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and net of cream or milk, and the test and pounds of butter fat 

 received, are fastened on a clip board and together form the complete 

 receiving sheet. Each list of names receives a number, which num- 

 ber is assigned also to the corresponding cream receiving sheet. 

 When all receipts of the day have been recorded, the receiving sheet 

 for that date is removed from the clip board and attached to the 

 original list of patrons' names in the office, while a new receiving 

 sheet is placed on the clip board for the following day. 



A margin has been provided on the cream receiving sheet, so that 

 they may be pasted together in the order of date to form a complete 

 receiving record for an entire monthly period. 



Form No. 3a, page 26, is provided for creameries which prefer to 

 keep their receiving record according to date rather than according 

 to list, as suggested under Form No. 3. 



A further variation is shown in Form No. 3b, page 26, which pro- 

 vides for a daily record of milk receiving sheets according to grade. 



MILK RECEIVING SHEET. 



In creameries which provide separate facilities for receiving milk 

 the records must provide for recording the pounds of milk, the test, 

 and the butter-fat content. Experience has shown that a sheet 

 devised to accommodate the receipts covering an entire monthly 

 period is not satisfactory. The most valid objection is that the sheet 

 is not easily procurable for the use of the bookkeeper until the first 

 of the following month; also, owing to the very nature of his work, 

 the milk handler often so defaces the sheet as to make the figures 

 upon it illegible. The milk receiving sheet (Form No. 4, p. 27) has 

 been devised to overcome these disadvantages. 



It provides for the recording of milk receipts for 10-day rather 

 than monthly periods. Its operation is similar to Form No. 3, the 

 cream receiving sheet. Duplicate lists of patrons, with their num- 

 bers are provided, and one copy is retained in the office, the other 

 being sent to the receiving department. The milk sheets, however, 

 are usually fastened on the bulletin board attached to the wall in 

 the milk room, in order that they may be accessible to the milk 

 handler. 



On the sheet for the third period a column has been provided for 

 extensions, showing the total pounds and the total amount paid for 

 skim milk during the month. This information will be found of 

 valuable assistance in making up the patron's settlement sheet. 



PATRONS VOUCHER. 



The patron's voucher (Form No. 5, p. 28) has been provided 

 to serve the double purpose of a voucher check and a statement of 

 the patron's account. It is furnished in duplicate, the original 

 going to the patron and the duplicate copy remaining in the office to 



