| Show Out To Save Saie Home Best hest Friend Of Little Farmer A new lease of life and what ever everyone one hopes will be a permanent I one has been given during the past few fow days to the local cooperative Discouragement which has come from a lack of operating funds too small a volume of milk and lack of ability to fo o pay custom custom- cu customers tom ers as often as they are entitled were the factors experienced b by bythe bythe the board of directors and management management management manage manage- I ment of that much needed Institution institution tion during the past several months Sobered by these conditions but never the less determined that the Institution which forms forms' so valuable an outlet for ono one of our basic In Industries Industries industries In- In shall not pass new life and energy is being Injected into the institution with the firm belief that that it It can and will be raised from its present stage of discouragement to the plane employed by many other cooperative now In operation The handicaps the retiring board end nd officers have labored under isa Is Isa a standing debt of ot nearly created through a failure to sell sufficient stock in the beginning This handicap added to that creat crest crested ed d by a lack Inck of working capital that hat would permit the paying of customers before the product was marketed has caused dissatisfaction lon tion on the part of the producer with a a. resultant loss of volume of ot milk and thus further reducing the margin of profit These facts were laid bare at the stockholders meeting held two weeks ago Sixty five percent of or orthe the he stock was represented and a motion to levy an assessment nt of 70 0 per cent did not receive a single dissenting vote Yote It was pointed out by those who are aro In a position to know that patrons of ot the are Ing ng from 3 cents to 5 cents more per pound for butter fat tat than Is being paid by any other cream gathers in the country Certain Itis it itis its is s that if the local should close its doors the loca 1 price would be forced down Could tho ho present be wiped out and a margin be obtained as a Continued on page 4 1 Out To Save Ch Che e sery r Continued from Page one oile working capital thus eliminating the delay In n p paying ying customers customer which would automatically increase tiie the t volume lume it would be possible t to pay the producer on on the 1st and and of each month and oftener A guarantee of careful weight courteous tree treatment and to operate the plant at the best economical basis consistent and andt t to give giva the customers and stock stockholders Ji JU holders every advantage possible is 15 the promise of the new board boar if they tiley are supported One feature ich is often a point of f contention is is that of proper tests of the milk brought in The management will willbe willbe be untiring in their effort to protect protect protect pro pro- the customer and the in this important item item- Every Evers batch hatch of milk will bo be boo so handled n and tested so 50 as to reduce the possibility possibility pos pos- of error to a no minimum The present board as now organized organized organ organ- consists of Geo B B. B Cox Jr pr president Ross Thompson vice- vice president Andrew E. E Merriam treasurer secretary-treasurer and cheese maker A. A H. H Henrie and Nels P. P Madson Manti ManU cannot afford to allow this needed I Ielse to do an anything el else e. e but flourish 1st it affords the best market to the producer of milk We Ve need that market and we we need to expand in that field of endeavor The small farmer who ho t J no now finds finds himself without a Job dur during ng the long y winter ter months can create a profitable employment for himself by adding to his cow herd herdon on one or more good cows We want to I emphasise the good as a a. vital factor to success Here is the he rel reI cord of one one good farmer who has J i kept actual record record from his sales to the r for r one year Five good cows have o each brought a aish ish return of or for forthe the tho fi e and in addition 3 heifer calves es and 2 steers the latter I brought slightly over 17 The j i contentment that comes from useful useful useful use- use used d ful occupation the fertilizer and the waste products from the are by no means Insignificant insignificant insignificant factors that were also r re I. I r Merchants unanimously maintain I that if it were not fo for the milk mUk checks and poultry checks checks which invariably find their way into these those institutions their pf prospects 1 would uld be e indeed gloomy oF t Lets get behind the to toa 1 a man Instead of a half ton of ot I milk per day let us have five oj- oj six thousand pounds We havea have havo a market for our cheese a cheese a cen cent a pound m more re than ever before before before- with such a volume with the tho overhead over overhead overhead head but slightly greater what a flourishing institution we would have It can be done if we will but put our hand to it |
