The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-02-28

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In Janhary,~@1912,,Sa s1ittle@eream-
cry. at .StrumssssAXis is, ~ manufactured
$4,000 pounds Of .huttssy ywhtSh 1sn;
the general rule sAfSSthe SBab bc6ckS SkestS
would have an sia,anI ssoSeirar,aannI Of Nearly,
1000 pounds. spsining> ths ss3earlIys5(
stages if we haaattempts sds tte un
the creamery in ths Win ter Ws Is Seouid ,aSii q
not have manufa etlHed 1-2oSnfNbis
per month, and onsthat. acco,inAs5the
creamery was shutatpWns \ dur uirMgsthe
cold weather, and eXery + a 11ner
hisSewn butter at hpmssSssss
~. q oaed ' a Monthly Profits: -.
+ Now. regarding this :over-runxof
2. .oo0spnunds. at:;a price of say, sas
peran nolfnd NET, it would mean pros
fit Of 500 ,0e.~@We will say thax the
totarexpense Of operating the nrleaiinn4Aa
Eery~wa $4,000 it would .leaRe q.
profit Of $55O.o0~ to-. be returned to
it's patrons for one mo- nth in theysway
of dividends, simply from ~thespver-
run, taking it for granted that the!
mana gemept~paid 1thesnatxpnsss the
full price 5per9pgnnd for vButen~ fat:
that they received per pound for, BUT
ter. This i$550.005per month"; sho oWss
a good example of.how it pays farm
ers to work together in co-opera-
tive way, Instead of patronizing a
central plant, or selling their cream
to others on the Babcack. test for if.
this cream had been sold to. a CEN
tralizer, they would have held out
probably or cents per pound as
profit between what they would
pay for butter fat and what the but
termWould sell for on the market, be-
sides keeping all the advantage of
the 2over-run secured by manufacture
ing butter: with modern machinery.
(The Babcock test is built to give an
average gage of butter that can be
secured from pound of butter fat
by the ordinary ss clllIlil methods at
home and this II to 20 per cent of
over-run, means what can be saved
with modern up-to-date machinery.
We have a good modern plant here
and 7 believe it should be re-organ-
lied as the Bemidji Farmers Mer-
CHOU ts' onu Dstukers- III Cooperative
Creamery association. 2 An associa-
ton of bankers and merchants could
get together and sign a. guarantee to
the bankers to furnish ample~funds
with which to run the creamery and
pay spot cash for the cream, as de-
llVered from day to day, and as a
protection to those guarantors the
banks that furnished such funds dur
Ing each month should be part of
the board of managers and should
see to it that the business of the
creamery was handled in i a promnt
and 'businesslike way; that the but
fNer was shipped +out promptly to re-
liable consumers and that collections
were make with equal promptness,
and that no unnecessary leaks we're
allowed in the local management. If
this plan was carried outath butter
could be made, sold and collected for
inside of 80 days: The plan of CO.
operation should be as a co-operatfye
centralizing plant. The MANAGER to
organize cooperative farmers. cream
routes, or association at every rail-
road shipping town. at which there
is no local creamery within reason
able distance of Bemidji, and3every
pound of butter fat furnished by an
individual or such cooperative units,
would share in the dividends by the
local creamery without any necessity
OF subscribing for shares Of stock.
With this proviso, that. from stations
where there is located a. aofarmers CO. CO.
operative creamery, the Bemidii
plant should not solicit trade, but If
cream was shipped from There Vol
unfairly, those patrons would receive
the fiat, price per pound without any
Interest in the dividends:rf e'@o'
The purpose should be to encour
age the upbuilding OF cooperative
plants throughout the county, in
stead Of attempting to break them
down. The payments of such cream
shipments to be made through the
local banks Of the home town, or Be-
midji,' on plan as follows:
The merchant or head man of
cream route to fill out duplicate
bill of the cream shipped to the
creamery, one copy going to the,
creamery manager and one to the
local bank, such bank to advance the
money during the month to the pat
rons at once and collect same from
the creamery as the butter was sold,
and the payment to be protected for
such advancement by the Company
guaranteeing the working capital
Need Bigger Supplies Of Cows
: Another feature to be worked out
jointly with the creamery is for a
few merchants to form a guarantee
company, subscribing the net capital
stock with which to bring in an
ample supply, of cows and distribute
among farmers in this vicinity. that