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who may be desirous of having a factory where they can de¬ 
liver the milk from their cows, and have it manufactured. 
They, perhaps, have examined the workings of some factory, 
and have become convinced that greater profits are to be re¬ 
alized from the factory system than from the farm dairy, be¬ 
sides relieving the wife and daughter from the drudgery at¬ 
tendant upon butter-making at home. They therefore endeav¬ 
or to bring their neighbors to the same opinion, and to in¬ 
duce them to join in erecting the proper building, &c. They go 
and talk with their neighbors, and finally call a meeting at 
some central point in the neighborhood, when all are invited 
to come and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the 
system. 
The cost of erecting a good factory, and supplying it with 
machinery ajid dairy appliances, is not far from four thousand 
dollars, and the farmers of the neighborhood are expected to 
join together, and pay for the erection of the buildings, in pro¬ 
portion to the size of their farms, or number of cows from 
which milk is to be delivered. The shares are put at from ten 
dollars to fifty dollars each, so as to be within the reach of far¬ 
mers who have but few cows. As a preliminary, a simple 
agreement, something like the following is drawn up and circu- 
ted for signature: 
“ We, the undersigned, residents of tlie town of -and county of -, 
and state of New York, hereby agree to enter into association, for the pur¬ 
pose of erecting and working a butter factory in the said town. And we sev¬ 
erally and individually hind ourselves by these presents, on or before the 1st 
day of , 18-, to pay to our regularly appointed building committee the sev¬ 
eral sums set opposite to our names, for the purpose of building and furnish- 
ing the said factory. And it is understood and agreed that when the said fac¬ 
tory shall have been completed and opened for work, each member of the 
association is to patronize it by delivering milk for one year, in proportion 
to the number of cows set opposite his name. The manufactured product 
of the said milk shall be sold by the regularly appointed agent of the asso¬ 
ciation, and each member shall receive his share of the sales iir proportion 
to the quantity of milk delivered, less the cost of manufacturing, &c. This 
agreement shall not be binding unless the sum of four thousand dollars and 
the milk of 400 cows are subscribed. 
Name. | Amount. | No. of Cows. 
