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sold at an average price of 7 J cents a pound, the gross 

 receipts would be $1,125.00. The amount to be deducted 

 from the gross receipts will depend on the agreement 

 made between the factory operator and the patrons, in 

 case of proprietary cheese factories, or between the 

 shareholders and the maker, when the factory is run on 

 the co-operative plan. As before we shall consider these 

 systems separately. 



243. I. Proprietary cheese factories. The owner of the 

 factory generally agrees to make the cheese for a certain 

 price per pound and to pay the patrons what is left after 

 deducting this amount. If the price agreed on is 1J 

 cents per pound of green cheese, this would amount to 

 $225 in the example given. Subtracting this sum from 

 the gross receipts, $1,125, leaves $900, which is to be 

 paid the patrons. The total amount of butter fat deliv- 

 ered by the patrons was 5700 Ibs. ; hence the price of one 

 pound of butter fat will be 900 -^-5700 = .157 7, or 15.8 

 cents. Taking the figures for the three patrons already 

 mentioned under Creamery Dividends, we then have: 



244. Co-operative cheese factories. The method of 

 payment at co-operative cheese factories is nearly the 

 same as that already given, except that a certain sum 

 representing the expenses is subtracted from the gross 

 receipts for the cheese, and the balance is divided among 



