. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. Missouri State Dairy Association. 415 butter fat per month. Now add 20 per cent overrun, 5,200 pounds, making 31,200 pounds of finished butter. Elgin price is received for the butter if of good quality, or 30 cents per pound, $9,360. Now deduct the operating expenses approxi- mately as follows: $100 per month for butter maker, $60 per month for secretary, $70 per month for two helpers, $15 per month for interest on investment, $30 per month for fuel, $110 per month for sup
. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. Missouri State Dairy Association. 415 butter fat per month. Now add 20 per cent overrun, 5,200 pounds, making 31,200 pounds of finished butter. Elgin price is received for the butter if of good quality, or 30 cents per pound, $9,360. Now deduct the operating expenses approxi- mately as follows: $100 per month for butter maker, $60 per month for secretary, $70 per month for two helpers, $15 per month for interest on investment, $30 per month for fuel, $110 per month for supplies, $25 per month for incidentals, $260 per month for hauling cream. Total monthly expense, $670. Six hundred and seventy dollars expenses deducted from $9,360 for butter sold leaves $8,690 net butter sales. This divided by 26,000, the number of pounds of butter fat, gives .3342 the co-operative patron gets, almost 33}^ cents per pound for his butter fat, or 6 3^ cents per pound more than the patron of the cream buyer. If he is milking 15 cows, each averaging one pound of butter fat per day, the difference in the profits between a co-operative patron and a cream buyer's patron is easily cal- culated. It is the duty of the dairy commissioner to develop the dairy industry in this State, and we will be glad to hear from any community where the establishment of a creamery or cheese factory is contemplated and will assist in its organization. This department would especially warn communities where cream- eries or cheese factories are contemplated against promoters of these factories, as much damage has been done by promoters organizing companies in sections where there is not a sufficient number of cows to maintain a creamery, their object being to sell the creamery outfit and erect the building at prices that will make them large Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and a
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