The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-03-21
Flu. CREAMERY
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to come. The Farmers Union
Creamery is the work of Swan
Anderson and d. l. Todd, who
projected the thing and put it
over when few believed that it
could be done. The idea enter
tanned was that the creamery
should accommodate not only Viii
iams county, North Dakota, but
also the needs of the farmers in
the contiguous Montana territory,
where the Farmers Union has been
organized. The old creamery
building was leased and the ma
chinery and equipment purchased
by the Farmers Union Co-opera-
tive Creamery which was organic
ed by the above men. A manager
was secured and the creamery OPP
ened up for business. The bust
ness done the first year was ire
mendous, and the volume was soon
too great for the present prem
ises.
A couple of weeks ago, the
stockholders held meeting and
decided to build a creamery and
cold storage structure ample to
care for its present and its POI
tential business, and a building
committee was selected to act
with the board of directors for the
securing of a site, plans and the
raising of the money necessary to
build the structure. 1t was voted
to sell sufficient stock to finance
the enterprise. To show the con-
fidence and faith, the old stock
holders bought another share of
stock each and promised to sell
stock to their neighbors. Since
that time many farmers in Will
liams county, not hitherto stock
holders, have subscribed.
The directors decided to try to
sell the stock to build the new
building without resorting to hir-
ed statesmen, and thus save the
commission. If this can be done
it will certainly be a compliment
to the cooperative spirit and soil
darity of the farmers of this sec
ton of the nation, and mean a
great saving to the stockholders
making the commission money
available for investment and pro-
viding the farmers 100 cents for
every dollar advanced.
The locals of the Farmers Union
organization of Williams county
are getting behind the project in
a magnificent manner. The 9th,
er evening at the meeting of the
Stoney Greek local, that local vot.
ed to buy 500 worth of stock,
thereby setting a pace for the 9th
er locals in the county to trot to
no doubt every local in the coun-
ty will do as we'll and some prob
ably even better. A spirit like
this is what makes for success.
There are many members of the
Farmers Union in Sheridan,
Roosevelt and Daniels counties on
! the Williston-Opheim branch of
the Great Northern who are milk
ing cows and shipping cream. II
these members should send their
cream to the Farmers Union
creamery at Williston, and also
buy a share of stock, it would be
a wonderful thing. 1t would
make the Farmers Union creamery
} the biggest cooperative institution
of it's kind in the Northwest
Members can get higher prices
and better tests from a co-opera-
tive than from any other source
while at the same time helping to
build a business of their own.
Ground will be broken and build.
S ing commenced on the new struc.
ture as soon as the weather will
) permit.
= The Williston creamery is affil.
( lated with the Nationally known
3 Land o. Lakes Cooperative which
4 is the sales agency of the numer-
t Gus Minnesota cooperative cream
: cries, and makes Land o. Lakes
sweet cream butter, the best but
, ter ON the American market II
also manufactures Williston Maid
ice cream, a very high quality pro.
S duct. Sheridan County Farmers
a Union members could helm the
!. creamery by asking for this brand
of ice cream at the confectioneries
The demand for this ice cream
grows rapidly.
The great success of the Farm.
? ers Union creamery is due to sew.
eral reasons. The first maybe To
S the cooperative impulse of the
: Williams county farmers, who
4 have loyalty supported the enter
: prise. Second, to the good for.
? curing the manager, Mr.. Swenson
= who knows his stuff, and VIII !.
! an able, efficient and tireless vnar !
ager and who has assembled !