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Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2017

Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]

Summary of Employer Contributions to Defined Benefit Plans

The table below reflects the Company's actual contributions made fiscal year-to-date and the expected contributions to be made during the balance of the current fiscal year.

		Fiscal Year-to-Date Contributions				Remaining Fiscal Year Contributions
	Defined benefit pension plan	$	450,000			$	300,000
	Postretirement medical plan	—				1,000,000
	Total	$	450,000			$	1,300,000

Pension Plan [Member]

Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]

Schedule of Components of Net Periodic Pension and Postretirement Benefit Cost

Net pension plan and postretirement plan expense recorded by the Company is detailed as follows:

		Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
		June 30,								June 30,
		2017				2016				2017				2016
	Components of net periodic pension cost:
	Service cost	$	176,669			$	173,594			$	530,007			$	520,782
	Interest cost	248,900				283,194				746,700				849,582
	Expected return on plan assets	(404,103		)		(373,060		)		(1,212,309		)		(1,119,180		)
	Recognized loss	165,545				125,420				496,635				376,260
	Net periodic pension cost	$	187,011			$	209,148			$	561,033			$	627,444

Postretirement Plan [Member]

Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]

Schedule of Components of Net Periodic Pension and Postretirement Benefit Cost

		Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
		June 30,								June 30,
		2017				2016				2017				2016
	Components of postretirement benefit cost:
	Service cost	$	45,817			$	37,005			$	137,451			$	111,015
	Interest cost	156,706				156,145				470,118				468,435
	Expected return on plan assets	(142,878		)		(126,965		)		(428,634		)		(380,895		)
	Recognized loss	107,440				62,543				322,320				187,629
	Net postretirement benefit cost	$	167,085			$	128,728			$	501,255			$	386,184

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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