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Show DAIRY FACTS CARING FOR CREAM ON FARM Expert of University of Illinois Glvet Ten Excellent Rules for Farmer to Follow. , (By H." A. RUEHE, Associate In Dairy Manufacturers, University of Illinois.) 1. Keep the cows clean. 2. Use covered milk palls. 3. Milk with dry hands. 4. Remove milk from the barn Immediately Im-mediately and separate it at once. 5. Set the separator so that It will skim cream that will test from 35 to 40 per cent In the winter and from 40 to 45 per cent In the summer. 6. Wash, scald, and dry the separator separa-tor and all utensils immediately after using. The separator bowl may be dried in a warm oven, though the oven should not be so warm that it will melt the tin on the bowl parts. Setting utensils in the sun is a good practice, as the sunshine acts as a germicide. 7. Keep all utensils and separator parts dry when not in use. 8. Cool the cream immediately after-skimming after-skimming by setting the can in cold running water. Construct a cooling. To Wind Mill fop v.e of parrel s. Properly-Constructed Tank. 1. Inlet, usually 1-inch pipe. 2. Wooden Wood-en trough, conducting water to within 3- inches of bottom. 3. Sticks, holding cans in place as shown by cut. 4. Shows position posi-tion of half filled can; run stick through handle in cover to prevent It from sliding out from under the stick. 6. Shows position posi-tion of can when filled. 6. Shows position of wire which prevents tile cans from -tipping. 7. Outlet, usually 2-inch threaded nipple. tank so that the cream will be cooled: with the water that is used to fill the-stock the-stock tank. 9. Never mix warm cream with cold cream. Cool the cream before mixing, it with previous skimmings. 10. Do not allow the cream to freeze-in freeze-in cold weather. 11. Stir the cream at least twice a day; this will keep it smooth and free-from free-from lumps. Do not use a wooden paddle for a stirrer, as it is unsanitary.. 12. Deliver cream frequently, at least twice a week in winter and three times a week in warm weather. |