The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-05-16
EXTENDING ITS BUSINESS.
Granite City Cooperative Creamery
Co. Has to Enlarge Facilities.

begin business on the cooperative sys-
TEN, but since then its business has
doubled and trebled itself and the last
statistics on milk show that Massa-
chusetts is calling for l3 times as
much milk from the Granite City CO.
operative creamery as it did year
ago.
OF course, there are reasons for it
all and the principal one is that all
milk or cream received at this cream
cry comes from cattle that have sue
cessfully passed the tuberculin test OF
state and federal examiners: or better
still. that all milk and cream received
is free from tubercular germs. 1t was
the only creamery in the country last
September which could boast of such a
distinction, outside of one in the Dis
triet of Columbia. There is no wonder
then that the milk shipments to Mas
sachusetts alone have been increased
to l3 times the original amount in
nine months
Milk is by no means the only prod
net. Butter. cream, cheese and ice
cream all have their departments, and
the latter production is one now in the
greatest demand The creamery has
been satisfying dcwiands with an cleo
tric freezer, capable of freezing 40 gal
Ions of ice cream an hour, by keeping
il going day and night, but with the
advent of spring and summer, orders
from all parts of the state for this
high grade product have stormed Man
ager Earl Talbot to such an extent
that the corporation has added another
electric freezer OF a 50-gallon capacity
per hour, equipped with ammonia
freezing instead of ice and thus elimi-
mating a lot of work involved in hand
ling ice.
Meanwhile the hardening room or
cold storage room of the ice cream de-
partment is being enlarged to capae-
ity for 1000 gallons of ice cream in
stead of 300, as now So for time, at
least, the cooperative creamery, owned
and controlled by the farmers and
owners of the herds OF tuberculin
tested cattle, hope to satisfy their Gus
toners. The ice cream is of an excep
tionally good quality just as all other
goods of the creamery are, for Is
upon these merits as well az freedom
from tuberculin germs that the cream
ery hopes TO attain a much greater
patronage from surrounding communi-
ties and states.
At this time also a brine cooling
system for milk is being installed in
the manufacturing room, again doing
away with the handling of ice ex
cept for minor purposes, and at the
same time increasing the capacity for
handling milk.
The creamery began business during
a dairy session when dairy products
from all parts of the country were
for the markets, vet with
the single merit that the granite city's
products were from tuberculin tested
cattle ii received a call from many mar
kets. especially thai of the Boston
market, and in spite of extensive com
petition prospered beyond hopes
The tuberculin test carried the Barre
creamery through the keen
contest of competition and the aim to
produce the highest quality goods pos
sibit mas given Nht VI EHAlGANtbA thN
fine substantial support.
Engages Bacteriologist.
In this endeavor to make every pro
duetion and product Of the creamery
the best possible in the dairy market
the corporation has turned TO a scien-
tific manner of conducting the busi-
ness, and engaged bacteriologist,
John Foley, for II years with the Al
den Brothers Co, for year with the
board of health and for
a year a companion Of Professor Frost
OF Wisconsin, while studying milk hy-
giene at Harvard college, 70 make 4
scientific study Of all milk received at
the station.
4 laboratory has been established on
the second floor of the building, and
Mr. Foley's microscopic instruments
therein installed. The manner IN which
Mr. Foley will conduct his study will
eventually bring the products g the
highest quality possible. Each day as
the various farmers bring in the milk
supply Mr.. Foley takes samples Of
their product, and, in a little vail that
IS numbered, retains a sample TO eN-
anime for Tactic acid bacteria, the sub
stance in milk which ii in too large
quantities causes il TO sour quickly
and lose its state Of preservation. Aft
or making studies Of the various farm
ers products and determining which Is
bringing the best quality goods and
which the poorer, he will make visits
TO each and every farm, inspect the
herds and dairying utensils and give
such information TO the owners that
will bring their products mp TO the
highest standard II is very evident
that BY such study and attention prod
ucts Of the Granite City Cooperative
Creamery Co, Inc. are going to attain
not only a good quality, but the high
est quality and the demands for goods
will not only be received on the merits
hat they are from tuberculin tested
cattle. but that they are goods OF
quality.
With the farmers Of Barre making
such an effort to bring prosperity to
themselves and Barre. il seems only
just that Barre people should assist
them by specifying granite city prod
ucts. especially butter and ice cream
aud support local industry, for in
time. il seems, this establishment viii
outgrow its present quarters and bring
employment To Barre men and women.
support AT this time viii only hasten
the attainment Of such goal. an at
tainmcnt which would BE- an honor to
the city alone.
ZUANIcH-MILO.