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This is an architect's sketch of what the Waverly dairy plant will look like when States. Eastern Milk Producers Cooperative has a 20-year contract to provide
fully completed. It is to be the largest mozzarella cheese plant in the United the milk for it.
Eastern smiles when it says ‘cheese’
By DIETER KRIEG
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The chaos and
complexity of milk marketing in 1977-78
still has some dairy cooperatives licking
their wounds. Eastern Cooperative Milk
Producers, headquartered here, is among
them.
They’ve been knocked about by bur
densome surpluses, handlers’ bankrupt
cies, closed doors, bad debts, insufficient
operating funds, and mternal turmoil. The
list could go on. What’s more, their
problems are far from over. The
management admits that, but they’re also
hopeful for improvement.
Some knowledgeable observers of the
TOO TE HEARD
THE TALK.
There’s a better way to dry gram. It’s called
CHILLCURING ,M because it means CURING
without heat. Here’s what the talk is all
about.
THE ORA IN
Every kernel of gram is alive when it comes out of the field.
It is a seed, able to grow because it has the ability to take on
moisture Likewise, it can be kept in a state of preservation by
removing the moisture already in it
But by heating the gram to dry it, the seed life is destroyed.
By removing heat and moisture from the gram, it becomes
dormant, and stays alive. Then it can ripen to full weight,
losing only water while keeping valuable protein, starches
and sugar
THE SYSTEM
It’s simple Gram goes from the field right to the bin With
the unique AIRFRAME'” and AIRFLOOR™ the gram rests on a
solid bed that allows maximum ventilation
Clean dry air is the best curing medium for the gram
GRAINLAMPS'” provide electric sunshine, cleaning and
drying the air beneath the floor, before it passes through the
gram
Fans force air under the floor Rising through the gram, this
dry outside air carries away moisture and heat
At the peak of the bin a jumbo 40” turbine, the
WHIRLCOOLER™, puts nature to work for you. Wind and
rising air keeps it turning, venting the system naturally
A special HARVEST AT'" Control System monitors the
curing process. A simple setting controls the GRAINLAMPS™
to make use of free, natural air.
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industry doubt that Eastern can overcome
its problems. But don’t tell that to the top
brass of the 4500-member dairy farmers’
organization. While admitting that they’ve
suffered some stunning blows, and that a
lack of foresight on their part was
responsible for some of them defeats, the
official bottom line from Syracuse is of a
positive nature.
Much, if not all of the official optimism
displayed by Eastern’s management can
be traced down to one word: “moz
zarella”.
Mozzarella is an Italian cheese
manufactured on a huge scale by the
Leprino Cheese Company. Eastern is
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under contract with Leprino to supply milk
to the cheese industry giant for a 20-year
period. The dairy cooperative’s
management, directors, and a majority of
the remaining membership look at this
association as a means to not only solve
problems, but to also provide a bright
future.
The idea has sparked considerable
controversy and misunderstanding. The
issue itself, and subsequent reports about
the deal in some trade journals have
contributed to a substantial reduction in
membership. Eastern’s director of
member and public relations, Lisle Dut
ton, says the membership now stands at
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THE FACTS
1. You can’t beat Nature. HARVESTALL GRAIN
CHILLCURING™ uses the same elements that ripen and
preserve grain if left to itself; free flowing air and infra red rays
(sunshine)
2. CHILLCURING™ has been tried and proven in 17 states on
over 3000 farms. The research is in; CHILLCURING™ WORKS!
3. The CHILLCURING™ system uses only the electricity to
power fans and lights, using about V!i KW hrs. per bushel.
Compare that cost to other systems that use increasingly
expensive fuels to get disappointing results.
4. The gram goes from the field to the bin and stays there till
you need it. Save time and money at harvest with the one step
HARVESTALL CHILLCURING™ and storage system.
5. If you’re in the market for gram storage, you owe it to
yourself to look further into HARVESTALL GRAIN
CHILLCURING™
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 30,1979
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4500. By comparison, the cooperatrive’s
news releases of a year ago claimed a
roster of 7000 members.
According to Eastern’s president, Arden
Tewksbury, a dairy farmer from
Meshoppen, Wyoming County, Pa., the
depleted membership leaves the
cooperative with a dedicated, solid core
from which positive support can be ex
pected.
Tewksbury, among others at Eastern’s
headquarters, acknowledges the sharp
criticism that has been directed towards
the wounded cooperative. He says he is
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