St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-03-17
Finds Vermont Farmers
Willing 10 Stay on Job
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"Ncw these farmers are about t.
take over the creamery with its cost.
building, and apparatus. They will at
! tempt to operate the creamery on ;
cooperative basis, ard I sincerel,
hope that both the farmer and the ul
innate consumer in Boston and othc
Ncw England cities may benefit.
~ on don't sec or hear Of any New
England farmer millionaircs or pluto
Gratis. Yet down in Boston the big
retail concerns are Institutions OF
power and wealth.
"l cs, to be sure, we farmers--not
all--oWn our own automobiles and
arc equipped with the latest farm de-
vices. In these days without the m we
arc lost. Save labor! save labor! is
our cry, or we will soon be driven out
of our loved hills and valleys.
"Somc relief for Tie farmer who
produces besides dairy stutl's grain
and pcrishablc produce might come
with the establishment, say of farm
ers' exchange in the city market plac-
os, where retailers rii~ht come and
buy to oxclusian Of the jobber and
middlcman and to the mutual benefit
OF the producer and one selling agent
the grocer OF pedlcr," kugglcs de-
clared.
we are not pessimists about the
futurc-lather are we extremely opti-
mistic, for we are sure that the time
is near when the men Of the city will
Join hands with us-will sustain us
ill our efforts to right things. We are
not radicals nor apostles of the
death to capital class" he added.
Somebody" Gets Pic Profits
T. E. Brewer. an "old-timer," said:
Feeds pretty duln high. Costs me
S3.40 a hundred pounds, and I feed
about 36 pounds a day, and mines
only small herd O cattle. Got a big
olacc here, huff to carry many more
head. Too old now, though l am
happy and contcnted and a'doin' all
can to raise and raise some more
beef.
"These travclin' buvnre do all they
AN to keep prices way down. Just
ook at Boston beef nirce wav down.
lust look at Boston beef prices,
somebody don't COL
ect!"
At the Eastman place Mrs. East
nan stated: "Cut down production?
:. should say not. We. think We can
let more help this summer and may
Increase our daily outn"A
Dave Knowlton Prospecting
"Talk about your high-grado city
nix of Grade xxx or AAA-Number
, or what you will call it, what say
GU to pure high test milk from the
est COW flesh in the heart Of the best
airy country in this country at IA
cnts u quart delivered at the door,"
"Dave" knowlton "milkin' 40-odd
cad now is perhaps just jump
head of his neighbors. His markets
lGht here in this city and MS custo-
lcrs largely friends - ';fn- long ac-
who know good milk and
lcam and butter when they see it.
"Davc's doing quite we'll, thank
GU. and will add more cows and do
,orc business thia coming summer
aid.
han ever before" 80 Mrs. knowlton
"Bill" BEDFORD drew a fancy check
st month from the local creamery,
: the plant manager said. "Bill's"
lace shelter 50 head of cattle and
lcy'rc milking so cows, according to
Dung "Joe," who drove Ii. with the
eavy sled-load of mornings milk.
A Yankee division veteran, Arthur
owcn, is looking after the mans end
I things on another of these valu-
BILE farms. Arthur, once released
rcm the army after II months cover
here" trekked it for home and
elved Immediately into the dairy
usiness. He is "ticklcd" to death
18th the prospects.
Manager Lester of the Weeks Farm
lso in the North Danvile locality,
lands by his BROTHER farmers.
The "buyin' of the creamery" has
II Oh them agog. No definite step
ill be taken until the far-sighted
elmontcrs herabouts know posi-
vely that the undertaking BODIES
ell, not only for themselves, but
u those who buy their products.
But if driven, and driven hard, by
lc continued impcdiments of city
l'igin, they have in their power to
shut down. and care for themselves
My, with no regard as to how the
Inside world gets it's butter and milk
nd cream and other foodstuffs.