The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-06-21

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! At the finad roundup IN the county
/ fair there were about 80 pigs shown.
This was one of the interesting fea-
lures of The county fan.
POULTRY
Poultry work consisted of securing
a specialist to give four culllng dem
onstratons and the formulating OF
a scratch feed to be manufactured and
distributed by the exchange. Several
tons have already been sold to mem
DerS.
h PLYMOUTH CREAMERY
SYSTEM
| have left what | believe to be the
most important project Of all until
the last. By this | refer to the pur-
chase Of the Plymouth Creamery by
the organized farmers of Caledonia
County and other sections of New
England and Canada. This is one of
the greatest marketing projects in
the country today. In this connection
| want you to know that some of the
men in your own county are respOn'
sible to a greater degree thanan 9TH
en- men in pushing this deal to final
success, and | want you to realize that
Mr.. Chandler, Mr. Hallett, Mr. Rus
sell, Mr.. Welch and many others
should have your greatest apprecIa-
ton in this respect. Furthermore, |
desire to say that when the deal was
finally dcadlOcked because the inVen-
torial value had gone from $24 900
to $30S, 900 exclusive Of the goods
and supplies on hand it was Mr.. Hal
. lett and Mr.. Chandler who finally
made the deal whereby you actually
receiver plants and equipment inVen
toried at over $308,00O together with
goods and supplies valued at about
SIS .O0G for S275 600 and in such q
way that Mr.. Davies has no direct
claim against the property. | want
vol to understand | ann talking to
yCu today, as your Farm Bureau
Agent and in no other capacity.
Should YOU desire to hear from me
AZ any time in another capacity !
would be glad to appear. ! believe
Vol have the greatest opportunity to
mmkot your dairy products now OF
any group of men. ! realize that
everything viii not 90 to suit every
body. However, | know that you
viii receive fof your products eX-
actly what they bring in open market
less what it costs to manufacture and
mglkct them. DO not expect the
Iucv company to break its back by
trying to pay a higher price than
anyone else you receive what
there is in it and the business IS
being handled efficiently, you should
be satisfied You have a manager
H.. 10. ,rrO,,,, ,,,, wit tbis mart
lar business, and you can not find a
man who can handle it any better.
Now get behind him and furnish
YOU product in the best possible con
diton and give him your loyal sup
port. If you do not always receive
the highest price, rcwCaber that II
vor all switched to thc Other fellow
he could not pay you as much as you
are now receiving.
Furthermore realize that if. Hood $
had purchased this business and
thereby secured 2 rlo1opGlv in this
section Won rr1lL nv .i07i .htY tig
interest or these rl r'a aal il add
tion pay for them without even re-
cciving any common stock and it
MIGHT have broken the back of the
NJ Il. NJ. P. A.
Nv only regret in this enterprise
is that we did not know more about
It when we started and not make
premises that could not be fulfilled
However, | am confident that all
misunderstandngs viii be irOned out
and that nearly everyone will be sat
isfed. In this connection ] am re-
lablv informed that you will receive
for Nav milk moro than what the
N. f. NJ. p A. price figured. Would
this have happened, had the business
beer purchased by someone else?
now desire to take a few minutes
OF your time in reviewing the growth
Of your organization. It is almost
FIVE years apo when | was hired by
your Executive Committee. They
suggested that ! boain my duties at
the State Fair. At that time | knew
very little of the Farm Bureau work
in the State Of Vermont. Imagine
NV feelings when ! was met by the
Director of Extension Service who
told me that | have net been APP
proved bv him. ANYHOW it was not
LONG before my appointment was
temporarily approved and finally per
wancntly. | do not take any credit
for securing this approval becouse
the Executive Committee We're re-
spcneibe for it. Well finally | was
located at &c Eastern Avenue. Pros
poets were not very bright. There
was very little money in the treas
ulv. Tho Office furniture consisted
Of small book rack, q desk and
cid Typewriter and stand which
was afterward claimed by someone.
The outside tackle consisted Of
roadster car in the garage for repairs
The treasury was almost dcfunct.
The membership consisted Of about
200 men who had given up hope. An
eXC cutive committee meeting was
soon called. Imagine my feelings the
next morning when | read in the
weekly paper that unless some money
was raised at once the Farmers As
ISOLATION would 80 out of being.
However some money was raised and
the grim humo1 Of it is that your
organization outlvcd the particular
company that owned that paper.
The growth of the organization
has been steady, if not rapid. At
the close of our year Feb. ], 1916,
W, had 293 members. Feb. /, 1917,