The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-02-23
BUTTER PUBLICITY
GAINING SUPPORT
Creamery Men Favor Ad-
vertising Product
WASTAKEN
Number of Problems Discussed
BY Managers and The
Directors


Directors and buttermakers of
District Number s, Minnesota CO.
operative Creameries association
held their annual meeting and cleo
ton of officers al the auditorium of
the Mankato Y. NJ. c. A. yesterday
afternoon.
One OF the outstanding features of
The meeting was the decision of
those present to do more advertis-
ing. One OF the methods of advertis
ing to be adopted this year will be
the placing of butter exhibits at
! each Of the codnty fairs in tho three
counties comprising the district
This decision was made at the sug-
gestion of Fred Hanson, field man
ager for district No. s, which takes
in the counties Of Blue Earth, Wa
SEGA and LeSueur. Mr.. Hanson call
cd attention to the success Of the
butter exhibit made at Mankato fair
last fall. In order to make this
success in every county of the dis
trict, he stated that -refrigerators
would have to be purchased in which
10 store the butter for exhibition.
On motion of August Schults, who
said that he believed in advertising
| the dairy business as extensively as
any other line Of business, three re
frigerators will be purchased, one
each for storing the butter at the
| Mankato Fair, another at the Wa
SEGA couny fair and one at the Lee
Sueur county fair, these refrigera-
tors to- remain the property of the
district.
Grading Of The Cream
! Grading of the cream in order TO
bring up the quality of the butter
was another important decision
reached at the meeting.
With this object in view, an effort
will be made to place a cream COOL
ing tank on each farm in the district,
in order to enble each cream produ-
Ger to keep his cream sweet, for the
sweet cream is the only kind which
will produce quality butter.
| Arthur II. Dannheim, operator of
the Good Thunder creamery. spoke
of the success of these cooling tanks,
which he had given a very severe
test and found them up to the stan
dard. Mr.. Danheim is also a firm
believer in grading cream. Grading
had been done for some time past
at the Good Thunder creamery with
the result that the grade of the but
ter had been raised.
William Withrow, operator of the
Amboy CO. operative creamery, told
of the success or grading cream at
that creamery. A better price is paid
for the sweet cream, and this en-
courages the producerto bring in no
other kind.
| Adds To Cream Checks
George Z. Austin, secretary OF the
Lily Creamery association at Lake
Crystal, said that the grading Of
cream at that creamery had added
to the cream checks OF those who
brought in the best grade product.
The cream producers have. come to
realize this added gain, and are all
endeayoring to bring I'm nothing but
the best cream. Mr.. Austin told OF
the great saving in freight by ship
ping in car load lots.
| Arthur Fl. Denheim of the Good
Thunder creamery said that he at
tributed the success Of that cream
cry largely to the grading of the
cream.
D. E. Johnson Of Smith Mill
creamery said that he believed in
grading, and also Of advertising and
placing cooling tanks on every farm
| Carload Lot Shipments
! Fred Hanson, field man for dis
trict No. 8, in his report of the work
accomplished during the past year
said. that there are thirty-si
creameries in the district, and out
of that number eleven are shipping
in carload lots and finding that they
are making a great saving on freight
The total cars shipped in that man
ner during the year was one hun
dred and sixty nine. The saving in
freight over local shipment on that
many cars resulted in a saving of
$15,6S5, or a saving on eoch 100
pounds of forty lone cents. He stated
that records had been kept Or, all
cars shipped to eastern markets.
| Fl. E. Salisbury of Amboy, secre-
tary of district No s, in his financial
report stated that the receipts of the
district in dues ETC., during the year
had been $1,431.24 and the balance
on hand now is S1,OSS.7f.
4 A. l.. Veigel was reelected chair
man; A. F. Spomberg of Otisco,
MINI, first vice chairman: F G.
Wood of Waseca, second vice chair
man: H. E. Salisbury of Amboy, Sc
Rotary and treasurer; directo at
large, Martin Schwartz of Ottawa.
It was voted at the meeting to
make the salary Of the secretary and
treasurer $40 per month.
1t was expected that A. L. Veigle
would arrive from st. Paul to be
present ut the meeting but he failed