The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-04
STATE CREAMERIES
FORM FEDERATION
Eight Cooperative Institu-
tiOns to Try Combined
Purchasing and Selling
TO ESTABLISH BIG
CENTRAL STORAGE

VIII Hold Products Until Satisfactory
Market Is Found - viii Collect Sur
plus Skim Milk and Manufacture
Milk Powder.
BURLINGTON, Dec. 4.-Better mar
kets throughout the year for the milk
producers of Vermont through the fedora
ton of cooperative creameries, owned by
the producers; through the. establishment
of better methods for selling; through
cooperative purchasing of supplies, ac-
counting. standardization and improve
ment of the quality of the product; and
through improving the efficiency in meth
DDS of operation-these are the chief
aims of the Federated Creameries of Yer
mont, the final organization of which was
completed at the Sherwood hotel Thurs
day. This organization includes eight CO.
operative creameries, in Richmond,
Grand Isle. Shelburne, Tunbridge, Milton,
st. Adams, Swanton and East Berkshire,
representing a business of about 100000
gross sales product.
1t is the plan of this organization to
collect at some central point, quite likely
Essex junction, dairy products, including
milk, butter and cheese, from all of the
creameries interested, and store these
products there until such time as proper
markets may be found for them. The de-
tails of this plan have not been worked
out yet. although the organization is be-
hind the idea and it will, undoubtedly, be
carried out in the near future.
Very few creameries have facilities for
storing dairy products for any length of
time. and it is thought that a storage
plant built especially for this purpose at
a bn
Thousands of dollars annually.
Such a central storage plant would al
so facilitate the handling of surplus milk,
of which there is a great deal in the
state. during April, May, June and July.
Provisions will be made to handle this
surplus milk at the central storage plant,
where the surplus milk will be made into
skim milk powder and other products.
1t is estimated that there is about TO-
100000 pounds of skim milk which would
be available from the eight creameries
now enrolled under this organization
Nor are these all the benefits which
are expected to be derived from this fed
Grafton of creameries. 1t Is expected
that, besides the money which the farm
ers will save each year through co Oper-
alive buying and selling, it will be posi-
bic to secure experts in various phases OF
dairying and in business efficiency and
accounting to work among the various
CreamerIes in the federation and thus en-
able the milk producers not only to gain
greater profits, but also to market their
milk more cheaply. SO that it will lower
the costs to the consumer.
All these matters have been discussed
in connection with the formation of this
federation of creameries. Those inter,
ested hope that other cooperative cream
cries may come into the organization
later. There have been % cTeameries or
gained in Vermont under the new state
law since 1915, and it. is expected that
many of these will want to join in this
when it is fully under way.
These % ereameries are now doing a gross
business of about IS 100000 annually.
The meeting at the Sherwood Thursday
was called by the acting president, W. {.
Fuller, of Richmond, who presided as
chairman. Permanent directors of the
federation We're elected and they organ
lied. as follows; President, John. Nc
Grath Of Milton; viee-president, F. o.
Collins of st. Adams; treasurer, George
Dunsmore of st. Adams; executive com,
mittee, Byron Hoag of Grand Isle; Carl
c. Fletcher of Shelburne: f. H. Edwards
of Richmond and Mr.. Hersey OF Swan
ton; also the president ex-officio.