REES  at  HalFAsents  Prices 
Guaranteed  by  Certified.  Growe  r 
September  30,  1916, 
RURAL.  NEW-YORKER 
-  mj]]c  question.  The  order  has  elected  W. 
L.  Bean  of  MeGraw,  O.  A.  Gallup  of 
Homer,  amt  D.  K.  Bennie  of  Cortland,  as 
a  committee  to  act  for  its  members,  in 
matters  pertaining  to  tin*  milk  situation. 
Willet  Ctaiperative  Creameiy  has  been 
•  .  considering  au  offer  of  40  cents  a  can 
1  '  over  Borden's  Quotations  for  their  ndlk 
,o  been  selling  f|-om  one  of  the  Smaller  dealers.  This 
legan  market-  is  by  far  the  biggest  creamery  in  the 
i  rows  of  corn  10 1 11 1 1  y,  handling  _.I,()00  pounds  of  milk 
...  ,  a  day  m  the  (lush  season.  The  prices 
>..  dozen  ears,  realized  by  its  patrons  for  their  milk 
of  five  for  a  lias  far  exceeded  Borden’s  prices  for  a 
long  time  back.  But  owing  to  the  d;s- 
,  ranee  they  are  from  the  railroad  they 
obably  seems  ]mv0  decided  to  turn  down  the  new  of- 
ubered  that  I  for  for  the  present.  They  are  now  ship- 
narket  garden  ping  their  cream  and  making  the  skim- 
felnsivelv  for  niilk  illto  ‘‘Xfiort  cheese  at  15%  cents  a 
tc  usive  y  tor  poun(J  for  the  ]attcr. 
sold  only  the  Ixckkaskd  I ’kicks. — All  milk  protluc- 
s  meant  for  a  ers  will  do  well  to  read  and  re-read  the 
son  proved  so  V‘D’  pertinent  editorial  on  the  battle  for 
„  milk  prices,  on  page  1161,  oi  Ttie  It.  N.- 
oi  it.  came  on  y  The  increase  in  price  offered  by  the 
of  August  we  Bordens  and  the  new  policy  of  naming 
i  load,  inclurl-  a  1,1-*C('  ouly  one  month  in  advance  is 
,  only  confirmation  of  the  editor’s  esti- 
ppi. ,  black-  mati;  of  the  wariness  of  the  dealers  and 
?pare,  several  their  wish  to  tide  over  the  present  crisis 
nd  carrots,  a.  with  a  raise  in  price  as  a  temporary 
of  mv  ninth-  The  whole  system  of  marketing 
milk  must  undergo  reform  before  the 
•e  four  miles  farmers  can  have  any  security  of  fair 
resort  town,  prices. 
crowd  at  the  AGiiatIon'  Nekped. — Producers  must 
’  ...  agitate  and  continue  to  agitate — with 
our  .slult  like  practical  organization  of  counties  as 
articular  was  units,  getting  Control  of  local  stations 
>oplc  couldn’t  and  conferring  with  the  smaller  dealers, 
,,  ,  making  short  time  contracts  and  holding 
s  tnc  supply  the  milk  from  the  control  of  the  despotic 
snipped  eggs  dealers  of  the  trust, 
do  so  again  Improving  The  Product. — This  is  lx- 
ing  done  on  a  small  scale  in  many  loeul- 
it  cannot  but  ities  TL(.  writL>r  jU8t  visited  one  of  the 
consumer  to  leading  dairies  in  Tioga  County,  where 
de.  We  get  for  a  year  and  a  luilf  the  milk  has  been 
mer  petti  Sold  at  au  advance  of  S3  1-3  cents  a  can 
...  .  '  over  Borden’s  quotations,  including  bnh- 
%  farmers  co-  uses.  Their  product  is  Grade  A  milk. 
,  with  a  bnsi-  As  this  farm  had  a  modern  dairy  barn 
1  buy  every-  °f  wooden  construction,  well  lighted  and 
,,  ‘  ...'  kept  in  cleanly  condition,  the  production 
idl  everything  ufi  g).11(le  A  ^Uk  m(.l?Iy  the  in¬ 
time  at  least  stalling  of  a  boiler  and  sterilizing  outfit, 
to  huckster,  covered  milk  pails,  and  metal  stools,  all 
...  +i,o  at  the  expense  of  the  buyer,  the  property 
e  *  becoming  the  producers  after  12  months’ 
ion  needs  our  use.  The  only  other  requirement  the 
itiamibly  onr  owner  had  to  comply  with  other  than 
.i  mu-  what  he  was  doing  when  producing  grade 
’  1»  milk  was  the  occasional  clipping  of  the 
mte  as  much  rows’  udders  and  flanks  and  the  wiping 
t.  e.  m.  a.  off  of  each  udder  with  a  moist  cloth  lie- 
fore  milking.  The  use  of  the  sterilizing 
outfit  was  no  burden — enabling  the  ep¬ 
ic  Mn(p,  erator  to  cleanse  the  cans,  pails,  etc.,  in 
even  less  time  than  if  done  in  the  usual 
irymen  way,  once  the  steam  was  up,  which  takes 
pnTI T  about  20  minutes.  Only  two  dairies  sold 
,  '  to  this  trade  at  first.  Now  eight  or  10 
rod  lining  sec-  dairies  are  selling  to  the  same  dealer, 
few  York  lias  and  more  are  falling  into  line  all  the 
it  unequalled  time.  This  is  the  case  in  many  looul- 
,  'cp,  ities.  It  is  not  difficult  to  find  very  Sat¬ 
urn  jars.  J  be  nsfac-toiy  markets.  The  small  dealers 
t  very  active  are  very  anxious  to  buy  dependable  milk 
better  prices  if  only  regular  quantities  can  be  .secured 
ikfHmr  Tn  and  the  Foods  and  Markets  Department 
.  stands  ready  to  put  the  producer  and  the 
here  are  six  ^mall  dealers  into  touch  with  great  ben- 
ntbusiasm  is  efit  to  both.  As  the  new  relations  are 
The  league  established  the  small  dealer's  business 
.  .  ,  will  grow  and  the  very  doubtful  services 
i  doing  much  +, g  tlie  <dd  type  big  dealer  can  be  dis- 
lie  producers  (Continued  on  page  125S) 
The  Home  Acre 
6  to  8  H.  P.  Engine  $147.50 
Saw  Bench  and  Saw  ■  -m 
Garden  Crops  and  the  Market  vrith  carrots  all  Winter. 
Condensing  Space. — In  these  days  of  hig  cabbage  in  July,  and  1 
\  hcli  efficiency  is  the  keynote,  several  fac-  since  August  19,  when  w 
tors  must  combine  to  spell  success  for  the  green  corn.  From  set 
small  farmer  who  can  afford  neither  to  about  100  feet  long,  I  sol 
buy  nor  pay  taxes  upon  a  large  area,  and  besides  furnishing  a  fain 
of  these  factors  two  stand  out  pre-emi-  month  or  more, 
neutly — economy  of  space  and  labor,  and  Marketing. — All  this 
judicious  marketing.  When  I  began  gar-  small,  but  it  must  be  ren 
dening  independently  I  supposed  most  never  intended  mine  for  ; 
“truck”  required  more  room  than  I  have  at  all;  it  was  planted 
ever  accorded  it  since,  simply  because  I  home  consumption,  and 
had  heard  that  it  did;  but  I  didn’t  like  surplus.  -Even  the  corn  > 
the  extra  labor  of  keeping  unoccupied  long  succession,  but  the  s 
spaces  free  of  weeds,  and  I  could  see  no  hot  and  dry  that  nearly  a 
difference  between  vegetables  grown  close  at  once.  About  the  midd 
enough  together  to  cover  the  ground  and  made  up  our  first  good  ai 
those  allowed  considerably  more  space,  ing  all  cucumbers,  eggs, 
My  garden  is  situated  just  south  of  the  berries,  etc.  We  had  tc 
house  on  a  slight  westerly  slope ;  rows  hunches  of  onions,  beets 
running  east  and  west,  Tt  was  naturally  few  cabbages,  and  a  paill 
wet,  so  I  had  it  tiled  and  it.  has  never  er’s  sugar  cookies.  We 
produced  more  abundantly  than  this  year,  from  the  nearest  Summi 
despite  the  Summer’s  drought  and  my  where  we  found  a  lnitigr 
rather  unorthodox  planting.  As  the  illus-  street  market  ready  to  bn 
f ration  shows,  page  1254,  I  have  no  va-  hot  cakes;  green  corn  in 
cant  spaces,  though  the  ground  is  fully  at  such  a  premium  that 
occupied  by  vegetables  rather  than  weeds,  buy  fast  enough  as  long 
Arrangement  op  Planting. — I  al-  lasted.  We  have  previous 
lowed  just  a  foot  between  rows  of  beets,  to  the  city,  but  shall  ne\ 
carrots  and  onions,  unless  two  rows  of  during  the  Summer  seasoi 
onions  occurred  side  by  side;  iu  this  case  benefit  both  producer  an 
nine  inches  is  just  as  satisfactory.  Rows  deal  direct  wherever  pos 
of  sweet  corn  were  planted  two  feet  better  prices  and  the  con 
apart,  with  hills  a  little  Jess  than  two  tor  food.  We  have  a  thriv 
feet  asunder  in  the  row.  Cabbages  were  operative  organization  goi: 
set  about  2x2  feet,  and  where  hens  de-  m*ss  in  prospect  which  1 
stroyed  one  end  of  two  rows  of  beets,  thing  the  farmer  sells,  am; 
which  had  ouion  rows  between,  the  va-  the  farmer  buys,  but,  for 
cant  space  was  filled  with  cabbage,  and  I  tbiuk  it  will  still  paj 
both  have  made  such  a  luxuriant  growth  though  never  at  the  cxpi 
that  the  ground  is  now  practically  cov-  ganization.  If  the  organ b 
ored  with  big  onions,  alternating  with  business  then  it  is  tinqi 
big  thrifty  cabbage  heads.  duty  to  render  all  the  helj 
Corn  and  Beans. — In  only  one  in-  whether  or  not  we  make 
stance  has  my  system  of  close  planting  money  as  we  otherwise  mi 
proven  detrimental  to  the  highest  develop-  - 
ment  of  any  cropland  this  was  an  acci-  CentraI  New  york  R 
dent — rather  a  phenomenal  one  too.  1 
planted  one  row  of  sweet,  corn  very  early,  Great  Interest  Among  1 
thinking  if  it  got  frosted  I  had  lots  more  York  in  Cortland 
seed,  and  if  not,  I  would  be  sure  of  early  common  with  other  milk 
corn.  The  season  continued  so  cold  and  tions  of  the  State,  Central 
wet  that  no  corn  appeared,  and  I  made  k<vn  in  a  state  of  exciter 
the  next  planting  two  feet  beyond,  leav-  ’n  *ke  experience  of  the  j 
ing  this  space  for  cabbage.  In  the  second  Dairymen  s  League  has  b 
planting  of  corn  I  alternated  the  hills  in  ’u  agitating  the  matter  < 
the  first  row  with  pole  beams ;  we  like  this  llJl^  a  I1PW  method  of 
arrangement  because  the  bean  poles  are  Dnondaga  County,  where 
less  in  the  way  and  not  so  unsightly,  branches  of  the  league, 
while  one  row  of  beans  in  the  front  row  f,r<mg  for  holding  the  mil 
of  corn  receives  plenty  of  sunlight,  al-  in  Cortland  County  lias  lx 
though  of  course  more  rows  would  not.  work’  ^vass,nf 
To  my  surprise  my  first  planting  of  corn  !lt  tho  variof  f  >lffnug  p 
came  up  beautifully  six  weeks  after  plant-  «tatutoont  of  the  size  of 
ing  time;  I  couldn’t  afford  to  pull  it  up  'Vlth  tk"ir  r^tsfor 
with  that  particular  brand  of  early  corn  :iS  a  "ini‘‘  ''in'iniig  o 
selling  at  30  cents  per  dozen,  though  the  M 1  1  Hp  <‘‘i 
pole  beans  did  suffer  a  little  from  its  c,lfl^e  lh«  cauVili*  *«' 
shade;  I  had  about  30  hills  of  beans  «Kain8f  tveatment  t. 
...  .  , .  ,  given  in  the  past  very  sti 
which  gave  plenty  for  our  own  use,  and  n  . 
,,  .  r,  , .  ,  ..  . _ j,  „  pressing  a  willingness  to 
they  are  not  very  profitable  to  raise  for  ‘trij{(.  Ap  agTe,>  tll.lt  tp 
market  here  anyhow.  better  prices  is  urgent. 
Mtxed  Rows.— On  the  whole,  I  am  rfcau  agcuts  hl  the  centra 
very  well  satisfied  with  the  garden  this  counties  are  consulting  v 
veai*.  Mv  first  row  next  the  house,  torn  a-  and  with  their  people  as  t 
to  Pl-«S  ..ml  <3—  Mils,  gives  ..  '”5 
abundant  supply  of  both  foi  home  use,  Markets  Department  has 
and  we  always  can  a  good  many  tomatoes,  real  aid  to  Cortland  Cur 
If  the  whole  row  had  done  as  well  as  the  A  general  raise  of  10  co 
,  ,  .  .  .  T  nil  made  early  jn  tlie  season 
three  plants  set  out  first  I  could  have  sold  0.Dtliusiiistic  discussion  of 
several  bushels,  but  the  hot,  dry  weather  by  Herbert  Emerson  of  t 
nearly  cooked  the  later  ones.  A  row  of  After  several  meetings  of  t 
v..,i‘  ei..u  TN„ . . . aww  Cortland,  with  lull  houses. 
ENftNfsAwVVJTvl  6,0 8  H-R  “E  C0M' 
bench  aud  ”  \  /  i  PLETE  ON  WHEELS  with 
SAW  $1 24-75 SAW  ami  BELT  $21 9.00 
MONEY  TALKS  and  it  talks  ml  pi.  tv  loud  when  you 
Kee  lliu  llulioard  of  pliees  we  are  (juoting  oil  the  bin 
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