ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN S ASSOCIATION. 



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North Brookfield, Mass., Co-operative Creamery 



NO. OF SPACES 



OF CREAM ON 



EACH CAN OF 



17 QTS. MILK. 



II.25 • • • • 



II.09. . . . 



IO.79.... 



..... TO.63 .... 



IO.84 



IO.78 



9.72.... 



IO.O5 • • • • 



IO.38.... 



IO.I8 



..... IO.63 ... . 

 ..... II. II .... 



MONTH . 



Jan. 1886 

 Feb. 



March " 

 April " 

 May 



June ' 

 July " 

 Aug. 

 Sep. 

 Oct. 



Nov. " 

 Dec. " 



AMOUNT PAID FOR 

 CREAM ON EACH 

 CAN OF 17 QTS. 

 MILK. 

 ..42.I9 

 ..41.59 

 ..43.16 

 ..3848 

 ..28.52 

 ..28.25 

 ..28.16 

 . 32.66 



•3 6 -33 

 .40.72 



..47.22 



..45.18 



30 to 60 



patrons 



700 to 1200 



cows. 



almost 



2.24 



pr. qt. 



1886. 



Average No. spaces 10.54 37.71 



The business for 1885. 



Pounds of butter. . . 37,098 94? I 55 



Expenses per pound. 5.20 4.40 



The total expenses in these creameries are from 3 cents to 6 

 cents per pound of butter, according to kind of stock kept, 

 amount of butter made and general management; this includes 

 cost of collecting cream also. The average cost per pound of 

 butter in all the New England creameries last year was 4^ 

 cents. 



The better the cow the more spaces of cream, and conse- 

 quently the greater the profit. Some dairies averaged 14 

 spaces of cream per can of milk for the eleven months ending 

 December, 1886, when it required an average of 6.50 spaces for 

 1 pound of butter. There were instances of 21 spaces per can 

 of milk of 17 quarts. 



At the Ipswich, Mass., creamery, during nine months, end- 

 ing November 31, 1886, W. F. Kinsman was paid $592 for the 

 the cream from ten Jersey cows. For the same time W. B. 

 Kinsman was paid $347 from seven common, mixed grade cows. 

 I. P. Gardner kept ten Jersey cows; made 15 pounds of butter 



