The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-08
Windham County Organiza-
ton Formed at Meeting
in BrattlebOrO
OUTPUT ANNUALLY
$4,000 POUNDS
George Tuttle Of South Londonderry
Elected President Better Quality
and Price Among Objects - Various
Suggestions Made.

and Price Among Objects - Various
Suggestions Made.
Representatives of creameries of
Windham county in a meeting in Brat
tleboro yesterday afternoon organized
the Federation of Windham County
Creameries and elected officers. The
creamerles of the county make over half
a million pounds of butter a year and it
IS believed that cooperative effort will
bring about not only an improved quail
ity of product but very likely better
price in the market.
The dairy situation in Windham
county is rather interesting, although
of less magnitude than in many other
counties in Vermont According to
the statistical abstract as published
by the Vermont department of agri-
culture in 1916, there are approximate
ly $500 dairy cows in Windham county.
The product of large number of
these is used for local consumption. Of
the surplus above that used locally,
somewhat over half is handled by six
creameries, all but one of which are
cooperative and controlled entirely by
the farmers who produce the cream.
The creameries referred to include
the Deerfeld Valley, Wilmington;
North River, Jacksonville; Guilford,
Guilford; Windham County, Newfane;
Wardsboro, Wardsboro; and West Riv-
er, South Londonderry. These six
ereameries make approximately $4,000
pounds of butter year, and this is
sold in a large number Of cities in
, Massachusetts and Connecticut. Some
are developing large parcel post trades,
which allow the ereameries little more
to cover extra cost of package but
still furnish fresh butter to consumers
at a low figure.
/ On Jan. "A representatives from all
the six ereameries mentioned met in
Brattleboro to consider ways and meth
DDS of improving the quality of their
| butter and the general efficiency of the
creameries. A similar conference was
held at Brattleboro March 6 and the
general topics of creamery by-products
and the butter markets were discussed
y. W. UOlSI OI lut GHlltu States
dairy division and Mogens R. Tolstrup
of the United States Office of markets
were present at both conferences and
discussed topics along their respective
lines.
The services of these are made avail
able to the creameries of Vermont
through the efforts of State Commits
sioner F. S. Bingham of st. Adams
Thu North a|
sonville is about to enter into an agree
ment with Mr.. Fryhoffer to cooperate
in every possible way in order to se-
cure the best possible quality and the
highest possible efficiency of the cream
cry. Mr.. Fryhoffer will make frequent
visits to the creamery and work with
the butter maker and directors along
these lines. and if any Improvement
can be made in the quality, Mr.. Toll
strup may possibly be able to look up
a market where the product will bring
little higher price. Up to the limit
Of what these men can take on this
work is rendered without charge and
several of the other creameries are
. planning to take advantage of this
assistance, which will enable them to
examine their business and in case
there are chances for improvement to
help in working them out
At a meeting yesterday committee
brought in constitution for a fedora
ton of Windham county ereameries
The purpose of this federation, as out
lined, is to bring creamery directors
. and butter makers In closer touch with
each other so that they may discuss
. and confer on common problems re
, lating to establishing uniform prod
uct of the highest possible grade
Conferences are to be held the second
Wednesday in January, juno and DC
tober at various places.
The North River, Deerfeld Valley
/ Guilford and West River creameries
were sufficiently represented yester
day so that they adopted the constitu
ton. and federation officers were elect
ed. The matter is yet to be brough'
!, before the directors Of the two othel
. creameries. The officers elected were
J, as follows: Pres, George Tuttle OF
Londonderry; vice pres, W. s. Allen Of
Jacksonville; sec.-treas., B. A. White
G more of Guilford.
I At the conference yesterday matter
$ were discussed relating to the individ
7 ual creameries cooperating with tn,
t Farm Bureau in holding summer felt
:, meetings, the plan being to spend al
: hour or two in the forenoon at th
: creamery becoming acquainted witt
d methods and business. Then after
d basket lunch on some nearby lawn t
have speaking appropriate to the oe
easion. The Deerfeld Valley creamer.