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"The quantity of milk for a pound of butter depends 

 altogether upon the cows and their feed. Butter cows 

 would do it with from fourteen to eighteen pounds of 

 milk. ''General purpose cows " want from twenty-two 

 to thirty-one pounds, and some cows would require fifty 

 pounds of milk to make a pound of butter. Average 

 dairies require somewhere about twenty-five pounds of 

 milk to make a pound of butter. 



'' Patron are paid at the factories usually, once per 

 month, in checks on the nearest bank. Usually this is 

 about the fifteenth of the month. April milk or cream 

 will be paid for on May 15. Patron factories usually pro 

 rata their sales whenever made. 



*' A practical butter maker usually receives about $50 

 to $60 per month, and board. A good man is worth 

 1200 per month over a poor one. A poor one should not 

 be tolerated. The best man is always the cheapest. 

 Good butter and cheese makers are often combined in 

 the same man. 



'' Cream collectors are usually paid by the day or 

 month. The collector usually furnishes his own team, 

 and working by the day is the best plan. 



'' The per cent profit that could reasonably be ex- 

 pected on the investment of, say an 800-cow creamery 

 would be difficult to decide. It is a purely business ven- 

 ture, and is governed exactly like any other speculation. 

 You must first know your business or you will get left. 

 You must fix prices so that you can stand a big drop in 

 butter in August, and if it drops lower than that, out 

 drops your profit and some more money with it. It 

 would be a good thing to study the market reports for 

 the past five years, and get some value out of 'dry 

 figures.' You are as liable to 'get left' on your inch 

 of cream as a basis of a pound of butter as upon any- 

 thing. You are apt to find afterwards that it only 

 churns out about twelve ounces of butter. There can 



