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Holmen Cooperative Creamery:
Organized in 1889, the Holmen
Cooperative Creamery purchased land and a creamery building which had been owned and
operated by C.A. Sjolander and Henry Starr since 1884. The purchase price was
$1,200. In 1895, the association erected a stone building costing $1,707, with several
additions following. A new site was purchased in 1922 to accommodate a modern
structure with new
equipment, the cost totalling $32,000. When whole milk purchases began in 1928, drying of
skim milk and buttermilk began also. |
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A 1942 addition provided a
boiler room and additional equipment at a cost of $68,000. Distribution of bottled milk
began in 1949. A second addition in 1957 provided a new evaporator, drier, warehouse,
bagger room, and garage. A merger with the Blair creamery in 1969 resulted in selling the
fluid milk distribution business to Land O'Lakes Company, and the butter-making and milk
drying operations moving to Blair. The property was sold and presently houses a
meat-processing and locker plant. |
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