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consin, within one cent a pound of the market value 

 of his cheese in New York. The cheese he makes is as 

 good as that made in New York State, sells for the same 

 price, and, I believe, is sent East uribranded. Poor 

 cheeses made in New York and Pennsylvania, I am 

 told, are marked ' Western,' while good Wisconsin 

 cheeses are branded ' New York.' I suppose four or 

 five cents a pound would be about the difference be- 

 tween the farmer's selling price and the New York 

 market price of cheese, if it was sold first at the factory, 

 then shipped to Chicago and sold again, and finally re- 

 shipped to New York and sold a third time. Of course 

 every farmer who sells his milk at that factory is bene- 

 fited by this direct dealing between the producers and 

 the New York merchant, for they get about twice as 

 much for their milk. The gentleman to whom I refer 

 is a Granger, and pays to patrons one dollar a hundred 

 pounds for their milk, or takes the milk, makes it into 

 cheese, boxes it, ships and sells it, paying all charges 

 and returning the money to the formers for a commis- 

 sion of four and a half cents a pound. The price of 

 good butter in the country in this State is about fifteen 

 cents a pound. The rates above given net the farmer 

 about four times as much for his milk as he gets by 

 making butter at that price." 



And while upon Wisconsin matters, the following, 

 from the same correspondent, will be found of interest : 



" I came to Oshkosh for the purpose of meeting Mr. 

 J. Brainerd, the Secretary of the State Grange, and Mr. 

 Osborn, its purchasing agent, both representative far- 

 mers and actively engaged in the organization of the 

 Farmers' Movement. Mr. Brainerd, in company with 

 his brother, manages a nursery, market, and fruit gar- 



