ATTACKING THE SEPARATOR.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 1347, 20 June 1911, Page 4

ATTACKING THE SEPARATOR.

At tlio Dairy Conference an attack is to be made on the home separator, Similar attacks are periodically made throughout Australasia, but common S3MS3 is cacsiug thorn to loss effect. Thoro is no iikelihood of the present motion being carried. All these attacks on lioma srparatinu are bssed ou a wrong hypothesis. The fault, if fault there be with heme enparation, dees net \h with the system its?lf| btifc first with the farmer ami second with the factory managers. There is no reason whatever (and no dairy expert will contradict She statement) lioiflß separator cream should not be as good n cream from milk brought to tlio factory and there

separatid. Provided always that the home aeparator is kept as clean as the factory sepnratoi. Id fact the iioina separate orpain slionM be'the superior aiticle as it can bo separated wore quickly at home than it can be at the factorj, ami if tlie farmer his busincsi he will separate Bt ui ,, H w|iei) will be much fr.-sher than it would be if it weio kept till next day. There is considerable los?, however, to the facotry wliiah permils its olietts to deliver thoir cream three or four times a week itsfcead of every (lay. Tho saving in transport cost?, the better and fresher milk for calves and pigs, aud the lusher cream aro all arguments for home separation, and if it is oairied out on proper business lines ou both sides as it is carried out in America, the butter made from the home separated cream will be found quite as good, if not better, than that from the factory separated.