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E. G. Ketchum thought that most of the factories were 

 originally built by the farmers, and were furnished the 

 manufacturers ; in fact many of them have no money in 

 them at all; they are working up the farmers milk with 

 he farmer's money; in fact the farmers furnish the capital 

 for the whole thing. 



Rowland said: You take your milk to the factory; 

 you receive a small paper, saying, so much milk, and at 

 some subsequent time you were notified that so much 

 money awaited you, as your share of the dividend for some 

 particular month, and that was about all you knew about 

 it. The books should be shown and a competent committee 

 look them over and see if the yield is what it ought to be 

 for the milk received. 



Dr. R. R. Stone: Always kept books and they were 

 open at all times to his patrons, all of whom were satisfied » 



M. H. Thompson asked Dr. Stone if he wanted to be 

 put on record as saying that no private dairy-made butter 

 commanded as high price as the factory quotations. 



De. Stone: I am wrong there; they do. I know 

 individuals about here who get it, but they are the excep- 

 tion and not the rule. 



On motion, it was voted to have no further discussion 

 on Topics 5 and 6; that No. 7 be now taken up. 



'' The best methods of improving and supplying the 

 dairy, the different breeds and their adaptation for dairy 

 purposes." 



The following paper was furnished by C. C. Buell, of 

 Rock Falls: 



