48 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN’S ASSOCIATION. 
cows would give thirty-two thousand five hundred and 
eighty gallons. Now allowing two and one-half gallons 
of milk to make one pound of butter, we have thirteen . 
thousand one hundred and forty pounds, for making 
which the farmers pay five cents per pound, amounting to 
six hundred and fifty-seven dollars; the milk must be 
delivered three hundred and sixty five times each year; to 
allow two and one-half hours each trip would be fair, 
which would make nine hundred and twelve hours, or 
about ninety-one working days, which for man and team 
is low at three dollars per day, amounting to two hundred 
and seventy-three dollars, which added to the six hundre 
andfifty-seven dollars for making,amounts to thehandsome 
sum of nine hundred and thirty dollars, which one farmer of 
fifty cows is compelled to pay to have his milked worked 
up. Now take ten dairies, and we have the sum nine 
thousand three hundred dollars, or about the price of a 
o-ood farm each year; should twenty dairies patronize one 
factory, we see at a glance eighteen thousand six hundre 
dollars would be received. I do not know just what share 
of this is profit, but I do know that it is far more than 
dairymen can afford to pay. There is no doubt m my 
mind but what the price now paid to factorymen is exorbi¬ 
tant, and should not be allowed or paid. The factorymen 
are really getting the cream off all our farms, and leave 
us only the skim milk; but it is all right if we agree to 
pay it; but we should not agree to. It is a neat, clean 
thing; no risk; he has his, anyway; the dairyman comes 
in second, every time; he can’t lose; the money is in is 
own hands. Of course fancy men cost fancy prices, but 
they were unnecessary; it only adds to the cost of manu¬ 
facture. In the Bast, milk can be made up one and one- 
quarter cent per pound for cheese, and three cents for 
butter, and why not here ? But these prices do not include 
marketing and insurance. Of course large factories, 
receiving large amounts, can handle with less expense. 
The fact is, everything else has gone down, and the price 
