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BOARD OF AORICDLTURE. 



CO-OPERATIVE BUTTER-MAKING. 



There is a wide interest at the present time in the State in the 

 business of co-operative butter-making, and in response to calls 

 from the localities where institutes have been held much of the work 

 has been either directly giving information upon the business or it 

 has been of a character more or less intimately related to co-opera- 

 tive dairy work. While a considerable number of creameries have 

 been started during the year in the work of making butter, there is 

 still room in the State for many more, and the call for information 

 still continues. As an answer, in part, to the call for plans, speci- 

 fications, fixtures and cost, illustrations and plans are given of 

 several of the successful creameries now being operated in other 

 States, and also ground plans of some of those which have been 

 established in this State. These will afford suggestions to any 

 company contemplating starting the business. 



The cream-gathering plan of work so far has seemed best adapted 

 to the situation as it exists in the State at the present time. The 

 plans here given are all designed for this system. 



There are two methods of carrying on this business. The one is 

 to organize a company for carrying on the business, and place the 

 details of management in the hands of a board of officers selected 

 from among the patrons of the enterprise. The expense of carry- 

 ing on the business, including interest on capital invested, is paid 



CAK [EXLARGED. 



COOLEY CREAMER. 



