STATE DAIRY ASSOCIATION. 



445 



CREAMERY STATISTICS, 1901. 



Number 

 Answering 

 Question. 



Number. 



Creameries and factories known to be running June 1, 1902 



Ice cream makers and milk dealers 



Skim stations in operation by nine creameries 



Creameries receiving over 5,tJfiO,000 lbs. milk in 1901 



Average pounds milk received in 1901 



Smallest pounds milk received in 1901 



Largest pounds rnilk received in 1901 



Average price paid per pound of fat 



Lowest yearly average per pound of fat 



Highest yearly average per pound of lat 



Largest number patrons, July 1, 1901 



Average number patrons, July 1, 1901 



Smallest number patrons, July 1, 1901 



Largest number patrons, January 1, 1902 



Average number patrons, January 1, 1902 



Smallest number patr ns, January 1, 1902 



Average cost of creamery plants 



Owned by one or two individuals 



Owned by stock company 



Owned by co-operative company 



59 

 12 



3 

 23 



23 



38 



23 

 53 



34 

 S 



2,176,361 



380,000 



6 950,000 



19.86 cts. 



17 00 cts. 



21.75 cts. 



690 



122 



30 



500 



105 



20 



3,820 



(23 



J 12 



(18 



COMMENTS. 



The use of hand separators on the farm and delivery of cream only to 

 the creamery has begun, but is not-.largely used yet. 



Many creameries were built by "promoters," who charged exorbitant 

 prices, hence the high average cost. A good creamery can be built and 

 equipped for .$2,000 to $3,000. With few exceptions the creameries receiv- 

 ing the largest daily run of milk paid the highest price for fat. Patrons 

 should realize that a large run of milk reduces cost per pound for making 

 the butter. The names of several milk and cream shipping stations were 

 received too late to be put in map. 



President: I wish to say a few words to those present, bearing upon 

 the Dairy Association, not on the program here. Our Association, two 

 years ago, at the session of the Legislature before the last one, made 

 an endeavor to secure the appropriation, such as we had from the preced- 

 ing session, of $500 a year for two years; but the Ways and Means Com- 

 mittee of the House of that year did not favor appropriations of any sort 

 for associations of this character. While they approved of this Associa- 

 tion, they did not approve of the principle involved, and consequently the 

 State Dairy Association for last year and the year before received no 

 State aid; and the result of it was, as we had learned to do years ago, we 

 had to scrape money together ffom memberships and other sources to 

 meet the necessary expenses of the Association. But, from the beginning, 



