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faults, and how to remedy them, and have him go away in a good humor 

 and satisfied that his methods have been wrong, I think that butter- 

 maker understands the hardest part of creamery management and de- 

 serves better wages. 



Creamery management is to manage the work in the creamery so 

 that you can start the separators at a certain time in the morning, and 

 have the patrons arrive so that you can start at that time, for it will 

 create a better feeling among the patrons if they think you are inter- 

 ested in having them lose as little time as possible at the creamery; for 

 most of them think it is a waste of time to come to the creamery at all, 

 especially those who do not follow dairying as a business. 



Creamery management is to educate the patron, show him that it pays 

 better to feed the calves on skim milk than on whole milk; that some 

 cows pay better than others; that some kinds of feed give better results 

 than others; that he should test his cows, or, if he has no tester, bring 

 each cow's milk to the creamery to be tested. If patrons have good milk, 

 tell them of it — everybody likes to be told his product is good. If some 

 have poor milk, encourage and show them how to better it. You will 

 find very few not willing to listen, for they all want to better themselves 

 and will, if shown how. 



Creamery management in the creamery is to run the machinery to the 

 T.>est advantage with the least expense. To do this we must look into 

 details, such as the amount of fuel we burn, oil used, keeping the boiler 

 and flues clean, buying of supplies, weighing the butter before shipping 

 it, to know if we are getting correct weights — for if we lose a pound of 

 I)utter on each tub we ship, the company is liable to run short of a divi- 

 dend when the year is up. 



Last, but not least, he must manage to keep on the good side of direc- 

 tors and the manager in particular. If you do not agree with him, you 

 are liable to hunt a job when your year is up. Much more could be said 

 on this subject, but I will leave of: here, hoping what I have said will do 

 no harm if it does no good. 



