TRIUMPHS & TRIBULATIONS
1910 - 1929
1910
Due to increased production, the Federal Department of Agriculture ceased working with the company as it no longer required assistance and was now in a position to take over complete operation of the plant.
1912
The handling of eggs was undertaken for the patrons by the fall. This was to become known as an "Egg Circle"; the first in Nova Scotia.
The years that followed showed continuous growth of the organization. This resulted in the need for various expansions of the facility and machinery to ensure that the Scotsburn Creamery would continue to produce the highest quality and the largest volume of butter in the Maritime Provinces.
1924
A move was on by non-patrons to quietly get control of the business. To combat this potential situation, a special resolution put through at the annual meeting (later approved by Order in Council), changed the by-laws to restrict the voting procedure to one vote per shareholder, regardless of the number of shares held. This resolution saved the creamery for the farmers of future generations.
The creamery produced over one million pounds of butter. This was a banner year for the company and its output represented 25% of the butter volume produced for the province of Nova Scotia that year.
June 26, 1928
Calamity struck when a fire, which had apparently started in the boiler room, completely destroyed the creamery. The decision was made to erect a new creamery almost immediately. The new building was erected, almost a year later, directly across the street from where the old creamery once stood. At the time, the new creamery was considered to be one of the best-equipped and largest creameries in the Province.
1910 - 1929
1910
Due to increased production, the Federal Department of Agriculture ceased working with the company as it no longer required assistance and was now in a position to take over complete operation of the plant.
1912
The handling of eggs was undertaken for the patrons by the fall. This was to become known as an "Egg Circle"; the first in Nova Scotia.
The years that followed showed continuous growth of the organization. This resulted in the need for various expansions of the facility and machinery to ensure that the Scotsburn Creamery would continue to produce the highest quality and the largest volume of butter in the Maritime Provinces.
1924
A move was on by non-patrons to quietly get control of the business. To combat this potential situation, a special resolution put through at the annual meeting (later approved by Order in Council), changed the by-laws to restrict the voting procedure to one vote per shareholder, regardless of the number of shares held. This resolution saved the creamery for the farmers of future generations.
The creamery produced over one million pounds of butter. This was a banner year for the company and its output represented 25% of the butter volume produced for the province of Nova Scotia that year.
June 26, 1928
Calamity struck when a fire, which had apparently started in the boiler room, completely destroyed the creamery. The decision was made to erect a new creamery almost immediately. The new building was erected, almost a year later, directly across the street from where the old creamery once stood. At the time, the new creamery was considered to be one of the best-equipped and largest creameries in the Province.