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IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The increase in size of our creameries is shown by the follow- 

 ing figures, taken from the foregoing tables : 



1900. 



1901. 



1902. 



1903. 



1904. 



Average pounds of butter per creamery. . 

 Total pounds of butter for all creameries. 



104, 918 

 84,965,062 



105, 491 

 82, 704, 944 



104, 152 



77, 885, 696 



97, 770 

 64, 565, 970 



112, 084 

 .017,476 



The figures in the above comparison for the year 1904 are exclusive of nine centralizing 

 plants, which make 5,400,000 pounds of butter, including them, the average amount of 

 butt«^r made in each creamery is 120, 586 pounds. 



The estimated gross amount of butter, 66, 017, 476 pounds, includes all the creamery 

 butter made in the State in plants of all kinds. 



COST OF MAKING POUND OF BUTTER. 



The reports of this office show that the cost of making butter 

 in the various creameries of the State are as follows : 



Creamery 

 Creamery 

 Creamery 

 Creamery 

 Creamery 

 Creamery 

 Creamery 

 Creamery 

 Creamery 



making 

 making 

 making 

 making 

 making 

 making 

 making 

 making 

 making 



40, 000 lbs. 

 50, 000 lbs. 

 60, 000 lbs. 

 70, 000 lbs. 

 80, 000 lbs. 



cost of making is 

 cost of making is 

 cost of making is 

 cost of making is 

 cost of making is 



90, 000 to 125,0001bs. cost of making is 

 150, 000 lbs. cost of making is 



175, 000 lbs. cost of making is 



200, 000 and above cost of making is 



cents. 

 4 cents. 



cents. 

 88 cents. 

 66 cents. 



cents. 

 85 cents. 

 65 cents. 

 44 cents. 



It is evident from these figures that the smaller creamery can 

 not long exist where there is competition of any kind. The 

 possibility of making butter for a cent and a half a pound makes 

 the continued existence of a creamery whose expense is three or 

 four cents a pound, impossible. The tendency is, and must be, 

 under present conditions, toward increase in size of our cream- 

 eries and we must look, in the future, for larger creameries and, 

 naturally, not so many of them. 



