Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-12-10

Dldle department Ol dRI lCulluIC, lOl
December, contains the following in.
formation:
New Markets for Vermont Milk
The cities and larger towns in south
ern Massachusetts, offer excellent out
lets for creameries desiring new or ad'
ditional markets for whole milk, cream
and skim milk.
The biggest problem, however, in
selling milk in those cities is that OF
transportation. This problem has how
ever been eliminated to a large extent
as through milk car service has been
installed by the three lines trancport-
ing the milk. This service reduces the
transportation charges, assures less loss
in the quality of the products while IN
transit, saves the transfer of shipments
1t several points, reduces the number
Of jugs required to transport the milk,
and assures more prompt delivery with
less delay in the return of empty jugs.
Several of the cooperative creamtres
are making daily shipments a the
present and it is hoped that after the
shipments get to operating on a regu-
lar uninterrupted schedule\ tina. large
quantite, of Vermont milk viii move
lato those cities At the presen, tim
many of the larger dealers are required
TO truck milk many miles in order to
meet their demands.
Managers of creameries shipping
whole milk and cream should use sew
e1al precautions which will help to eli
inmate some of the transportation difh-
culties. In milk shipments which are
required to travel part of the journey
in open baggage cars, each can should
he properly sealed Cream cans should
always be sealed to prevent shipments
being tempered with while in transit.
Managers should see that used ship
ping tags are removed from every can
lust recently cans in several lots Of
shipments reached their destination
bearing two tags, each tag containing
the names of different consignees. Care
in these matters will aid the transpor-
tation companies and help to expedite
the movement of full and empty jugs.
New Cooperative Factories Nearing
Completion
Rapid progress is being made on the
construction of the new cooperative
creamery buildings in Mortified and
BTattleboro The Mortified producers
expect to be located in their new build
ing about February LIST. The building
at Brattleboro will not be ready for
occupancy before March LIST The cost
Of construction end equipment IN both
plants will be approximately 100000.
Sweet Cream
During the latter part of November
and at the present writing the supply
OF sweet cream is far below the de
mands of the city dealers. Any cream
cries which are in a position to make
regular shipments of sweet cream test
ing SO degrees to 40 degrees should
communicate with the field agent i'll
marketing who will refer them to deal
ers in nearby markets. Dealers will
furnish cans.
Prevailing Market Conditions
The markets for practically all food
commodities are in a very unsettled
and sensitive condition Buyers in all
lines of food products are very eau
tiOus and are buying only for imme-
date sale. Butter merchants are keep
ing their floors cleared owing to the
uneasy tone of the markets. In Bos-
ton many are drawing on their storage
supply The demand for fresh butter
is firm but the quality must be espec-
tally high and very uniform. Buyers
are critical so that butter showing the
slightest deviation from a high score
will cause the price range to lower
rapidly. Foreign imports of butter
from Denmark New Zealand and Can
ada caused rapid declines in prices dur
ing the last week in November, partic-
ularly on the New York market
Maple Products
Many farmers still have on hand
large quantities of maple sugar and
syrup, in addition to large holdings in
city warehouses. The consumption of
maple sugar was decreased this year
owing to the high cost of granulated
sugar. VIII ch has restricted to some ex-
tent the manufacture of blend maple
products. With the reduction in the
price Of graduated sugar the manufac-
turers of blend products may resume
operations on a larger scale after the
first of the year This will aid in NOV
ing some of the surplus sugar now in
storage
Cold Storage Holdings
The summary report of cold storage
holdings of dairy products on Novem-
Der as issued by the bureau of mar
kets show that the holdings of cream
cry butter was 101 ,72S 900 pounds, COM
pared with 10O,474,OOJ pounds on No
vember |. 1919 an increase of 1,254,0OO
pounds over last year
Butter Scoring Contest
In 1918 and 1919 the College of Agri-
culture. University of Vermont, and