ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN S ASSOCIATION. 



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gallons of milk, the following calculation would exhibit the difference 

 in his monthly receipts, upon the supposition that he received the 

 lowest instead of highest dividend : 



FOR MONTH OF 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 

 October 



GALLONS MADE, 



2,790 

 2,700 

 2,790 

 2,790 

 2,700 

 2.790 



LOSS PER GALLON. 



1.53 cents. 

 1.62 " 



63 " 



1.98 " 

 1. 71 " 



1-53 " 



DIFFERENCE OR LOSS. 



42.67 



43-7 



17-57 



55-24 



46.17 



42.67 



^^248.06 



The total difference in the receipts — that is, loss — for the six 

 months would be $248.06, a heavy item surely to the dairyman. 



I desire to call attention particularly to the report of dividends 

 for August, as it seems very instructive. It is as follows : 



Gould & Kilbourne, Dundee 65c 



" " Algonquin .65 



'■ " Home 72 



" " Wayne 72 



James Carlisle, South Elgin 72 



Wm. H. Hintze, Kirkland 60 



Newman & Thompson, Springbrook 61 



Dune. Johnson, three factories 60-62 



Coon Creek 57 



Boice, four factories 60 



Hawthorne Bros 59-60 



Mr. Hathaway, Hampshire.... .55 



Barrington 65 



D. E. Wood, Huntley 70 



North Factory 70 



Coral 64 



North Aurora Factory 60c 



John Anderson, Lodi 50 6-10 



Switzer, St, Charles ..........65 



M' Adams, Algonquin 65-70 



Spring Lake 70 



Barreville , 65 



Clark's 65 



Oatman, Dundee 70 



H. A- Bogardus, Batavia 60 



KibKng, west of Batavia 60 



Potter, LaFox 60 



W. D. Turner, Geneva 60 



Montgomery 60 



Mr. HoUoway, Kaneville 50 



Naperville 50 



Junction 50 



It will be observed that factories under the same proprietorship 

 paid unequal dividends — the largest inequality amounting to 7 cents 

 per 100 pounds, that is. 63-100 cents per gallon. Why was this ? 



Is it unreasonable to suppose that it was because those factories 

 paying the highest dividends received more of the attention of the 

 skilled proprietor than the others ? The Home and Wayne factories 

 are nearest to the proprietors' residence. 



I think it can safely be affirmed on the one hand, that the fac- 

 tories exhibiting the best results did not make any more or better 

 butter and cheese than could be made from the milk supplied to 

 them, nor obtain any higher than the market price for the goods. 

 And on the other hand, that the factories (which are the most 

 numerous) showing the poorer results, did not get out of the milk all 

 of the good butter and cheese which could be made. The logical 

 conclusion is, that there was bad management or there would not 

 have existed so much difference in results. I am led to believe, from 

 the best data accessible to me, that fully two-thirds of the milk de- 



