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Several new creameries have been built the past year and more are 

 organizing at the present time. A few \ears ago a number of creameries 

 were built that were not successful, because they had not enough dairy 

 cows in the locality to make them a success and they were compelled to 

 close. The past year has seen several of these reopened and with the 

 increasing population and more dairy cows, the outlook for them is much 

 better now. There is opening for more, as some of the best dairy localities 

 in the state are still without a creamery. These localities, with the right 

 kind of management, would in a few years have some of the best creameries 

 in the country. 



The new State Dairy Commission law passed by the last legislative 

 assembly is now in effect, and it is said b}- outside experts to be one of 

 the best dzlryr laws in the country. Under it the farmer is protected in 

 marketing his product, as well as the consumer in getting a 

 Giving the good, clean supply of milk, cream, butter and cheese. To show 

 Dairyman that Montana products are equal to eastern goods: at a butter 

 Protection scoring contest recently held at the State Fair (tlie scoring 



and Aid. -being done by an eastern expert"). Montana butter scored about 

 two points higher than butter had been scoring in the east. 

 In some states there is no protection to the small creameries and the big 

 fellow can easily get the best of them. In ^Montana the small creamery is 

 protected in buying and selling its products, under an act to prohibit unfair 

 competition and discrimination in buying and selling, passed by the last 

 legislative assemblv and which is now in effect. 



As there are few commission men at the present time handling dairy 

 products, all the successful creameries are installing cold storage plants. 

 In this ■way they can take care of their output the year round, and it also 

 enables them to handle the farmers' eggs and poultry and pay 

 There Is them cash for their products. Xot only do these cold storage 

 Room for theplants aid the creameries in handling their product, but return 

 Man With them a nice profit, as butter and eggs are from twenty-five to 

 the Cow. forty per cent higher during the winter months than they are 

 during the summer. There are, however, openings for com- 

 mission men and no doubt they will soon be established in the larger cities. 

 Taking into consideration the cheapness of the land, the vast amount 

 of feed that can be grown and the high prices received for dairy prod- 

 ucts, why should not Montana be an ideal dairy state? It surely is the 

 best state in the union for opportunities in this line of farming. 



