Separator, Cream

Name/Title

Separator, Cream

Description

a cylindrical device on three legs. Amixture of raw milk and water were dumped in the container. The water helped cool the milk and more clearly marked off the cream. The cylinder had three viewing slits and after opening the valve at the bottom it was possible to watch the cream descend as the skim milk poured out and to close the valve before any cream was lost. The cream with milk was kept and the skim milk fed to livestock. Since used water why calld a water separator

Collection

Mrs. Lula Sanders

Acquisition

Accession

1980.043

Source or Donor

Sanders, Mrs. Lula

Acquisition Method

Donation

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

May 1, 2000

Create Date

May 1, 2000

Update Date

April 2, 2004