The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-01-29
CREAMERY men
in Session HERE
SAUK LAKE CREAMERY COM
PANY is NOW AN INCOR-
PORATION
DISCUSS PLANS FOR FUTURE
COUNTY AGENT GIVES INTER.
ESTING TALK IN STOCK
FEEDING

ESTING TALK IN STOCK
FEEDING
Sank Centre as dairy center-to
lead Stearns county in the production
OF creamery butter and to increase
the price paid to farmers for butter
rat, will be the big undertaking of
the Sank Lake Cooperative creamery
during the ensuing year.
At the annual meeting of the
creamery company held at the Com
mercial Club rooms Monday after
noon, the report of the secretary, an
estimate of which was read before
the meeting, showed that during the
past year, the creamery operating
here, manufactured butter to the
amount of 210,343 pounds. An out
put of something like 10000 pounds
over that of last year.
During the year the creamery re-
ceived 674,830 pounds of cream,
213,349 pounds of milk and 167, 1876
pounds of butter fat. The average
test of cream was PAT per cent, and
the average price received for butter
was 56.6 cents per pound.
This company, which in the past
has been operating as a Cooperative,
was Incorporated under the laws of
Minnesota within the past two weeks,
and directors of the new corporation
were elected at the Monday meeting.
The meeting was presided over by
President Charles Kortan of the COM
pany. Following the reading of the
bylaws, a new board of directors
consisting of Charles Kortan, George
Strauss, Theo. Schurman, Joseph
Beste, Oscar Lying, AKRON Bosshardt
and F. j. ,Minette, were elected
From the members of this board of
directors, the officers of the company
will be elected at. date within the
near future.
George Strauss, secretary of the
company, explained the object of the
officers in seeking to incorporate the
creamery company He said that it
was generally understood that the
company had been Incorporated in
the beginning, but had discovered
that no registration had been made
and this condition of affairs necessi-
tated the re-incorporation of the
company.
Atty. L. L. Kells, in reading the
articles of incorporation to the stock
holders, explained the advantages
under which the company could be
operated under the corporation laws
of Minnesota over what conditions
were under the co-partnership form
of operation.
Following the business of the meet
ing, P. W. Huntemer, of Melrose,
county agent, talked to the farmers
present upon the feeding of their
dairy *attle. He explained how,
under the present high cost of mill
feed, it was impossible for the aver
age farmer to feed such stock at a
profit which did not produce the
necessary returns in butter fat. Mr..
Huntemer urged the farmer to in
crease his own output of food That
he plant the soy bean in addition to
his silage corn: in this manner in
crease not only his silage but the food
value of the same. He urged that
more clover and alfalfa be raised in
this locality, stating that the growth
of these food products were unex-
cuseably low in Stearns county, citing
at the same time. the fact that both
alfalfa and clover can be raised here
in abundance.
He called attention. to the excep-
tional report of the creamery during
the past year and asked that an effort
be made to double this output during
the coming year: He called attention
to the value of cooperative cream
ery to the farmer and said that every
effort should be made to bring into
the fold of the local creamery, the
patronage of every cream and milk
producing interest in the locality of
Sank Centre.
cover 60,000,000 has been paid
to farmers in Minnesota for butter
fat during the past year." said Mr..
.Huntemer. 'The price of this butter
fat" he said. "has ranged, according
to location, all the way from 30 cents
to 70 cents per pound.
In the course of the discussion of
local conditions in connection with
the creamery business and local in
terests. the topic of local school con-
ditions was brought before the meet
ING. 1t was alleged that in the dom
este science department of the locak
schools. oleomargarine was used al
most exclusively. B. F. Dubois, who
introduced the subject, asked that
stems be taken to requisition the
domestic science department to pat
ronize home industry and use Sank
Centre made butter in their class OF
work.
Officers of the new Sank Lake Co
operative Creamery company Will be
elected at a special meeting OF the
directors held sometime next week.
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