. The double-profit system of dairying;. Dairying. Th D o u hle-Profit S y stem of Dairying Markets Created by Individual and Centralized Creameries Mention must be made also of the markets af- forded by the individual creameries and the cen- tralizers, the direct competitors of the co-operative creameries. Most of the Individual Creameries are in the country, operated on the same plan as the Co-opera- tives except that they do not distribute their profits to their patrons. Many of their owners and stock- holders are farmers, however. They also produce good butter and afford a ready-cash marke
. The double-profit system of dairying;. Dairying. Th D o u hle-Profit S y stem of Dairying Markets Created by Individual and Centralized Creameries Mention must be made also of the markets af- forded by the individual creameries and the cen- tralizers, the direct competitors of the co-operative creameries. Most of the Individual Creameries are in the country, operated on the same plan as the Co-opera- tives except that they do not distribute their profits to their patrons. Many of their owners and stock- holders are farmers, however. They also produce good butter and afford a ready-cash market for cream. The Centralizers are city establish- ments, most of which are larger than any one country creamery. Minneapolis and St. Paul each has ten, Duluth has two and the state has 39. They draw cream shipments from a wide radius, including other states. Their large capacity makes them keen rivals of the co-operatives. But the latter have the advantage of being closer to fresh cream supplies and produce a higher grade of butter. With this they hold their own on the markets by merit. The centralizers afford a market for cream in many communities where dairy- ing is not far enough advanced or cows are not numerous enough to support a local creamery. This is a very valuable service. It has helped many localities to get a_ start in dairying, and has proven beneficial to the industry. Butter production'in Minnesota is di- vided among the three as follows: 1917 1918 Approximate Pounds Pounds Co-operative creameries 75,325,732 83,500,000 Individual 12,919,109 14,000,000 Centralizers 33,860,054 35,000,000 Minnesota has also 85 cheese factories, which produced in 1917, 6,421,148 pounds of cheese worth $1,481, (1918 esti- mates, $1,640,054), and paid out to patrons for milk, $1,340, Fifty- two of these are co-operative also and so add to the Double-Profit System of Dair3dng. The Ice Cream factories, also buyers of separated cream, number about one hundred an
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