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by united action, are able to stand on the same level as the 

 larger farmers. In this way co-operation would give an oppor- 

 tunity of selling milk which otherwise would be beyond the 

 reach of many. Co-operative milk selling is not a new thing. 

 The Aylesbury Milk Co. of England, and the Rockland Milk 

 Co. of New York, are good examples of what may be accom- 

 plished. 



" It is only by a union of interests and action that the pro- 

 ducers of milk can expect to become successful milk, sellers. 

 Already we hear of individual effort acting with insufficient 

 information, and really in competition with those who are work- 

 ing under a similar line of policy. It would seem more busi- 

 ness-like for such producers as wish to sell their milk direct to 

 city consumers, to join some efficient organization and pull to- 

 gether. In this connection we learn that the United Society 

 of Milk Sellers, with C. W. Felt of Northboro as manager, is 

 now fairly in operation, and with prospect of a large business. 

 The aim of this society is to sell milk direct from producer to 

 consumer, and to reduce the cost of transportation."* 



At Quakertown, Bucks Co., Pa., the dairymen lately became 

 so disgusted with the price of milk sent to milkmen in Phila- 

 delphia — it having fallen to two cents per quart, delivered — 

 that they met and formed a Dairy Association, with a capital 

 of $4000, and built a creamery of the most approved form. 

 We do not at this time propose to enter into a discussion of the 

 merits of co-operative cheese and butter making, which has re- 

 sulted in the establishment of a large number of factories all 

 over the country, and has added so much to the wealth of the 

 farming community, but shall confine our attention more par- 

 ticularly to the milk question. 



A law passed by our last Legislature provides that all rail- 

 road corporations shall furnish the same facilities to a farmer 

 wishing to send one can of milk as to persons sending larger 

 quantities ; so that at the present time the producer is not at 



* American Cultivator, Aug. 30, 1879. 



