Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1920-08-06
site FOR MILK
PLANT SECURED
Part of Bradley Farm Now Prop
erty of Milk Producers
Architect and Dairy Specialist Consult
Building Committee - Building to
Be Two Stories High.

Negotiations were completed Tues
day by the Windham County Co-opera-
tive Milk Producers, Inc, assisted by
County Agent w. p. Frost, whereby the
producers secured deed to a part of
the widely-known Bradley farm on Put
ney road on which to locate the pro-
posed milk plant, which has been un-
der discussion for some time. The plant
will cost about $4,000 according to
present estimates, and for this purpose
about $4,000 of stock in the Milk Pro-
ducers, Inc, already has been sold.
A. |. Lawrence of Isle La Motto, an
architect who has had experience in
making plans for successful country
milk stations in northern Vermont, met
the building committee here Wednes-
day, also " r. Jones of Montpelier,
dairy manufacturing specialist for the
state and federal departments of agri-
culture. The building committee con-
ssts of f. l.. Parmelee of Putney, H.
w. Frost of East Putney and Howard
Loomis of Putney.
The purchase Of IT'S acres, constitut
ing that part of the farm lying west
of Putney road, is expected not only
to furnish a site for a dairy plant, but
also to provide sites for manufacturing
and other purposes, concerning which
| more will be said later
For some time the milk producers
have been trying to secure a deed to
the property from ]. Dorr Bradley of
| Chicago, but there was some delay due
| to restrictions in the will of the late
Mrs Sarah Bradley, whereby farm
lands could not be used for certain
purposes without the consent of the
other heirs This consent was secured
and J. Dorr Bradley came here from
Chicago and signed the deed Tuesday.
| There is good amount of oak and
| pine timber on the place, but it is not
planned to cut it off except perhaps to
thin it out by way of Improvement.
| 1t is hoped to have the milk plant
completed by the first of the coming
year. 1t will be approximately SO by
100 feet, two stories high and built
| probably of brick or cement. It will
stand either between the farmhouse
i and the highway or on the present site
OF the farmhouse. This is the house
now Occupied by L. J. Stockwell, for
merly occupied by II. M. Barrett.
The plant will be connected by spur
track with the West River branch Of
| the Central Vermont railroad, and
|
will be done in the Brattleboro yard.
When the plant is opened it is ex-
pccted that about 5000 quarts Of milk
will be received there daily. This will
include milk now being shipped to
| Springfield Mass, and much of that
which is going to Boston. The milk
now being delivered at the railroad sta
tion will be delivered at the plant,
| where il will he thorOuphlv mixed
| Some of the milk from the northern
towns which has been sent north to
Bellows Falls and thence to Boston
either will be drawn here or sent here
| by rail-
Whatever surplus there may be will
| be made into butter, cheese, sweet
cream and condensed skim milk, the
| plan being to have a condenser in the
| factory.
There is thorough conviction on the
part of all those interested that this
plant not only will result in a material
saving to the patrons but will very
greatly develop the dairying industry
| in Windham county and nearby New
| Hampshire towns.
Another feature of the situation con-
corning which more will be said later
is the probability that this factory will
be used in part, when the time is ripe,
as storage plant for potatoes.
Through the activity of County Agent
w. p. Frost a large quantity of GER
tilted potatoes are being grown in this
county, and it is his hope and expecta-
ton that within few years Wndham
county will be exporting potatoes in
carload lots instead of importing them.