The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-07-10

Dakota will more than equal in dollars
and, cents,' the entire wheat crop Of the
state OF North Dakota. I do not be.
lieve that this statement Is exactly in
sine. But I do believe that the year
1920, with IN ordinary good wheat
crop thr0u ghout the state of North
Dakota will be in the minority of the
amount received from dairy products
throughout the state Of North Dakota.
We will now go back to the first OPP
Grafton of creamery in Minot. This
is q very hard matter to get any real
good sound information on because
all those who were interested in the
first creamery here in MinOt as CO.
operative institution are very careful
about having anything to say about 1t
and in number Of cases when you ask
people you know who were interested
in this, they forget entirely all about
it. But as near as can be ascertained,
there was farmers cooperative
creamery organized in Minot about
fifteen years ago. over in the north.
east part of town. ] have been told
that this creamery did not 60 out Of
business on account of not having
enough material to properly run a
creamery, but they went out of bust
mess through Encouragement. The
next we have Of record is about 1906,
when man by the name of Thompson
started a creamery on the same ground
that is now occupied by the Northern
Produce Company's creamery. This
creamery was discontinued after
few years time, as at TINT particular
time, crops were very good and as
long as wheat could be raised in alb
undance, the farmers did not have any
time to milk cows. Along in about
1911, the crops were not very good and
at this particular time the farmers
began to change and realize that they
must get into the dairy business to-
some extent. The Henningsen Produce
Company, well known corporation
operating throughout the northwest,
having about twenty-five houses scat
tered through the western part of the
United States, Canada, Alaska and
China, took over the creamery COM
pany as what was known as the Hen
ningsen Creamery Company. This
operated about two years with very
little success as a financial PROPOSE
ton. In 1913 the Northern Produce
Company, corporation acting in
North Dakota and also South Dakota
and Minnesota, which was incorporat-
ed under the Minnesota state laws in
1907. This company started in re-
construction issue which took num-
Der of years to get the creamery bust
ness on a paying basis. The next
change in the creamery business in
Minot was in 1914 when the Co-opera-
tive Creamery, known as the Minot
Dairy, was organized, and built. This
creamery operated until sometime in
1917 and was closed asa cooperative
creamery. AGAIN in 1913 it reopened
under the auspices Of the Minot
Creamery Company. What would be
better known as one Of the Townley
inside schemes, being 2 Nonpartisan
creamery put up for the purpose Of
taking care Of the Consumers United
Stores cream. This creamery is stfll
operating today. 81
Some people object to large central
izing plants. By a large centralizing
plant, we mean one having SHIPMENTS
made from radius Of one o2%twO or.
three hundred miles and using. it as al
centralized point for .makinga butter.
This is the only plant in operation that
gives the farmers the best results for
their cream, Because the larger the
volume, the higher the price can We
paid for the cream, because the maru.
featuring cost is great deal less per
pound on the large volumne than on a
small amount, as it takes practically
as much overhead expense to run a
forty thousand pound per month
creamery as it does "a two hundred
thousand pound per month creamery.
The only additional cost would be in
supplies and labor. Now, to give you
as comparison Of local figures over
the past four years, we will give you
the following figures: &
For month Of June, 1915, 81, 514;
for 6 months, 1915. 121,975.
For month Of June, 1915, s55 SIS;
for months, 1916. 1871 $50.
For month of June, 1917, 1904;
for 6 months, 1917, Ia, 410.s
For month Of June, 1918, 1O3,361;
for 6 months, 1918. 281, 73O.
M For month Of June, 1919, 281 ,450;
for 6 months, 1919, 814,251.
This is the amount taken in by one
creamery, with two others operating,
with an output which we believe will
be about co. 900 pounds of butter man