28O SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF CHEESE-MAKING 



each patron during the dividend period; (2) total 

 or gross amount of money received for the cheese 

 produced during the same period; and (3) the ex- 

 penses to be deducted from gross receipts, such as 

 cost of manufacture, cheese-boxes, cartage, selling, 

 etc. 



From the stated amounts of milk there are made 

 455.3 pounds of cheese. We will suppose that this 

 is sold at a price which realizes 10 cents a pound, 

 or $45.53, after all expenses are deducted. 



Calculating dividends on basis of weight of milk. 

 In the table preceding we have a total of 4,000 

 pounds of milk furnished in the dividend period 

 and the cheese made from this nets $45.53. Divid- 

 ing this sum of money by the number representing 

 the pounds of milk delivered (4,000), we find the 

 net receipts from i.o pound of milk to be 1.138 

 cents. This amount is multiplied by the number 

 representing the pounds of milk furnished by each 

 patron and the result gives the amount of the divi- 

 dend of each. The results are given in the following 

 table : 



