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Show Cooperation by Dairy Farmers Dairy products to the value of $640,-000,000 $640,-000,000 were marketed through farm er controlled cooperative associations in 1928. This is an increase of $20,-000,000 $20,-000,000 over the final estimate for 1927, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. The items making up the total are: Cooperative creameries, $245,000,000; milk bargaining associations, $200,000,-000; $200,000,-000; milk distributing association. $150,000,000: cheese factories, $30,000,-000; $30,000,-000; and cream stations, $15,000,000. Nearly a half billion pounds of but ter was made in producer-owned plants in 1928. More than 10,000,000 pounds of cheese and about 50,000,090 pounds of milk powder were also manufactured man-ufactured by the cooperatively inclined farmers. About 2,500 separate-owned dairy enterpriscs.stretching from ocean to ocean, were active during the year. Present indications are that a larger larg-er business will be transacted in 1929 than in 1928. There are three cooperative farmer owned cream pools in operation at present in Sanpete County, they are doing some very effective work in marketing. |