Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-01-20


this has a tendency to sag the market.
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T. B. Towle, secretary and manager
Of the local company, told the large
assemblage in the G. A. r. hall that
several complaints had come from
Milwaukee because the Baraboo but
ter was not up to the top in grade.
! Mr.. TOwle said the customer took
butter valued at $150,0OO year and
there was danger of losing this BUSH
ness unless something be done. Com
petition is strong, it developed, and
the situation is not bright. The ques-
ItiOn then arose as to what should be
done.
| The butter used by the Milwaukee
customer yields a profit of about $780,
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George B. McGilvra circulated a pc
tition that there be no gambling in
grain or other farm products-the
idea being to abolish the board of
trade The petition was generally
signed 1t is claimed the board of
trade attempts to regulate prices re-
CARELESS of supply and demand to the
detriment of the producer.
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About this time N. G. Crawley ad-
vocated working eight hours a day
in order to keep up the price. He
claimed the farmers worked too many
hours and if they labored less farm
prices would be maintained without
any trouble.
Voice from the audience-"You
could not make a living, Crawley."
Crawley-"The man watching the
/ crossing can
Another voice-"There might not be
enough crossings to go around"
+! Laughter.
! I. G.. Searles, the butter maker at
Wonewoc said he had taken steps to
improve conditions at his place. one
of which was to have each Of the pa
irons purchase a cream cooler This
device costs about $1,000, is placed
between the pump and stock tank,
and so made that when water is pump
ed it flows through the cooler forcing
out the warm water, in that way
keeping the cream cool. The idea
Of the company was to have three
grades of Cream-sweet, sour, and re-
jected. Good cream makes the best
butter and the speaker advocated the
utmost care in having high grade
cream for butter making. One Of the
most serious conditions, he said, was
too much milk in the cream, making
the test "a or 25. Excellent cream
will test 35 or more.
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G. J. Williams, president of the
Portage Cooperative creamery, and
A G. HiIlstad, the butter maker, were
present and stated one of the worst
Oppositions at the present time was
the new institution called the Gen
trailer" These institutions take
fcream that is virtually spoiled and
from it make butter that sells for
a lower price. They urged better con-
ditOns in butter making.
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Herman Vol, WILDER Cahoon, Henry
: Wrinkle and others spoke on the sub
! ject of better cream and better butter
each making valuable suggestions.
/ Before the meeting closed Mr. Towle
made the following recommendations
all of which were adopted.
1. That cream be paid for according
to quality.
| 2. That there be two grades of
cream.
| 3. That difference of cents be
made between the two grades.
4. That the grading be done at the
! farm under recommendations made by
the board Of directors.
| 5. That these recommendations go
! into effect on March 1, 1921
! Mr.. Towle said there were two
magic words in the production of good
cream-cleanlines and cold
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Neither of the speakers arrived
from Madison and the time of the
meeting was taken in discussing the