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ever. If now, an addition to this statute is secured, making 

 it an offense of like character to purchase or receive unwhole- 

 some cream for buttermaking purposes, such a statute would 

 not only be practical, but would, to a large extent, enforce 

 itself. The buttermaker, or creamery manager, would not take 

 chances against a law which would cause him to suffer a fine 

 of $25 or $100 and he would make the law an excuse for reject- 

 ing the unwholesome cream. Such a law as suggested, fol- 

 lowed by any reasonable attempt at enforcement, would very 

 greatly increase the quality of the butter made in the State, 

 would protect the public from being imposed upon by butter 

 made from unwholesome cream^ and would add to the profits 

 of the dairy farmers a very considerable amount. 



WHAT THE FARMER SHOULD RECEIVE FOR HIS BUTTER FAT. 



It is true that creameries vary greatly in size, efficiency of 

 management and quality of butter made, but in the creameries 

 of moderate size, making 160,000 to 175,000 pounds of butter 

 it is easy to make the butter for a cent and a half a pound from 

 the time the milk or cream comes into the factory until the but- 

 ter goes into the car. If the buttermaker can make a twenty 

 per cent overrun, as he ought to be able to do, then for every 

 pound of butter fat for which he must pay he will have 1.2 

 pounds of butter which on a 20-cent market will sell for 24 

 cents, not taking account of the premium. The expense will 

 be 



Factory expense 1.5 cents 



Freight 1.5 cents 



Commission, 5 per cent 1.22 cents 



Total 4.22 cents 



That is to say if he sells at the market he will lack .22 cents 

 of being able to pay New York prices for butter fat. If he 

 sells at a cent a pound premium he will have .78 cents a pound 

 profits after paying New York price for butter fat. If the 

 market is 25 cents a pound he will sell his 1.2 pounds of butter 

 for 30 cents, and the expense will be the same except for com- 



