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The highest price paid for cheese during this period 

 was thirteen cents; the lowest price was seven cents. The 

 highest price paid for butter was thirty-six cents, and the 

 lowest was twenty-two cents. The average daily sales for 

 the forty-two weeks, was $29,975. The above figures, of 

 course, do not include the amounts sold at private sales in 

 this vicinity, which would nearly if not quite double these 

 figures. 



The question here came up as to whether the Secretary 

 of the Association ought to be paid for his services or not; 

 when, after some discussion, it was voted unanimously 

 that for the ensuing year, that the Secretary be paid fifty 

 dollars for his services. 



On motion the Association now adjourned to meet in 

 this city on the second Tuesday in December, 1878. 



Upon the subject of *' Compensation for making But- 

 ter and Cheese," I. H. Wanzer furnished the following pa- 

 per, which was received too late to come under its appro- 

 priate head : 



PAPER FROM MR. I. H. WANZER. 



"How much per pound is a fair compensation for making cheese, 

 including necessary furnishings and boxes ; also how much additional for 

 marketing?" 



Are questions proper to be asked in this place, as they will haye a 

 tendency to settle the differences of opinion that have existed between the 

 producers of milk and the manufacturers of cheese. 



We are sorry that the question of how much it costs to produce a 

 gallon of milk and market it, is not included in your programme. But we 

 presume that not one farmer in ten could answer the question, and there 

 are too inany manufacturers of cheese that plod on year after year without 



