The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-16
Granite City Co-oI alive
Asso. Buys Barre S am
cry and Cold St9 lge
TAKE POSSESS N
ON SEPTS IBER 9
Will Sell Milk to Boston
Market and Engage in
Ice Cream Business.

real estate and business transfer
of considerable Importance has been
completed through the sale of the
Barre Creamery and Cold Storage Co.
at the corner of North Main and Gran
ite streets by Fred G. Persons to the
newly Incorporated Granite City CO.
operative Creamery association, Inc,
composed in large part of farmers re-
siding in the vicinity of Barre. Pos
session will be given on Sept. 0, when
the purchasers plan to engage in an en-
larged business.
The property transferred includes
the twostory brick creamery build
ing, with all its equipment, and the
wooden dwelling house just south of
the creamery structure; also all the
stock, together with the fixtures, of the
store in the front part of the cream
cry. The creamery itself has good
deal of valuable machinery, including
refrigerator plant. The purchasers ex
pect to add other machinery for the
purpose Of handling whole milk, Of
which there will probably be great
quantity because of the wide range of
the membership in the cooperative
concern.
The Granite City Cooperative Co.
will find ready market for much of
the fluid milk in the market OF Bos-
ton and other cities as it has become
known that the milk is to come from
herds which have been subject TO the
federal and state tests for tuberculosis.
For that reason, too, the milk from
this creamery will command . higher
price, it is expected, as the retail
trade of the large cities is demanding
such milk.
The surplus milk not disposed OF to
the big city markets and to the local
trade will be diverted into butter,
fancy cheese and ice cream. The new
owners of the creamery contemplate
engaging in a wholesale business in ice
cream, furnishing a product coming
from tested cattle, milk and cream.
The wholesale manufacture of ice
cream is developing into large indus
try, several plants of considerable mag
nitude being already established in
New England.
This creamery in Barre viii be the
only one known of in the United
States that has bylaws requiring
certificate of the livestock commits
sioner that herds are tested under fed
eral and state supervision before ac-
cepting stock from anyone. II Is said
that a large percentage of the farm
ers in the vicinity of Barre have al
ready taken stock in the Granite City
Cooperative Creamery association at
the rate of $40 per COW. Others who
desire to become members of the ssso-
citation should do so at once. The
association is capituiated At 100000.
The papers transferring the cream
cry property from Mr.. Persons to the
Granite City Cooperative association
were passed Saturday Mr.. Persons
will continue in control until sept. Q,
when possession will be given the new
owners. The price named is said 10
have been in the vicinity of $4,000.
The creamery was built eleven years
ago bv Z. r. Dodge and has been the
property of Mr.. Persons since 1916.
prior TO which time he was associated
in the ownership with A. P. Abbott.
The Granite City Cooperative as
sociation has not yet engaged man
ager for the creamery.