CHAPTER XIII. 
ORGANIZATION OF CHEESE FACTORY ASSOCIATIONS. 
261. Plans of Operation. 
Cheese factories are operated on two plans, namely, the 
private and the stock company systems. In the first named 
plan the factory is owned by an individual who furnishes every- 
thing needed in the manufacture, and receives a certain price 
per pound for such manufacture, the milk and the cheese being 
considered the property of the patrons. The patrons then have 
some form of organization for the purpose of selling the cheese 
and dividing the money, and looking after the interests gen- 
erally. 
Under the other system the farmers’ organization owns the 
factory, and the officers do all business and hire a cheese maker 
to manufacture the cheese. Co-operative associations are usu- 
ally not successful unless a business manager is given full au- 
thority to manage the business. 
The following by-laws will give a general idea of how to 
organize such an association: 
262. By-Laws for a Cheese Factory Association. 
ARTICLE I. Name—This Association shall be known as the......... 
Sitascidhie Waniseehen Mack Cheese..................Company. 
ARTICLE IJ. Capital Stock—The capital stock of the Association 
shall be $4,000, divided into two hundred shares of twenty dollars each. 
ARTICLE III. Officers—The officers shall be a president who shall 
have general oversight of the business of the Association and prosecute any 
case at law that may arise. A treasurer shall receive and disburse all 
money and keep a proper set of books which shall be open to inspection of 
any member of the Association at any time. He shall be the salesman for 
the Association. He shall receive $ per annum for his services. There 
shall be a secretary who shall figure all milk dividends. He shall be Chair- 
man of the Test Committee. 
ArticLe IV. There shall be semi-annual meetings of the Association 
on the first Tuesday in March and October, three days’ notice of the time 
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