The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-08-26
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A COOPERATIVE MILK COMPANY
These Producers Know How to Make
Milk Paw.

these Producers Know How to Make
Milk Pay.
at Monroe, Orange county, N Y. on
the line of the Erie railway, is the cream
cry of the Monroe Dairy association. one
or the most successful of it's class. It
was organized in 1881 by a few of the
progressive dairy farmers of that vicin.
ity, who had become tired of the hap
hazard manner in which the milk bust
ness had been so long conducted. and
who thought they could see better
way.
The capital stock has been increased
since the beginning of it's business, and
now, at its par value, stands at $4,000
though small part of the stock is still
in the hands of the company unsold. No
one save a producer of milk can pur-
chase stock, and the amount any one
producer may hold is limited by his milk
production. The business has been a
success from the start, and today the
shares, the par value of which is ten dol
lars, are held at fifteen dollars to any
producers who desire to become stock.
holders.
The general manager. Fl. NJ. More
4OoSO, ACICifCS fk lDJl ttl Scldi y, tIc Jill
GERS understanding tho necessity of Sc
curing a good man to do their business
it is done in systematic and business
like way. The establishment is we'll
equipped, being furnished with an en-
gine and boiler, butter and cheese max
ing apparatus, and they have recently
added an Alpha separator with steam
turbine for propelling it-a machine
which furnishes motive power without
the Intervention of the engine. Their
business is primarily that of selling
milk, and they receive and care for the
milk of all their patrons, be it much OF
little.
In flush times, when the supply ex-
ceeds the demand, the surplus is manu-
factured into butter or cheese. as may
be considered NEST desirable. In this
way they are in perfect readiness for the
occasional surplus seasons which regu
larly occur. There are forty-six stock
holders in the company, representing
from / 900 to 200 COWS, and an average
of about 200 cans per day throughout
the year is received at the creamery
The supply is tolerably constant, hold
ing up well in the winter season.
The milk of the patrons is weighed
and credited. At the end of each month
the total expenses are paid and the net
balance is divided pro rata among the
patrons. As yet all patrons receive the
same price, quality not being entered
into so long as the milk is standard.
Mr.. Morehouse has entire charge Of
the practical business, being responsible
for the milk after it is received until
the proceeds in cash are deposited in
bank to the credit of the treasurer. He
is an active, pushing man. and has filled
his post satisfactorily for many years
Not can of milk leaves the creamery
that is not sold before leaving-no sur
plus from this concern goes to the city
to help break the price on a weak
market.
One of the advantages which he has
is that he can say to large dealer. Il
will take care of you" If the dealer
needs two or three or mayhap a dozen
extra cans, he has only to wire the asso-
citation and the first train brings what
he wants. He has large trade among
the dealers who supply down town res
taurants, SO many of which are closed
ON Sunday, and which of course, for
their trade, require varying quantities
of milk.
It is in the organization of such
creameries or dairy associations that we
must look for the solution of the prob
lems now SO troublesome, as to how the
producer can get fair price for his
milk.-Rural New Yorker.