298 BOAKD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Creameries and Milk Depots. 

 Appended we give a revised list of the principal cream- 

 eries and milk depots owned and operated by Massachusetts 

 individuals and corporations. There are in this State, in 

 addition to these, a number of distributing plants for cream- 

 eries owned and operated in other States. For instance, the 

 Maine Creamery Company of Bangor, Me., has offices at 12 

 Foster Wharf, Boston. The Turner Centre Creamery of 

 Auburn, Me., has distributing houses in Boston, AYorcester, 

 Taunton and Lowell, and ships to these points butter, cream, 

 and to one at least skimmed milk.^ The New England 

 Creamery of Livermore Falls, Me., distributes through a 

 Massachusetts company of the same name in Everett, 

 which- also distributes the "Hampden Creamery" goods. 

 The Lyndonville Creamery of Lyndonville, Vt., has a plant 

 at Watertown, from which it distributes milk, cream and 

 butter. J. L. Humphrey, Jr., has four plants, one each 

 in New Bedford, Fall River, Taunton and Brockton, for 

 the distribution of butter and renovated butter (and some- 

 times cream) from his Iowa creameries. The Armours, 

 Swifts, Hammonds, Morrises and other large packing houses, 

 all representing western-made goods, distribute quantities 

 of butter and renovated butter from their numerous estab- 

 lishments scattered over the State. Some of these also put 

 out oleomargarine. Besides these, there is a considerable 

 pumber 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, 



* Pasteurized skimmed milk and cream are put together in the proper propor- 

 tions required for standard milk, in the Boston plant, and the milk thus made 

 is placed upon the market. 



