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IOWA DAIRY COMPANY. In 1904 Andrew FLUETSCH, a farmer, operated a milk route in Dubuque. The company used brown colored wagons. (1) This may have been done to differentiate them from the white colored wagons advertised by the DUBUQUE BUTTER AND MILK COMPANY. With the route prosperous, a milk depot was added and finally the Iowa Dairy Company was organized.
In 1908 Andrew Fluetsch established the IOWA DAIRY COMPANY by consolidating the H. J. Jecklin Dairy, Conzett Brothers Dairy and his own dairy. (2) Beginning with a few milk routes, the business grew to nineteen routes in 1929. (3) There were two ice cream routes in the city and one in the rural areas that carried Daisy brand ice cream. (4) Daisy brand butter was also manufactured along with Meadow Gold as a result of an arrangement with the Beatrice Creamery Company of Chicago. Beatrice cheese was also handled. In 1928 the dairy was consolidated with the BEATRICE CREAMERY COMPANY. With the association of Beatrice Creamery, Iowa Dairy had available agencies in fifty-one cities. (5)
Iowa Dairy also made cottage and "Frisco cheese," a product similar to cottage cheese but manufactured in a different process. Evaporated milk was made by Iowa Dairy as early as 1922. Much of this was sold wholesale for candy makers and bakers; a 16-oz. size "Iowa Dairy Maid," was purchased for home-use.
In 1929 the company employed sixty-five men and women in addition to cream haulers. The trade territory reached as far as Florida and New York. (6)
The 1911-12 through 1916-1917 Dubuque City Directory stated that this business was located at 2141 Couler.
The 1918 Dubuque and East Dubuque City Directory through the 1929 Dubuque City Directory listed 2167 Couler.
From the 1920s through the 1940s, Iowa Dairy made residential deliveries.
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Source:
1. "Reliable Brand Butter," Telegraph Herald, May 26, 1905, p. 7. Online: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ox9FAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J7sMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3224,7981011&dq=butter+dubuque&hl=en
2. "Andrew Fluetsch." Citizens Historical Association, Feb. 24, 1940, Vertical Files, Carnegie-Stout Public Library.
3. "Milk Route Led to Huge Concern," Telegraph Herald and Times Journal, Mar. 31, 1929, p. 34
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
