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butter fat per month. Now add 20 per cent overrun, 5,200 

 pounds, making 31,200 pounds of finished butter. Elgin price 

 is received for the butter if of good quality, or 30 cents per 

 pound, $9,360. Now deduct the operating expenses approxi- 

 mately as follows: $100 per month for butter maker, $60 per 

 month for secretary, $70 per month for two helpers, $15 per 

 month for interest on investment, $30 per month for fuel, $110 

 per month for supplies, $25 per month for incidentals, $260 per 

 month for hauling cream. Total monthly expense, $670. Six 

 hundred and seventy dollars expenses deducted from $9,360 for 

 butter sold leaves $8,690 net butter sales. This divided by 

 26,000, the number of pounds of butter fat, gives .3342 the 

 co-operative patron gets, almost 33}^ cents per pound for his 

 butter fat, or 6 3^ cents per pound more than the patron of the 

 cream buyer. If he is milking 15 cows, each averaging one 

 pound of butter fat per day, the difference in the profits between 

 a co-operative patron and a cream buyer's patron is easily cal- 

 culated. 



It is the duty of the dairy commissioner to develop the 

 dairy industry in this State, and we will be glad to hear from any 

 community where the establishment of a creamery or cheese 

 factory is contemplated and will assist in its organization. This 

 department would especially warn communities where cream- 

 eries or cheese factories are contemplated against promoters of 

 these factories, as much damage has been done by promoters 

 organizing companies in sections where there is not a sufficient 

 number of cows to maintain a creamery, their object being to 

 sell the creamery outfit and erect the building at prices that 

 will make them large profits. 



