The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-06-10
BUTTER MEN WILL
PUSH THEP PRODUCT
Decide To Establish Sales
Agency; Reach For
Business
Delegates Meet In St. Paul
At Which Action
Results

DelegateS 10 the number OF 200
from cooperative creamer1es through
out the state met in the state CAPT
tol, st. Paul, to consider the estab-
lishment of sales agency of Mime
sofa CO cooperative creameries, of
which there are approximately 700 in
the state.
M. J. Holmberg, commissioner of
agriculture, is presiding at the SEES
sions, and E. G. Johnson of Round
Prairie is secretary.
Hugn J. Hughes, marketing expert
OF the state department OF agricul-
committee of eleven appointed at a
conference of dairy men in Many.
The proposed state organization
will be a corporation organized under
the co operative law OF Minnesota
for the purpose primarily" Mr..
Hughes said, .of promoting, foster
ing and securing improvements in:
Standardization and improve
ment in quality through cream
grading and proper methods of
OF manufacture.
Shipping and transporting of
butter and dairy products through
car lot shipping
Service In the sale of products
of Minnesota creamcyfes through
closer CO. operation with present
distributing agencies and whole
sale market receivers.
Cooperative purchase of sup
plies, such as salt. tubs and coal
in car load lots"
Several Prominent Speakers.
A. ]. MCGUIRE, dairy specialist Of
the University Farm extension divi-
sion: w. R. Porter professor at the
North Dakota Agricultural college at
Fargo; Ray C. Potts, specialist in
charge of the division of dairy pro-
ducts of the federal department of
agriculture. and Mrs. l.. Mattson or
Amery, secretary of the Wisconsin
Creamery association, were among
the speakers. -
In explaining how the state organi-
zation would obtain the purposes for
which the state organization would
be fitted, Mr.. Hughes outlined the
program as adopted by the commit
tee of IL and said 1t was proposed to
establish these department.: ship
ping and transportation; Standard
cation and quality improvement; con-
tract and service in sales; purchas-
ing of supplies; advertising.
1t is planned to have a district
district and by and with the advice
and consent of the creameries in
each district. The state organization
would have contract with each
| creamery and would assist in the
shipping, transportation, grading and
Standardization problems of each.
Will Maintain Offices.
The contract anu sales department
of the state organization would main
ably in New York, Philadelphia and
Chicago, and through these offices
the quality of the products of each
creamery would be inspected; the
price received would be checked with
the market quotations: freight bills
| audited, and creameries assisted in
obtaining the best contracts and
market outlets.
The financing would ge handled by
the basis of one $25 share for each
100000 pounds or major fraction
thereof of butter made annually.
The money thus raised would be sup
plemented by charge per pound on
butter produce not exceeding one
half of one cent, such charge to be
| collected aud the unexpended por-
ton thereof prorated back to the
creameries at the end of each year.
Board of Directors.
The board of directors, composed
solely of butter producers, are: John
Brandt of Litchfield, first district;
Herman Berg of Rush City second
district: William Harpel Of Glencoe,
third district; Frank Farley of Spring
Grove, fourth district; Charles Mark
Ytan of Owatonna, first distrirt; Isaac
Emerson of Skyberg, sixth district; w.
r. Lindville of Long Pairie, seventh
district; A. L. Veigel of Mankato,
eighth district; H. B. Nickerson of
Elk River, ninth district; C.. J: Rath
of Easton, tenth district; j. o. Bjork-
lund of Henning, eleventh district;
G.. G. Baker of Slayton, twelfth dis
trict; G. T. Kirkwold of Starbuck,
thirteenth district; e. o. Melsness Of
Erskin, fourteenth district, and v.
Lockwood Of Motley, fifteenth district.
The tentative plan is to have car
lot shipping district in each district.
The. principal aims Of the state asso-
citation are:
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