The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-11-25
IMPORTANT MEETING
OF DAIRYMEN tues.
MEMBERS OF LAND O'LAKES
STATE ORGANIZATION GA
THEIR IN SAUK CENTRE
A. ]. MCGUIRE SPEAKS
M. p. MORTENSON RETAINED AS
THE DISTRICT FIELD
MAN

The annual meeting of District No.
z of the Land OIakes Creameries,
Inc, held at the Sank Centre Com
munity Club rooms Tuesday after
noon was attended by larger num-
Der of representatives of co-opera-
tive creamery members than ever be-
fore.
Stearns, Todd and Benton coun-
ties are eligible to membership
in District No. 7. Twenty-four
of the creameries in the three
counties are members. They are :
Stearns-Avon, Brooten, Georgeville,
Holdingford, Padua, Roscoe, st.
Joseph, Sank Lake of this city, Rock
vile, and New London; Todd-Ber-
tina, Eagle Bend, Round Prairie, Rey-
nolds, West Union and Wadena
Benton-Foley, Fruthville, Gilman,
Glendorado, Oak Park, Rice, St.
Cloud, Sank Rapids.
Eighteen of the creameries were
represented at Tuesdays meeting
and creamery operator.
The delegates began to arrive
shortly before noon and at 1890 a
substantial lunch was served in the
Club dining room by the ladies of
St. Paul's Catholic church. During
the serving of the meal vocal and in
strumental music was furnished by
the Misses Evelyn and Hazel Morten-
son, daughters of District Manager
M. p .@Mortenson.
The business session was started at
about 80 with District Director Hill
pert of Bertha presiding, and George
Strauss of Sank Centre acting as
secretary.
The report of Field Manager Nor
tenson was very interesting and in
structive. He disclosed that II of
the Is creameries marketing through
the Land O'Lakes Creameries, Inc,
were, full fiedged certified Land
O'Lakes Creameries and entitled to
use the Land O'Lakes label. A
creamery can belong to the Land
OIakes Greameries, Inc, and not
market their product through the
organization. Those marketing put
all their product through the organi-
cation except what is sold locally.
All butter packed in the official
cartoon of the corporation must score
SO or better.
Mr.. Mortensen said marked inn
provement in the quality of butter
manufactured by the member cream
cries of the district had developed
the past 18 months. June 1, 1925
about so per cent of the product of
the member creameries of the dis
trict were manufacturing SO or bet
ter score butter. At the present time
fully 10 per cent of the district pro-
duct was eligible to use the Land
O'Lakes labels. District No. 7 is in
a close race for leadership in the
state with Districts Nos. 1 and 2.
Mr.. Mortenson congratulated the
creamery operators of District No. Z
on their efficiency of workmanship
operation. Each operator of a
creamery marketing its product
through the state association is CIV
en- an individual scoring on every
churning.
The efficiency of operation has been
splendidly demonstrated by R. P.
Schultz, operator of the Round Prai-
RE creamery, Todd county. Mr..
Schultz has scored 100 in operation
efficiency for IA consecutive months,
record in Minnesota. He was pre-
scented with beautiful silver cup in
recognition of his fine work.
Efficient can washing and drying
was explained by Mr.. Mortenson and
strongly recommended. He also cali
ed attention to the fact that butter
milk can, he developed into a very
profitable by-product for any cream
cry.
A. J. Mcclure, general manager of
the Land OpLakes Creameries, Inc,
was present and made an interest
ing address,: Mr.. Mcclure was one
of the originators of the state coop
erative idea. He congratulated Dis
trict No. z on the progress made. In
discussing the development of the
state organization he said that 85
per cent of Land O,Lakes butter was
now sold outsideof New York City.
The product now finds a ready sale
in all sections of the United States,
east and west, and the Land OLakesi
organizations are the largest manu-
facturers of sweet cream butter in
the world. This condition has re-
suited in giving the actual producer
a satisfactory price for his butterfat
at all times. Mr.. Mcclure stated
that the state organization had set
aside an appropriation of $4,000
for advertising which will be ex-
pended in the late winter and early
spring when the name and qnality of