The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-16
DA|RYMEN FAVOR
COUNTRY PLANT
Sentiment Shown at Series
of Meetings Is
Unanimous
PLANS SOON TO
BE FORMULATED
Speakers Surprised in Rockingham,
When 27 of 80 Members of Milk Pro-
ducers' Local Attended Meeting -
Large Gathering in Putney.

ducers' Local Attended Meeting i
Large Gathering in Putney.
a surprise awaited r. D. Lull OF
Worcester, Mass, district manager of the
New England Milk Producers associa
ton, County President F. L. Parmalee OF
Putney and County Agent Wayland p
Frost Of Brattleboro when they reached
Rockingham Yesterday afternoon for
meeting OF the branch of the \. f. NJ
T. A OF that section, as q out Of the 80
members OF that local were present and
entered enthusiastieal into the discus
sions The meeting lasted from ! 30 to
5 o'clock
| This was the last of series OF four
similar gatherings held in the Connecti
cut valley section OF Windham county
for the election OF officers and general
business transactions of the local
branches OF the organization, and it was
! the most encouraging, everything consid
cred. although much interest had been
shown in the other meetings. Hugh Ii.
| OBrien was elected president and Frank
1 Needen was chosen secretary.
The first Of the four meetings, taking
up the general dairy marketing problems,
vas held in the Farm Bureau Office in
! Brattleboro Tuesday night and already
has been reported. This was followed by
second gathering in Westminster
Wednesday afternoon, when from Is to
20 members were present, and when l.. y
Miller and Winthrop Bent were re-
elected president and secretary rerpcc-
lively.
About Is dairymen attended the meet
ing in the town hall in Putney Wednes
day evening. when an oyster supper was
part OF the program, and when + l..
parmelec, president, and j. J Knight.
secretary. We're reelected to office II
was one of the most enthusiastic dairy
meetings held in Windham county in sey
eral months and was attended by repre-
sentatives from Chesterfield, Brattleboro,
and Westminster. The larger gathering
was planned TO be held in Putney mas
much as the putnev district produces
, more than half Of the entire carload of
milk which is being shipped daily from
this territory to Springfield. Mass.
The shipment, plans for which occupied
, 80 much Of the time of the Farm Bureau
and the dairymens organization during
, the past summer, is now going very sue
, cessfully and in December netted the
shippers nine and ono quarter cents a
quart. This price, it Is understood, is by
a considerable margin the most success
ful return for milk ever obtained BY
, farmers in this territory,
Discussion centered about the country
/ plant project. and besides talks by
County President Parmelee. District
! Manager Lull and County Agent Frost
i Sterling w Bristol OF Collinsville, Conn.
gave a very interesting description OF the
cooperative country dairy plant whicl
is supplying milk and butter to Hartford
: Following the program Putney dairvmeI
| entered into a spirited discussion of tht
merits of tho new proposition, and tht
! gathering did not break up until nearl,
j | o'clock
! To summarize the discussion OF til,
: dairymen at the various meetings il
!, might be said that local milk producer,
! seemed unanimous in their opinion il
i regard to the desirability Of carrying out
the country plant project, agreeing thai
il was the most satisfactory scheme
which ever has been brought up for soly
: ing the local problem.
: As the milk situation now stand.
:, dairvmen might suddenly find them
selves without a market for their prod
:. net, as was the case last summer wheI
: the Boston dealers gave no warning o
an oversupply of their market othe
than to cease to send containers il
which tho producers expected to MAKE
I their shipments This forced larg
! amount of milk back upon the produe
ers. who had no facilities for caring 70
q or disposing of it. The country plan
u would be an Insurance to the dairvmcl
: that whatever milk they produced
I whether the large amount Of winte
and spring or the supply of the lat
~ summer months-would be taken ear
y of at the plant, as large an amount a
:. possible being disposed of as Who'll
milk and the surplus being turned int
byproducts.
At the close of the series of meeting
& County President Parmelee and Count
Agent Frost expressed much satisfactio
at the response which the dairyme
N showed in the new project. y committe
ef meeting will be held at an early dat,
l3 bringing together representatives fror
~ all the different districts for the purpos
- of discussing plans for the eonstructio
IL of Il plant Other points which the con
mittee will have to take up are the pros
pective business which could be locke
for. the location which would be mos
r, satisfactory to the entire district, an
X. the means of financing what probabl
will be the largest marketing projet
ever started in this territory. II is III
derstood that steps already have bee
IS. taken bv three banks in Brattlcboro an
h. Bellows Fails registering interest and c,