142 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Mr. Glover: — I would like to ask Mr. Long what is the 

 result if the buttermaker sends home the milk of a large, influen- 

 tial patron of the creamery? 



Mr. Long: — There is no patron that has any more influence 

 with the buttermaker than any other patron. The buttermaker 

 is instructed that if my milk, or that of any other patron, is not 

 pleasing to him, to send it home, and that if he makes poor butter 

 out of poor milk we will hold him responsible for it. 



Mr. Glover: — I happen to know a co-operative creamery 

 which had a pains-taking buttermaker, who rejected all un- 

 wholesome milk as far as he could judge the same. It seems 

 he did that to one of the members of the board of directors and 

 at the board meeting his salary was cut from $G0 to $50 and his 

 milk and butter were taken away from him, and they made it 

 so unpleasant he found it necessary to resign and a very slovenly 

 buttermaker was put in his place, and remained there eighteen 

 months, when the creamery saw it was going to ruin and let 

 him out. They then employed another buttermaker and it is 

 going on in the same way it was when the previous man had 

 charge of it. I believe the first man was let out simply because 

 he was a little too strenuous about the patrons bringing clean 

 milk. 



Mr. Gurler : — There seems to be a disposition on the part 

 of some of the farmers to bring in their milk in any condition. 

 If they can get their milk through they do not care and they will 

 not give it any more time or attention than they have to. If I 

 could learn of some way to handle those patrons I would like it. 



Mr. Lea : — Some time ago I was asked to visit a creamery 

 where there was a little trouble, and, by the way, it was a co- 

 operative creamery. One patron was skimming his milk and 

 he claimed the buttermaker was being dishonest, but I know the 

 buttermaker was honest because I went to the creamery and 

 found that the milk was skimmed. There is no question about 

 it. This same farmer had tried to bring up a feeling between 

 the buttermaker and the board of directors to get this butter- 

 BU maker out because his milk tested low. 



