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A. About 9 pounds this time of the year; about $y 2 in June. 



Mr. Hostetter: What will you get for a pound of cheese? 



There are several prices. We have a contract at Sy 2 cents the season, 

 for we run it a little different than any other factory in the State. Our 

 factory charges ly 2 cents a poun£, and each patron when he has cheese to 

 sell, say 500 pounds, makes it known to the factory and there is always 

 some one ready to buy it. 



Q. That would be 90 cents a 100 for the milk the year around? 



Making it out that way, yes sir. 



Mr. Hostetter to Mr. Gurler: How many pounds of milk does it take 

 to make a pound, of butter. 



A. I cannot tell you. 



Q. The average the year aroun d ? 



A. I could not tell you Mr. Ho stetter. 



Q. Does it take more than 20 lbs.? 



A. Yes sir, as it comes to the creamery it does. 



Q. How much was the average price of butter at Elgin last year? 



A. I could not tell y'ou to a cent. I think 19% cents for the year. 



Q. 19% and sells for y 2 ceirtahove; does the farmer get the profit? 



A. I have nothing to do with that y 2 cent above. 



Q. By Mr. Wood to Mr. Soyerhill: What cheese do you put on tht 

 market? How old is it? 



A. From fifteen to sixty days. June cheese goes on the market from 

 15 to 20 days old. In June and July we make a cheese to go on the market 

 as soon as we can get it there. We sell entirely to the retail. 



Q. Have you ever tried raising calves on sweet whey? 



A. Well, we cannot get sweet whey. Our custom is to take the milk 

 to the factory and get the whey the next day, and that is not fed. 



A Member: We have a little cheese factory in the country and we 

 get our sweet whey from there. It is pasteurized and we get it the next 

 day for our calves. We feed our calves that and we think we raise as 

 good a calf as any one. We mix the milk for a few weeks, and we think 

 we raise good calves as any one on skim milk. 



