The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-26
A DAIRY BOARD.
MEETING HELD IN The CITY
TO ORGANIZE ONE.
The Creamery Men Present Receive
the Proposition With Favor-Man-
kato Is the Natural Center For
Butter Board of Trade-Remarks
Made By DIR. Currier. G, ri. Riggs,
Joseph Davies and OtherS-An-
other Meeting April I'D.

DINER WcctuS Apfh -zu.
The country roads are literally I'M
passible. and this accounted for the
fact that only a small number OF
. creameries were represented at the
meeting held Saturday to take
steps toward the organization OF a
butter board of trade. The Mankato
board of trade committee was pre-
sent, and the feeling was very favor
able
DR.. ]. c. Curryer opened the meet
ing by stating that the need of but
ter hoard of trade in Minnesota had
become apparent of late, and it was
found that more creameries are tribu-
tary to Mankato than to any other
city. The meeting here had been an
nounced at the farmers institutes.
1t is thought that a part Of the COM
mission now paid to eastern men for
handling the butter Of the state can
be saved. DR.. Curryer read from
paper an item stating that from
Blooming Prairie 24o,00O pounds of
butter were in 1896 shipped east, and
$4,000 paid to the eastern commission
men for handling this butter.
J. G.. Noe said that in February,
1884, dairy board Of trade was or
ganized here, and weekly sales were
made until the following November.
Buyers from the cities, representing
eastern commission houses, were here
to bid. Sales were made by sample,
the speaker conducting black board.
From 1000 to 10000 POUNDS of butter
was sold day. If dairy board
could be made a success with four or
five creameries, how much more
successful would it be with hundred
creameries. There would be no
trouble in getting buyers here after a
board is started.
G. II. Higgs said that within "a
radius of sixty miles Of Mankato
there are It's to 1856 creameries in
active operation. Mankato is about
as near the center of the creamery
section as any city of the state. If
there is butter here, there will be
buyers. 1t would certainly be better
to have the buyers on the ground
than to send it east and take the
chances.
Joseph Davis said that commission
men had visited his creamery and
wanted to know why butter board
of trade is not organized here, which
is in the center OF a fine dairy sectlon
in Southern Minnesota and Northern
Iowa.
DR.. Curryer spoke of the Southern
Minnesota butter being better than
that ofsfurther south.
Mr.. Davies said that the creamery
men were in favor of the butter board
of trade here, and more had expected
to be here. 1t costs us five per cent
to sell our butter, which amounts tC
1856 week.
Mr.. Higgs said that the four roads
run refrigerator service to Chicago
making four days week. Small
towns have the service but once {
week.
Mr.. Davies said that he would pre-
fer to make actual delivery of the pro
duct rather than by sample.
DIR. .Curryer said that the butte,
from the west could be sold here IL
transit, while that east would haveitt
come here. The roads might ship il
in free to get the hauling of it to Chi
cago.
Mr.. Higgs said that butter could b.
brought here from points within fort!
or fifty miles for ten cents tub, O.
one per cent of the value. The ex
pense of selling would be little. Nor,
creameries would be tributary toMan
kato than to Owatonna or Rochester
There are 30 to 10 creameries tina
ship on the Q. s. N. W. road west o
this city, but only three north on tn
Omaha.
After some discussion. it was decid
ed to hold another meeting in thi
city to perfect an organization, Of
Friday, April ID, at 200 p. ID. Al
invitation will be sent to eacl
creamery within sixty miles to b
present, and this invitation will b
signed by J. W. Davies, manager o
the Judson creamery, a. ]. Knox
secretary of the Lilly creamery Q
Lake Crystal, and P. c. Peterson
secretary of the Lincoln creamery G
Lincoln.
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