154 THE FAT OF THE LAND 
The expenditure for equipment, from separa- 
tor to sheep, was $354. I made an arrangement 
with a fancy grocer in the city to furnish him 
thirty pounds, more or less, of fresh (unsalted) 
butter, six days in the week, at thirty-three cents 
a pound, I to pay express charges. I bought six 
butter-carriers with ice compartments for $3.75 
each, $23 in all, and arranged with the express 
company to deliver my packages to the grocer 
for thirty cents each. The butter netted me 
thirty-two cents a pound that year, or about $60 
a week. 
In July I bought four thoroughbred Holsteins, 
four years old, in fresh milk, and in October, six 
more, at an average price of $120 a head, — $1200 
in all. These reénforcements made it possible 
for me to keep my contract with the middleman, 
and often to exceed it. 
The dairy industry was now fairly launched 
and in working order. It had cost, not to be 
exact, $7000, and it was reasonably sure to bring 
back to the farm about $60 a week in cash, be- 
sides furnishing butter for the family and an 
immense amount of skim-milk and butter-milk to 
feed to the young animals on the place. 
