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patron delivers for that month, together with the test, pounds of 

 butter fat. gain per cent, from the churn, and actual pounds of 

 butter produced from said milk, and the price paid for the same 

 shall be computed on the actual pounds of butter. 



Sec. 2. Any owner, operator or manager of any creamery, 

 whether co-operative or proprietary, who sells or otherwise 

 disposes of any of the milk received at such creamery shall weigh 

 and carefully sample the same and shall test such samples for 

 the purpose of ascertaining the number of pounds of butter fat 

 in such milk sold, or otherwise disposed of, and the gain per- 

 cent, which is found to be the gain from the churn for that month 

 shall be the one used in ascertaining the actual number of 

 pounds of butter produced from such milk as is sold or other- 

 wise disposed of. 



Sec. 3. The owner, operator or manager of any cheese 

 factory in the State, whether co-operative or proprietary, shall 

 make and deliver to each of the patrons of said factory a state- 

 ment representing the number of pounds of milk he delivers 

 for each month, together with the test and actual number of 

 pounds of cheese produced by such milk for said month. And 

 the price paid for the same shall be computed on actual number 

 of pounds of cheese. 



Sec. 4. Every owner, operator or manager of a creamery 

 in this State, whether co-operative or proprietary, shall make a 

 statement each month of the total number of pounds of milk re- 

 ceived for that month, together with the gain per cent, from the 

 churn, and the actual number of pounds of butter produced from 

 said milk and cream. 



Sec. 5. The statement mentioned in the preceding section 

 shall be posted in a conspicuous place in said creameries. 



Sec. 6. Any manager or proprietor of any creamery in the 

 State, who fails to comply with any of the provisions of this act, 

 shall, on conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction be fined 

 not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars for 

 each offense. 



Sec. 7. This act shall take effect January i, 1899, 



Approved November 29, 1898. 



