Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-12-13
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MILK
SITUATION.

Since the last publication of the
Agricultural News n the Monitor
there have been some interesting de-
velopments in the milk situation of
the county. The H. P. Hood COM
pany have advanced their price for
November from $2.15 per hundred
pounds on Thea percent basis to 1925
per hundred on the same basis with
all premiums. They have advertised
for December that they will pay
1920 per hundred pounds on the 81
per cent test basis with the premiums
added as previously except that they
charge IL cents per hundred for de-
livery instead of ten cents. This
really makes the price on the one
hundred pounds of milk for December
at 1927 on the old basis. This is
really what the agreement was with
the New England Milk Producers
association at the time they advised
the resumption of milk in the Hood
territory. The Hood company made
personal canvass of their patrons
and evidently found that there was
considerable dissatisfaction because
they were not sure of the time in
which the agreement with the New
England Milk Producers association
would go into effect, and felt that
the company were evadlng the
agreement. There is also another
factor which influences the situation
and that is that milk is very short at
the present time in both New York
and Boston, and this of course would
tend to raise the price of milk on the
market. Many farmers feel that they
cannot afford to feed grain under
present prices and as a result the
production of milk at this time of
year is considerably below normal.
1t is a question if these farmers who
are scrimping their cows could not
better afford to feed normal ration
with these prices than to reduce the
quantity of their production.
1t is reported that j. G. Turnbull
& Company is making plans to buy
considerable milk and is remodelling
one or two of it's creameries for the
handling of milk.
The farmers of Newport and vicin-
ity held a meeting Nov. 25th for the
purpose of the organization of a To-
cal cooperative milk plant and cream
cry. There was a fairly good atten-
dance and good interest shown. The
farmers who have worked upon the
problem say that there is a great deal
of interest over the territory which
they have canvassed. Mogens R.
Tolstrop, state market agent, and
Mr.. Watson, advertising agent for
the Ayrshire breed of cattle, gave
talks on the essentials of successful
cooperation in this line. The meeting
voted to organize definitely and in
structed the officers and directors tC
take immediate steps for the incor-
poration and to secure the transfer Oh
the property on which they have ar
option. The officers elected are
President, W. T. Kilburn, Derby; vice
president, J. J. Squires, Coventry
secretary treasurer, A. E. True, New
port; directors, George Bailey, New
port Center, A. R. Wells, Newport, FL
E. Robbins, Derby. Efforts will be
put forth in the near future to make
a thorough canvass of the nilk-ship
ping territory and to give every far
mer an opportunity to subscribe stool
and pledge his dairy to this project
The county agent attended con
ference Of the county agents of Yer
mont in Burlington on November 21s
to oath inclusive. w. A. Lloyd Of the
u. S.. department of agriculture wa!
in attendance and gave much of in
terest to the conference. The objec
of the conference is for the county
agents to discuss their different prob
lens and profit thereby by eacl
others success or failure, also to ge
the work Oh as uniform a basis az