$40,000 Went To Saline Farmers

$40,000 WENT TO SALINE FARMERS

The Saline creamery is an example of what can be accomplished by good business management. It proves what has often been said, that of the importance of having a broadminded, up-to-date careful, business man at the head of creameries, cheese factories, canning factories, etc. The Saline stockholders can congratulate themselves in having such a man in Supervisor Ira E. Wood, and also in such an excellent butter  maker in the person of Mr. Sweezey. At the State Dairymen's association, held in Lansing recently, the Saline creamery was given the highest award for choice creamery butter, it being a fine gold watch which goes to the butter maker. In the four years that the company has been run, great improvements have been made to the plant and in addition the company paid a five per cent dividend last fall. During the past year the factory received 4,191,894 pounds of milk, which churned 196,717 pounds of butter, which sold at an average price of 20 cents a pound or about $40,000. Of this sum $32,948.93 was paid to patrons and $4,468.68 to handlers.

The four Iargest records made by customers were: Arba Hurd, 90,476 pounds of milk, for which he received $756.67; J. E. Wood, 63,992 pounds, $570.48; Charles Graf, 57,136 pounds, $482.77; G. B. Isbell, 46,665 pounds, $412.51. The average daily income of milk during the year was 14,000 pounds.