The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-10-12
VI. CREAMERIES
MEET new
OPPOSITION
City Cream Dealers Com
ing Into Butter
Territory

Several of the oldest creameries
in Vermont which manufacture
butter only are considering selling
their products in the form of sweet
cream. This change is being caus-
ed partly through the competition
of city ceram dealers, who are
coming into some Of the butter
territory, through higher returns
! from sweet cream as compared
with butter, and the anticipated
effect of the new tariff on sweet
cream from Canada which is caus-
! ing few dealers to seek their
supply of cream on this side of the
line
There are many factors to be
considered by the creameries, par
ticularly those factories with we'll
established markets for their but
/ ter, before changing their present
method of marketing their pro-
ducts. Some of the chief factors
/ which should be given careful con
sideration are:
/. The price. The marginal
! difference between cream and but
ter must be sufficient to make it
! profitable to ship cream as COM
I pared with the manufacture of but
ter. The duration of the market
must be taken into consideration
when figuring the price or the
amount of the premium.
z. The cost of handling will
depend largely upon the supply
area, location of factory, and fac
tory management. In the majority
of plants the cost of handling
cream is approximately the same
as for butter
3. The assurance of steady and
reliable all-year-round markets.
4. The reliability and credit
standing of the dealer.
). The probable effect on the
quality of the butter. When
creamery ships a part of its pro
duct as sweet cream and the re-
mainder Of the ceram in manufac-
tured into butter it is generally
true that the butter is not of the
highest quality because thcs best
quality cream is shipped.
s. A large amount of ice must
be stored for handling cream than
for butter.
7. VIII the dealer or the
Creamery furnish cans?
8. The cream must be of the
very highest quality. This means
better care of the cream on the
farm and more frequent delivery
to the factory.
At the last butter scoring con-
test at Marshfeld the Marshfeld
creamery samples scored 94.G0;
Lamoille Valley of East Hardwick
1857; Missisquoi Valley of South
Troy, 1857 and Grand Isle, $3.50
Dairy briefs for the week not the
following: Milk-The New Eng
land October price for milk in
creased one cent per quart, making
the new price 812 cents per quart
delivered in Boston. The New York
October price for class Cmiik
tor fluid consumption) remains the
same as for September, $3.50 per
cWt. OF 3 per cent milk in the 200
mile zone. Butter-The butter
market continued to gain strength
steadily and are in a firm condi-
ton. A large amount of store but
ter Is moving into constructive
channels. Cream-The demand is
sui good for sweet, 440 per cent
cream. Cheese-There is a growing
demand for special skins on the
New York market.
Fruits and Vegetables-After
beng fairly active throughout Sep
TENDER, buying demand dropped off
the beginning of this week and has
been dull all week, with lower
prices on several important lines.
Native apples plentiful and lower
at $1.50-$2.50 a busheI for McIn-
tosh and $1.50-$2.00 for Wealthy
Cabbage lower at $100-$1.25 a bar
rel. Beets and carrots UNCHANGED
at $1.25-1.50 a bushel. .CaulifoWer
lower at 75c-S100 box. Celery
higher at $2.00-$2.50 a box for
white and $275-$3.O0 for pascal.
Parsnips lower at $125-$1.5O a
bushel Pears weaker at S1.00-2.OO
bushel. Blue Hubbard SQUASH
lower at 2 1-2-3c a pound. Fancy
stone tomatoes higher at S2.00-400
box, with early tomatoes at S1OOI
$1.50 a box. Maine Wolf River
apples lower at $2.00-3.O0 a barrel.
Connecticut Brussels sprouts 1Oc-
15c a quart. Colorado Pink meat
cantaloupes higher at $1.00-Sl25
a fiat crate. Massachut etts cram
berries slightly lower at $500. a
barrel, or $4.00-4.50 a crate. Con
cord grapes lower at 85c-$1.0O a
jumbo basket. Onions plentiful
and weaker at $1.75-1.90. Maine
potatoes lower at $1.10-1.20 per 100
lb. sack. Virginia sweet potatoes
lower at $20 a barrel.
Dairy and Poultry Products:-
Cutter Market rules firm on all
scores with the bulk of the demand
and trading on the finer marks of
miscellaneous lots and the full 80