The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-02-10
SAUK CENTRE HERALD. Sank Centre. MINI.

Looking toward the future we
have had some correspondence
with the organization you rep
resent relative to the establish
ment here OF a buttermilk fac
tory. We know the establish
ment of such a plant would
would benefit Sank Centre and
the Producers in the vicinity.
We sincerely believe that geo
graphical situation, transporta-
ton facilities and a host OF
other considerations combine to
make this logical and prof
table location for such a plant
operated by and for your group.
We hope that the time viii
come-and soon-when the mu-
tual advantages of such an un-
dertaking will be realized.
Meantime, Ladies and Cen
tlemen, the Community Club
welcomes you to Sank Centre.
It is our earnest hope that your
meeting here will be profitable
and that you will carry away
with you a pleasant impress
sion"
Gust Levorson, of Brooten, one OF
the speakers on the program, gave
a vivid account of the early mar
keting and farming experiences OF
the Sank Centre community. He
told Of the progress made in dairy
ing, since the time when he was a
boy when he saw homemade butter
with acorns and strawberry de.
signs in the old Capser store. He
had with him a creamery state
ment Of 1891, and read the tests
which were based on inches OF
cream instead of pounds. rs inches
tested IS percent, for which the pa
tron received 14c per pound, 9.5 in.
ches tested 100 percent, and tests
were listed at los for which 15c pei
pound was paid. He compared
prices of eggs, under recent date
and told the members that the bet.
ter prices were obtained through
their cooperative efforts.
Charles Holcomb, a former resi-
dent Of this city, now employed in
the State Dairy and Food Depart.
ment, in an explanation Of the &C.
tivities Of his department, stated II
was not organized as a policeman
to see how much trouble they could
cause, but was organized for the
benefit Of the farmer and producer
The Dairy and Food Department
collects three times as much as the
cost of the department, and hence
turns into the government Golfers
more than Is spent. He said he was
still strong for the cooperative
movement, and he complimented A
N. Cordell, local buttermaker, who
he said is near the top in efficien.
cy standing. The grading program
adopted three years ago, he said
was good because it brought better
cream, and that a gradual improve.
ment has resulted in grading In
Minnesota. Under the government
grading program an increase Cd
from Is percent in 1928 to rs per
cent and over has been noted. He
talked on the importance of the
separator and cooling Of cream In
both summer and winter. With
charts he showed the advantage OF
cooling with water and the differ
ence in temperatures of stirred ant
unstirred cream. His talk was in
teresting and educational.
John Brandt, president OF Lane
O. Lakes, Inc, spoke on the prob
lens confronting the dairy farmer
in the matter of marketing and
production. He said that farmers
get out Of their cooperatives just
what they put in. Farmers must be
more than producers, as they must
do their own merchandising as well
to be successful. He discussed the
trade treaty with Great Britain
and said he could see no reason fol
the drop in the butter market al
the present time. He. was not sc
sure that this trade treaty did MOI
include provisions to trade the far.
mers' butter for manufactured
goods, which would be an incentive
for lower prices. He said he did moi
know where the market on but
ter is going but it is apt to be as
low as Csc in a short time as for.
eign butter in bond is forced onto
the market. He continued that they
went into the first Of the year with
the smallest amount OF butter In
storage in many years and yet the
price Is weakening.
Mr.. Brandt advised the farmers
to keep the ownership Of their CO
operatives. He continued 1t Is diff
cult to do business in this day ant
age without coming in contact with
some business which Is subsidized
by the government. If we think we