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Show m a mm LOSS OF FAT IN SKIM MILK i Farmer Using Separator Should Pay. Closo Attention to Matter Chief I Cause Is Speed. Every farmer who uses a separator to skim his milk should give close at-j tentlon to see that he does not lose fat) In the skim milk. A smnll percentage) of fat going Into the skim milk continuously contin-uously means a great loss for the year. If a cow gives 5,000 pounds of milk and four tenths of one per cent Is lost, It would mean for the year a loss of j about $8 per cow. I There may be many causes to pro-j duce such a loss. Probably the chief cause Is the speed of the bowl. If a separator Is turned too slowly the milk does not skim clean and fat goes over Into the skim milk. Another cause might be the temperature of the milk. For close skimming milk should be 85 degrees or above. Still another cause Is an unbalanced bowl. See that the separator gets plenty of oil when running run-ning and do not neglect It when It gets out of order. |