The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-02-22
Vernon Center
From Wednesdays Daily.

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From Wednesdays Daily.
The Vernon Center Creamerv as
sociation's annual meeting was held
in the town hall Saturday, February
16, when President C. M. Warren
called the meeting to order at IL a. m.
The hall was well filled. Nearly ev-
cry patron was present. There was
also goodly number of ladies pres
ent who took as keen an interest in
the business of the day as did their
husbands, the only regretawas that
they could not exercise the same right
(vote) as the men. But we are fast
coming into our rights and as soon
as we do we hope to remedy some or
the weak points which we observed
in their business methods. Every
body is Justly proud of our creamery
association which is rather unique In
so much that it has no by laws or
constitution and has never issued any
stock and it ranks among the best in
the state and receives the highest
price for butter fat of any creamery
around That our buttermaker is O.
K. and knows the business from A to
u, is evident by the fact that for the
fourteen years the creamery has
been in business it has shipped to
some eastern firm and that Vernon
Center creamery butter is much
sought after, by fasteners who know
what good butter is. The secretary
read the minutes of the last annual
meeting and all the intervening board
meetings and also the financial state
ment. The reports were all accepted
as correct Some time was taken up
in discussing the feasibility of cheese
making in connection with butter
making but no action was taken. A
recess was then taken until 1870. H
r. Halverson served luncheon of
sandwiches, doughnuts and coffee to
all present which was greatly enjoyed.
The first business of the afternoon
session was the selling of the butter
milk, A. C. Gray acting as auctioneer.
Lively bidding proceeded. II. c. Kraus
who evidently knows the real value
of the dope being the highest bidder
it was knocked down to him for ninee
ty--two cents per barrel. Mr.. Withrow
then took the floor and gave a splen-
did talk pertaining to ALTERNATING
emphasizing the necessity of cleanif-
ness in the handling of milk, pals,
cans, separators without which no
high grade butter can be made. H I
also told of the new pasteurizing out
fit which has been bought and would
soon be in operation. Preceding the
election of officers A. c. Gray took
the opportunity to make motion that
the creamery checking account be
transferred from the Vernon Center
State bank to the Farmers State bank
the motion was overwhelmingly lost.
By a previous meeting of the cream
cry board the G.. DIS had been taken
from the Vernon Center State bank
to the Vernon Center Farmers bank
transfer this fund back from whence
it came was carried by a big vote
The following officers and directors
were elected as follows: President,
G.. M. Warren; vice president, Thorn
as Caven; manager, G. G. Cornish !;
secretary, A. G. Halverson; directors
Tom Caven, Dan Bowen Fred Elem
ming, Jesse Mobiles, John Schwartz,
butter maker, Will Withrow, with a
salary of 500 per month and one
half cent per pound for all butter
made over 100000 pounds All the of :
ficers were reelected and all the d.
rectors with the exception of three
Everything points to another big sue
cessful year and that the association
will not only maintin it's past stand
ing but go way over the top.
The following is the annual report
of the Vernon Center Creamery com
pany for the year ended December 81
1917:
Milk received, 1879 pounds; but
ter-fat in milk, 4443.4 pounds; cream
received, 397,147 pounds; butter-fat
in cream, 101,2S7.6 pounds.
Total butter-fat, 1O5,731. pounds
Average test of milk, 80; average
test of cream, 25.6. amount of but
ter shipped, 1OS,534 pounds; amount
of butter sold patrons, 1852 pounds
amount of butter sold merchants, g.
867 pounds. Total butter, 128,97s
pounds. Overun in pounds, 23,242;
overrun in per cent, PIG; Received
for butter shipped, $45,476. O3; re-
ceived for butter sold patrons, ST.
41S.62; received for butter sold mer-
chants, Slips so. Total receipts fol
butter, $54, 123 45. Received for but
ter-milk, 1904 80; received for cream
and butter milk, sales at bank, $45.76:
balance bank sales forward from las1
year, $21. 20; received for two trees
sold from creamery lot, So 90. Tota
receipts, $54, 1881. Paid patrons by
check, $43,665. Is; paid patrons by
butter, $3.50. Al; paid patrons b.,
sundries, $10.93; paid into sinking
fund, $1,035 .43; reserved for ex-
penses, $2,636. 80, $54,49S. 81. Aver
age price received for butter shipped
41.9 cents; average price received
for butter-fat, 51.I5 cents; average
price paid for butter-fat, 40 cents;
cost of making pound of butter, g.:
cents. A. G. Halvorson, secretary
and treasurer.
MISS MILLER MARRIED..
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