The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-10-30
CREAMERIES HOLD
DISTRICT MEETING
Dairymen From Three COun-
ties Meet in This City
Thursday, Oct. %
CONDITIONS IMPROVING
Fieldman MOrtensOn's Annual
Report Shows District to
Be in Fine Shape

The annual meeting of District
No. z, Land O'Lakes Creameries
Inc, comprising creameries in
Stearns, Benton and Todd counties
held in the Sank Centre Commun-
lty Club rooms all day Thursday
Oct. %, was attended by a number
of representatives.
District Chairman, E. M. Rosen.
berg, Bertha, presided. Secretary
George Strauss. of this city, read
the minutes of the previous meet
ing and Treasurer A. H. Gates re-
port showed a balance on hand of
$457.22.
The report of Fieldman M. p
Mortenson showed that the volume
quality and operating efficiency of
the member creameries disclosed a
gratifying increase over the pre-
Vious year. This excellent report
is published in full at the conclu-
sion of this article.
The election of officers resulted
as follows: Chairman and director
E. M. Rosenberg, Bertha; vice
chairman, j. P. johnson, Glendor-
ado; secretary, George Strauss
Sank Centre; treasurer, A. H.
Gates, Rice; director, Gust Levor-
son, Brooten.
On motion the invitation to hold
next years meeting at Foley was
accepted.
A splendid dinner was served by
the ladies of St. FauPs church at
noon. During the lunch hour a
male quartet of Sank Centre bust
ness men sang several delightful
songs.
The afternoon session was start
ed promptly at 100, with addresses
OF welcome by Mayor Sigurd
Holme and Howard Bishop, presi-
dent of the Sank Centre Commun-
ity Club.
General Manager A. ]. Mcclure
of the Land OLakes Creameries,
Inc, gave a very interesting talk
in which the activities of the in
corporation for the past year were
fully reviewed. The member
ereameries were urged to carry on
an aggressive advertising cam
palgn in their local newspapers.
A. H, lautsrhach. manager OF
the recently organized feed depart
msne discussed feed and feeding
explaining how the association was
practically forced TO enter this
branch Of business The addresses
81 NsSSrS MCGUIRE and Lautsr-
bach were followed by free for all
SsSeSsSSSoHS
ASSoSr11ssae waS made shoS.
fessc eNeAoe& Tie following Is the
Interesting SssaSse report made eN
HssSSssa Noreszsos>
ne the DIRECTORS and Msashr
CSssrsersssc
I hs<s~ssa saszass the TIA IN.
neal report Is year Ssaaaaa Q.
psssrscs No :, wAscA SacaaSss Toaa
SsearnS, SeaSoa and q portion q
KsnaSoaS Counties.
The year Of 1scs saw consider
able Improvement IN quality q
cream over lseS, bat asa not susts
NSSS2 S1tS 43&So 112&lA % 2S<a, and
the how prices Of butter in 1881
together with unusually hot wealth.
CT has pulled tn quality down
quite q bit for the first nins
months, but We may catch up be.
fore the end Of the year.
In the coming year i sincerely
hope that every operator and every
creamery board member VIII use
his utmost influence toward the
Improvement Of the quality OF
cream received by his creamery. II
is the duty Of each and every
board member to back up his op-
orator in the grading program and
to Join him in calling on careless
and delinquent patrons. IF board
members would take more personal
interest in the welfare Of his
creamery and by example and in
conversation always boost for bet
ter methods and higher standards,
all the creameries would be max
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