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February 2, 1892: A movement is on foot to start a butter
factory here. Over $2,000 has already been pledged and the full amount
required will be easily obtained.
February 9, 1892: The necessary
amount of money for a butter factory has been pledged and now all that
remains to make this industry a success is the pledge from the farmers that
they will keep the number of cows sufficient to furnish cream.
February 16, 1892: Our
people are all interested in the proposed creamery which seems to be a sure
thing now. It will be located at Bethel Hill. A meeting of the signers of the
articles of association executed for the purposes of organizing a corporation
for carrying on a dairying business at Bethel will be held at the lock-up in Bethel Hill village
Saturday, Feb. 27th – they will adopt an association name and
by-laws.
March 15, 1892: Parties are now canvassing the Bethel area for cows for the butter
factory. Quite a number of cows have been pledged. The factory is to have the capacity to
handle the cream of 1,000 cows and 500 must be pledged before the company
will proceed. The contract with the patrons contains a clause to the effect
that whenever the subscribers shall organize into an association for
conducting the business and will guarantee a certain per cent annually
invested, then the company shall turn to such association, etc. leaving it
all in the hands of the farmers.
West Bethel:
S.B. Twitchell is canvassing this part of town in the interest of the
prospective butter factory. He doubts success in securing enough cows. (Twitchell , who lived in Mayville, became a long time
president of the association.)
June 21, 1892: West Bethel: The
butter factory is said to be a sure thing in this town. The required pledge
of 500 cows to supply the enterprise has been reached.
July 21, 1892 Bethel: Preliminary work of the Bethel Dairying
Company has started and the butter factory seemed to be an assured thing.
August 9, 1892: The Bethel Dairying
Company purchased a lot from A. Ward on Church Street (below the Gould
Academy athletic field) where Benjamin Bryant is at work putting in the
foundation for their (butter) factory.
October 11, 1892: Bethel: Machinery is being installed at the new
butter factory. Many of our farmers
are buying creamers (separators). A fine building has been erected and it is
hoped that this industry will be in operation soon.
October 18, 1892: West
Bethel: Farmers are investing
in Cooley creamers (cream separators) preparatory to furnishing cream for the
Bethel
butter factory which is scheduled to start up November 1st.
October 25, 1892: The
factory is completed and machinery in process of being installed. It will be
ready for operation next week. 500 cows (from neighboring farms) have been
secured to furnish cream.
November 8, 1892: Mason:
Farmers were getting ready to furnish cream for the (butter) factory (in Bethel). Several have bought Cooley
creamers. West Bethel: The four inches of snow that
fell last Wednesday brings all the young cattle home
from the back pastures. Some (farmers) are waiting to shift their young
cattle for cows to furnish cream for the butter factory which is about to
open in Bethel.
November 15, 1892: The butter factory has started
operations. Not so many cows are represented now as there will be later. We
dropped into the Bethel butter factory and found
everything in running condition. The finest of butter is manufactured here
and sent away. The farmers seemed pleased that they can dispose of their
cream at satisfactory prices and obtain money for it. Mr. Tilton is the
manager of the butter factory. He has moved into the house on Park Street recently vacated by C.H. Adams.
Mason: The cream gatherer for the Bethel (butter) factory has commenced
to gather cream in this town and vicinity.
November 29, 1892:
Praise for the butter factory: The butter factory is turning out some butter
that is pleasing to both the eye and the palate. This factory is a grand
thing for this section. Mason:
Cows seem to be what we want here now; we are interested in the butter
factory in Bethel. Albany: The creamery gatherer of the Bethel butter factory makes two trips
per week to Albany. The farmers in the south part
of the town sell to the Waterford creamery.
December 6, 1892: Albany: Abel
Andrews of Albany is collecting cream for the Bethel butter factory.
December 20, 1892: Mr. Tilton is the manager of the Bethel
Dairying Company. He came here from the butter factory at Buckfield. He is credited with the factory turning out
some of the finest butter. West Bethel: The
fine butter made at the Bethel butter factory from the cream
of these farms is creating an interest among the farmers in that direction.
We understand that the butter factory cannot keep up with the demand for its
fine product.
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