Show get rid of separators that rob dairy farmer there are a number of separators that are robbing the farmers of cream this was brought to light recently when A 3 cramer director of wisconsin cow testing associations wisconsin college of agriculture re ret calved a letter from one of the testers out in the fields field 1 I have tested skim milk frequently and found many separators that were sadly worn out of adjustment to the extent that they were nere wasting many dollars each month for the farmer who 4 sells cream reports one tester during august we had a new member join our association and when I 1 made my first visit to his farm he told me that he was trying the tester on the suggestion of one of his neighbors I 1 took samples of milk from all the cows cow s and also of the skim milk to my surprise there was more fat in the skim milk than could be tested in tile ali e skim milk test bottles so I 1 ran the samples in whole hole milk test bottles and discovered that they tested 2 per cent of butterfat tile the following month I 1 again tested tile the skim milk and this time thue it tested per cent butterfat that resulted in the buying of a new separator before I 1 left the farm the following day it might be interesting to know that the new separator represented the saying saving of 0 92 cents per day or 5 ag a year for that farmer |