CREAMERIES AXD CHEESK FACTORIES. 345 



DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING DIVIDENDS IN 

 CREAMERIES AND CHEESE FACTORIES 



According to the Per Cent of Fat in Milk Delivered. 



(S. M. Babcock, in " Hoard's Dairyman."") 



Find the amount of fat contained in the milk of each 

 patron for any period desired, by multiplying the pounds 

 of milk expressed in hundreds by the per cent of fat found 

 by the test. Add together the amount of fat from all the 

 patrons, thus obtaining the total pounds of fat delivered at 

 the factory. Deduct the expenses of manufacture, etc., 

 from the money received from sales, and divide the re- 

 mainder by the total fat. This gives the price to be paid 

 for each pound of fat. Multiply the pounds of fat de- 

 livered by each patron by the price; the product will be 

 the amount which he is to receive. 



If it is desired to know^ the number of pounds of butter 

 made from each patron's milk, divide the total yield of but- 

 ter by the total fat delivered; the quotient will be the 

 amount of butter made from one pound of fat. The fat 

 delivered by each patron multiplied by this figure will give 

 the pounds of butter to be credited to each patron. 



The accompanying table gives the butter yield from lOO 

 lbs. of milk, when the pounds of butter from one pound of 

 fat range from i.io to 1.20, and for milks containing from 

 3 to 6 per cent of fat. To use the table find in the upper 

 horizontal line the number corresponding most nearly to the 

 number of pounds of butter from one pound of fat. The 

 vertical column in which this falls gives the pounds of 

 butter from 100 pounds of milk containing the per cents of 

 fat given in the outside columns. 



Example : A creamery receives during one month 250,000 

 lbs. of milk, which contained 9531 lbs. of fat; the yield of 

 butter for the same period was 10,983 lbs., which sold for 

 29 cents per pound, bringing $3185.07. The expense for 

 making, etc., was four cents per pound, amounting to 

 $439.32, leaving $2745.75 to be divided among the patrons. 

 Dividing this sum by 9531, the total number of pounds of 

 fat gives 28.8 cents per pound for the fat. This multiplied 

 by the number of pounds of fat in each patron's milk gives 

 the amount which he should be paid. 



