12 BULLETIN 559, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGBICTJLTTJEE. 



STATION OPERATOR'S REPORT. 



"Where creameries operate creani stations from which they receive 

 shipments a station operator's report 'will be found of great assistance. 

 This report should include the weights and tests of the receipts at 

 sldmming or receiving stations. It should be forwarded daily by 

 the station operator to the creamery office ; so that information 

 regarding the amount of butter fat received at the station may be 

 available to the butter maker. 



HAULER'S OR STATION CHECK SHEET. 



In the operation of cream-receiving stations and routes, where the 

 weighing and sampling of cream are done by station employees or 

 haulers, a hauler's or station check sheet will be found of value in 

 avoiding losses from dishonesty or carelessness. 



METHOD OF OPERATING THE SYSTEM IN COOPERATIVE CREAMERIES. 



As the Office of Markets and Rural Organization creamery account- 

 ing system is intended for use both in cooperative creameries and 

 in those operated under private or corporation management, the 

 method of operating the system vail be discussed with relation to 

 the necessities of each type. Since the majority of farmers' cream- 

 eries are operated cooperatively, the system has been based funda- 

 mentally upon cooperative requirements, and the following discussion 

 has reference to its operation in creameries effecting the distribution 

 of their net income on a raw product delivery basis. 



RECEIVING RAW PRODUCTS. 



The receiving sheets for cream should be selected according to th« 

 custom of receiving made necessary by local conditions. Form No. 3 

 is recommended because of the check it affords on the incoming 

 cream. In the use of this form it is necessary to weigh the full cans 

 and the empties in order that the gross, tare, and net may be recorded, 

 and this practice may be recommended as a factor in eliminating 

 the possibility of errors. In case the weight of the cans is marked 

 upon them, either Form 3, 3a, or 3b may be used. When the 

 receipts for the day have been recorded upon the receiving sheet the 

 data should be completed by recording the test and ascertaining the 

 butter-fat content. In the event that composite tests are made 

 the butter-fat content should be computed from the total receipts 

 during the period over which the test extended. 



The recording of receipts of milk is similar, to that in the case of 

 cream, and the data furnished by these sheets may be obtained in 

 conformity with instructions already given in this bulletin, 



