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noon. He devotes half a day to this work. It is more 

 economical for the farthest man to do it, for the reason that 

 it requires but one journey. 



I will give you our own system. We agree to pay the 

 farmers the Elgin price of butter — the highest wholesale 

 price in the United States — for their milk, less 4 cents a 

 pound for making, caring for it, selling it and packing it, — 

 the whole expense connected with the business, — and at 

 the end of each month, whether it is sold or not, we pay 

 them in cash at the average price of Elgin for that thirty 

 days. And so on goes the system round and round. Last 

 year we paid to the formers, in an area of about eight or 

 ten miles, $300,000 ; we made over a million pounds of 

 butter. Almost every patron is a German, seventy per 

 cent at least. These men are splendid patrons when you 

 get their confidence, and you must be careful to hold it. 

 Integrity is the foundation of confidence with the German, 

 for he never forgets. If they are dealt with fairly and 

 squarely, they stay by you ; and in this manner we pro- 

 duced in our county last year about two and one-fourth 

 million dollars' worth from our cows. That is our system. 



Mr. Pratt. In our section we are told to place our milk 

 in the Cooley creamer as soon as possible after drawing from 

 the cow. Is the quality of the butter different when the 

 milk is cared for after your system than it is when it is im- 

 mediately set in the Cooley creamer? 



Ex-Governor Hoard. I think we have less trouble than 

 you do, where you set milk for twenty-four hours in the 

 Cooley creamer. If there is any impurity in your milk it 

 stays there and soaks for twenty-four hours, whereas with 

 us it is separated soon after being drawn from the cows. 



Mr. Pratt. I can certainly see one great advantage in 

 your system, — you get clear of the expense of ice, which is 

 quite an expense in our county. 



Ex-Governor Hoard. Another thing. The milk is sep- 

 arated from the cream and the cream is gotten into the 

 creamery as soon as possible from the farm. Under this 

 system of centrifugal separation there is no multiplication 

 of bad effects. For instance, Ave know that many farmers 



