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Excerpt from Our Creameries: Some Suggested Reforms
Firstly - Overlapping must be put an end to by the delimita tion of the boundaries of each creamery and also, if possible, by making every milk supplier a shareholder, and binding him to supply milk to his own creamery. Secondly - A certain number of members must be induced to go in for a winter milk supply on the assurance that they will be paid the full market value of their milk. Thirdly - The system of milk payments throughout the year must be so te-adjusted as to fix the price for butter-fat in accordance with the current market price for butter, allowing a fixed charge per lb. For manufacturing expenses and to provide for all contingencies. I have given this question much thought, and I have examined in very minute detail monthly returns from many creameries in all parts of Ireland, and I have come to the conclusion that you almost invariably find that the summer milk is paid for at too high a rate, while the winter milk realises so low a price as to discourage its production. One can only regard such a state of things as putting a premium on sloth and a penalty on enterprise and industry. Some creameries have suggested that winter dairying should be encouraged by a State subsidy. I disagree altogether with that. The profits of the business, rightly applied, are sufficient in them selves, to afford any farmer, who is prepared to go in for it systematically, a paying price for his milk during the winter, while he may also confidently expect a greater return from his cows for the whole season. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
