FIFTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART VI 411 



STATE DAIRY AND BUTTERMAKERS' ASSOCIATIONS. 



"We are particularly fortunate in having in these two associa- 

 tions a live and active membership, officered by men who are will- 

 ing to give their time even more than should be expected of them. 



The State Buttermakers ' Association, though only five years old, 

 is doing a most excellent work and filling into a place that had not 

 been covered by the older association. These associations have each 

 put on very successful conventions. Our contention is that as 

 much good comes out of these meetings by reason of the members 

 getting together and discussing with each other the propositions 

 that they come in contact with as the information they get from 

 papers and addresses. 



ICE CREAM. 



The past year was not such a busy one for the ice cream makers 

 of the state as the one before. This conclusion is drawn from the 

 reports received from the manufacturers, in regard to their out- 

 put, from October 1, 1913, to October 1, 1914; the output for the 

 past year, as near as we are able to learn, being about 500,000 gal- 

 lons short as compared with the year before. This shortage, we 

 feel justified in attributing to the weather conditions, as the past 

 season was remarkable for its lack of hot days and protracted spells 

 of warm weather. 



This shortage of 500,000 gallons does not necessarily, however, 

 mean that the manufacturers have not realized as much on the out- 

 put as heretofore. This can be attributed to the fact that a large 

 number are coming to realize that the only parties who derive a 

 benefit from the low price at the factory are the retailers, and since 

 their margin is great, the manufacturer can increase his profits by 

 increasing the wholesale price without materially decreasing the 

 percentages of profit of the retailers, not sufficiently at least to 

 cause him to discontinue to handle the product or to discourage the 

 consumption of the same. However, there is still room for the 



