Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-03-20
port individually, or even solve the
milk problems of perhaps Orleans

milk problems OF perhaps OrlednS
and Caledonia counties Individually
it is endeavoring to outline policies to
cover all New England and to bene-
fit in some measure all the milk pro-
ducers of New England rather than
irving to solve local problems. AS
long as Barton and Newport, Orleans
county and Caledonia county are a
part of New England the milk pro-
ducers in these sections are bound to
be benefited by New Englandwide
proposition.
Many local problems must be solv-
ed by the producers themselves and
vet many still feel that the n. E. M.
P. A. should do it for them. Then
there are other local problems which
will eventually be solved by the N. D..
+ M. P. A., problems which cannot be
solved all in a minute, month, or a
year. Here in Orleans county many
milk producers have been critical be-
cause the N. E. M. P. A. did not
force the contractors to take all the
milk the farmers offered at Size price
#. O. b. Boston set by the Regional
Milk Board. AS a matter of fact,
the price set by the Regional Milk
board was simply agreed to by the
contractors and the N. E. M. P. A,
both parties signing "Gentlemen's
Agreement" probably not enforce
able by law. Some OF the terms of
| the agreement were as follows: G)
1.-The contractors were to take on no
extra milk after the new price (81ac)
went into effect; (2) nearly one-kalf
cent included in the 141ac allowed the
contractors to charge for retail milk
was granted to cover cost to them OF
carrying a surplus due to the rise IN
the price of milk. In many cases
contractors who signed the agree
ment have failed to live up to it
have taken on more producers in
some sections and dropped producers
in other sections; have dropped the
price Of milk in many sections as
much as 6Oc to soc per 100 pounds of
3.5Go milk below the price they
agreed to pay when they signed the
agreement with the N. E. NJ. P. A.
The association has done it's part;
some of the contractors failed to keep
their written promises.
| The N. E. NJ. P. a. is endeavoring
to work out constructive policies.
One Of the things which will be en-
| phasized very strongly this year is
| farmers cooperative milk plants and
creameries. The crux of the whole
situation really lies with the farmers
| themselves. IF every dairyman in
New England would cooperate in
New England-Wide movement to es-
tablish Cooperative country milk and
cream plants assisting in his own To-
cal community by taking shares of
, stock in the county milk Or cream
plant established there and selling his
| product to an organization ORGANIZED
! by farmers and controlled by farmers,
the present dairy situation would be
comparatively simple one The
next step would be cooperative dis
tributing plants in the cities owned
and controlled by the farming inter-
est. This is no idle dream. 1t is a
reality of the future. and, in brief, is
the program of work which the Off
GERS of the n. E. NJ. P. A. have ahead
of them in the next few years. The
foundation of the whole matter rests
on the farmers themselves, if New
England farmers during the next few
years will only accelerate their pres
eent progressive spirit and will strong
ly back their organizations with their
financial and moral support, a New
England-wide distributing system
owned and controlled by New En-
gland dairynen may be reality in
the comparatively near future. But
if dairymen have an Indifferent atti- |
tude Of LET George do it," gr1mble !
because the price isn't right and |
knock their own organization, then
they must accept present conditions
ana take the prices passed out to !
them by the contractors. We need |
farmers of wide vision today; farmers |
who see beyond the boundary of their |
own county, men who look at things
from the broad point of view. "What !
can be done to serve the interests of I
the largest number of farmers in the |
greatest possible way?" A big future
is before the dairy industry of New
England eff" Will the farmers of
Orleans county fill the eff"
Here is what some of the farmers
OF orleans county are doing:
At Troy Wednesday, about sixty
farmers gathered at Brooks hall and
held an incorporation meeting pre-
paratory to the organization of the
Creamery. V. R. Jones of St. Adams
was present and assisted in the or
ganization. The following officers
were elected: President, S. Phoenix;
vice president, j. B. Powers; clerk,
Fred Valley; treasurer, Ed. Field.
These officers together with Paul
Longevin, E. F. Clark and F. M.
Hardy, compose the board of direc-
tors. This organization will be cap
italized at $4,000, divided into 400
shares Of $25 each. Already over
$4,000 has been subscribed The
farmers of the Missisquoi Valley will
have taken a long step forward in
solving the problem of marketing
their dairy products when the wheels
begin turning in the Missisquoi Val
ley Cooperative creamery.
At Newport, the Cooperative Dairy
company propose to start building
on their lot in the spring. At best
this plant cannot be running before
another fall but it will fill long-felt
need in the vicinity surrounding
Newport.
The Jersey Star Cooperative
Creamery association is doing a thriv-