The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-06-15
Creameries United
in Statewide Body
NEW COOPERATIVE MARKET
ING ASSOCIATION SEEKS
BETTER MARKETS.


erative Minnesota creameries, meet
ing in convention at the state capitol,
have launched a statewide association
designed to improve the market for
Minnesota, dairy products and save
money for the producers. A board
Of Is directors, elected by the conven-
ton, is drafting articles of incorpora-
tion for the Minnesota Cooperative
Creameries Association, Inc. Every
cooperative creamery in the state
will be given a chance to join.
Officers of the association are III.
B. Nickerson of Elk River, president;
William Harpel of Glencoe, vice.
president; John Brandt of Litchfeld,
secretary, and Isaac Emerson of Sky
berg, treasurer. The other members
of the. board of directors are Herman
Berg, Rush City, representing coop
erative creameries in Chisago, Pine,
Mile Lacs, Isanti and Kanabec coun-
ties; Frank Farney, Spring Grove,
representing Houston, Winona, Fill
more and Mower; Charles Markytan,
Owatonna, representing Freeborn and
Steele; w. R. Linville, Long Prairie,
for Stearns, Todd and Benton; A. L.
NSiSC1, uAdAAdlO3 lOI w 0SCCd, AC
Sueur and Blue Earth; G. J. Rath,
Easton, for Brown, Faribault, Wat
onwan and Martin; J. O. Bjorklund,
Henning, for Ottertail, Wadena and
Becker; G. G. Baker, Slayton, for
Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood, Pipestone,
Murray, Cottonwood, Rock, Mobiles and
Jackson; C. T. Kirkvold, Starbuck,
for Douglas, Pope, Grant, Chippewa,
Yellow Medicine, Lac qui Parle
Swift, Stevens, Traverse and Wilkin;
E. O. Melsness, Erskine, for Polk,
Norman, Clearwater, Clay, Mahno-
men, Red Lake, Pennington, Marshall,
Kittson and Roseau; V. Lockwood,
Motley, for Morrison, Aitkin, Grow
Wing, Carlton, Cass, Itasca, Beltrami,
Hubbard, Koochiching, ST. Louis, Lake
and Cook.
State Represented.
The counties were grouped and re-
presentation accorded on the basis of
butter fat production. Mr.. Nicker-
son represents Carver, Dakota, Hen
nepin, Washington, Sherburne, Anoka,
Ramsey and Scott; Mr.. Brandt re-
presents Meeker, Wright and Kandi-
yohi; Mr.. Harpel, Mcleod, Sibley
Renville and Nicollet; and Mr.. Emer-
son, Dodge, Olmsted, Goodhue,
| Wabasha and Rice.
Governor J. A. o. Preus, address
ing the convention, declared the
creamery association will be the great
est step forward ever taken by the
dairy industry of the state.
The new agency aims to benefit
every cooperative creamery which
joins it, by standardization and inn
provement in quality, through cream
grading and proper manufacturing
methods; by shipping and bargaining
on the basis of carload lots of butter
and other dairy products; by service
| of experts to assist in marketing on
L by cooperative purchasing, at whole
sale prices, of necessary supplies
such as salt, tubs and coal.
Farm Bureau to Help.
The plan adopted by the delegates
calls for placing experts on the Chic
ago, Philadelphia and New York
markets, to assist Minnesota shippers
in getting the best prices, accurate
market information and fair freight
rates. It also calls for employing
district field men to assist the cream
cries throughout the state in arrang-
ing carlot shipments, standardizing
their products and solving all pro-
blems of cooperative marketing on
a large scale. Direct selling through
the state agency will not be under
taken for some time.
The. directors have requested the
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