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gallons of milk, the following calculation would exhibit the difference 
in his monthly receipts, upon the supposition that he received the 
lowest instead of highest dividend : 
\ ■ ■ 
FOR MONTH OF 
GALLONS MADE. 
LOSS PER GALLON. 
DIFFERENCE OR LOSS, 
Mav. 
2,790 
2,700 
2,790 
2.790 
2,700 
2.790 
1.53 cents. 
1.62 “ 
63 
1.98 “ 
1.71 “ 
1-53 “ 
$ 42-67 
43-7 
I 7-57 
55-24 
46.17 
42.67 
-$248.06 
June. 
juiy. 
August.,. 
September .. 
October. 
-- —— _ _ 
The total difference in the receipts—that is, loss—for the six 
months would be $248.06, a heavy item surely to the dairyman. 
I desire to call attention particularly to the report of dividends 
for August, as it seems very instructive. It is as follows: 
Gould & Kilbourne, Dundee. 
Algonquin. 
*' “ Home . 
" “ Wayne. 
James Carlisle, South Elgin. 
Wm. H. Hintze, Kirkland. 
Newman & Thompson, Springbrook 
Dune. Johnson, three factories......... 
Coon Creek .. 
Boice, four factories . 
Hawthorne Bros.... 
Mr. Hathaway, Hampshire 
Barrington. 
D. E. Wood, Huntiey. 
North Factory.. 
Coral .. 
.65c 
.65 
.72 
■ . 72 
■ .72 
.60 
.61 
60-62 
. 57 
.... 60 
■ 59 - 6 ° 
. 55 
.65 
. 7 ° 
. 7 ° 
. 6 4 I 
North Aurora Factory. 
John Anderson, Lodi. 
Switzer, St. Charles. 
M'Adams, Algonquin. 
Spring Lake . 
Barreville.... 
Clark's. 
Oatman, Dundee.... 
H. A. Bogardus, Batavia 
Kibling, west of Batavia.. 
Potter, LaFox...... 
W, D. Turner, Geneva_ 
Montgomery. 
Mr. Holloway, Kaneville. 
Naperville. 
Junction. 
.60c 
50 6-10 
.......65 
..65-70 
. 7 ° 
.65 
.65 
. 70 
.60 
.60 
.60 
.60 
.60 
.5o 
.5o 
.5o 
It will be observed that factories under the same proprietorship 
paid unequal dividends—the largest inequality amounting to 7 cents 
per 100 pounds, that is. 63-100 cents per gallon. Whv was this? 
Is it unreasonable to suppose that it wars because those factories 
paying the highest dividends received more of the attention of the 
skilled proprietor than the others ? The Home and Wayne factories 
are nearest to the proprietors’ residence. 
I think it can safely be affirmed on the one hand, that the fac¬ 
tories exhibiting the best results did not make any more or better 
butter and cheese than could be made from the milk supplied to 
them, nor obtain any higher than the market price for the goods. 
And on the other hand, that the factories (which are the most 
numerous) showing the poorer results, did not get out of the milk all 
of the good butter and cheese which could be made. The logical 
conclusion is, that there was bad management or there would not 
have existed so much difference in results. I am led to believe, from 
the best data accessible to me, that fully two-thirds of the milk de- 
