The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-06-03
Creamery Men, Blue Earth
County, Organize
AUSTIN, THE PRESIDENT
Discussion of the Situation At
Meeting Held In ~.
Mankato

tive CreamerieS was organized at
this city yesterday afternoon at
melting at the auditorium OF the Y.
NJ. c. A, where George Austin of
Lake Crystal was elected president.
and l. E. Mcmillan of this city, sec
rotary. At yesterdays meeting it
was decided to hold another one on
June at the same place Tor the pur-
pose OF selecting at least sixteen
delegates to the state meeting at ST.
Paul June Z. Between now and the
next meeting, Secretary Mcmillan
Will notify all OF the managers and
directors OF the creamerfes in Dis
trist No. 6 comprising Blue Earth,
Nicollet and leSueur counties to be
present for the purpose of selecting
delegates to the state meeting, and
to map out line of work TO be taken
up at the state meeting.
Yesterdays meeting was presided
over by NJ. A. Schons of this city,
who called upon l.. +. Mcmillan TO
explain the object of the gathering.
Mr.. Mcmillan said that one of the
best methods of arriving at success
in the creamery business was through
CO. cooperation. This had been found
true in the fruit growers business
and hog raising, and in fact along
all lines of industry. There are To-
600 cooperative agencies in the
United States and they have all
proven their worth.
Danish Butter Competition.
Arthur Mitchell of Rapidan called
attention TO the fact that the butter
producers of this country are now up
against a proposition of greater
weight than the eleomargarine, and
that is the competition with Danish
butter which is being now imported
to this country with q tax Of only
six cents per pound. Mr.. Mitchell
said that this duty will not keep
Danish butter out of the American
Of foreign exchange, America offers
the best market in the world for
European products, and especially
Danish butter. Mr.. Mitchell said that
this competition can be met in only
one way and that is by making
Quality Butter" Minnesota Is the
banner butter state of the union,
and there Is absolutely no reason,
why the fame of the state can be
made known through the proper sys-
tenn OF advertising. Mr.. Mitchell urg
ed every buttermaker in Blue Earth
county and in fact in the entire state
to make 1t an object to produce only
the very best butter. With such but.
ter to offer to the eastern markets,
the fame of Minnesota butter will in
crease. and always be In demand at
Rapfdan creamery decided to make
quality the aim in the production of
butter, for its pays in the long run.
Mr.. Mitchell would like that method
adopted throughout the state, or in
other words to have a uniformity of
high quality. Mr.. Mitchell said that
he was not opposed to a state Or
ooni1otfo,, h,1f thni1ohf cho1,ld no
built from. the county units upward
Some day Mr.. Mitchell would like to
see all butter sent out of this county
branded Minnesota butter from the
Blue Earth county district. He
would have this brand mean some
thing. and be backed up by first class
quality of butter. By all means Mr.
creaIneries work for the betterment
of the business and especially for
product, for without that no success
can be long enjoyed. Mr.. Mitchell
said that he thought that it might
not be a bad plan to have field
man In each county whose work
would be along the lines of big
brother, calling the different cream
cries attention to best methods. of
handling cream etc.
A. H. Dannheim, the buttermaker
at Good Thunder said that he wished
to substantiate what Mr.. Mitchell
said in regard to quality of butter
produced. He thought that quality
should always be the watchword.
Ship In Carload Lots.
A. L. Veigel manager of the Man
kate Co. operative creamery, said
that he had found it to advantage to
ship in carload lots to one consignee
in the east and have the butter dis
tributed from that point to its several
destinations.
George Austin said that co opera
ton is the foundation of all business
and especially in the creamery bust
ness. He advised creameries coop
Grating with one another In order to
arrive at the best way of getting
good results. The managers and but
termakers should stand together.
The Lake Crystal creamery had ex-
perimented in the purchase OF sour
butter is made and found that 1t Is
working out all right. At the same
time the management is encouraging
the sale of nothing but sweet cream.
The sour cream can be handled where
the capacity of the plant prints of
making two grades of butter. The
output of the Lake Crystal creamery
is steadily increasing.
Evan Williams of Lake CRYSTAL
advised the better feeding Of dairy
cows in order to get good results in
butterfat.
James A Fisk of st. Paul, former
resident of this county and a butter
maker, but now representing the
great Atlantic and Pacific Tea COM
pany, was present at the meeting.
He strongly favored county organi-
cation, and possibly a field man to
boost dairy interests. One of the
duties of this field man, Mr.. Fisk
said would be to urge the making Of
uniform high grade butter.
Believed In Organizing
Arthur Mitchell believed in organ
izing for the purpose of determining
whether It is more profitable to ship
by car lots; to look after legislation
etc. He said that without some or
ganization back Of them the dairy
farmers have little power before the
state OF national law makers. An
other object Of the organization would
be to encourage the small creamery
J to make nothing but high grade but
ter.
George Austin said that he believed
in organization, If for nothing else
than to become acquainted with each
other He believed in the formation
of county unit, but the matter of a
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