Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-03-25
STATE CREAMERlES
FORM COMBINATION
Vermont Cooperative Cream.
cries. Association Launched
at Burlington-W. c. Fuller
Elected President

Nsoo;at,on. with a membership Of CO.
lucrative creameries representing an IN
sestnent of more than half a million
dollars and thousands of farmers, was
rgaYligsd Thursday at the New Sher-
wood Hotsl Tho creameries which went
ito the organization handle between
\, 100000 and 100000 annually and Its
m membership IS open to any Vermont
creamery
Tbs ors~ineriet, which are now III the
prgsnization, are st. Adams East Berk-
ptire, swanton, Milton, Richmond. Grand
Lille, ShelbIrnc and Middlebury Tho
stockho lders mot and elected the follow
Ey directors John McGrath of Milton.
Edward Smith Of East Berkshire, W. c.
Fuller Of Richmond. c. G.. Fletcher Of
Sheburne and j. B. Hoag Of Grand Isle
George II. Dunamors of 81. Adams was
elected clerk
The directors organized with w. c.
cyuusr of Richmond, president j. 3. Hoag
Of Grand isle, vice-president; George II.
Dunsmore Of ST. Adams. temporary
treasurer.
T-hs organization which had its birth
yesterday has for its general object tho
INCORPORATION of the cooperative plants
into company to do collectively what
they carrct 10 to advantage as !ndivid-
uais.
The purposes are as follows:
!. Supervision of accounting for mem
Der crcameres.
Purchasing Of supplies.
$. a limited sales service for surplus
products.
4. Selling the entire output of several
creameries.
1t is the intention of the federation to
employ an expert accountant to supervise
the accounting work in the various
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ways be at hand to the financial con-
dition. The cost of such supervision would
be burdensome to any one creamery but
pro-rated among several it will not be.
1t is also planned to buy all supplies.
such as coal, tubs and packages, acid for
testing, apparatus. etc. through the new
company. BY pooling these orders a large
volume of business will be concentrated
In the hands of one buying agent with
resulting economies.
There will be two kinds Of sales service
offered. Some of the plants already have
special markets which they will desire
to retain. These plants. however, at GER
tain seasons of the year have surplus
products which the selling agent of the
federation will be able to sell to best ad-
vantage in the market. The other sales
service contemplates the joining to-
Eether of two more plants to sell
thelr products in such form and in such
manner as the sales agent of the fed
Grafton directs The proceeds of such
sslcs will be rated back to the
n Mher plants and in turn to patrons
VI ~ practically the same basis after
II sing certain allowances for distance
II I'm market, etc. Assuming that five
c. "amcrleS contract with the fedora
4 ~ on this basis. the sales manager
would try to contract in the city mar
kt;s for the amount of milk which
these combined plants could supply
during the period of shortest produc-
!tion which usually comes in November
and December In January the output
of four plants might he sufficient to
supply this market. Then the plant
Iarthest away would be ordered by the
sales manager to make its milk into
cheese. cheese expert would be EN-
sployed and better quality of cheese
manufactured at less cost would re-
suit than If each plant shipped part of
Its product as milk and made little
cheese. Later in the season when pro-
'duction is at it's height. two of the five
plants might he able to supply the
milk market, in which case the pro-
duct of three would be manufactured.
The price, paid the farmers for milk at
Gil factories would be the same with
certain equalizations for differences in
distance, etc
1t is believed by the promoters of
the federation that by the institution
OF better business methods. by making
better quality product and by selling
TO the best possible advantage the
high quality products turned out, that
the dairy industry of Vermont will en- :
Soy great prosperity.
The movement for building Of CO.
operative creameries and milk plants
In Vermont has grown very rapidly
since 1915 when the Legislature pass
ed an act providing for the formation
of cooperative corporations on n good
substantial basis which did away with
many of the causes for the failure OF
enterprises of this nature which had
been previously launched. Twenty four
creameries and milk plants have been
organized under this law, while there
are number Of plants organized I'M
der the law which are still doing bust
ness successFullr or the cooperative
principle.
II was the purpose of these plants
TO get together a sufficient vaiuma OF
milk of standard quality, sn .pat n
could be offered for sale ir INV city
within shipping distance. IT,. supSly
was sold to tho highest biddc"
If the guppy or any portion Of il
could not be sold tn ADVANTAGE at any
time AS whole milk, it was manufsLr-
tured into other dairy products suck
as butter, cheese and condensed milk
In this way the summer surplus mix
wac taken care Of
Commi ssioner Brigham has made il
policy of the state department OF
agriculture to provide assistance In
organizing those plants. and has fur.
nished with the cooperation of the T.
g. Department Of Agriculture, a manu-
featuring specialist to assist these
plants in their manufacturing problems
and a market agent to assist in mar
keting. Local leadership, however, de-
which must be given great credit fol
the success of the enterprise. +. II
Edwards of Richmond has been OF
great assistance in marketing thf
product from several of the plants
and has established good connections
in many of the city markets The new
federation will enable these plants &c
employ for themselves men who arc
skilled in the manufacturing and mar,
keting of dairy products of the finest
quality. Vermont has turned out many
men who have gone elsewhere and de
veloped large enterprises. The new
federation should enable Vermont
farmers to employ such men In thu
bervice of their industry.