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better condition than the co-operativef ones, except in one instance. Indi- 

 vidual creameries in this State are a credit to our State, as they are to 

 most places. They have good buildings, good machinei-y, and better but- 

 termakers than tlie co-operative ones. I do not know whether they are 

 making more money or what is the reason. They pay about the same 

 for the butter fat as the co-operative creameries. The individual man 

 usually keeps things in 1 etter shnpc than the co-operative creameiy. The 

 individual keeps his buildings and machinery in good repair, while the co- 

 operative do not allow anything for the wear and tear on their machinery. 

 I am not kicking the co-operative creameries, but I think they should be 

 run by successful buttermakers. I know of one that is different from 

 the majority. In this one the buttermaker was cheerful with the patrons. 

 They all liked their buttermaker, and, indeed, the patrons did not think 

 they could get along without him, and all he had to do was to make a 

 kick and they would raise his wages. He is now getting $95 a mouth. 

 Do you suppose it is because he is good looking? Not a bit of it. He 

 is getting it because he is worth it If they didn't thinlv he was worth 

 it you may be sure he would not be getting it. I have worked for $35 

 a month myself in a creamery. Butter contests have done a great deal 

 for me. I shall not say very much because I am the man that the boys 

 send their butter to be scored, but I am sure it would help them a great 

 deal. Any one wanting to have their butter scored can send it in at any 

 time. We will criticise it and send back their score and tell them what 

 we think is the matter with it. They should not send it with the expecta- 

 tion that it will come back scoring 97 and be disappointed if it does not. 



Be sure to keep the outside of your creamery looking nice. Don't 

 have old chairs and stools and rubbish of all sorts setting around. I think 

 it is so much nicer to have a nice flower garden in front of the creamery, 

 and when a farmer comes in who is mad because the cow kicked him that 

 morning and has decided he will take his spite out on you, he will see 

 the flowers and get in a good humor without having said an abusive woi'd. 



Our markets are good. We have excellent places to ship our goods. 

 When the butter has to be shipped the commission man gets a whack at 

 it, and the railroad company gets a whack at it, and so you see what it 

 has to sell for. 



Speaking of circulars and bulletins. I do not believe in them myself. 

 It takes a long time to get up these bulletins and thousands and thousands 

 of dollars to get them out, and when they are out they are not appre- 

 ciated. What is the matter? What we want to do is to get next to the 

 farmer and that is the place for the buttermaker to go to work— get out 

 among the patrons. Call meetings at the school houses in order to get the 

 people interested and to get acquainted with thorn. Even if a man does 

 not buy any more cows he will take an interest in what he has got, and 

 will commence to study up the feeding of the cows. They must learn 

 this, that they must feed in order to get milk. The co-operative butter- 



