384 REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



Note the amount of butter made in the winter months and the 

 high prices received. Also the average product per cow of about 

 225 pounds of butter per year, or over $55 per cow net annually. 

 Also note that each patron received in the average $500 net for his 

 Cream in 1888, and had the skim milk to feed or sell. 



Further reports from these creameries, taken from the New Eng- 

 land Homestead of Springfield, Mass., show that the instances above 

 quoted are not exceptional: 



Monthly reports for October, November, and December, 1888, and January, 1889. 



Colchester (Connecticut) Creamery received in November 29,636 Cooley spaces of 

 cream and made 4,268 pounds of butter, all of which sold at 28 to 32 cents per 

 pound. The average cost of manufacture was 7.44 cents per pound. Patrons re- 

 ceived 3 cents per space for cream, equivalent to 24.29 cents per pound for butter. 



Ipswich (Massachusetts) Creamery received in October 43,868 Cooley spaces of 

 cream and made 6,560 pounds of butter. Paid patrons 4 cents per space for cream, 

 equivalent to 26.72 cents per pound for butter. It required 6.68 spaces of cream per 

 pound of butter. Received in November 39,769 spaces of cream and made 5,933 

 pounds of butter, all of which sold. Patrons received 4 cents per space for cream, 

 equivalent to 26 cents per pound for butter. It required 6.7 spaces of cream per 

 pound of butter, 



Glastonbury (Connecticut) Creamery received in November 37,690 Cooley spaces 

 of cream and made 3,433 pounds of butter, all of which sold at 29 to 32 cents per 

 pound. The average cost of manufacture was 5| cents per pound. Patrons re- 

 ceived 3.8 cents per space for cream, equivalent to 26 cents per pound for butter. 



Canton (Connecticut) Creamery received in November 80,227 Cooley spaces of 

 cream and made 12,442 pounds of butter, all of which sold. Patrons received 4$ 

 cents per space for cream, equivalent to 26.56 cents per pound for butter. 



Windsor (Connecticut) Creamery received in November 46,169 Cooley spaces of 

 cream and made 6,860 pounds of butter, all of which sold. Patrons received 3$ cents 

 per space for cream, equivalent to 26 cents per pound for the butter. It required 

 6.7 spaces of cream per pound of butter. 



Contoocook Valley Creamery of Henniker, N. H., made in December 4,472 pounds 

 of butter, all of which sold at 27 to 35 cents per pound. The average cost of man- 

 ufacture was 4.58 cents per pound. Patrons received $1,207.65 for cream furnished, 

 equivalent to 27 cents per pound for butter. 



Con way (Massachusetts) Creamery received in December 180,385 Cooley spaces of 

 cream and made 28,794 pounds of butter, all of which sold at 25 to 34 cents per 

 pound. The average cost of manufacture was 3.69 cents per pound. Patrons re- 

 ceived 4.1 cents per space for cream. 



North River Creamery of Whitingham, Vt., received in December 28,161 Cooley 

 spaces of cream and made 4,152 pounds of butter, all of which sold at 28 to 30 cents 

 per pound. The average cost of manufacture was 4 cents per pound. Patrons 

 received 3^ cents per space for cream, equivalent to 23.8 cents per pound for butter. 

 It required 6.8 spaces of cream per pound of butter. 



Hampton Creamery of Easthampton, Mass., received in December 47,163 Cooley 

 spaces of cream and made 7,450 pounds of butter, all of which sold at 26 cents per 

 pound net at creamery. Patrons received 4.1 cents per space for cream, equivalent 

 to 26 cents per pound for butter. Average cost of manufacture 3.81 cents per 

 pound. 



Riverside Creamery of Enfield, Conn., received in November 19,571 Cooley spaces 

 of cream, and made 2,978 pounds of butter. Patrons received 3 cents per space 

 for cream. The first butter made by the creamery was on November 1, and the 

 payment for cream for the first month's business is very gratifying to the manage- 

 ment. The December showing is even better. 



Cummington (Massachusetts) Creamery received in November 50,681| Cooley 

 spaces of cream and made 7,813 pounds of butter, all of which sold at 28 to 31 cents 

 per pound. The average cost of manufacture was 3.42 cents per pound. Patrons 

 received 3.7 cents per space for cream, equivalent to 24.05 cents per pound for 

 butter. 



East Granby (Connecticut) Creamery received in November 36,293 Cooley spaces 

 of cream and made 4,739 pounds of butter, all of which sold, besides selling 2,606 

 spaces of cream. Average cost of manufacture 4f cents per pound. Patrons re- 

 ceived 3.6 cents per space for cream, equivalent to 25 cents per pound for .butter. 



La Grange (New York) Creamery received in December 32,245 Cooley spaces of 



