The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-15
LOCAL CREAMERY
PAYS HIGH PRICES
About One-Third More
than General Run i'm
New England
CHECKS FOR JUNE
MAILED NEXT WEEK
VIII BE ON Basis of 53 Cents a Pound
for Butterfat and 30 Cents a Hundred
for Skim Milk - Organization Makes
Good Financial Showing

Good Financial Showing.
Checks viii be mailed next week to the
160 patrons of the Brattleboro Co-opera-
tive Milk Producers, Inc. for June milk
and cream on basis of 33 cents pound
for butterfat and 90 cents "a hundred
pounds for skim milk. according to an
announcement just made by Manager w
2. Frost. The May prices were - and
30 cents, respectively. These prices are
higher by nearly one-third than the gen
eral run of creameries throughout Yer
mont and New England
In addition to the payments to patrons
for the first two months and the paw
ments for all operating expenses for that
period the directors have set aside 81 900
a month as a sinking fund for taking
care of the Indebtedness. This certainly
Is good showing for n new corporation
and it looks as though the Windham
Inc, as the new plant is called was liv
ing up fully to the expectations of its
founders.
Manager Frost was in communication
yesterday with the manager of the milk
plant at Milford, who said that the price
was 3S cents a pound for butterfat and
30 cents a hundred pounds for skim
milk. The Brattleboro plant. however,
handles nearly three times as much milk
as the Milford plant The Richford plant
made its May payments on a basis of
43 cents for butterfat and 30 cents for
skim milk.
Demand for milk and cream from the
Brattleboro plant is increasing steadily
and it is now necessary TO buy about
80 quarts of cream a day in Barnet in
order to supply the demand Approx
mately all of the milk received at the
local plant is sold as whole milk. Aside
from the carload of milk which is shipped
daily to the Phillips company i'm Spring
field, shipment of 400 quarts of highly
paSteurized milk. which is sold f. O. b.
Brattleboro. is made daily to the Meadow
Brook Creameries Co, Inc. in Spring
field. Mass. and is sent from here on
he 313 train each afternoon.
One thousand quarts of milk a day is
run through the automatic bottling MAJ
chine. This is sold at wholesale to II.
| II. Winchester of West Brattleboro. II.
| 7. Moore of ESteyville and X. l.. Brooks
| of Brattleboro. retail dealers: ]. F.
Bushnell and II. A. Stebbins. grocers
and for distribution at Sofford lake. the
milk being taken there by l.. /. Aliens
truck. All of the skim milk is sold to-
! the farmers.
Since the plant started operation April
| 80 approximately 30 new stockholders
have been admitted and milk is now be-
| ing received from South Londonderry,
| WardsborO station. jamaica and Town
shend on the West River branch of the
| Central Vermont railroad. Over 10000
quarts of milk a day are being received.
| While it had been expected that there
would be a considerable falling off in the
supply at this season. a good amount of
this expected slump has been avoided
/ by the addition of new patrons.
| Additions TO the equipment also have
| been made since operations were begun,
| a second 6OO-gallon pasteurizing vat hav
! ing been installed. 500gallon skim
milk vat also has been set up in the
northeast corner of the room over the re-
| ceiving room which makes possible the
easy filling of cans in the north end of
/ the receiving room for return to the
Farmers. A pump which returns all con-
densed steam to the boiler while it is stfll
hot. thus avoiding the necessity of fill
Il ing the boiler with cold water so fire.
quently. has been installed in the boiler
room. The building also has been
| equipped with screens.
| Every effort is being made to keep the
plant in the most sanitary condition pos
Sible. All washing is done with special
| diSinfeeting fluid. both of the cans which
are returned to the farmer and of the
bottles They then go through rinsing
land Steaming process and all bottles are
set in the cooler for n sufficient period 10
chill them thoroughly before they are
put through the automatic bother. The
/ washing machines. too are taken apart
frequently for a special cleansing process.
Other movable apparatus is cared for
with special attention to sanitation.
/, The office force consists of Stanog-
rapher Miss Hazel Wentworth; a book
keeper. Frank p. Philbrick. who was en-
i ployed by r. Crosby < Co. some time !:
bookkeepers assistant. Miss Leone Turn
qr who recently graduated from the
IBrattleboro high school. It also is
necessary to employ another assistant to
the bOoSkeeper for the month-end bal
lance work. Miss Elisabeth Brasor is
now at the plant in that capacity.
The grading is going on around the
buildings and within a short time it is
expected that all the buildings will be
painted grey The standing grass is be-
; ing cut by the Brattleboro Retreat, to
;, whom it was sold for $3.50.
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