The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-30
VOTED TO BUILD
NEW CREAMERY
Farmers Near Barre Were
Unanimous for a Coop
erative Concern
COMMITTEES WILL
INSPECT PLANTS
And Report July 10 Large
Amount of Stock
Subscribed

Farmers from Barre lily ana loWn,
Williamstown, Orange, Washington,
Plainfeld and Berlin, numbering about
$50 in all, unanimously voted in
Worthen hall last evening to establish
in Barre cooperative creamery. The
meeting was pronouncedly in favor Of
the proposition as not a single person
offered even al argument during the
entire evening in opposition to the
matter.
Not until J. A. Cumming of Barre,
chairman of the solicitation commit
tee, read the report and several speak
ers had aired their views or given valu
able information concerning such an
undertaking. was this vote taken. Mr..
Cummings informed the meeting that
farmers in the above mentioned towns
had practically gusAnteed S2l l920,
which represents 2,l9l cows in those
towns.
That number was solicited during
the past two weeks, so of course does
not represent the entire number avail
able in the towns. Many other farm
ers are entering into the proposition
or have expressed their desire TO do SO.
and there seems TO be no doubt that
stock, amounting TO $4,000, for such
an establishment will be disposed of
quite readily This stock is based at
$40 per head on COW, yet no single
stockholder can have more than 10 per
cent of the entire capital Of the corpor
ation," ,"and each and every stakeholder
is entitled to but one vote, regardless
of his holdings in the corporation.
At the opening of the meeting Chair
man Roy Smith called upon Heman
Smith of Williamstown TO give the as
semblage some idea OF the sentiment
found among the farmers in his dis
trict concerning such proposition.
Sentimen, the latter said, seemed
unanimous for such a move.
Frank Miner Of Orange further
stated that all the farmers seem will
ing to have their herds tested for tu-
berculosis. Dr. T. H. Bancroft, veteri-
nary, with quarters in South Barre, de-
clared that during his soliciting only
two herds had been met with which
as yet had not been tested, and own
ers Of these were anxious to have
them tested
Mr.. little OF Plainfeld, while solicit
ing all along one road in his locality,
one which included a very prosperous
section of the town, learned that all
the farmers of that particular district,
with the exception Of one, carried their
milk to the North Montpelier cooper
.4t .pI
faction with the dealings there
L. G.. Mulholland of Montpelier. field
marketing dairy agent Of the depart
ment Of agriculture. outlined to the
assemblaSe several points of unequsled
value to the farm. First of all the CO.
operative plan assists in production; I;
second. it aids in the proper manufae-
ture TO the best possible advantage
third. an outlet or market i secured
for the product or products OF the small
and large farmer alike. and fourth. un-
der the cooperative plan, milk or cream
can be manufactured into articles,
which, with the ordinary small farm
or. would be an impossiblity. Farmers
all over the country are cooperating
in, not only creameries for the disposal
of dairy products, but for the produc
tion OF other goods.
Barre, he said. qualities as an ideal
site for the establishment of such a
plant. since it is centrally located, with
all the other towns entering into the
proposition. being well located as To
railroads. II also furnishes a good mar
ket for butter. and would undoubtedly
for cheese Its connections with daily
milk trains made IL possible for whole
milk 20 be shipped with little delay TO
Boston and New York or other large
New England towns.
Good management of a plant of this
kind means much towards its success,
fort under such guidance articles of
quality may be produced. factor
which. in the large cities, i the pre-
dominating influence. Loyalty on the
part of the farmers, and unhinching
loyalty is needed for just such estahl-
lishments. Mr.. Mulholland cited an eX-
ample Of lax loyalty which occurred
in the west. during wartime. Condensed
milk factories sprung up in all sec
tions. paying eXorbitant prices for milk
To the farmers This continued until
many doors Of cooperative creameries
had been closed, then prices paid took
a sudden drop.
". X. Jones, state dairy manufsetur
ing specialist. was another to divulge
considerable information about coop
erative cresmeries. He warned the
farmers not - he discouraged II they
did not grow suddenly rich within the
first six months Of the establishment Of
the plant. but in all sincerity assured
them they would benefit much more
after the plant had got well into op-
erations and manufacture. Quality is
the keynote To succcss in a market" Nc
said. Vermont. 20 YEAR ago. was famed
the country over. for its quality dairy
products. but has lost much Of this
fame since machine devices for carry
ing for milk and cream have been in
troduced into the Vermont dairy world.
Cooperative crcsmeries give the farmer
an opportunity 70 dispose Of his own
coods through his agent 10 the Boz
ton and w York City markets. and in
time Wiil b called upon 10 do so the
year round.
In comparing prices pad BY cooper
alive rreameries and individual con-
germs during the course q . wear. Mr-
Joncs found that prices in y cooper
affvr erearaeriss IN Vermont sxceeded
those "a u Individual conosrns hv
three cruts more pound for batter
fst.
To sdsertis, the Barre creamery - q
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