Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-10-15
VERMONT CREAMERIES
ARE INCREASING
Four New Cooperative Plants Built
in Past Year-Report Shows Value
Of High OualitY Butter

Montpelier. Oct. H. Considerable
Improvement according to the Yer
mont Creamery and Market News
letter issued Dy the agricultural de
partment, has been noted during the
past two wears among the creameries
along the lines of more sanitary condi~
lions, installation of modern equip
ment. more efficient methods of manu-
facture and a general Improvement in
construction and remodeling of fac
tories. During the past year more
than 100000 has been expended in the
OF four new cooperative
creamerieS These plants are all equip
ped with modern machinery and are
in position to market fluid milk
or cream, and manufacture cheese and
butter
The dairy plants in Vermont are in
creasing their shipments of whole milk
to the New York city market. The
following table shows the increase in
pounds of milk shipped since 1917, and
the increase in value OF the shipments.
1917 ..... 37,15293l S 651,59S6O
1918 ...... 325l6,1l3 99j34047
1919 ....... 6355O299 2l9S,74066
This shows a II per cent increase in
the number OF pounds Of milk shipped
in 1919 -, compared with 1917.
The prevailing conditions in the var
ious markets again show that it pays
to manufacture high quality butter.
During 1919 the price range i'll Boston
between the 92-score and an SS-score
was 81 cents per pound At the pres
ent time the price range on that mar
ket is cents per. pound, and on the
New York market II cents per pound.
With these existing price differences
it behooves every creamery to exert
effort toward having its
patrons deliver high quality raw pro
duct and in turn to see that the butter
maker manufactures high quality
butter
That it pays the creamery to manu-
facture a high quality butter is shown
by the yearly returns to the average
size Vermont creamery manufacturing
approximately 250000 pounds of but
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amount of high quality 92-score butter
received Sl9,250 more in 1919 than the
creamery manufacturing the same
amount of low quality SS-score butter
The price range in Boston of 81 cents
per pound plus a premium OF cents
per pound for 92-sCore butter was used
in making these calculations.
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high quality milk and cream. This is
shown by the fact that during 1919,
l75 pounds of hign quality butterfat
returned Sl30S3. compared with Sll4.-
Sc for the same quantity of low quail
ity butterfat This is a difference OF
SIGH per COW figuring l75 pounds OF
butterfat as the yearly production of
the Vermont cow. On this basis a
l0-cow dairy returned Sl6l7O, a 20-cow
dairy S32340, and A 30-cow dairy
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There is still a scarcity Of high quail
ity butter in the markets and the De
.nand is strong Undergrades are Still
tagging and are difficult to move. There
is a strong demand for unsalted butter
in small tubs.
Creameries contemplating the sale Of
outter in the New York city market
should purchase a supply of the white
ash tutter . MS fer shipments Of butter
to that market Dealers and the trade
prefer ash tubs to the spruce tubs
and creameries will receive more for
their butter when shipped in ash con-
tanners.