Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-02-01
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Product of-2853 Mich Cows in
Derby at Mercy of Milk
Companies

At meeting of the stockholders
of the Farmers Cooperative Dairy
Friday afternoon at 1870 o'clock, it
was voted to dissolve and wind up
| the affairs of the corporation as pro-
vided by the laws of the state, and
Edison N. Connal of Newport town
was appointed agent and empowered
to employ counsel and transact the
business required in such dissolution
proceedings. About five years ago
many Of the leading dairymen of New
port and Derby became dissatisfied
with the marketing conditions Of, their
dairy products, and as the outcome of
this feeling, the Farmers Co-Opera-1
tive Dairy company inc, was organ
lied with 142 subscribers, 287 shares
Of stock at $40 par value being sub
scribed.
Before a sufficient amount of stock
could be placed to insure the erecting
| of creamery, war broke out and
material scared in price, which hand
capped the officers in fulfilling the de-
sires of the company. Another i'm
portant factor which tended to delay
the building of cooperative cream
cry, was the better prices which pre-
vailed, bought about by the war, and
up to the past year the farmers have
been getting good prices. 1t appear
ed at the meeting Friday that much
activity has recently developed among
the Derby dairymen, toward es-
tablishing cooperative creamery,
| this being brought about, by the re-
cent threatened milk strike and the
receiving of notice that they must find
other outlets for their products. In
| Derby with a combined dairy of 1858 |
head of cattle, places the farmers In a
serious situation to have their market
cut off over the telephone, and they !
are justified in desiring to improve
their condition.
Following the receiving of this no.
tice, the Derby dairymen came to-
gether, in what might well be termed
| an indignation meeting at which en-
| thusiasm for a cooperative creamery
run high. 1t seemed to be the univer
present at that meeting, that they
should organize and prepare to take
care of their own milk products. No
definite action was taken, owing to the
| fact that several of the Derby farm
| ers were members of the Farmers
| COOPERATIVE Dairy Company, Inc,
and held stock. The chief object of
the stockholders meeting held Friday
at school hall was to see if the share
holders would vote to go ahead and
build a creamery, or dissolve the COM
pany. The greater portion of the at
! ternoon was spent in discussion, OF
| che situation, which was entered into
by farmers of Newport and Derby.
| In the discussion some believed that
the Farmers COOPERATIVE Dairy Co.,
Inc, should continue and the most
central location for creamery was at
Newport, which would accommodate
J the farmers on both the east and
west side of the lake. 1t seemed to
| be the feeling of the Derby farmers
| that they were willing to support
| the already organized company re-
| CARELESS if the creamery was built at
Newport or Derby, but they wanted
to be assured that the company which
had been dormant since early organ
ization, would take action. When the
Ia to 3 for dissolution.
! The meeting was presided over by
Henry c.. Squires, president, and G.
w. Richmond served as clerk.
4 v. r. JONES', state dairy specialist,
from the state department of agri-
4 culture, was present at the meeting
and gave the farmers some valuable
information of what the cooperative
creameries were doing In the state.
He referred to being present in New
port about five years ago when the
/ Farmers Cooperative Dairy Co.,
inc, was organized. He said that
since the new law was passed In 1915,
4 SO cooperative creameries had sprung
up In the state and 81 of them were
actively doing business, and he pre-
dicted many more in the next five or
Il ten years; that Vermont contributed
one-third of the dairy industry of the
New England states and that she had
the best markets. Mr.. Jones believed
in organization and in cooperative
creameries, that it gave the farmers
chance to do their own testing, also
an opportunity Of getting better
prices; that several of the creameries
. had paid off their indebtedness, some
of them in two years. He referred
to the creameries not being cooper
ative, while they represented a CO.
, operative lot of dairymen there was
, too much individuality, but he believed
J THAT in the near future all CO.
operative creameries would be operat-
ling under one cooperative association.
He stated that Vermont was shipping
, so percent of the cream that goes into
! Boston, also AZ percent of the milk.
! Other articles of business that were
!, to come before the meeting were pass
8 ed over, and the meeting adjourned.