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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1954
Page
8
The 1953 audited report of the Jutta Centus Co operative Creamery shows sales of year’s dairy products totaling 53526.66 with breakdowns for buttermilk skim milk cream milk and ice cream. Skim milk sales ended 1052. The year saw a 6296.07 increase over prior year while overall available balance rose to 379869.24 reflecting strong financial position.
The United States moved from about 115 million pounds of cheese produced in 1925 to substantial per person gains by 1953, driven by consumer demand and expanding cheese production. Manufacturing, packaging, and marketing boosted output, with cheese using ten percent of total milk now versus five percent thirty years earlier, and advances in protective packaging from factory to table.
The Buffalo Center Co-operative Creamery and local business people observe June Dairy Month. The piece traces the creamery’s origins from Burr Allen in 1882 to 1993, noting owners, key managers, and early boards. It lists past buttermakers, managers, and recent leadership, with service to Buffalo Center Lakota Rake and allied communities.
Buffalo Center creamery produced 577 639 pounds of butter in 1953, up from 483 380 the prior year. The average price was 4.86 cents per pound, with patrons paid about 1.7689 cents per pound for 496 280 pounds of butterfat churned. Manager Kuecker and his team produced a superior product known widely.
Did You Know article notes Americans drank over 12 billion quarts of milk last year and dairymen travel to observe the U S system of production distribution and sanitation. Vanilla is the top ice cream flavor with 61 percent, chocolate 19 percent, and strawberry 10 percent. Butter is not fattening when part of a balanced diet, nutritionists say. Mothers often have poor milk intake despite government nutrition guidance.
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