Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-01-28
NEAR HALF-MILLION MARK
THAT'S THE RECORD OF VIRo-
QUA CREAMERY
Annual Meeting Held Monday-Pro-
fitable Year-Ne Directors
Thoughts on Cooperation

Vernon county's largest single en-
terprise-t he Viroqua Cooperative
Creamery held annual meeting on
Monday afternoon, in the Opera House
and a voting strength of 126 was
present, as shown by the balloting for
director. 1t was a harmonious and a
sort of lovefeast over what has been
accomplished the past year and dur
ing the entire sixteen years of exist
ence, grown as it has to be nearly a
half-milion dollar concern.
The annual report was read by Sec
reary Ellefson, which is given in de-
tail in another section of the Censor,
and we advise. a careful study of it
as a guide to what may be accom-
plished by good management, united
action. persistence and loyalty Total
receipt of the institution for the year
are $4S5.056.53. Mr. Ellefson stated
that the remainder of the cost of
building the creamery was paid dur
ing the year just closed, and taken
out of the earnings. There were re-
eeived during the year 3,416,06S pounds
of cream, from which S21 ,342 pounds
of butter were made, averaging at
Chicago prices. including over-run,
$50 cents per pound for the year
Joseph Buchanan, who has been
director for sixteen years, during the
entire life of the creamery. declined
reelection, and it was handsome re-
cognition of his services that his son
Hugh was elected without opposition,
to succeed him. Daniel Froiland, nine
years a director declined to serve long
or, and d. S. Buxton was elected in
his stead. 1t was a proper testimon-
ial to their ability and integrity that
the meeting, by rising vote extended
thanks to the retiring directors. Dur
ing the long and best career of the
creamery Mr.. Buchanan has never
missed a meeting of directors, much of
the time being chairman of the board.
The question of adding a bi-produet
department to the creamery was free
ly discussed. 1t seems that a foreign
concern that has apparatus for CEN
traiizing buttermilk into baking pow
der, has been negotiating for the estab-
lishment of plant in connection with
the creamery on cooperative basis.
1t was decided not to embark in the
undertaking the present year.
Atthe opening of the meeting Judge
Mahoney was invited TO talk on the
SUBJECT OF CO-OpeIdllOU, ana LOT NAN
an hour he gave some entertaining
thoughts dealing largely with the mat
ter of standing fast and strong in
maintaining the wonderful success and
reputation the creamery has attained.
He declared that it had only been ac-
complished by cooperation. He told
of the pitfalls the condenseries of the
country, largely the enterprises of the
big packing interests, are laying for
the creamery industry, and he warned
and exhorted patrons and stockhold-
ers of this institution to not be lured
away from their own by selling their
product. to buyers who are locating
close to legitimately conducted cream
cries in every community, undermin-
ing them to the extent that they must
eventuallybe disposed of, then the cor
poration succeeding them have the OPP
portunity to do so, and to fix an arbi-
trary price.
Some member of the audience NOV
ed that emmissaries of the conden-
series be boycotted, and it carried with
a whoop.