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most sanitary manner possible, is in striking contrast with most of the 

 cheaply constructed creameries and cheese factories in this country, 

 with their soft wood floors, filthy sewers and general unsanitary condi- 

 tions. This factory receives 50,000 pounds of milk a day in summer and 

 16,000 pounds in winter. It comes from 150 farms averaging ten cows 

 each. The milk is delivered twice a day and paid for according to the 

 amoimt of butter fat which it contains. 



FEWER NATURAL ADVANTAGES THAN ILLINOIS. 



The little country of Holland supports a population nearly twelve 

 times as dense as that of Illi- 

 nois, and exports an immense 

 amoimt of butter and cheese, 

 without the natural advan- 

 tages enjoyed by the Central 

 States. They do, however, 

 have cheaper labor, and the 

 milk flow is not reduced for 

 three months during the 

 summer by the cows being 

 tormented with flies. 



Here is a country where 

 the land is worth from $500 

 to $1,000 an acre, and in 



many cases naturally no better than much of our Illinois land. Yet 

 these people pay their rents or interest on the investment by producing 



Milk hauler in Holland. One horse will 

 haul two tons on the good, level road. 



Creamery at Leeuwarden, Holland. Unloading- at receiving room on right. 



cans with skim milk on the left. 



Fillinj 



