NINTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART VIII 345 
this report and the relative prices paid any month in the year. If 
it does much less the management will do well to look for a leak 
somewhere, either in the quality of the butter and price obtained, or 
in the overrun secured, or in the expense bill. 
REPORT OF AN IOWA CO-OPERATIVE CREAMERY FOR SEPTEMBER, 1908, 
BUSINESS. 
Sales on Market. Selling Price. 
September IS 78 tubs 24 c a6ic 
September 25 .73 tubs 2t^c 26tc 
October 5 77 tubs 27 c 2!>|c 
October 16. 81 tubs .28 c _ ...soic 
309 tubs Av. 2.^c Av. 2^c 
Total sales in New York as above: 
309 tubs,, net $ 4,695.32 Freight and commission... $ 504.84 
981 lbs. sold at home. 272.93 
Buttermilk 26.60 
Surplus from previous month.. 35.10 
$ 5,059.95 
Making expenses 308.14 See below 308.14 
$ 4,721.31 $ 812.93 
I'aid at 29 cents 4, 804. St 
Overdrawn $ 83.03 
Butterfat 16,568.4 lbs. Pounds butter per tub 61.4 lbs. 
Butter 19,569 lbs. Average premium 2J cents 
Overrun 18.7% 
Making expenses as follows: 
Tubs $83.73 
Salt 12.00 
Circles, etc, 12.00 
Coal 30.00 
Buttermaker 100. OO 
Officers 29.00 
Sinking fund 41.42 
$308.14 
OLEOMARGARINE. 
The following table shows the production of oleomargarine for the 
United States for the last several years, ending in each case with 
June 30th. On July 1, 1902, the recent oleomargarine statute be- 
came effective and the measure of its effectiveness is shown by the 
rapid decrease of production. The gradual and steady increase of 
recent years is occasioned by the fact that makers of this article 
have been giving much attention to its sale and to the fact that the 
so-called uncolored oleomargarine nevertheless has a light yellow 
color and readily sells as butter. 
