Cream Separators Paid: Antique Dairy Collectibles Example of Innovation on the Farm

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Leslie C. McManus
June 2010

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He especially likes big capacity separators used in commercial creameries. “I stumbled on to one when I was in Dodge City, Kan., one time,” Kent recalls. “I noticed an old Fairmont creamery that had been vacant for years. They guy I was dealing with there got the key to the building and we found four big old separators on the second and third floors, but we didn’t have a forklift. We had a heck of a time loading those on the trailer!” FC

For more information:

– Kent Gordon, 211 ACR 375, Palestine, TX 75801; (903) 729-8349; e-mail: kgteinc@yahoo.com.

– The 23rd annual convention of the Cream Separator & Dairy Collectors will be held Aug. 13-15, 2010, in Chilton, Wis., in conjunction with the Wisconsin Steam Antique Engine Club show. For more information, contact Robert Blohm, (920) 533-8906. The event includes a swap meet, silent auction (3 p.m. Saturday) and a banquet (6 p.m. Friday). Non-members and interested persons are welcome to attend; no registration is required. For more information about the Cream Separator & Dairy Collectors, contact Paul Dettloff at (608) 323-3047.

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  • DAVID GRAY 8/9/2011 7:18:17 AM

    That was a great story. I never really thought about the balance or speed angle of the machine before. I simply remember getting up early before school back about 1950 on our Michigan farm and hand milking the few cows that we had. I'd lug the heavy buckets of milk up the hill from the basement of the barn where the cattle were housed to the big house and then down into the basement there. I was pretty young at the time and needed help pouring the milk through the cheese cloth into the top of the separator. Finally, I'd grab the crank and wind it up. It took some muscle to get going like cranking in molasses listening to the little bell. When I got it going fast enough, the bell quit and it just clicked away while the heavy cream came from one spout and the milk came from another. My mother had the tough job of taking it apart and cleaning it after each use. Great invention.

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