i66 THE MARKETING OF WHOLE MILK 



and 5 per cent to the county association. On January i, 

 1920, the association had a membership of 20,714.^ 



In addition to maintaining an office force at Boston, 

 the association has three branch offices, one at Worcester, 

 Massachusetts, one at Lawrence, Massachusetts, and 

 one at Providence, Rhode Island.'' 



Since April, 1917, the association has published a 

 monthly paper called The New England Dairyman. 



Arrangements have been made by the association to 

 take over the Turner Center System — formerly the 

 Turner Center Dairying Association — with headquarters 

 at Auburn, Maine, for those of its members who supply 

 milk in that territory. This system in 191 9 purchased 

 of farmers at its numerous creameries 14,890,187.87 

 worth of cream and milk.' Though the New England 

 Milk Producers' Association as such is not taking over 

 the system, it has done the work which will put it into 

 the hands of the producers who sell their milk through the 

 system. Since the plan calls for an investment of over 

 thirty-two dollars per cow, a novel method was adopted 

 for making the transfer from the present holders to the 

 new. 



"The plan . . . calls for the establishment of a trust 

 fund to acquire the stock of the Turner Center-Association. 

 This trust fund will be administered by a board of trustees 

 selected by the option holders (a committee of the New 

 England Milk Producers' Association who had an option 

 on the stock of the company and made the transfer ar- 

 rangements). 



"These trustees will serve for five years, unless they 



' Hoard's Dairyman, Mar. 12, 1920, p. 4.84. 

 2 New England Dairyman, Dec, 1919, p. 3. 

 • 37th Annual Report Turner Center System, 1919, p. 4. 



