THE CREAM SEPARATOR.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3024, 9 October 1888, Page 2

THE CREAM SEPARATOR.

' The following letter 1 6f general ; in. terest appears in a recent issue of the' Christ-church Weekly Press. Riversdalo, Wairarapa, ■■; ■■-•• StliSepteihber, 1888.: Messrs Mason, Struthers & Co. Dear Sifsi—ln reply to your letter of the 28th ultimo. -I have pleasure in testifying to the great value of the De'Laval cream and milk separator. Its value to dairymen is beyond all doubt great in regard to the following, pomts;-. Ist. Saving of labor as contrasted with the old and ordinary methods of panning and skimming milk. ' • - ■ 2nd.; That/a'large percentage of obtained -by, the process of separation by centri'fugaHorM employed than by setting in pans. '■■' 3rd. That calves thrive well ontbe .separator milk, especially when; a little hay or ensilage is given them during the day. No heating by fire required. • 4th. The bntter.produced from the cream separator is superior to ordinary dairy butter (i.e., butter made from oreani slummed from pans) hi its keeping and Uniform qualities.. The separator I have has been in constant use for about two. years and a half, morning arid evening. About 60 gallons an hour at.GOOO revolutions per minute oanbe put through. I so rauoh appreciate the advantages derived from the machine that I would not hesitate in procuring another if I required one necessarily at double the price I paid for mine, A water wheel is the motive power I use capable of working three separators. No signs of wear, has yet shown—in fact, with ordinary caro and observance of the directions supplied with the machine it ought to last a great many years, or in other words, a' lifetime.-. Dr De Laval, the inventor of this: class of separator, deserves great- commendation for; designing it and- placing before the civilised world such a boon in dairying. Why these separators have not become moro general in use I cannot divino, except, that the old and traditional'notions which prevail amongst the majority of the farmers are difficult to dispol, but they must soon sucoumb when more enterpris. ing and intelligent persons adopt the later and superior process of,better produotion.'carrying better pricos,and meeting with public appreciation of the quality (wheu more generally kuowni of tho. article supplied, I remain, yours truly, :.. • ■ .E. S. Maunsell.

A DIVER'S ADVENTURE. A diver named Charles Byres, forty years of age, had a miraculous escape from death at the works in conneotion with the New Falls Bridge, near Melbourne, the .other day. The cofferdam which had been erected was leaking, and Byres was bbdl down on the'outside to pack the leak-with bags of clay. He got to within six feet of the bottom, when, irom some unaocountable reason, the leakage burst, and the water and silt rushed violently in to fill the vacuum in the cofferdam. The suction drow Byres down with jt, and his right leg was drawn through the aperture, whilst his loft leg was forced against bis chest, and his left arm pinned against the side of the outside wall of the cofferdam by this great riishlof water and silt.' Portunately for him, his right hand was free, and he signalled with the life line, His fellow workmen on the top attempted to draw him out, but the great mass of silt that was on top of him offered too great a resistance and tho life line broke/ Two otherdivers, named Hearneand Curtis, immediately put on their.- suits' add descended to

the.assistanceof Byres. Ourtis wont 1 down on the inside of the coffeidara, and-finding Byres' leg through the ' aperture, re-ascended, ' Meantime 1 Hcarne, who hod gone on the outside, after shovelling ' hia- way through about eight feet of silt, came across Byres' right hand, which was swaying backwards and forwards,, in order to prevent the silt from, clogging, the valves which regulated the .supply of air which ho wa ieoeiving.from the surface. Hearne grasped the hand and shook it, to lot Byres know tljat,help-was at band. Byres-retained Fearne's hand, and drawing it towards the limber of the cofferdam, pushed it upwards, wishing to convoy to Hearne thai he wanted the sheet; piling,. raised, Hearn'o understood him,' and : signalled this to the surface, and the men were at once set to work to draw the piles. This was alaborious workand took' fully half an hour to execute but when atlast they were withdrawn Byicsaud Hcainecame to. tho surface together, When thq dress was removed ftom Byies he was found to be quito exhausted, Ho stated that the pain he suffered was something terrible. At first the suction almost toro his right leg off, whiljjjthe gieafc ipass of water pressing against his back seemed as if it would crush in his chest, He says he knew that if it was possible to rescue him Hearne would doit, and ' do it as quickly as it was possible to be dono, but still tho time scorned very long. The moments seomed like hours before ho felt'Hearne's hand, atwlwhenhe tiiedto convey to, him thaMe wished the sheet piling pulled up noVae afraid that Hearne would "t* 6 v

Vtteuiptifjtp : dik : qiiiio sure' lie >cbiild ■' not; liaye ';\bprno^¥?the'':|*am ;> during-' the: bote 'ibatci^^ifijy ;triigtt tha takeh;;tliem to 'db^tliisi for.f; >-fft^ liewaa'gi:pwipg;wenker.ayery raomont Wbeuy: thb"rfirtt> mp^ sheeting showed that his message had ;;:;,;;; beeiif underatdqd,^t.hei^.st;of;th^ he;wfrconfinei seemed tp^flyT^ V;'^ Hereiiirtjned at hohjba'coiiille of days':;:, butiisnoV quite-recovered.