The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-01-29
Annual Meeting of Sank
Lake Creamery Largely
misunderstanding Talks


Lake Cooperative creamery held at
the Community Club rooms, Sank
Centre, Monday January Goth, was
attended by about 165 farmers be-
sides a number of business and pro-
fessional men of the city. President
o. j. Lying called the meeting to
order at 11:00 o'clock A. M, and
presided over it's elaboration. Mr..
Lying makes an excellent presiding of
ficer. A splendid spirit of harmony
prevailed during the entire meeting.
The reading of the minutes of the
last annual meeting and the annual
report of the years business by Sec
rotary George Strauss, were accept
ed and ordered filed. This report
showed that the creamery had served
265 patrons during the year and that
600. 7O3 pounds of butter were man
ufactured in 1924; gain of nearly
$4,000 pounds over, 1923. The gross
receipts for this butter was $243,-
6O4.33. The patrons of Sank Lake
creamery including the value of the
buttermilk returned to them, received
an average price of 1872 cents per
pound for their butterfat during the
year.
The secretary's report also dis
closed that a number of the farmers
in the vicinity of Sank Centre, pat
rons of the Sank Lake creamery are
dairying at a. profit. The following
are the five farmers receiving the
largest total amount during the year:
F. J. Minette, $3,039.63; D. B. Caug-
hren, $2,762.13; George and Ben
Minette, S2,617 .78; F. P. Minette &
Son, $2,596.7S; John Eibensteiner,
$2,564.64. '.
John Miller was elected as director
for a three-year term succeeding
Joseph Beste. A. J. Orth who has
served the past year, filling the va
cancy caused by the resignation of
Theo.s Schurman, was elected for
three-year term.
As none but stockholders were elig-
ible to vote at the election, Ben Du-
Bots made a motion that. the presi-
dent appoint committee to provide
ways and means for patrons to ac-
quire stock in the creamery. Mr.. Du-
Bots stated in support of his motion
that eventually those hauling butter
fat and actually maintaining the
creamery in few years would have
no voice whatever, in the election of
its officers. The motion carried with
it the naming of President o. j..
Lying as chairman of the committee.
The rest of the committe is made up
OF the following gentlemen: Ben Du-
Bots, F. P. Minette, Oscar Sukke, and
A. Bosshardt. $3.50 <"
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The Sank Lake Creamery Associa-
ton is member of the Minnesota
Creamery Association, Inc. This or
ganization was perfected several
years ago and now has 465 co-opera-
tive creameries in the state as mem
bers. During 1924 5000. carloads Of
butter (80,000,000 pounds) were
shipped. The Association now has a
icG WoIui u PZO4,DVU.
Less than year ago Land OIakes
was designated as the official trade
mark name for butter shipped out
through the Minnesota Cooperative |
Creameries Association. Seventy
five per cent of all the butter hand
led by the association scored extras
and above. Over SO per cent of it
is sold under the Land OIakes brand. |
The association is now selling Land
O'Lakes butter from Maine to Florida |
at top prices. At the present time a
carload of Land O,Lakes butter is
being sold in Washington, ID. C. each
week. Land OIakes butter is scored |
by the Federal Department of Mime