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In contrast, let us see what satisfies creameiy patrons elsewhere. 

 Farmers who have sold their cream at their doors this last sum- 

 mer in Iowa, have netted eight to twelve cents per cow per day, 

 or from $20 to $30 per head for the year, besides leaving all the 

 skim milk at home. 



The writer waxes enthusiastic over this system and says: As 

 long as cows can be pastured on other men's land through the 

 summer, and in winter on hay costing less than ,$2 per ton, and 

 on grain raised on his own land, we see no more profitable way of 

 farming. 



In Central New York the farmers almost universally practice 

 summer milking. As a rule, they average from 1.75 to 2 cents 

 per quart for the eight summer months. 



In view of the success of properly managed creameries through- 

 out the country, it is a matter of surprise that instead of ten in 

 this State, there are not 100 now in operation. There is not so 

 much capital needed as good business management, and proper 

 cooperation on the part of the farmers. In large districts there 

 seems to be a lack of faith, and farmers hold off for others to 

 spend their money and insure success before they join. 



Farmers in the eastern part of the State say to me: " This is an 

 excellent plan, and I wish somebody would come and start a 

 creamery with us." Like Artemas Ward, they are willing to sac- 

 rifice all their wives, cousins, and uncles in the cause, but are not 

 quite ready to put their own shoulders to the wheel. In this they 

 may be to some extent wiser than some who have started ci-eam- 

 eries in a small way in this State, who seem to have forgotten that 

 something more than a factory is Deeded to insure success. We 

 must add business experience in the management, and cooperation 

 among the patrons. Every town can furnish sufficient business 

 talent, but a small factory cannot, or thinks it cannot afford to 

 hire it, and in consequence suffers accordingly. This difficulty has 

 been met in many places by placing several factories under one 

 management. I could name a number of persons or firms who 

 hire or control from five to twelve, or even twenty factories — the 

 competition from other factories forcing them to pay full prices for 

 their milk. 



In the case of the Elmwood creamery, opened three months ago, 

 the difficulty has been met by several individuals who have formed 

 a stock company and built a factory, without waiting longer for 

 the farmers to move in the matter. 



