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ing shipments, reported for 1871, by tliree of these branch roads will 

 serve as a very partial illustration of the importance of the milk busi- 

 ness in that county. From Five Points, on the Warwick Valley road, 

 ten miles in extent, 1,831,930 gallons, including 87,790 gallons of cream ; 

 by the Goshen and Deckertown road, twelve miles in length and receiv- 

 ing from distances of two and a half miles on either side, 1,350,000 

 gallons; by the Middletown, Unionville and Water Gap road, fourteen 

 miles long, 1,117,307 gallons. 



Miscellaneous particulars. — The New Yorkaud Oswego Midland (includ- 

 ing by lease the j^i^ew Jersey Midland) commenced transporting milk to 

 New "York over its own line in July, 1872, and for the last six months of that 

 year shipped 955,909 gallons, averaging about 5,224 gallons per day ; 

 extreme distance of shipment ninety-eight miles. H. M. Weed, general 

 freight agent, writes that the shipments will be increased during 1873 

 to fully 15,000 gallons per day, through enlarged facilities for transporta- 

 tion, and adds : " The transportation of milk by rail to New York is a 

 very profitable business, although attended with great risk. Our train 

 must be in New York by 2 a. m., otherwise milkmen are likely to refuse 

 to receive ; in that case we lose our freight and have to pay for milk. 

 We can put about 200 cans (8,000 gallons) in a car; each car will net 

 the company about $100. 



The Dutchess and Columbia road, traversing Dutchess County, New 

 York, from Millerton to Dutchess Junction, reports for the year ending 

 December 1, 1872, 1,598,693 gallons, including condensed milk to the 

 amount of 31,096 gallons from Millbrook, and 12,830 gallons from Clove 

 Junction. The Connecticut Western road, touching the New York 

 State-line at Millerton, commenced running its milk-train April 1, 1872, 

 and during the remainder of that year carried from stations between 

 Wiusted, Connecticut, and Millerton, New York, 328,785 gallons. From 

 points on the Harlem Extension from West Lebanon, New York, to 

 Eutland, "Vermont, inclusive, there were shipped during the year ending 

 November 30, 1872, 913,410 gallons, nearly one-third of the amount be- 

 ing from the stations of Rutland, Clarendon, Wallingford, and Danby, 

 Vermont. 



]Mr. Eli Smith, of Sheffield, Massachusetts, on the Housatonic road, 

 writes that this station sends more milk to New York than any other 

 station on the road. West Cornwafl, Connecticut, coming next in size 

 of shipment. From the former point 242,750 gallons were shipped in 

 1872. T. S. Gold, of West Cornwall, secretary of the Connecticut 

 State Board of Agriculture, reports shipments from that point in 1872 

 at 241,165 gallons. Average net price for the six mouths commencing 

 xVpril 1, 3 cents per quart, not including a small fraction, probably 

 enough to cover commission; for the six winter montbs, 4;^ cents over 

 commission. 



SHIPMENTS TO PHILADELPHIA. 



Mr. Benjamin T. Lovett, secretary of the Dairymen's Association of 

 Philadelphia and Camden, writes that the receipts of milk in Philadel- 

 phia are chiefly by rail and from within forty miles of distance, the limit 

 of shipment being about fifty miles; a small percentage of the total 

 receipt is by wagons. He gives the following statement of receipts by 

 the several named roads : By the North Pennsylvania road, for the 

 year ending October 31, 1871, 2,498,438 gallons; the Philadelphia and 

 Eeading road, for the nine months ending September 30, 1872, 2,105,080 

 gallons ; the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore road, for the year 



