The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-15
CREAMERY HERE
PAYS HIGH PRICE
Patrons Receive More Than
Is Paid by Other
Creameries
PAYING 1000 A
MONTH ON DEBT
Past Six Months Approximately
$3.50. OO0-ResuIts Far Above What
Was Expected-AnnuaI Meeting Held
and Officers Chosen.

and Officers Chosen.
Patrons of the milk plant of the Wind
ham County Cooperative Milk Produc-
ers Inc, will receive within few days,
checks aggregating more than $4,000
as payment for their product for October,
the sixth month in the operation of the
plant. During the six-months period
just ended the plant has done a business
approximating S13O0O0. and has paid
its patrons a higher rate than other CO.
operative creameries of the state These
results are far above what had been ex-
pectcd.
1t was stated by Manager w. =. Frost
today that at the recent annual meeting
Of the stockholders officials of the BEat-
tleboro Trust Co, treasurer of the cor
poraticn, said they had been much pleased
with the good financial showing which
had been made toward the reduction of
Indebtedness, this having amounted to ST.
GOO month every month since the plant
started operations. Ii is expected that
the same ratio of payments viii be main
tained, which means that within a short
time the plant viii be owned entirely by
the patrons and viii stand free from in
debtedncSs.
The Brattleboro plant is one of few
plants in New England which is able to
sell all of its surplus milk in the form
of sweet cream. Inasmuch as the market
Is very low or skim milk cheese and all
by-products made from skim milk, these
products selling below manufacturing
cost, the problem of getting a profit from
skim milk has arisen and the manager,
i after discussing the matter with the
/ stockholders, has decided TO try the ex-
| pertinent Of fattening hogs for market 1t
as tod hoe oh. .fkh e -,
will be bought and kept at the farm,
which is q part of the corporation prop
/ erty. Il this project proves successful
the number viii be increased if the supply
/ of skim milk warrants.
/ Manager Frost also took up with the
stockholders the question of the produc-
/ ton of ice-cream, hut no decision was
/ reached Is 20 how soon the icc-cream bus
mess would be started.
In discussing the sale of milk in the
local market 1t was stated by Manager
Frost that while the corporation started
with one milk route, which was averag-
ing a sale of 100 quarts daily when
bought, the sales have expanded so that
: two carts are selling about 200 quarts
each daily and 200 quarts more are sold
daily through 10 grocery stores, or GOO
I quarts in ALL II q substantial cut in
4 price. This shows an increase of more
than 300 per cent in a little more than
two months.
I V. II. Jones of Montpelier. represent
ing the state and federal departments Of
agriculture, was present at the meeting
and compared the work of the Brattleb0ro
plant with other matchmaking concerns
/ in Vermont and New England. Mr.
Jones had visited nearly a dozen of the
largest plants and had made comparisons
of prices paid to farmers in the last six
months. Plants at Mortified. Barre.
/ Shelburne Morrisville Grand Isle. Mil
& in pTa= in
cluded. His figures showed that the
! plants carried a surplus through the six
months period varying from IS per cent
10 81 per cent and that the prices paid
ranged from S1.91 for 100 pounds TO
! $2.27. BY surplus he referred to milk
not marketed in fluid form. in com
parison to these figures the Brattleboro
plant carried an average surplus of A.
per cent and had paid an average of 81. 30
for 100 pounds, much higher price than
any of its competitors.
! lie also made interesting comparison
by showing the price that would have
been received if the Brattleboro milk had
been shipped to Boston as was done In
previous years. The Whiting Co. with
an average of 81 per cent surplus. paid
an average of $40 in this zone.
The stockholders elected the following
directors for three years to succeed them
selves: l.. w. Fullam of Westminster, III.
{. IoOnliS of Butney, and Il. A. Rich
ardson of Chesterfield; also these audi
tors, G. T. Aplin of Putney. G. O. Cob
leigh of West Chesterfield, G. z. Thomas
Of Brattleboro clerk, W T. Frost
The directors organized by re-electing
the former board of officers as follows
President. f. J.. parmelee of Putney
| vice president, Warner l.. Thomas OF
| Brattleboro; clerk of the directors and
manager of plant, Wayland Z. Frost
# treasurer, Brattleboro Trust Co.