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the milk of no two herds of cheese-factory cows differs for a 
whole season’s average, we see that the poorer milk receives 
- eight cents more per 100 pounds on the basis of actual cheese 

than on basis of fat, while the milk richer in fat receives that 
much less. 
Second. If the cheese made from the richer milk sold for one- 
half cent more per pound than the other, then the fat-basis would 
be absolutely fair. Would the cheese made from the richer milk 
differ in composition enough to make the difference of one-half 
cent per pound? The following would represent the composition 
of the cheese made from these two milks: 
CoMPOSITION OF CHEESE. 

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It is clear from these figures that the cheese made from the 
two kinds of milk differs much in composition, since that made 
from the richer milk contains nearly 6 per cent. more of fat. 
_Allowing that the cheese was made with equal skill, it is safe to 
say that the richer cheese would sell easily for a half cent more 
per pound. 
Third. Vf the milk of each herd was paid for by weight alone, 
then each would receive the same amount, or one-half the total 
receipts, which would give $1.12 to each milk. 
Fourth. If the cheese sold for different prices, as indicated above, 
- then the fat-basis would be strictly just and, as between thts 
method and the method of paying by weight Hie. the poorer 
-milk would receive 28 cents more and the richer milk 28 cents less 
than each ought per 100 pounds of milk. But, granting that the 
_ cheese would all sell at one price, what would be the comparative 
justice of the fat-basis and the basis of weight alone? On the 
basis of the fat, the richer milk would receive eight cents more 
per 100 than its cheese yield would entitle it to. On the other 
