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pounds, or a little more than one-third, are sold to boarding- 

 houses and restaurants. The average price is 17 cents, large 

 dealers selling at prices ranging from 15 to 18 cents, and 

 smaller dealers selling as a rule at 20 cents per pound. The 

 later reports of the inspector do not state the number of 

 dealers or the amount sold. 



Estitnates of the Butter Industry. 



The following estimates of butter are appended for com- 

 parison. According to the State census of 1885 nearly 

 10,000,000 pounds of butter were made in this State. Dur- 

 ing the year 1890 the thirty co-operative creameries in the 

 State, most of which have been established since 1885, made 

 a total of about 2,500,000 pounds. It is estimated that not 

 less than 12,000,000 pounds of butter were made in this 

 Commonw^ealth in 1890. 



According to the annual report of the Boston Chamber of 

 Commerce for 1890 the total receipts of butter in Boston for 

 the year were 910,650 tubs and 205,957 boxes (estimated 

 to be about 48,000,000 pounds), and the same year 

 1,805,102 pounds of butter were exported. 



