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BEATRICE CREAMERY COMPANY
BEATRICE CREAMERY COMPANY. The Beatrice Creamery was established in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1895. By 1911 was the world's largest producer of butter. The company had ten branches established in ten large cities in the United States including Dubuque.
The Dubuque branch was opened in 1908 and had a capacity of 20,000 pounds of butter daily. Cream was supplied by one hundred buying stations throughout northeastern Iowa, southeastern Minnesota, southwestern Wisconsin and northwestern Illinois. The Dubuque branch also operated a wholesale business in eggs and handled a carload daily.
In 1910 the Beatrice Company nationwide produced 50 million pounds of butter with the leading brand being "Meadow Gold Butter." Sweet cream was sold to ice cream manufacturers.
See: MEADOW GOLD