Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-11-03
COOPERATIVE SUCCESSFUL
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The creamery has been thoroughly
remodeled with all new and modern
apparatus The addition of a large
ice house with refrigerator and pack
ing room on one end Of the creamery
is giving satisfaction in all respects.
The directors of the creamery realize
the necessity of sanitary surroundings
and so they installed pure spring
water system and tile sewer which
carries all waste over 400 feet from
the creamery. Each time the state
creamery inspector visits this plant
he always remarks upon the sanitary
and we'll managed creamery. saying
it is the best for its size in the state.
Another important step to satisfaction
is that each patron receives cash for
the buttermiIk made from his cream.
The price is fixed at fifteen cents for
each one hundred pounds of butter
made. This does not amount to very
much per patron but the association
pays from $500 to $500 year for this
product. The officers of the creamery
association have been very fortunate
in selecting buttermaker that under
stands his business and takes an I'M
measurable amount of interest in his
work. He has been with the cream
cry since it started and makes a high
quality of butter. The secretary of
the association does not have any
trouble in finding a ready market for
the product. In fact, one party wishes
for all that is made but the officers
think it advisable to ship to several
concerns. A gradual increase in
business each year has placed much
confidence with all of the shareholders.
They have never asked for one pound
of cream. but if there is any dissatis.
faction, the trouble is investigated and
the testing method carried out. A
sample is divided and part is sent to
Usually satisfaction follows this meth
cd. Below are figures showing the
increase in business during the three
years of operation:
Year Patrons Lbs. fat
LIST 80 143. 1856
I'd 1OC-11O 1877, 565
Sd 11O-125 226.571
Figures on this years accounts, show
that it took $500 more to pay patrons
for one week this year than the pre-
vious year. This proves that figures
for next year will be considerably
higher.
The first year 5000 above the regular
market quotations was paid to the
patrons and last year over $1,000.
This amounts to a nice round sum at
the end of each year for each dairy
man: The success of this creamery
to large extent is the foundation to
to any cooperative enterprise. In
brief, it is this, the shareholders
must have untiring confidence in each
other, they must be dependable and
have considerable of that worn out
stick-to-it-ive-ness. Everyone knows
that any business takes a slump at
times. Even the editor of a paper
may have headache and crouch the
days that he is depended upon to make
up his columns therefore, the change
is noticed by the readers and they in
turn complain to one another. Then
the next issue arrives and an entirely
different tone is noticed and all the
lost faith is regained, Where any
thing as valuable as faith or confidence
is lost one week and regained the next
shows a weakness which each individ-
ual should try and correct. The point
that | am getting at is to have faith
in one another, especially if you are
anxious TO obtain success.
OTHER COOPERATIVE ENTER
PRISES.
A majority of the dairymen are
members or have been members of the
cow-testing association which has
| been in operation for three years.
| Much benefit has been derived by the
| Individual diaries. and many are hoping
| that a sufficient number of herds will
| produce interest to provide for the
| association another year, and finally as
| a permanent necessity. The testing
association has bought grain in car lots
and saved enough to pay the testers
expense for the year.
The county agricultural agent has
found the Irasburg people progressive.
| They Rave given him large orders for
car lots of grain and fertilizer, always
right there with that spirit of CO.
operation.
The Cooperative Blacksmith shop,
which started through the Grange, has
met the need Of the public, but cannot
be considered as fully successful yet,
because, of the inability to obtain a
competent man to act as thorough
blacksmith. But good man, a first
class workman, is now at the shop and
/ is doing good work. He is an A l
! hOrseshOer or can make and temper q
perfect butcher knife. There were
twenty-five shareholders who paid
ten dollars share to get the shop
started. The building lot was bought,
shop built and completely stocked
and run smoothly, as long as a man
could be kept at work.
There are probably many more ways
by which this help-one- another or
brotherly spirit could be explained in
regard to 1rasburg, but why cannot
other towns in New England show
more of this spirit.
Louis Hazen