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Testing Milk and Its Products 



which is to be paid the patrons. The total amount of butter fat 

 delivered by the patrons was 5,700 lbs.; hence the price of one 

 pound of butter fat will be 900-H5,700=.1577, or 15.8 cents. 

 Taking the figures for the three patrons already mentioned un- 

 der Creamery Dividends, we then have: 



245. II. Co-operative cheese factories. The method of pay- 

 ment at co-operative cheese factories is nearly the same as that 

 already given, except that a certain sum representing the ex- 

 penses is subtracted from the gross receipts for the cheese, and 

 the balance is divided among the patrons according to the amount 

 of butter fat furnished by each, in the same manner as in the 

 above case, after the price of a potmd of fat has been obtained. 



The price per 100 lbs. of milk can be calculated in the same 

 way as at creameries, by multiplying the test of each lot by the 

 price per pound of fat.' 



Questions. 



1. How much money is due each of three patrons of a cream- 

 ery when the following weights of milk are delivered by each: 

 A — 5750 lb. milk, composite tests, 4.0 — 4.8 — 4.2 per cent. 

 B — 955 lb. milk, composite tests, 4.6 — 5.0 — 4.8' per cent. 

 C — 10,538 lb. milk, composite tests, 3.2 — 3.5 — 3.0 per cent. 



(a) When 700 lbs. of butter are sold for $200, and the cost of 

 making is 3%c. per lb; 



(b) When the factory agrees to pay $1.00 per 100 lbs. milk, 

 testing 4% fat; 



' Suggestions regarding the organization of co-operative creameries 

 and cheese factories will be found in the Appendix, following Table 

 XV. Draft of constitution and by-laws for co-operative factory as- 

 sociations are also given in the Appendix. It Is hoped that these will 

 prove helpful to farmers who contemplate forming such associations. 



