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BUTTER-MAKING. 
creamery making nearly half a million pounds of butter from 
whole milk exclusively. The approximate average cost of mak- 
ing butter for the whole State of Iowa in the whole-milk cream- 
eries is about 2} cents per pound. As the creameries produce 
on an average about 150,000 pounds of butter per year, the 
running expenses of the average creamery are approximately 
$2350.00 per year. 
The following table will show the variation in cost of pro- 
duction per pound of butter: 
Class. Creamery Cost of Manufacturing a Pound of Butter. a d ae 
1 | Creameries making no more than 50,000 lbs. of 
Ut Cer 5 255 siiscdestesaseyaveynssi dual eovouabesarPianein, eleipaoke enveas 44 3.14 
2 |Creameries making between 50,000 and 100,000 
Ibs, Of BUGbER 65 ees es tag e-e 2 cea eee ang econ s 98 2.36 
3 | Creameries making between 100,000 and 150,000 
Ibs: of butters. 42.24 20% ss s.ceas toe cs eee awe 56 1.99 
4 |Creameries making between 150,000 and 200,000 
IbsOF Dubter’s 6 coc oye es ee tached emdoa sais 28 1.78 
5 | Creameries making between 200,000 and 300,000 
Tbss Of DUttEE socio es gis Dose deb ee alain ceeeies 27 1.71 
Average for the State............0c cece ee eeees 253 2.28 
Average for classes 2 and 3..............-.++.. 154 2.22 
