The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-03-10
CREAMERY Meeting.
Report and Election of Of
fiCerS, Saturday,.

Annual Report and Election of Of
fiCers, Saturday.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Farmers Co operative
Creamery association of Redwood
Falls was held at the court house last
Saturday afternoon. A large number
of the stockholders were present, and
the meeting was enthusiastic, as we'll
as inquisitive into the financial condi-
ton of the company, and as the excel
lent showing was read. the stockhold
ers were particularly pleased.
President A. D. Stewart presided
over the meeting, and Immediately up
on his calling the stockholders to or
der Alonzo Neale and A. D. Smith
were appointed tellers, and the ballot
was declared open to voters. While
the balloting was going on Secretary
Dornberg was called upon to read his
annual report for the year ending
March l, 1885, From the report it is
learned that 1,749,960 pounds of milk
we're received during the year, and
that from this amount of milk 65,858
pounds of butter fat was produced.
The average net price paid for butter
fat was 147 cents. The average yield
of butter fat to LOO pounds of milk
was 3.76 pounds. The average yield
of butter to 100 pounds of milk was
4.5O pounds. 1t required 22.22 pounds
of milk to manufacture one pound of
butter, according to this report. The
total number of pounds of butter made
during the year was 78,7O7.
The receipts during the year was
over $4,000. OF the amount $40 .9O6.61
was received from the sale of 68, ,3O1
pounds of butter in New York, and
81, ,664.86 from the sale of 1O,4O6
pounds of butter to patrons here at
home. The disbursements include
$9,693.20 paid patrons for milk,
$2,OO3.77 for incidental expenses, such
as superintendent's salary, coal, etc.,
and $874.5O applied to the sinking
fund.
An additional report of the secretary
showed that the average amount Of
milk received per running day was
$3.50 pounds. The highest price paid
for butter fat was 2l cents per pound.
and the lowest price was Ii cents, an
average of II cents.
Some time was spent in discussing
the falling off of the receipts of last
year, brought on by the departure of
Capt. Lewis, who kept up the Sher-
man route, and the dropping out of
the New Avon route, as we'll as the
Sheridan creamery taking several pa
irons. 1t is likely that the receipts
during the past year we're as light as
they ever will be, and the probabili-
ties are that they will materially in
crease during the coming year.
At the conclusion of the discussion
the ballot box was opened and it was
found that Andrew Stewart, Hugh
McDougall, O. L. Dornberg, c. w.
Lussenhop, A. D. Smith, Clark Miller
and Thos. A. March had been elected
directors for the ensuing year. After
the vote had been announced the
stockholders meeting adjourned.
Immediately after the adjournment
of this meeting the directors held a
meeting and elected A. D. Stewart
president, Hugh G. McDougall vice.
president, O. L. Dornberg secretary
and G. w. Lussenhop treasurer. The
other members of the Board we're de-
clared trustees. The Board then ad-
journed.
Secretary Dornberg gave some COW
statistics, showing what some of the
patrons of the creamery received for
the produce of their COWS from Feb. 1,
1897, to Feb. l, 1898. The table pre-
sented is as follows:
Name No Co
Thomas March. l;
A. ID. Stewart Observation-Disclosures. l.
A. G. Miller ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. l;
L. ID. Lyman ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. II
D. w. Banker
L. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
w. r. HOuck. ............................
John Stewart OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1
Robert Stewart ...........................
| A. D. Smith h...........................
Hugh McDougall. l.......................
h. PeavOy... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1