Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-02

! Stockholders of the State Center
Farmers Creamery Association and of
the Minerva Valley Creamery Asso-
citation met in annual meeting Tues
day at State Center and Clemens to
elect officers and review the business
of the creameries for the year Re-
ports Of large and increasing bust
nesses of both were read by the Off
GERS :
The State Center creamery stock
holders elected the following officers:
| VIII A Ellis. president; w. G. Nolta,
director-at-larg to the north: Milton
Hilleman, director to the east: George
Bader, director to the west; Charles
Richeson. director -at-large to the
south; William Swinbank. director to
the southwest: August Hilleman. direc-
tor to the southeast: S. c. Brown, sec
rotary; F. L. Dobbin. treasurer. Nolta,
Hilleman and Brown were reelected.
The directors have re employed Ray
Stouffer manager and H. A. Anderson,
tester. The buttermaker has not yet
been employed.
Do Large Business. ..-
The creamery did a large business.
1t took in s5O.356 pounds of cream.
which produced 24l.446 pounds of but
ter fat for which patrons We're paid
s63 336.41. The creamery produced
295, sos pounds of butter and sold 292,-
9a1 pounds Of it for s7S91915.
The creamery bought 2ls hogs in the
year for $2.551.17 and sold 253 hogs for
s47S6.27. Forty head of hogs were
carried over from the previous year.
Minerva Creamery Makes Record.
That the Minerva Valley Creamery
Association did the biggest business
in 1915 since it's organization was
shown. Secretary L. II. Armbrecht
read his report and officers were
elected for the coming year.
The biggest increase was in the
amount paid out to patrons for cream,
which included actual amount paid,
in exchange general expenses and
amount paid for hauling This
amounted to s90.0S9.s7 In the year just
past. as against s64,4S3.49 in 1914, or
IN increase of s25.606.3S.
This increase was due in a large
measure to the large list OF patrons
which the creamery is now serving.
Approximately 1870 more patrons have
been added during the past year. The
total business done during the year
! 1915 amounted to $10I,205.31. THIS was
the amount paid out for all purposes,
including the cream account hog &C
count. egg business. and shares Of
stock sold. This total business rep
resents an increase over the business
done in 1914 Of $50, 349.4O. The increase
in cream business Is included in this
latter amount.
Old Officers Re- elected.
All the old officers, with the excep-
, ton of the vice president, were re-
| elected. The officers are H. II. Schaper,
president; ]. 0. Bissett, vice president;
| and A. a. Arney, treasurer. The direc-
tors are Chris Schaper for the south
west territory. NJ. E. Perry for the
northwest, J. r. Howard for the north
east, Robert Wantz, southeast: and
Robert Harper for the Hartland neigN
borhood. J. o. Bissett succeeds w. r.
Moninger as vice president, in order
| that he may give more assistance to
Robert Harper. who has all the terri
tory in the Hartland neighborhood and
as far east as Green Mountain.
! General prosperity was evident IN
all the creamery transactions during
| the year just passed. and the new in
Sulated ice mouse "hlch Is being quilt
will insure even better service. The
ice house is nearly completed. and has
! been built at a saving Of $500 by do
ing the work by the day instead Of on
contract
Production Of butter Is at a high
mark Just now, according to the direc-
tors. About seventy tubs a week are
being produced. with an average Of
sixty four pounds to a tub. This is
more than was produced in the flush"
season three years ago.