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LEADER CHEESE AND BUTTER ASSOCIATION

Results of the 1907 annual meeting as described in the 10 Jan 1907 edition of The Reeseville Review:

The following officers were elected for the new year.

President C. A. Buss
Secretary J. F. Hughes
Treasurer Friedrich Scheele
Directors G. H. Kohn
J. C. Kohn

The factory was leased to J. C. Habhegger for the coming year.  He was a cheesemaker and wholesaler from Watertown.  The total milk taken in during the 1906 season was 1,367,533 pounds.  From this milk the factory produced 135,398 pounds of cheese.  An average price of $1 per pound was paid for milk and there was a dividend of 5% par value on stock.

The prices paid for milk per month were:

Feb $0.80
Mar $0.80
Apr $0.80
May $0.80
June $0.90
July $0.90
Aug $1.00
Sept $1.10
Oct $1.40
Nov $1.40
Dec $1.40
Jan, 1907 $1.20
Feb, 1907 $1.20