CHAPTER XXV. 



CO-OPERATIVE CREAMERIES. 



i. Co-operative Creameries. There are two distinct 

 classes of creameries in existence at the present time, 

 (i) Those owned and operated by private individuals, 

 called proprietary creameries; (2) those owned and oper- 

 ated by the patrons, known as co-operative creameries. 



Most of the creameries built at the present time belong 

 to the co-operative type. This is the ideal plan upon 

 which creameries should be built and operated and it has 

 in most cases proved successful. 



Methods of Organizing Cooperative Creameries. 

 Too frequently co-operative creameries are established 

 by so-called "promoters," whose aim is to make money for 

 themselves by taxing the farmers a thousand dollars or 

 more in excess of the actual cost of the creamery. 



If a community of farmers is interested in the estab- 

 lishment of a creamery, the following method of organiz- 

 ing should be pursued : 



1. Let those most interested in the project make a 

 thorough canvass of the milk producers in that community 

 to ascertain the number of cows available. There should 

 not be less than 400 cows to start with. 



2. If the desired number of cows is available, the next 

 step is to secure a subscription of $4,500 by selling shares 

 for that amount. This sum of money is necessary to build 

 and equip a substantial fire proof creamery containing all 

 the modern creamery machinery. Where possible it is 



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