. The butter industry in the United States : an economic study of butter and oleomargarine. Butter; Margarine. I90 THE BUTTER INDUSTRY IN UNITED STATES [4:4 ing to the table is $ This is considerably less than the margin of the first creameries. For instance, in 1880, the cooperative creamery at Hatfield, Me., made a contract with the operator to make butter for the succeeding year at 3^2 cents per pound. The maker paid all expenses, includ- ing interest on The introduction of improved ma- TABLE XVIII Amount and Per Cent of Items Composing the Average Retail Prices of Butter in
. The butter industry in the United States : an economic study of butter and oleomargarine. Butter; Margarine. I90 THE BUTTER INDUSTRY IN UNITED STATES [4:4 ing to the table is $ This is considerably less than the margin of the first creameries. For instance, in 1880, the cooperative creamery at Hatfield, Me., made a contract with the operator to make butter for the succeeding year at 3^2 cents per pound. The maker paid all expenses, includ- ing interest on The introduction of improved ma- TABLE XVIII Amount and Per Cent of Items Composing the Average Retail Prices of Butter in the 3 Junes and 3 Decembers, 1904, 1910, and 1911, Combined Average for 1904, 1910, and 1911 Item Price received by farmer Creamery margin Freight charges Cartage charges Wholesale receiver's margin Retailer's margin Price paid by consumer Total margin between consumer and farmer. .0895 December Amount Per cent .0298 .0073 .0003 .0169 .0463 •3791 .1006 73-5 7-9 1-9 .1 (From Bulletin 164, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor.) chinery and scientific methods and the increase of the over- run, made it possible to manufacture at lower cost, and the keen competition in the dairy industry has narrowed the creamery margin, so that the share of the small creamery is probably only little more than the cost of production. The table does not show any margin for the jobber who 1 Report of Board of Agriculture of Maine for 1881, p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wiest, Edward, 1878-. New York : Columbia University Press
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