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sold. Thirty-three of the Wisconsin creameries employed 

 only one man, but in nearly every case they did not receive 

 over 500 gallons of milk per day, there was no feed mill 

 to run, no branch skimming stations which sent in cream 

 daily to be churned at the central factory, and the butter was 

 all packed in 20, 30, or 60 lb. tubs. When the amount of work 

 is increased to a daily receipt of 600 gallons of milk or 

 more, or in the case of inconveniently-arranged working 

 rooms, printing, packing the butter into small packages, 

 pasteurizing or bottling cream, the creamery generally 

 employed two men. 



The average wages of the creamery operators ranged 

 in twenty- five instances from £6 17s. 6d. to £12 los. 

 per month, without board, and helpers were paid at the 

 rate of £^ 4s. to £y 6s. monthly, without board. A co- 

 operative creamery receiving 2,300 gallons of milk daily, 

 and packing all the butter into 60 lb. tubs (which were 

 not weighed at the creamery), was operated by two men who 

 received £14. 12s. and £-] 6s. per month respectively, without 

 board. Another co-operative creamery, which received 800 

 gallons of milk daily, paid its butter maker ^,'15 12s. 6d. per 

 month, with free rent of rooms over the creamery, and 

 supplied him with fuel, butter and milk. He was also 

 expected to pay his helper when he needed one, the latter 

 being usually paid £2 is. 8d. per month and board. A 

 similar arrangement was found at another creamery, except 

 that the butter maker received ^10 8s. 4d. per month, but he 

 did not pay his helper, who received £^ 4s. 2d. per month, 

 without board. 



Live Stock in New South Wales. 



A report which has been lately published by the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, New South Wales, contains interesting 

 statistics relating to the number of farm animals enumerated 

 in the colony on December 31, 1897. 



The number of horses amounted to 466,813, or 17,215 less 

 than in the previous year. The decrease is attributed to the 



