No. 1.] REPORT OF DAIRY BUREAU. 



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in Everett, whicb also distributes tlic " Hampden Cream- 

 ery " goods. The Lyndonville Creamery of Lyndonville, 

 Vt., has a plant at Watcrtown, from which it distributes 

 milk, cream and butter. J. L. Humphrey, Jr., has four 

 plants, one each in New Bedford, Fall River, Taunton and 

 ]>r(H'k(()ii, for the distribution of butter and renovated but- 

 ter from his Iowa creameries. The Armours, Swifts, Ham- 

 monds, Morrises and other large packing houses, all repre- 

 senting wcstei'u-niadc goods, distribute quantities of butter 

 and renovated butter from their numerous establishments 

 scattered over the State. Some of these also put out oleo- 

 margarine. Besides these, there is a considerable number 

 of creamery companies and so-called creameries which buy 

 their stock of producers in this and other States. These in 

 the aggregate do a large business. Other private dairies or 

 creameries also have town offices, restaurants, etc. The above 

 is difficult of strict classification. 



A number of dairies are producing milk and cream under 

 conditions and of a quality which command a price higher 

 than that ruling the general market, and several, including 

 that of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, are making 

 certified milk. 



Co-operative Creameries. 



