The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-04-23

tnat IL Knows at once II lneT0 is any
falling off in quality. We are now mar
keting the butter produced by from
six hundred thousand to seven hum
dred thousand cows"
An Efficient Plant.
No American, accustomed to farmers
who are always individualists and sell
dom combine, would think from an in
spection of this plant that it was
owned and managed by 10000 farmers.
1t would seem to be rather the prop
had spared neither expense nor scien-
tific effort in order to arrive at the
highest stage of efficiency.
Everywhere we found labor saving
devices. Everywhere the machinery
was carefully protected so that danger
to employees did not Turk in the power
machinery that was in operation Ger
many it must be remembered has ma
tional policy that requires that all
workmen be fully protected). In one
room was an ice plant; in another was
the electric plant producing the pow
err used in operating the machinery and
in lighting the establishment.
An Outside Opinion.
Naturally anxious to hear what a
dealer who was rst co-operator and
had no interest in the cooperative
movement had to say about co-opera-
ton, we went to the manager of
jobbing concern dealing in dairy prod
ucts. We found him intelligent and
ready to talk "This is a wholesale
company privately owned" he said.
Il deal with many cooperative dairy
associations. My experience with
them has been excellent They have
better machinery, better organization,
better business methods, produce bet
ter butter than do private creameries
and are altogether satisfactory. There
is another thing which should not be
overlooked. We like to deal with a
concern which can furnish us in large
quantities in absolutely uniform quail
ity. This is what the co-operators do
Nofsingle creamery could give us but
ter in such quantities as do the COOP
erative associations which market the
product of several federated creamer-
les Neither can we get such an abso-
lutely uniform quality elsewhere. We
do not say but that at times private
ly owned creamery will produce just
as good a grade of butter. 1t is al
ways a problem with us, however, as
to each creamery. We have to know
the creamery itself and have to know
whether or not they continue to have
the same butter maker. With the CO.
operative concern, however it is diff
ferent. Nothing gets by them unless
1t is up to standard. They give us
better stuff and they get better prices.
Danish Butter
1--WE do not buy Danish cooperative
butter to any extent 1t is too high.
Besides that there is a duty of ten
marks for a package of fifty kilograms.
For example where we can buy Ger
man butter for 125 marks ($25) per
fifty Kilograms we would have to pay
1873 marks (($2760) for Danish but
ter. The difference is greater than
the amount of the duty because Da-
cause there is a demand for Danish
butter everywhere. Most of the Da-
nish butter goes directly to England.
Cream is admitted to Germany free
of duty. We have tried to ship cream
from Denmark and make butter here,
but it has not succeeded. 1t is too
process. Everybody in
Germany will admit that the Danish
butter is as good as our best German
butter; most think it is better. 1t is
necessary for us to handle the poorer
grade of butter for some of our trade.
We get some Siberian butter which is
considered of the second and third
quality"
A Successful System.
This Is the way the German farmer
sells direct in the city. He unites
With his neighbor il local co-opera-
i've society. This society federates
With others until there is combina-
ion that is big enough to compete
With and Guido any private concern.
lie produces a high quality of prod
let. He handles it in business-like
way Naturally he gets fair price
Ind makes fair profit. Cooperation
GEMS a success.
DOES THE WORK OF CEMENT