nffect i'";' the , ' test of the nream. . The separator •-' bowl should be-cleaned thoroughly each i~; ;time it is used. If this ia.not done pro-. [ ; porly the nassages for the skim-milk and ' ' cream within the bowl mny become I cloyged.' ?.This will skiin- ;.."■ minj.'arid is'fllso likely to'cerae a'vnria- , r tionjn the test of the cream. Koep the :- - eepara'For'bowl clean; "this will mot only 1 "'" ;. make 'the" separntor do ''moro'.'effective 1 i . skimraini;, but the cream will also bo of , t. .■■better ;ThV abnVe. conditions-. , , i ,* aro likely vary'from timo to- time !../» when separating milk; therefore a Cream ■ iV} shipppr' miffht. well expect to havo a '. !: f variation inhis cream test.. If there is" | bv'i ii slight variation in the fests of vai'ibns . L 7 ",.'deliveries of cream, do not condemn Hie 1 !..' *'cream-buyer, for he may not be at fault. . i I Examine your cream statement and see. , !-' ; - if thesis a variation in the total pounds; j |..." of buM-pr-fat which you are being raid ■■ -■ for. If your cream tests, a, little'-. lower .] i : than it did at the previous delivery, "yon - :;: ; may have a t few mors Bounds oi , cream ", \ /to your credit; ?o thaf. after all.- yon' j •■;• ijmav lw nefctiiKT paid for the.same amount , ■ , ; "of butter-fat." • :■ y ■:■;■■■■ ■ ■•