The McLaughlins Buttermakers 



MR. McLAUGHLIN was born and raised on 

 a farm. Early in life he took an interest in 

 dairying. He studied breeding and feeding 

 and their relation to milk and butterfat production. 

 His interest in these subjects soon led to an interest 

 in buttermaking and cheesemaking because it soon be- 

 comes evident to the farmer who gives any thought 

 and study to his business that the most profit can be 

 made from his cows by selling their milk as a finished 

 product butter or cheese instead of in the raw state 

 milk or cream. 



Mr. McLaughlin has been engaged in the manufac- 

 ture of butter, cheese and condensed milk for over 24 

 years. He originated the first exhaust pasteurizer 

 heater, and also the first salt test used in Minnesota. 



Mrs. McLaughlin took a keen interest in Mr. Mc- 

 Laughlin's work from the very day of her marriage ; in 

 fact, being a country girl, she had been making but- 

 ter for some time on her father's farm and liked the 

 work. For over twelve years she has been as active 

 as Mr. McLaughlin in the buttermaking business. For 

 many years Mr. and Mrs. McLaughlin were joint man- 

 agers of the Elgin Co-operative Creamery at Elgin, 

 Minn. They have both attended the Dairy School at 

 the University of Minnesota and are in great demand 

 as speakers at buttermakers' conventions, Farmers' 

 clubs, etc. 



It has always been Mrs. McLaughlin's contention 

 that better butter could be made in the home dairy 



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