The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-20
VT. FARM MACH. CO.
ABSORBS MONARCH
EVAPORATION CO.
True & Blanchard Co., Sell
Evaporation Business to
Bellows Falls Co.
A THRIVING INDUSTRY
Business Startedby True & Blanchard
is a Leading Manufacturer of
Sugar Tools

The Vermont Farm and Machine
Co. Of Bellows Falls, VT, acquires
the Monarch Evaporation Co. of New
port, VT, w. w. True and J. r. Akin
were in Bellows Falls last Wednesday
in the interests of the Monarch Eva
porator Co. and closed with The Yer
mont Farm and Machine Co. deal
whereby the latter acquires the bus
mess and manufacture of the Mon
arch Sugar Tools and will take pos
session of the industry on June 1.
It is to be regretted that Newport
thus loses one of her thriving indus
tries but the rapidly developing
hardware business OF True and
Blanchard Co. demands all the time,
strength and energy of both Mr.. True
and Mr.. Akin and without largely in
creased capital and chance in man.
agement it became more and more
apparent to them that full justice
could not be done to both the store
and the sugar tool business.
Being DESTROYS of seeing the Mon
arch business developed to the limit
of it's great possibilities they are
much gratifed to have it go into the
hands of a company so splendidly
equipped to develop it as is the Yer
mont Farm and Machine Co., one of
Ho h. 70 r>f
sugar tools, having a splendid manu-
featuring plant and with a selling
force already in the field which covers
every maple producing section in the
country.
The Monarch Evaporation and line
of Monarch Sugar making equipment
which was later developed, is strictly
Newport product. 1t was designed
by Mr.. True and nearly all the later
improvements which have been made
on it during the years of develop
mentsare his.
The first Monarch was built in the
tinshop of True and Blanchard Co.,
where they continued to be made
until the industry outgrew these
quarters and the business moved to
it's present location. While the de-
sign and construction of the same
was almost entirely original and a
radical departure from any thing else
of the kind on the market, the basic
principle of the same has never been
changed in the least although many
do
details.
The first Monarch evaporation was
built in 1898, there being only two
or three built that year. Of these
one was sold to the late N. F. Bal
and another to Frank Wheelock
and so far as can be learned both are
in working condition at this time
Since then over 700 Monarchs have
been sold in Vermont, New Hamp.
shire, New York, and a few ir
Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania. The
Monarch Bucket was developer IL
more recent years and only the out
break of the war prevented it's man
ufacture in very large way. In the
season of 10 and IA over $4,000 Of
them were made and sold. The tota
output however has been $4,000
$4,000 of them have been sold thi.
season. Fifty dollars per hundred ane
orders are being turned down ever!
day on account of their being entire
i ly sold out.
The officers of the Monarch Evap
orator Company, all of whom hav,
held the same since its incorporation
in 1914, when it took over the suga
tool interests from True and Blan
chard are as follows:
! President, W. w. True; vice-presi
dent, J. r. Akin; secretary, E. F
Robson; directors, w. w. True, J. R
Akin, E. M. Hunt, F. L. Patterson.
The. Monarch line of goods enjoy
the enviable reputation of being tn
most modern, complete and compre
hensive on the market, and onl
needs working capital, wise manage
ment and wide selling organization
to make it an industry second to non
of its kind in America.
Aside from the Monarch Evapora
tor, each being equally popular, ar
the Hauling Tank, the Storage Tanl
Sap Bucket, Bucket Cover and til
Imperial Evaporation.
i For the past eight years Everet
Hunt has taken charge of the produt
ton of the line and his great naturs
mechanical ability has helped to soly