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great deal. If we are to continue this year we want to know it, 

 and if not we want to know. 



Hitchcock : — I would like to enquire how the money is to 

 be divided. 



Davis : — Butter that scores below 90 will not receive any- 

 thing-. If we have 400 points above 90 and have $800 to be 

 divided each point will be worth $2.00 ; if you score 91 you get 

 one share of that $800. If you score 95 you get five shares. 

 It is easily divided and easily reckoned ; you get such a share of 

 the $800 as your butter scores above 90. I want to say that 

 all the exhibitors whose butter or cheese scores above 90 will 

 receive a check inside of two weeks. 



Hitchcock : — I will make the motion that the Association 

 do continue in this way another year. I would like to hear the 

 question discussed. How would it do to have the standard raised 

 to 92 instead of 90. I would make that motion that the standard 

 be raised from 90 to 92. 



Mr. Adams : — Mr. President, I should be the last one to op- 

 pose any measure that will advance the standard or the grade 

 of the exhibits of this Association, but, in my opinion, the score 

 of 90, 91 or 92 is a pretty mighty good score for winter butter. 

 A great many of our creamery boys do the best they can with 

 the product they have to do with, and they put up a package of 

 butter. You understand this butter is given to^ the Association. 

 They contribute that butter; they score below 92 and they have 

 not only lost their butter, given to the Association, but they don't 

 get anything to pay their expenses out of this pro rata fund. 

 It seems to me that you raise this to 92 another year, then, 

 perhaps, raise it to 94. and many of them would be discouraged 

 and will not feel like exhibiting their butter. 



Mr. Vail : — It seems to me this is an important matter touch- 

 ing the interests of our Association because the butter exhibit 

 is largely the foundation of our good work. I am not familiar 

 with the workings of the system and I would like to enquire in 

 regard to the numbers of exhibitors that draw a premium ; how 

 it compares, the present method under the present rule with 

 those in the past, the number that exhibit. 



Secretary Davis: — We have 141 ^exhibits of butter and 

 cheese ; five exhibits scored below 90 of butter and one of cheese. 

 Five exhibits out of 141 below 90 is the way we have it figured 

 now. We shall go over our records again to make sure we are 

 right. 



A'^ail : — How many under the old system ? 



Davis:- — There used to be something like 12 or 14 out of 

 150. We had 148 exhibits of butter and cheese last year. 



Vail : — Have you any idea what proportion are above 92 ? 



