DeLaval U-10 Cream separator in action

[@Clarkia1]

My grandma who turns 100 on August 12, 2016, has been telling me how she and her sister milked the cows and then placed the milk into a separator. They would turn the crank and the milk would go one way and the cream would go another. Her family homesteaded on 40 acres near Polson, Montana. Thank you for posting this - this helps me to see what she did - I'm going to show this to her to see if this is like the separator she used.

[@janinebailey1383]

Got one for sale

[@kentuckydeb55]

How wonderful-my mother will enjoy viewing this! We have talked a lot lately about how it was her job when she was a little girl In Oklahoma to turn the cream separator. Thank you for sharing!

[@Tonia.lynn2411]

This is so beautiful wish they still made them

[@beaksofeagles]

A site called spiritedrose has a full-text copy of the operating manual for this machine from 1940. Search "DeLaval Cream Separator Manual 1940". It states that when the speed is correct, the bell stops ringing. That is how I remember it from my childhood also.

[@meladrian9614]

Same childhood, different farmyard. I also had the job of separating milk, many nights , Dad would hear that ding across the yard, if it dinged more than two or three times, you heard him yell ' speed it up a bit!

[@MyNathanking]

I am familiar with these cream separators. My parents came out of the Amish society, but my grandparents still remained Amish. It wasn't my grandparents, but one of their relatives, that had a machine like this. He would milk the cow, and then he would pour the milk into this thing and turn the crank to get it going. I thought it had a motor in it; I was only five years old at the time, but the motor sound was the thing inside spinning after being turned by the crank instead of by a motor. After he was done with separating all the milk, he would clean the separator by pouring water through it, I think with the separator still spinning.

[@mattiaslindberg4124]

I love this .Old is gold

[@bearpump]

If I remember correctly, it’s supposed to be cranked around 65 rpm on the crank. That’s no where near fast enough, as the bell indicates.

[@GBOPossum]

Absolutely correct. When it’s up to speed, the bell stops “dinging”. My mother drummed this lesson into me

[@meladrian9614]

Yes Jeff, I remember as a kid, having to separate the milk, cause I was still too young to milk,, lol( older sisters did that), but I remember getting schooled on the speed to crank it. I saw this and first thought,, you're going too slow, cause of the dings, too much fluid coming out of the cream spout, and also cause its flowing out of the weep hole on the bottom. Later we got an electric machine, That was nice, cause separating the milk from 6-8 cows was a chore

[@perspgold8945]

Im reading a book from 1890s where they talk about milk skimming which is done by hand and I had to look it up. They could have benefitted from this machine although the throughput maybe would not have been enough (Thomas Hardy - Tess of the D'Urbervilles is author/book)

[@abdelkebirhtaibi8633]

Hhhhhh nc

[@LoriL-i7v]

So cool . I found one of these in my back field in the bushes.

[@mbickie]

Great video, thanks. Love the bell.

[@lynetteluff]

I remember walking to the milking shed on cold winter's mornings.The cones and other pieces would lie waiting, ready to be assembled in the right sequence. When it was assembled a white muslin cloth would be tied over the top and then the milk was poured in. I loved to turn the handle and the humming and the ting ting when it was at the right speed. Pretty soon we'd line up with our small tins for some fresh milk, while around our ankles there would be half a dozen cats winding around our feet Part of their salary for catching mice a nice sardine tin filled with milk. I always wondered who enjoyed their milk the most. Them or us.

[@jeanneduchene5394]

This was the cream separator at my grandmother's farm

[@stayhardHAHAH]

What does this do? I understand a little about it

[@marksmopar609]

When the bell stops you are at the proper rpm

[@janinebailey1383]

I have one for sale

[@edgreywolf]

@@janinebailey1383does it work, where at and how much?

[@susankinnane5349]

Tonya, we have a separator like this, we need a new O ring. Do you know where we can buy one?

[@maximebar2460]

Tu ne tourne pas assez vite la cloche arrêt de sonné quand tu as la bonne vitesse

[@kamaralighosi6363]

Where is this machine working location please

[@timfrank7461]

What does it do though...

[@scichord]

What kind of oil do you use in the machine?

[@angelopayet355]

Superbe ou acheter la même que vous svp je suis en france

[@jigneshbhetariya1235]

Eas masian kea kimat kya hogea, eak litar milk mea ketnea malay nikleagea

[@gautamdarane5843]

What is price

[@mikekissel6070]

cows milk or goats milk?

[@hearttoheart4me]

I know this is 2 years after you asked but Either. Just make sure you run it through at body temp. Around 100 degrees.

[@meladrian9614]

@@hearttoheart4me yes,as soon as there was a pail ready to be separated, it was started up, and somebody else would keep milking the other cows.

[@nickkenyon4112]

Gee there is a way to make that bell stop. Its not there to keep people from sleeping while separating milk.

[@felixmikkialmosttoasted3911]

What is it for ?

[@bearfoxwolf]

@@felixmikkialmosttoasted3911 when you turn it fast enough, it stops ringing. A couple of people here have said it's being turned to slow. When my parents farmed, this was my chore.

[@dmhartner]

very cool!

[@mikekissel6070]

I have this same unit

[@bbruce995]

i think the bell would be the only thing that annoys , other than that . i want one

[@meladrian9614]

until you separate 10-12 gallons of milk morning and night,, 7 days a week!

[@bearfoxwolf]

If you turn it fast enough as you're supposed to, it stops ringing.

[@nipaakhter4583]

Ami ata khotai pabo

[@maharaja2675]

The sinful act Business... God bless you.

[@MancubusInfernis]

I like when cream is little more thicker, fresh bread dipping in cream and then to sugar or mix cream with strawberry jam or cowberry jam.😋