CHAPTER XX. 



ICE-CREAM EACT( )RIES. 



Local Creameries. — The farmers' co-operative cream- 

 ery of to-chi}- is in l^een competition witli private enter- 

 prises tliat as a rule have a much larger working fund than 

 the local creameries. These pri\-ate enterprises are usually 

 managed b}' better business methods, are better located 



Fig. 43. — View of Collins Bros.' ice-cream freezing room. 

 (Ice Cream Trade Journal.) 



in relation to the markets, and, in most cases, are doing 

 business on a larger scale than the local creamery plant. 

 It therefore behooves the local creamery to adopt modern 

 business methods, to cater to the markets and to find the 

 most profitable method of disposing of their products. 



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