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would have all been glad to see, times and conditions may 

 change so that in the next year we may see a very much more 

 rapid development, and, if so, it will be due as much to the 

 older members who will continue in their loyal service to the 

 Association and their active support, as it will to any action 

 that the younger members will take. It is by a united action 

 that we may succeed all along the line, and we must have the 

 support of both classes in order to make the most success pos- 

 sible. 



DISCUSSION ON MR. SOVERHILL'S PAPER. 



Mr. Gilbert: How much did your cows pay you this 

 year? 



Mr. Soverhill: Forty-seven dollars and fifty cents, I 

 think. I know I do not feed as well as I ought to. There 

 is no extra feed from May to October. That |47.50 is the re- 

 ceipts from each cow. 



Mr. Monrad: What does it cost you to feed a cow? 



Mr. Soverhill : I can't answer that question. I feed only 

 what grows on my farm. 



The Chairman : I think you can put it down at |20 with 

 your way of feeding. 



Mr. Gurler: Do you know how much milk your herd 

 averaged per cow? 



Mr. Soverhill: No, sir. I can tell you the number of 

 pounds of cheese each month; the pounds of milk would be 

 on record. 



Mr. Hostetter: Is yours a co-operative factory? 



Mr. Soverhill: No, sir; I take my milk to the factory 

 and pay a cent and a half a pound for having it made up. I 

 have been one of the owners of the factory; a stock company 

 built it ; it burned down, and I was one of the partners build- 

 ing it over again, and then I sold out. I am now only one of 

 the patrons. We pay him for making the cheese and each 

 individual takes his cheese on the shelf at the factory. 



Mr. Monrad: Do you cure it in the factory? 



Mr. Soverhill: Yes; thirty days from the receipt of the 

 milk it is weighed, and we have thirty days after that to do 

 as we are a mind to. If one man wants to sell 500 or 1,000 

 pounds of cheese, he gives notice in the morning, and if he 



