ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN^ ASSOCIATION. 1S1 



ways of disposing of your product, the best, if suitably 

 located, is for the retail milk trade either to ship to a 

 large city or by delivering in a smaller one. But 

 very few are so situated, and the great majority of 

 dairy farmers must look to other means for turning 

 their product into money. The private dairy when 

 handled right will bring good returns, but it requires 

 not only skill in making, but experience in selling the pro- 

 duct to get the best result. Butter from the private 

 dairy sells for the highest prices of any made, but the 

 proportion of this is so small that it is not counted in 

 the commercial world. The men or women on the 

 farm to-day who know how to make fine butter are 

 few and scattered. 



The establishment of creameries and cheese factories 

 in locations where sufficient milk can be had to make it 

 profitable, is the best method for the ordinary farmer 

 to dispose of his milk. 



The factory must get a fair price for the risk and 

 manufacture of the butter and cheese. This the farmer 

 must pay on the same basis that the miller takes toll 

 from the grist. Some of the advantages of the 

 creamery to the farmer may be in order. 



The farmer has his own work on his farm, and to do 

 best, must give all his thought and attention to that. 

 He must look after his cows and has no time to study 

 the problems that confront the manufacturer of cheese 

 and butter. The factory, with skilled labor and best 

 appliances, will make from ten to twenty-five per cent, 

 more butter than the farmer can at home. What is 

 that worth to a twenty-five cow dairy ? Let us see. 



The cows ought to give 5,000 lbs. of milk apiece at 

 an average of $1.00 per hundred lbs., making a gross 

 income of $1,250.00. A loss of 25 per cent, would 



