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(1) Comparison of Standard Method aiid Weight-of-Milk Method. — 

 When milk is paid for by weight alone, each patron receives the 

 same amount of money for 100 pounds of milk, without any re- 

 gard whatever for the composition of the milk or the amount of 

 cheese it will make. The amount of cheese made from 100 

 pounds of each kind of milk specified above is the sum of 8.55 

 pounds and 10.40 pounds, or a total of 18.95 pounds, which at 10 

 cents a pound, brings 189.5 cents. This is divided equally be- 

 tween the two patrons, because each furnishes the same amount 

 of milk. Hence each receives 94.75 cents for the cheese made 

 from his milk. 



When payment is made by the weight-of-milk method, A re- 

 ceives the same amount of money for 8.55 pounds of cheese that 

 B receives for 10.40 pounds; A receives over 11 cents for each 

 pound of the cheese made from his milk, while B receives only 

 9.1 cents a pound for the cheese made from his milk. A receives 



31.6 cents for each pound of his milk-fat, while B receives only 



23.7 cents for each pound of his. A receives for 100 pounds of 

 milk 12.65 cents which belongs entirely to B, because this extra 

 money comes solely from the additional amount of more valuable 

 cheese produced by the milk of B. One method makes no differ- 

 ence in the value of the milk furnished, while there actually 

 exists a difference of 25.3 cents for 100 pounds of milk in favor 

 of B. Estimated for a season, the difference between the divi- 

 dends of A and B should not be less than |7.50 for each cow. 

 That gross injustice is inevitably done, when milk is paid for by 

 the weight-of-milk method, must become too obvious to require 

 further discusion. 



