The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-08
BIG DEMAND
FOR VERMONT MILK
Big Industrial Centers Seek 1t - To
Resume Butter ScOring-Maple
.s Sugar on Hand.
MONTPELIER. Dee. S.-In the We

MONTPELIER, Dee. SIN the Yer
mont. 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 aud larger towns in south
eastern Massachusetts offer excellent out
lets for creameries desiring new or addi-
tional markets for whole milk, cream and
skim milk. ..-e.-..-.. .s.... /" 49,,
The biggest problem, however, in sell
ing milk in those cities is that of trans
portation. This problem has, however,
been eliminated to large. extent as
through milk car service has been installed
by the three lines transporting the milk,
This service reduces the transportation
charges, assures less loss in the quality
of the products while in transit, saves the
transfer of shipments at several points,
reduces the number of jugs required to
transport the milk. and assures more
prompt delivery With less delay in the re-
turn of empty jugs. ..
Several of the cooperative creameries
are making daily shipments at the present
and it is hoped that after the shipments
get TO operating on regular uninter-
rupted 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 several
precautions which will help to eliminate
some of the transportation difficulties. In
milk shipments which are required to
travel part of the journey in open baggage
cars, each can should be properly sealed.
Cream cans should always be sealed to
prevent shipments being tempered with
while in transit Managers should see
that used shipping tags are removed from
every can. Just recently cans in several
lots of shipments reached their .destina-
ton bearing two tags, each tag containing
the names Of different consignees. Care
in these matters will aid the transporta-
ton companies and help to expedite the
movement of full and empty jugs"
OF the butter scoring contest, the letter
says:
ION account of lack of appropriation
which was necessary in conducting this
contest ut the university, we were obliged
to discontinue the scoring \ plan Is now
being developed whereby samples of but
ter from the different creamerieS may be
sent to one of the factories which takes
part in the contest. The butter will be
judged by the professor Of dairying. Uni
verSity of Vermont. the field agent in
marketing. dairy manufacturing specialist
of the state department of agriculture. and
one of the butter dealers from the Boston
or New York market. In scoring the but
ter the percentage composition 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 50 that it will be carried
through the year successfully. There has
never been time more important than at
the present for the creamery and its pa
irons to cooperate in producing and man
ufactUring uniform high standard quail
ty of butter The success or failure of
creamery now in large measure depends
upon the quality of products mauufpc-
tured.'
On maple sugar. the following appears:
.."Alany,h farmers still have on hand
large quantities of maple sugar and asvrap
in addition to large holdings in city ware
houses. The consumption of maple sugar
was decreased this year owing to the high
cost of graduated sugar which has re-
Stricted to some extent the manufacture
Of blend maple products. With the reduc-
,tion in the price of graduated sugar the
manufacture of blend products may re
sumo operations on a larger scale after the
first of the year. This viii aid in moving
some of the surplus sugar now in Stor-
age"