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[Guest guest]

Hare Krsna.

 

I have used a cream seperator for the last 20 years here in Mayapur.

We seperate the cream from about half of our milk

 

The machine is hand operated and depending on the speed at which it turns

the cream is thicker or thinner. At 60 rpm the cream is about 10% of the

milk.

 

We make butter and then ghee from the cream.

 

After seperating the cream,the milk of course is much thinner, but it can

have banana or mango added to make a milk shake or it makes nice yogurt and

then can be strained to make srikhand, or made into sweetrice with a good

amount of date gaur which helps to thicken it. The curd from skimmed milk is

very rubbery and not much use for milk sweets or subjis.

I have heard that partially skimmed milk is better for young children to

drink.

We warm the milk first before seperating as it seems to help the process.

 

Personally I drink full cream cold milk unboiled every morning without fail,

and have done so for 25 years despite dire warnings from numerous people. I

prefer the taste and find it easier to digest. We have our own cows and keep

the milk in a fridge, boiling it after breakfast, and again in the evening

if there has not been much electricity during the day or the fridge is on

the blink.

 

Our seperator will work with as little as 1 litre or it can theoretically

seperate 50-60 litres an hour, but I have never needed to do more than 15

litres at a time. It needs an oil change every now and then, is robust, and

gives steady reliable service. The rubber sealers wear out every 5 or 6

years, but otherwise nothing needs replacing.

 

Hope this is helpful,

 

Yours in Krsna's service,

 

Murari Gupta das.

[Guest guest]

Dear Labangalatila dasi mataji,

PAMHO, AGTSP

 

Thanks for your encouragement. My father has been giving only homoeo

medicines for all the cows/calves. Currently he has not been breeding

selectively, but I have insisted that he does. I will also take the advice

on seperating calves over 1.5 years.

 

Putting the bulls to use, is what he has to know more about. for ploughing,

it involves substantial training.

 

But he will take care of the whole lot life long.

 

Where are you located?

 

your servant,

Sri Vallabha das