600 BOARD OF AGKICULTUKE, 



Mr. Gurler: How do you find the cost of making butter compared witb 

 the neighbor who don't have the long haul to make; do you find it satis- 

 factory to your stockholders? 



Mr. Salisbury: The expense of the hauling? 



Mr. Gurler: The expense of running your creamery. You haul your 

 coal, also? 



Mr. Salisbury: Yes, sir. 



Mr. Gurler: And your butter back? 



Mr. Salisbury: Yes, sir. 



Mr. Gurler: I want to know how you compare in cost of operation 

 with your neighbor who does not have the haul? 



Mr. Salisbury: It is more expensive for us. Of course, our coal costs 

 us for the hauling $1.25 a ton, while the other creameries do not pay over 

 10 or 15 cents, possibly 25. 



Mr. Gurler: Do you run your creamery on the same plan as the Lima 

 Creamery ? 



]\Ir. Salisbury: Yes, sir. 



Mr. Gurler: What do they get a pound? 



Mr. Salisbury: Three cents. 



Mr. Gurler: What are the farmers producing that are not producing 

 milk for you? 



Mr. Salisbury: Hogs, corn and wheat. 



Mr. Gurler: They haul these things to market? 



IMr. Salisbury: Yes, sir. 



Mr. Gurler: You haul your fuel and butter and they haul their wheat, 

 and there is more object for the men that live away from a railroad than 

 there is for those right on llie road. 



Mr. Salisbury: I went to work and showed a farmer we could pay 

 him more for his milk than he was getting out of it, throwing in his 

 own labor, and do you suppose we could get that man to see that? The 

 only thing I could get him to see was the 4 cents a pound. 



