CARE, SHIPMENT AND SALE OF CHEESE 79 



factories and bought the cheese on its merits. Now 

 most cheese is sold on the dairy boards of trade. 

 Large dealers send representatives to each cheese 

 board with instructions to buy cheese at a certain 

 price. Usually there is enough competition be- 

 tween buyers to insure the full market prices. 

 Buyers are allowed by their employer one-six- 

 teenth to one-eighth cent per pound for buying 

 cheese, and very often, in the heat of competition, 

 they pay the cheese seller this commission in order 

 to secure the cheese. This is not objectionable, 

 if it does not continue too long. If the buyer re- 

 ceives no pay for his work, he frequently finds fault 

 with or rejects the cheese and asks for a reclaim of 

 a few dollars from the cheese-maker, when other- 

 wise the cheese would pass inspection. In sections 

 where cheese is inspected in the factories, the cheese- 

 board method is fairly satisfactory, but when the 

 cheese has to be sent to a distant center of inspec- 

 tion, there is continual complaining by either buyer 

 or seller. 



METHOD OF PAYING FOR CHEESE 



With few exceptions, cheese is now shipped to 

 the order of some bank. After the buyer has in- 

 spected and accepted the cheese, he gives the seller 

 a draft of his firm on the local bank for the value 

 of the cheese. The bank then draws on the firm 

 and the cheese belongs to the bank till the draft 

 is honored. This method is a real cash business 

 and protects the factoryman from losses caused by 

 fraudulent practices of dishonest cheese merchants. 



