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Book Title: Biographical History Of Barton County

MERRITT-SCHWIER CREAMERY CO.

THE first creamery in Great Bend was established in 1895 by W. G. Merritt. In
1903 a stock company was formed under the name of the Merritt Creamery Co. The
present company is a consolidation of the Merritt Creamery Co., and the Larned
Creamery Co., of Larned, Kansas, this consolidation going into effect January 1,
1909.

   The company operates one hundred  and one cream buying stations in
twenty-five counties in central and western Kansas and northern Oklahoma, and
expects to put in more stations wherever the deliveries of cream justify a station.

   The largest amount of butter manufactured by this company in any one month
since organized was made in the month of June of this year. They manufactured
246,749 pounds of butter, or about 20 pounds for every man, woman and child in
Barton County.

[photo] Merritt-Schwier Creamery, Great Bend

   For the cream and milk used in the manufacture of this butter, their patrons
were paid the sum of $46,720.60. At the present time the company employs
twenty-three people in their plant. The pay-roll for the month of June .was
$5,070; this includes salaries and commissions paid to their cream station
operators for the buying and shipping of cream.

   The company has an excellent market for their butter, shipping as far east as
Boston and west to California. Their brands, "Merritt's Best" and "Crown" are
well and favorably known all over the west.

   The present board of directors are W. G. Merritt, William Schwier, W. F.
Schwier, Henry Schwier and C. V. Brinkman. Officers are W. G. Merritt,
president; William Schwier, vice-president; W. F. Schwier, secretary-treasurer.


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