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-different factories in eiglit counties of the State, extending from. 

 April to October, and the average of the whole shows .39 of one 

 per cent, of fat in the whey. Assuming this to be a fair average of 

 the percentage of fat in all the whey produced in the State, we 

 should have 4,342,362 pounds of fat lost in the whey. Allowing 

 that the butter contained 85 per cent, of fat and providing for all 

 mechanical losses in the manufacture, we should make from this 

 amount of fat 4,776,598 pounds of butter, which at 20 cents per 

 pound would be worth $995,319, or about 50 cents for each cow in 

 the State. 



In nearly all of the factories in the state this butter would find a 

 home market among the patrons of the factory so that expense of 

 packages and marketing need not be taken into account and the 

 saving would be a clear one to the patrons. 



HENRY H. WING. 



