The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-02-16
ANNUAL SESSION
LILY CREAMERY
Business and Social Feat
ures We're Combined
KRAUSATTHE HEAD
Excellent Addresses Delivered
BY Those Versed In
- Dairying

Directors and stockholders of the
Lily Creamery company held their
annual meeting at Lake Crystal
Saturday. The officers elected fol
the ensuing year were: L.. P. Kraus,
president; George E. Austin, secre
tary; Peter M. Schons, operator.
The choice of three new directors
resulted in the election of John b
Jones, George E. Austin and e. T.
Williams. Following the regular
business Of the meeting a very in
teresting program was carried out
This consisted of music by the Mar
garet Jones orchestra, a number OF
well rendered selections by a male
quartette and a number of solos
together with several short talks.
The male quartette consisted OF
w. E. Price, Richard T. Thomas,
William M. Jones and Harold VIII
liams. The singing of these gentle
ment was heartily encored, and
they were. required to respond sew
eral times.
Solos were rendered by Miss
Margaret Jones and Miss Ula Aus =
tin, and several readings by Miss
Katheryn Bryant, teacher of com
mercial branches in Lake Crystal
high school.
County Agent L. E. Mcmillan took
for the subject of his talk, Factors
or Success in Dairying." MT Nc.
MILAN explained in detail how the
dairy COW had improved through
selection and feeding from an AMI
milk in a year to the present high
state of efficiency, where dairy
cows are giving 1000 pounds OF
butter, and thirty thousand pounds
of milk. He emphasized this as
showing that the dairy cow is q
highly developed machine. With
good care and careful feeding, as
we'll as good breeding this machine
can be kept at its best.
The second point was the proper
feeding. housing, and good market,
and the individual dairy man. In
the CO. operative creamery the
dairyman has a good market. The
Lily creamery where cream is being
graded as to quality, and where a
product of high quality is being
manufactured, is a market where
cream will bring at least ten cents
per pound more than at the cen
Trailing plants. IT,. -..
Mr. Mcmillan closed his remarks
by complim enting the Lake Crystal
community for it's enterprise IN
putting out nothing but the very
best product.
Judge Harry A. johnson of Man
kato entertained the audience with
q. number Of Swedish dialect stories
He demonstrated to the assem-
blage that he has had the expert
ence and knows how to feed calf.
Launching into a more serious VEN,
Judge Johnson stressed the import
ance of taking the boys and girls
into partnership on the farms. Give
them sense of ownership, and
there will not be the tendency to
leave the farm for the city.
Talked For Best Product
James Rasmussen, manager OF
the state creamery at Albert Lea,
said that the importance of pro
ducing nothing but the best product
could not be too much emphasized.
There are three factors in making
good dairy products. They are
cleanliness, cooling and frequent
delivey to the creameries. The hand
separator, he thought was some
times neglected, and should De
looked after more frequently. Mr..
Rasmussen gave specific instances
of where attention to the three fac :
tors he mentioned resulted in add
ed income to the creamery. The
speaker said that the Lily Creamery
company was indeed fortunate III
having for its operator Peter M.
Schons, who is an expert in butter
making.
Peter M. Schons was the last
speaker. He said that he appreciat- =
ed the support he had received
from the patrons of the creamery.
Mr.. Schons predicted great future
success of the Lily creamery if this
CO. operation is kept up in the flu
ture.