American Butter Factories. 
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In tlie workins^ of any system, practical men always desire 
statistics of results. The following- is a statement of receipts and 
expenditure at one of the small butter factories, where a portion 
of the milk was sold. 
The quantity of milk received from April 10th to December 
1st, was 627,174 quarts, of which 27,308 were sold at a little 
above 7c. ('>^'/.) per quart, leaving 509,866 quarts to be made 
up into butter and cheese. The product was as follows : — 
31,630 lbs. of butter, 81,778 lbs. skim cheese; 15,908 lbs. whole- 
milk cheese; 2261 quarts cream sold at 19-^7 cents. (9-p^</.) per 
quart, and 1501 quarts skim milk, at 15 cents, {l^d.) per quart. 
The net cash receipts, after deducting transportation and com- 
missions were as follows : — 
Uols. 
For pure milk sold 1,926-22 
For skim milk sold 24-02 
For butter sold ] 3,344-21 
For skim cheese sold 11,659-C8 
For whole-milk cheese 1, 065-44 
For 2261 quarts cieam 443-33 
Hogs fed on whey 446-24 
Buttermilk aud sundries 207-49 
Making total of .. .. 29,116-03 
(=£5,823 4s. m.) 
The expense account was as follows : — 
For labour 1,476-40 
For fuel 79-96 
For cheese boxes 653-17 
For 20 sacks of salt 89-25 
For rennets, bandages, &c. 483-55 
For carting cheese and butter to station .. 273-10 
Paid for hogs 179'90 
Total 3,235-33 
( = £647 Is. id.) 
This gives an aggregate net receipt of 25,880,70 dollars.* 
From these statements it appears that the butter averaged 
42|- cents, (say Is. V>d.) per pound, the skim cheese 14^ cents, 
(about Id.), and the whole-milk cheese 18 cents, per pound, 
while the average amount received on the whole quantity of milk 
was 4-jiu cents. (2rf. ) per quart. The whole expenses of the factory 
were a little over one-half cent, per quart. 
For working this factory there were employed, besides the 
superintendent, three hands, viz. two men and one woman. The 
labour account for conducting this factory, it will be seen, is a 
little over two mills (-rx^d.) per quart. 
* Five dels, to the £ would be Tery nearly correct. Our currency is not yet 
upon a gold basis. If it were, 4-84 would be equivalent to the £. 
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