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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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