The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-12-08
INDUSTRIAL CENTERS
SEEK VERMONT MILK
offer Good Market for Cream and
Butter Depending on Trans
portation.

Montpelier, Dec SIN the Vermont
creamery and market news letter for
November issued by the state depart
ment of agriculture, the following
facts regarding market conditions are
set forth:
THE cities and larger towns in
southeastern Massachusetts offer ex
cellent outlets for creameries desiring
now or additional markets for whole
milk, cream and skim milk
The biggest problem, however, In
sci ing milk in those cities Is that OF
tran 5portation. This problem has.
however, been eliminated to a large
extent as through milk car service
has been installed by the three lines
transporting the milk. This service
reduces the transportation charges. as
sures less loss in the quality OF the
products while In transit, saves the
transfer Of shipments at several
points, reduces the number Of jugs re-
qured to transport the milk, and az
sures more prompt delivery with less
delay in the return of empty jugs.
Several Of the cooperative cream
cries are making daily shipments at
the present ana Il ls hoped that after
the shipments get to operating on a
regular uninterrupted schedule that
large quantities Of Vermont milk will
move into those cities. At the present
time many OF the larger dealers are
required to truck milk many miles in
order to meet their demands.
"Managers Of creameries shipping
whole milk and cream should use sew
eral precautions which will help to
eliminate some of the transportation
difficulties. In milk shipments which
are required to travel part Of the jour
ney In open baggage cars. each can
should be proper y sealed Cream cans
should always be sealed to prevent
shinmeuts being tampered with while
in transit. Managers should see that
used shipping tags are removed from
every can. Just recently cans in. sew
eral lots Of shipments reached their
destination bearing two tags, each tag
containing the names of different con.
signees Care in these matters Will
aid the transportation companies and
help to expidite the movement OF full
and empty jugs
OF the butter scoring contest, the
letter says:
"On account of lack Of appropriation
which was necessary in conducting
this contest at the university, we were
Obliged to discontinue the scoring
A plan is now being developed where
by samples of butter from the different
creamerles may be sent to one of the
factories which takes part in the CON
te t. The butter will be judged by
tho professor Of dairying, University
OF Vermont, the field agent in market
ing, dairy manufacturing specialist OF
the state department of agriculture,
and one of the butter dealers from the
Boston or New York market In scor-
ing the butter the percentage compo.
sition will be considered as well as
the commercial score on quality, the
neatness and net weight OF package,
1t is hoped that every creamery
will take an interest in this proposed
next years contest so that 1t Will be
carried through the year successfully
There has never been a time more
important than at the present for the
creamery and its patrons to cooperate
in producing and manufacturing a uni
form high standard qua ity of butter.
The success or failure of a creamery
now IN a large measure depends upon
the quality of products manufactured.
On maple sugar, the following ap-
pears:
MANY farmers still have on hand
'arge quantities of maple sugar and
syrup in addition to large holdings
In city warehouses. The consumption
of maple sugar was decreased this
year owing to the high cost of gran
ulated sugar which has restricted tc
some extent the manufacture of blend
maple products With the reduction
in the price of granulated sugar the
manufacturers of blend products may
resume operations on larger scale
after the first of the year. This viii
aid in moving some of the surplus
sugar now IN storage"