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A Minnesota Co-operative Laundry 
Something like 25 years ago The R. 
N.-Y. sent out many letters asking farm¬ 
ers if they were in favor of co-operative 
laundries. Practically all the replies 
showed an indifference or opposition to 
such a plan. The reasons were frankly 
given. They thought the women folks 
were quite able to do the washing at 
home. They might consider a co-opera¬ 
tive creamery, for that would mean a 
saving of money or a cash income. A 
co-operative laundry, however, would 
save nothing but the woman’s labor, and 
that did not appear to be a cash article. 
The years have swung around, however, 
and brought many changes. We are now 
told of a successful co-operative laundry 
in Minnesota which appears to be highly 
successful. It is known as the Chatfield 
Co-operative Laundry Association, and 
was organized in 1912. It was incor¬ 
porated and capitalized at $5,000. While 
this laundry is housed in the wing of a 
creamery, it is an entirely separate or¬ 
ganization, although in one way the laun¬ 
dry and the creamery are under the same 
management. The following facts about 
this laundry are given by the Extension 
Division of the University of Minnesota. 
These facts are printed in a little pamph¬ 
let, and are sent out in every letter which 
is written by the extension people. There 
are 600 co-operative creameries in Min¬ 
nesota. and the Agricultural College is 
trying to make them all realize how the 
Chatfield people have solved the washday 
problem. Can you give us a good reason 
why there should not be a laundry con¬ 
nected with every creamery that is doing 
a profitable business? Twenty-five years 
ago the women did not apparently have 
much to say in public or community 
affairs. Times have changed, and among 
other things the women are now coming 
to be voters, and they understand many 
of the privileges which belong to the 
voter. 
Equipment for the laundry was in¬ 
stalled, ready to work, at a cost of .$9,000. 
This equipment consisted of: 
Two 36x62 No. 11 plain three-part 
wood washers. 
One 32x30 No. 2 plain wood washer. 
One 26-in. S. C. extractor. 
One 60-gal. iron soap tank. 
One 25-gal. II. R. starch cooker. 
One one-section dry room. 
Three plain metal trucks. 
Three vertical steam coils and fan. 
One No. 11. Sx.S combined irouer, tilt 
boards, shirt boards with clamps. 
One 100-in. five-roll ironer, ribbon feed, 
automatic stop, belt drive. 
One collar board. 
One Litchfield gas burner. 
One No. 5 shoe band ironer. 
One barrel-framed starcher. 
One No. 24 Shaw collar shaper. 
One gas machine. 
Later a form ironer was added. 
To meet the expense of installation of 
this machinery, funds were secured by 
sale of stock at .$5 per share. Each stock¬ 
holder is entitled to one vote, whether 
holding one share or more than one. 
Operators necessary for this laundry 
are one superintendent, one foreman, five 
or six girls, and one deliveryman. A com¬ 
petent man, experienced in laundry work, 
is essential to the successful operation of 
a co-operative laundry. The superintend¬ 
ent of the laundry and the superintendent 
of the creamery jointly care for the heat¬ 
ing plant. 
Country work is brought in and taken 
away by owners on cream days. Town 
work is collected and delivered. Country 
work costs 6c per lb. for family wash, 
the flat work mangled. Town work costs 
6c per lb. for family wash, plus 10 per 
cent to cover cost of delivery and collec¬ 
tion. The average number of patrons 
each month is 206. 
Of the work done. 38% per cent comes 
from the country, 39 per cent from Chat¬ 
field, and 22% per cent from nearby 
towns. 
The work of the laundry is very satis- 
faetor. Clothing is clean, white, and 
not tor*, or otherwise injured. About 80 
family washings are done each week at 
an average cost of $1.37. Fully half of 
these are from the country. 
Business in 1917 amounted to. .$6,750.85 
Average per month. 562.57 
Expenditures for 1917— Percent 
For help . 66% 
For rent, supplies, repairs, etc. 29% 
Reserve . 4 
The statements given here are taken 
from a survey made in October, 1918. by 
Mary L. Bull of the Extension Division, 
Department of Agriculture, and seem to 
us to show that our slogan should be “A 
co-operative laundry with every good co- 
operative creamery in the State.” 
Vht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Products, Prices and Trade 
NEW YORK, JUNE 12, 1919. 
These prices and notes are believed to 
be fairly representative of the current of 
trade here: 
MILK PRICES. 
New York, for June, $2.89 per 100 for 
3 per cent milk, with an additional 4c 
per 100 for every one-tenth of 1 per cent 
extra butterfat, at points 200 to 210 
miles from city. 
PUTTER. 
The market has been higher since last 
report, but supplies increased later and 
prices settled to about last week’s figures. 
Creamery, fancy lb. 
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Good to Choice . 
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Lower Grades. 
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Dairy, best . 
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Common to good. 
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Packing Stock. 
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CHEESE. 
The market is weak and prices one 
cent lower on most grades. 
Whole Milk, fancy . 31 m 31Ja 
Good to choice. 29 @ 30 ~ 
Skims, beet. .. 24 @ 25 
Fair to trood. 12 @ 20 
EGGS. 
Receipts and lighter and conditions im¬ 
proved on sound, dependable stock, which 
is 5 to 10c above last week’s demoralized 
market. Low grades are being moved 
as rapidly as possible. 
White, nearby, choice to fancy. 56 <8 48 
Medium to good. 48 @ 55 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 47 @ 49 
Common to (food. 43 a 46 
Gathered, best, white. 54 a 55 
Medium to yood, mixed colors ... 45 a 49 
Lower grades. 30 @ 36 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers.12 00 @15 20 
Bulls . 8 00 @12 00 
Cows. 5 50 @12 25 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 16 00 @19 50 
Culls. 7 00 @10 00 
Hogs.1.18 00 @20 50 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 6 00 @10 50 
Lambs .15 00 @2100 
DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves, choice .... . 24 @ 25 
Common to good. 18 @ 21 
Pork . 22 @ 26 
Lambs, hothouse, head . 5 00 @12 00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Broilers are in larger supply. Prices 
reported on the general run of stock are : 
Fowls, 33 to ole; broilers, 50 to 55c; 
roosters, IS to 19c; ducks, 30 to 35c; 
geese, 19 to 20c. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, best. 
Medium to good. 
Chickens choice lb. 
Fair to Good. 
Broilers, lb. 
Fowls. 
Roosters. 
Ducks . 
Squabs, doz. 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lb*.. 
Pea. 
Medium .. 
Red Kidney. 
W bite Kidney ... 
Yellow Eve. 
Lima, Call torn la. 
. 6 25 
....11 25 
FRUITS. 
@ ' 49 
@ 46 
@ 43 
@ 39 
@ 55 
@ 36 
@ 23 
@ 35 
@ 9 50 
@11 75 
@ 8 00 
@ 8 00 
@13 00 
@12 25 
@ 7 50 
@9 50 
Apples are practically out of the mar¬ 
ket, except some barreled stock from the 
West, which is wholesaling mainly from 
$2.50 to $5 per box. Strawberries are 
in fairly large supply, but continue high 
when sound. Peaches in large receipt 
from Georgia and the Caroliuas. Prices 
are running mainly low, owing to the 
poor quality, either soft or too green. 
Watermelons continue too high to in¬ 
duce much consumption. Supplies are 
increasing and lower prices will doubt¬ 
less prevail soon. 
Strawberries, qt. 
Oranges, box . 
Lemons, box . 
Grape Fruit. 
Pineapples. 36s to 30s. 
Peaches. Southern. 6-bkt. crate 
Muskmelons, bu. 
Watermelons, carload. 
Blackberries, qt. 
Cherries, 81b. bkt. 
15 @ 28 
, 5 50 @ 7 00 
4 25 @ 5 00 
6 00 @ 9 (10 
4 25 @ 5 25 
fO @ 3 25 
6 50 @810 
500 HO@ 700 nO 
15 @ 25 
75 @ 1 25 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, both new and old, are in 
large receipt and the general run of 
stock is selling lower. Some soft and 
sprouted old and very small new have 
gone as high as $2 her bbl. Cabbage 
scarce. Lettuce much lower. Onion 
market firm. Peas and string beans in 
larger supply. 
Potatoes—old, 180 lbs. 
Southern, new. bbl.. best . 
Southern, common to good . 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. 
Beets, bbl. 
Carrots, bbl. 
Cabbage—bbl. 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 
Onions, new, bu. 
String Beans bu. . . 
Squash, New, bu, , .. 
Egg Plants, bu. 
Spinach, bbl. 
Turnips, rutabaga, bbl. 
Kale, bbl . 
Asparagus, dox. 
Cucumbers, bu. 
Peas. bu. bkt. 
Tomatoes, 6-bkt. crate. 
Radishes. 100 bunches. 
Rhubarb.100 bunches . 
Sweet Corn, bbl. 
Cauliflower, bu. bkt. 
Horseradish. 100 lbs. 
Peppers, bu. \ . 
Komaine, bbl.. 
Mushrooms, bbl. 
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nAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. ton . 46 00 @47 00 
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