VERMONT DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 7 1 



President Aitken. — The subject to be next discussed is that of 

 "Organizing and Maintaining a Successful Co-operative Creamery," 

 and you are to listen to a man who will present no theory upon the 

 subject, but one of your own number, who is himself maintaining a 

 successful co-operative creamery, Mr. M. A. Adams, of Derby, Vt. 



M. A. Adams said: Mr. President, ladies, and gentlemen, I think 

 the Secretary did a very wise thing in presenting my name just previous 

 to the talk you will receive from Governor Hoard. Governor Hoard is 

 a man we all know by reputation at least, as a man like an inex- 

 haustible well, you never can pump him dry, but it will take but a little 

 while to give you all that I know. In presenting my address before 

 that of Governor Hoard, it is only fulfilling the old Scriptural prophecy, 

 that "The first shall be last and the last first." But, however, I was 

 put upon the program to speak upon "Organizing and Maintaining a 

 Successful Co-operative Creamery," and I will do the best I can. 



Organizing and Maintaining- a Successful 

 Co-operative Creamery, 



In attempting to speak upon the subject assigned me by our Secre- 

 tary, I feel that it is something like threshing over old straw, but in 

 doing that one can occasionally find some few kernels of grain re- 

 maining unthreshed, so in speaking upon this subject, may I not hope 

 that there may be found a few grains of truth, a few ideas that have 

 not yet been brought to light, that will prove of some benefit to my 

 brother dairymen. 



What few thoughts I may give you have been drawn largely from a 

 personal experience of eight years as President and manager of a 

 co-operative creamery. The meaning of the word "co-operates" is to 

 labor for the same end, to work together, and the word "co-operation" 

 means promoting the same end. This co-operation of interests is no 

 new thing; it is as old as the world, for scattered all over our land in 

 every home, there you will find, or should find at least, co-operation. 

 The husband and wife joining hands with each other and the sons 

 and daughters, all working to promote the same end. 



Men of limited capital wishing to engage in some business operation 

 combine their capital, forming a co-partnership in business, so called; 

 all working together for the same end are thus enabled to carry success- 

 fully a business to the mutual advantage of all concerned. 



