Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-04-03
PAYING FOR surIsa FAT.

kdifoF Iisbso-'nuf.
Noticing the srticle In the last Demo
crst entitled .rsrmers, put your foot ou
IT," would like little of your. space
To act the minds ot your correspondent
aud readers generally. right In regard "a
the proposed plan of purchasing cream,
The statement MAS not made exactly az
your correspondent claims, although
have no doubt that he so understood II.
Nv idea ~as this, that the time would
come when the number Of pounds of
butter Tat would be taken Ns basis Of
division, not that farmers shoalh get
pay Tor butter TAT regardless of number
of pounds of butter made. Ia fact, ]
fully sgrcc With your correspondent
that the amount of butter made and
.old, mu.t be the basis of payment. bui,
that the money so reviewed, should he
divided In proportion to the pounds Of
butter fat furnished.
4 also believe there IL M great q
chance Cor dishonesty ander the old
method - there would be under the
new. would like 10 snslyte the pro-
posed plan little.
n 4. as follows: We Will take \, II, 4
and u % patrons of q creamery. As
monthly statsment shows he has furnish
ed so pounds of cream which tested u
per cent butter fat; Is shows he has
furnished loo pounds, which tested ~
per cent butter fat; c. sho~s he hs.
furnished Gao pounds, which tested 10
per cent butter tat; aud rs sho~s he
has furnished .oc pounds, which tested
n per cent butter lat.
Nov the creamery has revived tlj
pound. of butter Fat from the four
Is.tron.. 4. n, a aud II. Thi. IL made
into batter, and with th. addition of
water, salt. etc.. above the ioss la churn-
Ing, makes l>6 pounds. TIL. butter
ssll. for - cents par pound, and makes
the grOss reelpts sl3l.O. The cost of
manufacturing. marketing, etc, wAs
cents per pound, leaving the net rcccipt.
Ia BE- divided among the patrons s'' ~.
Nov he will divide this net amount by
lIa. the total number Of pounds of hut
ter lat received, aud viii get so.sSt as
the net price per pound for butter lat.
Tie will then multiply a. S pounds 10y
81 aiSl and gvt stl l. az his shsre. Us
multiplied by sO.si5i will give sls.1 a.
hi. .harr, Cs 81 pounds maltiplici
by 81 asa wIll give sil.sa az his share,
and D's ~ pounds, multiplied by
sO asa will give ssl.Go a. his share.
II seems this ought to b. perfectly
plain To every one. aud embcdies the
plan spoken ot st Canton.
Ia this method 81 reckoning, there is
no figuring from q supPosi,ion oi q
quantity which may, or may not exist,
a. With butter supposed To contain
eighty-fiye pr cent of butter lat, bat
from the dcfHai dsoaHi of batter fdf pHr-
cAass,l In the cream, whlch Il Ia drfieis
the farmer sells. With this as = basis of
division, ther. must ~ an actual uni
formity for all patrons of al crcamer'es,
aud that MAS Que of the objects nsiiiei
as being desirable; bccause When nj
crramsrie- in our state adopt the plan of
weighing their cream When II l. gaihet-
ed. and paying for IL ~iththe namber of
pounds Of butter fat aud the ne, pro
c..,is, asa basis, there Will be such a
uniformity Of division that any Que can
see at a glance, which creamery isPay INK
its patrons the most for their cream.
No two creamsries pot butter upon
ia. market containing exactly the same
amount Of water, salt, etc, neither can
IN. same creamery turn out butter Tor
any length of time, Without having u
vary somsw hat In these same elements.
Therefore, the almost universal practice
Of reckoning flfteen PER ccnt In addii'"n
To each patrOh's number OF pounds OF
butter fat, must of nevessi,y be more or
les a supposiiiou. aud may not core
.poud With the number of pounds of
butter made.
Butter fat !. the article purchased,
and u l. the business of cfesm.rie- To
manufacture " into commercial butter.
They pat Il on the market in various
form. which sell for different prizes, to
correspond With the labor put Into it,
manufacture. They all put different
grades, as to salt. on the market, accord-
ing Ia the difierent tastes 90 customers,
40 that there csn bc no uniformly jus,
method 90 division ~ the proce~is
among the farmers Who furnish the
cr,sm, except to take the net proceeds
AZ basis.
No farmer should ever accept state
ment FROM a creamery, excrpt u con
tain the number of pounds OF butter lat
revived from all it, patrons, the total
uutnbsr ot potuu- W uut'' u'ss'' ""
net sum rrrelyed for Il, aud the net
price per pound paid for butter lat.
Under thi. system there can be no
chance for anything To be "hldden or
concealed and perfect fairness will pre-
vail.
In relation To your correspondent.
supposed case where there should "hsp-
pen 20 be 10 pounds Of butter where
tbsr, .hould b. but 100, What IL To hin-
der the msnsger or sgeni. II so disposed,
from approprtsting that extra amount
under the present system, any more
than under the proposed planf IL seems
to me there can be nothing.
IL L. In the interest of farmers, as weI
a. creamery managers, that this plan Is
proposed, for the purpose Of getting al
an absolutely correct basis Ia reckon
from, and simplify Ing the accounts In
the crramerles Il ha. reviewed the com.
mendstion Of many Who an. ~ellpo.ted
la the business, and ! believe. when
fully understood, all Who sell or handle
cr.am will r.coguire II as the only true
method of division, and the "hat OF con.
dsmnatiOn" will come for any method
~hich does not take the net proceeds,
and amount of butter fat, a. the basis.
n. WALkER MCkEL>.