The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-09-05
FARMERS OF STATE IN GREAT
MEETING
continued from Page A.

It'nnTlIGeQ from EdSe ~
, other countries, Mr.. Shuford
tt9TH"3 Of this in Catawba county, where
- lid that though it was in a small
q vet il had been begun started
'S@n- ? YEAR and a half ago. Then
nmmbpr of the farmers interested
g. 6airyjng established a cooperative
thirty or forty men signing
= n0ta to secure the funds to start
+ha BUSINESS. The manufacture of
,1trar was begun on the first Of June,
9010 and there has been success be-
vond anticipation. The price Of but
Ter has increased, the farmers who
uara getting Il II cents, Is cents
ava IS cents a pound, are now getting
q GOOD price, 81 cents a pound f. 0. b.,
a. hickory. h was impossible I'M
der the old method and in local terri
+orI- The plans We're formulated and
furnished by the United States De-
rartment of Agriculture, and are be-
;ng worked out along the cooperative
lines and these Mr.. Shuford explain
cd The butter is put up in so and 40
and 80 pound boxes and is sold direc+
~ the retail grocery trade. The
cream is ~pasteurized and shipped to
ice cream manufacturers. 1t is now
PROPOSED to make the ice cream itself.
The route being long on which
cream was collected it was determined
10 manure cSSS "Ioo GIN " ilIII net
these on the cooperative plan. each
farmer who furnishes eggs has a listed
number given him ard his cartons are
numbered, SO it can be told from
whom the eggs come and if the eggs
are not fresh the trouble can be To-
Gated. The eggs are paid for by the
daily, paying two to three
cents above market price and getting
2 couple Of cents above this because
the eggs are fresh. The first year
the cooperative creamery sold
s13.6S5.0O worth of butter and
s2.473.00 for cream. a total, OF
s14,6S6.OO. Since September first to
June first, s3.652.O 90 has been paid for
eggs. In June the sales Of eggs
amounted to $2,7OO. and in July to
$500; August about the same. There
are orders from all over the South
for butter and SgS
Mr.. Shuford showed that the
creamery plans had resulted in more
care for the condition of the COWS;
of. and that the future looked bright;
that a result of the work is for the
closer association of the farmers, for
more money n for better goods.
There was animated discussion af-
ter Mr.. ShufOrd concluded. and Prof.
". n. HUT said that work Of this
kind would lend up to a standardi-
AoIioiI VI dhd eSSS, IN li1dI
its effect would be to standardize in
other matters. He expressed high
approval of the work and what it
was accomplishing.
The Vicc-PresidentS.
The convention voted to have vice
presidents from each county, these to
aid IN securing attendance and for
the general increase in value Of the
convention. The following were elect
ed:
Alamance-Edgar Long. of Ora.
ham,.
Alexander-R. n. Luper. of Hidden
Aleghany-S. F.. Thompson. OF
Walls.
Anson-Dr. w. J.. McLendon, OF
Wadesboro.
Ashe-Capt. John Dent. of Jeffer-
son.
Avery-W. H. Giles, of Newland.
Beaufort = B. H. Thompson, OF
Aurora.
Beaufort-B. H. Thompson. of Aurora
Bertie-C. w. Spruill, of Quitsna
bladen-O. L.. Clark, of Clarkton
Brunswick-Jack Johnson, of Win.
naboro.
Buncombe-Dr. A. S. Wheeler, o
Baltimore. 49,.
Burke. E. Coulter, of Connell!
Springs.
CaharruS-J c.. Coffee.
Camden-John f. Foster, Of Sout
Mills.
Carteret-C. V. Robinson, of More
head City.
Caswell-B. S. Graves, of Yancey
Vile, -.
Catawba-John w. Robinson, New
ton, r. f. D.
Chatham-B. n. WEIGH, of Bea
Creek.
Cherokee-W. P. Walker, Of An
dreWs.
Chowan-K. w Mason, of Edenton
r. F. D.
Clay-W. T. Bumgarner, of Hayes
Vile.
tleveland-A. A. Warlick, Of Casor
t0lumbus-J. A. Brown, Of chad
bourn.
Craven-Daniel Land, New Berr
K. +. D. No. 2.
Cumberland-J. H. Currie, of Fay
0+t1r