No. 4.] REPORT OF DAIRY BUREAU. 



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When the creamery movement started in Massachusetts 

 nearly all of the creameries were co-operative, and statistics 

 connected with them were regarded as of a great deal of 

 value, because every farmer and milk producer had an 

 interest in the outcome of the operations of, the creameries. 

 The competition with the sale milk business in Boston, and 

 other reasons, have made considerable of a change in this 

 respect, and, as will be noticed by the above list, many of 

 the creameries are now proprietary. Some of the co- 

 operative creameries have continued, and we compile the 

 following from their latest reports, showing something of 

 their general methods : — 



Belchertown. — Amount of cream collected, 906,356 pounds. From 

 this were made 201,352 pounds of butter after selling cream to the 

 value of $485. The total receipts for the year were $55,131. The 

 amounts paid were as follows : — 



Gathering cream, 

 Making butter, . 

 Selling and delivering. 

 Freight and express. 

 Patrons for cream, 

 Officers, 



Testing cream, . 

 Discounts, . 

 Other expenses, . 



$3,076 00 



1,040 00 



919 00 



401 00 



42,520 00 



637 00 



48 00 



299 00 



1,431 00 



Montague. — This creamery received 287,467 pounds of cream, and 

 made 68,U84 pounds of butter. The average price of the butter was 

 25.24 cents per pound, and the average paid for butter fat was 24^^^ 

 cents. 



Hampton. — Received 890,823 pounds cream, producing 161,169 

 pounds butter. The receipts of the year were $50,649.85. Payments 

 were as follows : — 



Paid patrons, ' . $41,389 67 



Ordinary expenses, 6,628 57 



Dividends, 6 per cent, 150 00 



Balance to new account, 2,481 61 



350,649 85 



Hinsdale Creamert. — Made 103,701 pounds butter. Its total re- 

 ceipts were $25,529.55. The payments were as follows : — 



