Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-06-21
HIGHER MILK PRICES HERE?
Frank w. Clark Tells Local
Dairymen They Are Coming.
Two or Three Cents n Quart More
First steps toward organizing
County Producers Taken mt
Meeting Monday Night.

Dairymen of Chittenden county Monday
night at meeting in Morrill, hall APP
pointed n committee on organization and
survey committee to see the darymen
OF the county as n preliminary TO an
organization of producers that market
or find IT convenient to market their
product in this city or Winooski. The
former committee consists of F.. h. Cat
lin OF South Burlington. chairman of the
meeting John Stewart of South Bur-
lington vicinity and Fred Fiske, SUPER
intendent of the Experiment station
farm. II. T.. Cove is chairman of the
other committee. which consists of nine
persons. including County Agent j. w.
Dana. Prices here would have to be
raised two or three cents a quart, Frank
w. Clark of Williston predicted.
f. II. Abbott. the opening speaker. ex-
planned the way similar association in
Barre had been organized. Mr.. Abbott
Is county agent of Washington county.
1T had an exhibit in show windows of the
city. and il even had slips printed which
were put upon the bottles, for adver-
Using purposes. The amount of milk
sold was not iessened by the increase
in price obtained. The Barre associa-
ton joined the ~ t.. NJ. =. A., which
protects producers, he said against local
inen an ASSOCIATION oil Barre
retailers was formed, and the two organ
izations worked together. The retailers
there now get eight cents a quart, they
would get nine cents on July first and ten
cents next fall
Prof. G.. f. f.. Story told of drinking
milk at a hotel here with a sediment so
thick at the bottom that he could not see
through the glass. He told his hearers
to get rid of the notions that they would
get any sympathy from the people at
large and also to forget they were in
dividuals and do team work. Prce-cut-
ting did no good. Advertising the value
of milk as food was an excellent idea
An association in a Massachusetts town.
he said. used labels on its bottles tell
ing of the food value of milk. It's cost
to produce. etc When milk was clean
and sanitary high prices could be COM
manded.
Dean ]. L. Hills in speech of three
minutes told of three notes. The
producers mote prevented him from
seeing the value of milk as food because
he drank it, although cabbages etc. con-
tanned larger proportion of water than
milk did The retailers mote was the
duplication of different routes by many
different retailers. County Agent J. e.
Carrgan, he said, once counted seven
carts delivering along the same route in
this city The producers mote was
that regarding machinery. But every
producer should eliminate guest cows.
Cows on every farm were Of only two
classes those that ate more than they
made and those that made more than
they ate.
F. w. Clark of Williston explained the
workings of the New England Milk Pro-
ducers' association, of which he is presi-
dent. Similar associations were at New
York and Chicago to the one that had It's
headquarters in Boston. He predicted
that by the end of the year the three
would have a total membership Of 100000
dairymen with 100000 cows. He was not
able to say whether the dealers in Bos-
ton would accept the new prices to be
fixed by the n. l.. NJ. p. A. on July T.
nor whether the consumers would accept
the increase. He explained the system
or prices. With the new chocolate fac
tory here. the condensed milk plant of
Borden's at Hinesburg, ETC., he believed
the city would have to pay well for it's
milk. The price here would have to be
raised two or three cents. he asserted.
County Agent Dana said he wanted to
help. Organization would abolish much
dissatisfaction among producers.
III. b. Chittenden, who was asked to
speak, said word for the retailer who.
he asserted had TO cope with the nuisance
of stolen bottles, etc. He had started
the movement to get the present law,
which established a fine of IS for using
bottles containing registered milk for
any other purpose than for milk