The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-05-11
COOPERATIVE DAIRY
FACTORIES IMPORTANT
FACTORS IN VERMONT
In Almost Every Instance the Net Re-
turns to the Producer Are Higher
Than the Net Returns to Pro-
ducers Who Handle and
Market Goods In
dividually.

The cooperative DAIRY factories III
Vermont are an important factor IN
the success Of the dairy farmer. 1t is
through these factories that the farm
er's milk and cream is handled ana
marketed efficiently, economically ana
in sanitary manner, thus returning
TO the producer prices which will com.
pare favorably with the prices received
by producers in those sections when
do not have cooperative factories 10
handle their products. In almost every
instance the net returns to the pro-
Queer are higher than the net returns
10 the producers who handle and market
their milk and cream individually.
The time has passed fer the well es-
tablished small and medium sized city
milk dealer to purchase his supply OF
milk direct from the producer. He pre-
fers. and in fact is almost obliged, to
purchase his supply from an organized
group OF producers--or in other WORDS
from a cooperative organization be-
cause he is given better service, better
quality products and can depend on the
regularity of the shipments. This gives
the dealer less care and worry over his
SIMPLY and allows him to devote more
Of his time to the distribution end OF
the business. In addition to the beneflt
received by the producer in handling
his products through a cooperative as
ISOLATION, that organization or factory
| can handle the surplus products more
efficiently and at a less expense than
The city milk dealer who when pur-
chasing direct from the producer IS
obliged to manufacture the surplus
products in the city. BY being able to
manufacture the surplus milk in their
own cooperative factories the produc.
ers receive a higher price for all OF
| their milk because for what milk 10
sold as whole milk the organization IS
paid the straight market price and for
the surplus milk which is manufac'
tured IN their own plants they receive
| higher return from ii than the dealer
| who is required to manufacture the
surplus. The farmers who sell direct
must accept the surplus discount which
when taken into consideration makes
| the net returns much below the
straight market price.
The cooperative creameries manufae-
turing butter exclusively make returns
to their patrons which compare favor
ably with the returns to the producers
who handle and market their own prod
uctS. The reports issued by some OF
! these cooperative organizations at
their meetings show that the returns
have been good. One creamery returned
| to its patrons "a cents on every dollar
of sales made during 1920; another, 81
cents on every dollar of sales, and still
| another, 90 cents on every dollar OF
| sales.
Cost of Butter Packages.
The cost of butter containers is so
| high that creamery managers are com
PEELED to carefully consider these costs
unless they are receiving premiums for
| their butter over the fat market prices.
| The small spruce tubs 30, 20 and 80
poundsl cost approximately two cents
per pound for the butter packed in
them. AT the present time the To-
pound tub costs 30 cents; the 2O-pound
| tub So cents and the 30pound tub 40
cents each. The 50-pound spruce tub,
which costs Is cents, figures the cost
at Is cents per pound of butter. The
6O.pound ash tub figures about the
same. The 60-pound crates in round
and square fve-pound boxes cost Sl.2O
| each or cost of about three cents per
| pound on the butter. With these high
| container costs ereameries should re-
ceive a premium over the fat market
| 10 of
costs.
The 20, 30 and 40.pound boxes for
print butter are the lowest priced CON
tanners al the present time. The price
| figures about one cent per pound but
| ter. However, the demand for print
butter is not as strong at this season
as at other times Surplus butter must
| be packed in tubs. In view OF the high
cost Of butter packages it behooves the
creameries when contracting to supply
butter regularly to carefully consider
these costs.
Making Tests on Cream Shipments.
Some of the city dealers receiving
sweet cream shipments asked that the
creameries mark the test of the cream
on the reverse side of the shipping tag.
As a large amount of the cream Is
standardized for iee cream purposes, ct
eeters, the city dealer can save much
time by knowing the test of the cream
from the shipping tag, as he is not
compelled TO test il Immediately upon
| its arrival. Clerk tests can then be
made later in the day when the rush OF
| the work is over Creameries should CO.
operate with the dealers to this ex-
| tent.
Cooperative Creamery at Bellows Falls.
Organization papers have been filed
with the secretary of state and char
ter has been granted 10 operate a CO
operative dairy plant at Bellows Falls,
under the name Of Bellows Falls Coop
erative Creamery, Inc. The organiza-
ton meeting viii be held at Bellows
Falls on May Ia, 1921. II is planned
that in addition to marketing milk and
sweet cream, other dairy products such
as butter. cheese, condensed milk and
possibly powdered milk and skim milk
| will be manufactured. The factory will
begin operations about September I,
and will handle the product from about
1900 cows.
Creamery Positions.
Requests have been received at this
| Office recently for one assistant cream
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