The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-24
Great Returns Brought to
Farmers by Milk Pro-
ducers7 Assn.
|DAIRYMEN MEET
IN BROOKS HOUSE
Speakers from Boston and Springfield
Address Session-Another Meeting
in Putney-Favor Cooperative Buy
ing and Selling.

Two of the series of three dairymens
meetings planned for yesterday and to-
day were held yesterday, the first being
in the parlors of the Brooks House at
2.3O O'Clock in the afternoon with repre-
sentatives from 2l diaries, apd the see
ond last evening in Putney with an at
tendance of 46, practically every dairy
IN the section being represented.
Both meetings were addressed by ".
p Davis of Boston, assistant manager in
the business office of the New England
Milk Producers association, and Howard
Selby, manager of the Springfield Eastern
States Farmers Exchange.
The meeting at the Brooks House was
called to order by F. L. Parmelee of Put
ney, county president of the y. E. M. p.
A., and Mr.. Davis then gave an excellent
| explanation OF the new market plans OF
the organization. He also explained many
or the puzzling questions in regard to the
surplus problem and laid special empha-
SIS on the need of keeping farm accounts
and making available definite milk cost
production data.
| Mr.. Selby, who Is one of the best speak
ers IN this section, said that even though
young the exchange already has transact
ed 100000 worth of business and is deal
ing with the farmers in 40 of the 67 New
England counties Mr.. Selby was asked
to speak especially upon feeds and the
substitute rations available in the absence
OF dlstlllers' grains and previously used
as dairy feeds.
The local n f. NJ p. A. increased its
membership by six additional dairies and
now contains practically 100 per cent of
| the farmers shipping milk to Boston. 1t
Us conservatively estimated that the Bos-
ton office of the n E. NJ p. A. obtained
increased prices for milk in 1918 to pro
ducers TO an extent in excess OF S. 600 600
The running expenses of the association
Tor that year were about $4,000. showing
net return to the farmers OF 500 for
every dollar invested in their o4ganiza-
ton. No marketing association has ever
been so successful in New England as has
this dairymen's organization.
Shortly after the opening of the meet
ing IN Putney the county president. Mr..
Parmelee, called for an expression of opin-
ION as to whether members would nav
part OF the expenses incurred by their
committee in solving the recent milk prob
lem. Henry Frost and Howard Loomis
both OF Putney, made two trips each to
Boston and Springfield, which netted the
entire community very large benefits
They were able to place as fluid milk the
fuh carload which otherwise would have
been sold through the spring months as
cream, the difference in market value be
ing about $4,000 to Windharn county. Ii
was the motion of one of the member.
that collection be taken to meet in par
the expenses of those men, and $50 wa.
taken up.
Following this Mr. Davis of Boston CAV,
an excellent talk in explanation of tn,
association and its marketing plans. Fl,
explained the circumstances under wbicI
the association went on trial to April
, to replace the federal milk commission
representing dairymen in the sale of thei
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