Askov American., 1941-11-06
Will EquiipPlant
For Handling OF
Whole Milk Here
Askov Creamery Stock
holders Vote to Take Part
in Diversion Plan.

Voting to join in with the new gov
ernment milk diversion plan, stock
holders and directors of the Askov
Creamery Association are now going
ahead with plans to remodel and
equip their plant for the handling OF
whole milk. The matter was up for
discussion and vote at special meet
ing held last Thursday evening in the
Askov D. B. S. hall, the final count
being SO in favor of the project and
80 against.
Present at the meeting were S. A.
Striegl of Pine City, district presi-
dent of Land O'Lakes and a men,
ber of the Land OLakes board, and
Ben Lindvig of Mora, fieldman of the
association. Land OLakes Cream
cries has taken the initiative in ex-
panding the milk diversion program
in Minnesota and will assist in 10
eating large drying plants at various
points in the state for the convenience
of the creameries which are not
equipped to do this work.
Will Build Addition.
In order to properly handle the
whole milk at Askov an addition will
be built on to the south side of the
present cream plant. Full plans have
not been completed but it is expected
that the addition will be about 10
or IL feet wide and will extend the
full length of the building. The
present grade and platform will be
eliminated. The foundation work
and leveling the grade will be done
as soon as possible and bids for the
construction of the addition will be
opened next week.
Several items of equipment have
already been purchased by a COM
mittee composed of Chris Ingeman-
sen, Werner Clausen and Chris. Fred
eriksen of the creamery board, and
Wayne Lawson, buttermaker. The
equipment included a Toledo scale,
weigh can, dump tank, four pumps,
can washer, surface cooler, 5000
gallon holding tank, and a DeLaval
separator with a capacity of 1000
pounds per hour. All except the
scale is brand new. Yet to be pur-
chased are sanitary piping, milk cans
and other items. The cost of the
equipment alone will be approximate
ly $1,000.
Government Aid.
The government will furnish all
money necessary for inside creamery
equipment and for central drying
plants, using lend-lease funds. The
creamery will pay back to the gov
ernment at the rate of one per cent
per month.
Whole milk will be delivered daily
to the Askov creamery and there
separated with the cream being made
into butter as before. Cream will
also be accepted. The skinned milk
will be taken to central drying
plant to be made into milk powder.
A central drying plant for this Sec
tion will be constructed but the To-
cation has not been decided to date
The Sandstone and Finlayson cream
cries are other Pine county plants
which have held meetings recently
on the milk buying proposition and
they have decided to handle that
product.
Easier to Handle.
Milk in powdered form is not new
but war time necessity has placed a
great demand for it. The dried
milk is easier to ship, taking much
less space, will stay sweet without
refrigeration, and may be used as a
substitute for fresh milk for chill
dren. Five quarts of fluid milk will
make one quart of dried milk which
has been placed high on the list OF
defense foods" whose increased pro-
duction is being sought. A quarter
billion pounds of dried milk was
produced last year in the United
States for normal sales but in 1912
England alone is in the market for
100000 900 pounds.