The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
62y 
The Milk Situation 
Tbe average price returned by the 
dealers for pooled milk for tbe mouth of 
March was $1.65 per 100 lbs. The de¬ 
ductions were 25 cents a hundred, and 
the net return to producers $1.40. The 
volume of milk handled during March by 
the pooling association and the dealers 
buying the whole or part of their sup¬ 
plies through it was 353,013,701 lbs. Of 
this, 23 per cent was sold as bottled milk 
and IS per cent in bulk. Class 2 took 
21 per cent; Class 3, 14 per cent, and 
24 per cent went into butter and cheese. 
The number of poolers contributing to 
this volume was 42,562. The number of 
signers of pool contracts, however, is now 
over G8.000. All tbe figures are taken 
from the report of the general manager 
of the association. 
The general situation does not seem to 
have materially changed since last week. 
The city supply of milk seems sufficient 
for present needs. In some sections in 
the country producers are handling the 
milk at home, and in other cases there is 
some hardship carting milk away from 
the neighborhood of the local plant to 
distant stations. This is done to some 
extent by both sides of the controversy. 
We have no definite estimates, but we 
expect this represents only a very small 
factor of tbe supply. 
According to a bulletin issued by the 
Non-pooliug Association from Utica, X. 
Y., a confereuce of more than 3.000 non- 
poolers was held in that city on April 
18. After full and free discussion reso¬ 
lutions were passed to tbe following ef¬ 
fect: That there were upwards <4 
00.000 dairymen united under the Dairy¬ 
men’s League, Inc., and that a small 
minority unfairly, improperly and prob¬ 
ably unlawfully obliterated the League 
and dissipated its funds for the benefit 
of a new association which coutains loss 
than one-half rim members of the League. 
By reason of these facts it was asserted 
that approximately 50.000 dairymen have 
been deprived ' be benefits of associa¬ 
tion because of rheir unwillingness to 
sign the pooling contract. 
That while unutterably opposed to the 
pooling plan and contract, they strongly 
believe iu the benefits to be derived from 
an association properly organized and 
administered. The purposes and activi¬ 
ties of rhe Xon-pooling Association were 
indorsed; but it was suggested rliat the 
name be changed to the Milk Producers’ 
Co-operative Association, and the dairy¬ 
men present pledged their combined ener¬ 
gies towards the development of an or¬ 
ganization that would be very represen¬ 
tative of its members. 
That in some cases leaders of other 
organizations and men in public or semi¬ 
official positions had been unfair to non- 
poolers and misrepresented their position 
and right to the exercise of tlieir own 
judgment iu tbe execution of contracts; 
and requested the Farm Bureau and 
other public or semi-public officials to 
adopt a non-partisan attitude toward the 
present milk controversy. 
On April 20 a conference of represen¬ 
tatives of producers from the Sheffield 
Farms country plants was held in New 
York. A plan was developed to create 
a committee of producers to confer with 
dealers and agree on milk prices from 
month to month. 
period. The program will consist of a 
discussion of cattle feeding problems by 
prominent cattle feeders of tbe State, and 
a discussion of the experimental work by 
members of the animal husbandry staff. 
On May 3 tbe Hereford breeders of 
Pennsylvania will meet at the State Col¬ 
lege to organize a State association. All 
men interested in beef production are 
urged to attend both of these meeting!;. 
Coming Live Stock Sales 
May 0-10—Ilolsteins. Xew York State 
Holstein Association, Earlville, N. Y. 
May 25—Guernseys. Langwater dis¬ 
persal sale, Langwater Farms, North 
Easton, Mass. 
May 27 — Guernseys, Consignment 
sale, Mineola Fair Ground, Mineola, 
Long Island. 
June 8—Jerseys. Ayer 
Meredith, N. Y. 
June 9—Jerseys. W. 
Sons. Morristown, X. J. 
June 10—Jerseys. T. S. 
Sons, Coopersburg, Pa. 
July 4—Jerseys. f'herokee Farms, 
Thomasville, Ga. 
& McKinney, 
It. Spann & 
Cooper & 
Cost of Running a Car 
I do not remember having seen anv ac¬ 
count of the actual expense of owning 
and running an automobile. It is seven 
years since I bought my first auto, sec¬ 
ond-hand, at a sheriff’s sale. My experi¬ 
ence with the car was disastrous; first 
one thing went wrong and then another. 
I kept this cat* f *r two years, and then 
sold it to the junk dealer. 1 lost about 
$500 in garage and repair bills on this 
car, and had no service or satisfaction. 
After this I bought, a car which has 
given five years of satisfactory service. 
The first two years I kept no account of 
expense, but guessed it cost about $125 
per year. Then I thought I would know, 
and I kept careful account of all expendi¬ 
tures. I must confess I was much sur¬ 
prised at the result, and for the benefit of 
any of your readers who may be contem¬ 
plating 'he purchase- of a car. I give the 
results. Expenses during 1010 were as 
follows: 
15-4 rollons gas.$117.81 
22 gallons oil. 11 50 
Tires and tubes. SO 00 
License . 9.50 
Repairs .. 10.15 
Garage bills. 28.86 
Incidentals. 4.60 
Total cost.$272.32 
Estimated total running cost per mile, 
.034c. 
During 1920 expenses were as follows: 
I.Vense . $11.00 
3(l5 gallons gas.... 94.06 
Tires, etc. 62.25 
Garage and repair bills. <14.00 
20 gallons oil.. 13.54 
Incidentals . 5.60 
oil 
Total running expenses.. 
Estimated cost per mile. 5c. 
During 1021 expenditures were as fol¬ 
lows : 
License .. $10.05 
Overhauling and parts. 68.00 
20 galls oil and cup grease. 14.33 
410 gallons gas. 06.80 
Repairs . 39.42 
Tires, tubes, etc... 70.50 
Total cost.$200.00 
Probable cost per mile. 4 1 /;>c. 
My car is still going strong. In the 
figures no allowance is made for depre¬ 
ciation, which would be at least $60 per 
annum. I wish some of your readers 
would give actual expenses on other cars. 
Michigan. a. bauhan. 
Pennsylvania Cattle Feeders’ Meeting 
The fourth annual cattle feeders meet¬ 
ing will Ik* held at the Pennsylvania State 
College on Thursday. May 4. At this 
time the Winter feeding experiment will 
be closed and the results of the test an¬ 
nounced. Five lots of cattle are being 
fed in this test. The experiment is con¬ 
ducted to determine the best method of 
feeding under Pennsylvania conditions. 
One lot is fed a full corn ration, and, in 
addition, cottonseed meal, corn silage and 
corn stover. Another lot is fed the same 
combination, except that 30 per cent of 
the corn is replaced by an equal amount 
of cane molasses. Auother lot is fed a 
full corn ration, with cottonseed meal 
and mixed hay as roughage. The fourth 
lot receives a ration of corn silage, cot¬ 
tonseed meal and corn stover for the first 
half of a 140 days’ feeding period, with 
shelled corn added during the la<t 70 
days. One lot is fed a ration of corn 
silage, cottonseed meal and corn stover, 
without corn during tbe entire feeding 
New England Cookie Recipes 
A woman said to me one":,. “I never 
make cake when eggs are high, cookies go 
so much farther.” But where did she 
keep her cookie jar? For cookies made 
by any of these recipes have a trick of 
disappearing between meals. A pretty 
girl named Clarissa gave my first recipe 
for chocolate cookies mauy years ago. 
The recipe is a good one, and as for the 
girl’s name—“I like my name, when it is 
pronounced correctly CftnMssa.but I hate 
to be called Clnr-tVs-n." 
Chocolate Cookies No. 1.—Half cup 
butter, one nip sugar, one egg, well 
beaten, one-fourth teaspoon salt, two 
ounces chocolate, melted. 24g cups Hour 
sifted with two teaspoons (heaping) bak¬ 
ing powder, one-fourth cup milk. 
Chocolate Cookies Xo. 2.—Cream to¬ 
gether well one tablespoon lard, one cup 
butter, one cup sugar, add two ounces 
chocolate, melted, one-fourth teaspoon salt, 
•me teaspoon cinnamon, one egg, well 
beaten, and oue-half teaspoon soda dis¬ 
solved in two tablespoons milk, and about 
2 1 4 cups flour. Roll rather thin and 
bake in quick oven. 
Chocolate Cookies Xo. 3.—Two eggs, 
I 1 ) cups sugar, one-balf cup milk, one 
cup butter, four ouuces chocolate, melted, 
about four cups flour, with four teaspoons 
baking powder, a little vanilla extract. 
But. ob, the cream cookies my mother 
used to make. 8he cut them out with a 
long, leaf-shaped cutter and dredged them 
with grauuluted sugar before she put them 
into the wood-stove oven to bake. Didn’t 
we children keep the cookie jar in con¬ 
stant need of refilling? Children weren’t 
called "kiddies” in those days, not that 
I object to that use of the term. I rather 
like it: but it sometimes leads to compli¬ 
cations, as when the mother asked her 
small son what the. Sunday school lesson 
was about. “About Joseph’s brethren, 
atul they killed a boy.” “Oh, no, dear: 
that, isn’t right.” “Yes. mamma,” with 
great earnestness, “teacher said they 
killed a kid.” 
Sour Cream Cookies No. 1. One and 
one-third cups sugar, one-balf cup butter, 
two eggs, one-third cup sour cream, one- 
half teaspoon soda. Flour to roll. 
Sour Cream Cookies No. 2.—One cup 
thick, sour cream, one cup sugar, one egg, 
one teaspoon baking soda, pinch salt, odp 
teaspoon lemon extract. Just enough 
flour to roll out. -Lather quick oven. 
In the Spring of 1018 the cook in a 
New England military training camp, 
through the columns of a Boston daily, 
asked New England housewives to send 
him some of their best recipes for cakes 
and pies that would taste to tile boys like 
home cooking. One that I gent him was 
for filled cookies. I wrote him that I’d 
never yet seen the man or boy who would 
not eat all he could get of them. This 
young man, T. A. Austin, of the 101st 
F. A., wrote me from France, September 
23. 1018: "The ideas and recipes were 
very useful. TVe are now at the front, 
where cooking is difficult, trying to feed 
the boys in a manner to put a sj*eedy end 
to the war.” Poor hoy! When his card 
reached me the war was over for him. 
lie was killed bv a shell on October 4, 
1018. 
Filled Cookies.—One cup sugar, one- 
half cup shortening, one egg, one-half cup 
milk, about 3*4 cups flour, four level 
teaspoons baking powder, one teaspoon 
vanilla. Roll thin and put the cookies 
in the pan with a teaspoon of the filling 
in the middle of each. Place another 
cookie on top of each t ne and press the 
edges together. Filling: One cup 
chopped, seeded raisins, one-half cup 
sugar, one-half cup water, one teaspoon 
flour. Cook until thick. Add one tea¬ 
spoon lemon extract after taking from 
fire. 
Fruit cookies rival filled in their special 
appeal to the masculine taste. They are 
generally known as “hermits.” 
Fruit Cookies No. 1 (Delia’s nermits). 
—Three tablespoons sour milk, two-thirds 
cup butter, one cup sugar, one level tea¬ 
spoon soda, one egg. one cup chopped, 
seeded raisin-,, flour to roll, with a little 
of all kinds of spice added. 
Fruit Cookies No. 2.—One and one- 
half cups sugar, one cup butter, two eggs, 
four tablespoons cold water, one cup 
chopped raisins, flour to roll, with three 
teaspoons baking powder sifted in. This 
recipe was furnished by Mrs. I’acS — 
of Round Fond. Me., years ago. 
Because of their pleasing texture 
flavor, and because they are so qnit«,y 
and easily made, I like the orange-flavored 
dropped cookies. 
Constance's Brown Sugar Cookies.— 
One and one-half cups brown sugar, obc- 
half cup softened butter, one-half cup 
boiling water, one teaspoon soda, 1% tea¬ 
spoons orange extract, about three”cups 
sifted flour. Put brown sugar and butter 
into mixing bowl and cream together. 
Pour hot water over and stir. Add flour 
and soda sifted together. Add orange 
extract. Drop by teaspoonfuls on weU- 
greased pan. Bake about 10 minutes. 
I think peanut butter < <>okies are herter 
when half of the flour called for is whole 
wheat flour. A recipe fi * -m Lynn, Mass., 
follows: 
Peanut Butter Cookies.-—Cream to¬ 
gether two tablespoons butter and one- 
half cap peanut butter, beat in one cup 
sugar, add one egg. well beaten, one-half 
cup milk, one-fourth teaspoon salt, two 
cups flour, sifted, with four level tea¬ 
spoons baking powder. Roll thin, dredge 
with granulated sugar, and bake in a 
rather quick oven. 
Boston Peanut Cookies.—Cream two 
tablespoons butter, add four tablespoons 
sugar, four tablespoons milk, two well- 
beaten eggs, one cup flour, sifted, with 
one teaspoon baking powder, a little salt, 
one-half cup very finely chopped peanuts. 
Drop on tin by teaspoonfuls, one inch 
apart. Bake in a slow oven. 
Children of smaller and larger growth 
average to be fond of molasses cookies. 
If you want to please the men in. your 
family, top each cookie with a plain or 
chocolate icing, and then try to keep your 
cookies for mealtimes. 
Soft Molasses Cookies. —One pint mo 
lasses, one-half Clip melted lard, two heap¬ 
ing teaspoons soda, one teaspoon salt, 
me teaspoon each of giuger and cinna¬ 
mon, one cup of cold water and just as 
little flour as will allow handling. 
Ginger Cookies.—Boil together three 
minutes one cup molasses and two-thirds 
cup of lard and butter mixed. Cool aud 
add one-half cup sugar, one egg, oue-half 
cup cold water, one teaspoon soda, one 
teaspoon ginger, a little salt. Flour to 
roll out. 
From a friend in Pittsfield, Me., I got 
yeae- i pet Epe for a \ fan* \ cookie, 
made more decorative by topping with 
a golden frosting. 
Coenauut Cookies.—One cup cocoanut. 
two cups sugar, one cup butter, three 
eggs, one teaspoon soda, flour to roll 
unite stiff. Bake in a rather quick oven. 
Golden frosting*: Beat the volks of eggs 
and stir in powdered sugar till stiff enough 
to spread, not run. Flavor with vanilla. 
LOOSE PR I NCE FREE MAX. 
Subscribers’ Exchange 
Other Advertisements of Subscribers’ 
Exchange will be found on page 631. 
WOULD EXCHANGE 88V,-acre Michigan farm, 
modern, near city of 50,000 population, for 
good renting property in Southern New York 
State: reference; correspondence and photos. 
ADVERTISER 941, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—Poultry and fruit farm; 10 acres; 
33 miles from Xew York City; near town, good 
schools, churches, etc.: 400 layers, 750 young 
ehicks: 8 room house, improvements; ham. shed, 
buildings: electric- lights in all: most buildings 
new: good retail mnrket for berries, frnlt: and 
eggs; sell terms suit. ADVERTISER 940. care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—Dairy, poultry and frnit farm; 30 
miles Xew York City; nine room house, all 
Improvements; bam for 20 head cattle, four 
horses; silo; farm implements for running same; 
milk retails 15c jter quart; 400 laying chickens, 
750 *‘fiifks; fruit, berries, etc.; good retail mar¬ 
ket for same; reason for selling, have made 
mine; having no sons to continue same, will 
sell *,n liberal terms to satisfactory party. 
ADVERTISER 939, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—Long Island farm; 50 acres; 40 
miles out: good land. In high state of culti¬ 
vation: good bull*lings; many improvements: an 
exceptional opportunity ai #200 per arre: also 
100-acre farm. W. C. SEAMAN, Commack, 
L. I., X. Y. 
FOR LET — Farm, suitable for chicken and 
market gardening, in Berkshire's. near Pitts¬ 
field; good house, barn, small silo; rich, clear 
soil; chicken houses; all in good order; to 
tenant with some means and best references 
only. Apply BuX 3*15, Roslyn, L. I., N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Well furnished cottage, with burn, 
one acre of ground: on main road, between 
Saratoga Springs and Ballstnn Spa; price #1.800. 
J. McGOT'GH, 30 Veronica Place, Brooklyn, 
Miscellaneous 
HOMES WANTED—The PLACING OUT BU¬ 
REAU, 415 Broome Street, Xew York, desires 
to communicate with rc-spousible Catholic fami¬ 
lies who will take as members of their house¬ 
hold suitable boys between 7 and 12 years. 
Thpre is no greater charity than this. 
PURE HONEY—1921 extracted. 00-lb. cans at 
our station, clover flavor. $8.80; buckwheat. 
$7; 10 lbs. prepaid within 3d zone, clover, $2.15; 
buckwheat. $1.90: special prices on large lots; 
agents wanted. RAY C. WILCOX, Odessa. N. Y. 
PURE MAPT-E SYRUP — Order immediately. 
C. J. YODER, Grantsvllle, Md. 
HONEY—Pure buckwheat extracted, postpaid, 
3d zone, 22-oz, can, 32c; 5 lbs., 99c; 10 lbs., 
$1.81; price list free. KOSCOE F. WIXSON, 
Dept. G. r Dundee, N. Y. 
PURE extracted clover honey, 5-lb. pails. $1.25; 
delivered into the 3d zone. H. S. BOREMAN, 
Box 87, Katonah, N. Y. 
SLEEP on a genuine Aunt Hannah Adirondack 
balsam pillow; soothing, refreshing, invigor¬ 
ating: 3-ib. pillow, $1,25: cash with order. 
'H** AH" PAX7TE, Pine Hill Camp, Raquette 
-v, N. Y, 
PURE MAPLE SYRUP—Best quality,, $2.75 per 
gallon, delivered; cash with order. E. C. 
GILBERT. Rushford, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—De Laval No. 300 Multiple Clari¬ 
fier complete, with motor: all in first-class 
condition. PATHE EXCHANGE, INC., Bound 
Brook, N. J. 
2Vi LB. BOX of delicious home-made candles 
for $1; absolutely pure; by mail, postage paid. 
Send order to GERTRUDE E. JONES. Long 
Street Poultry Farm, R. 3. Trenton, N. J. 
HONEY — Extracted clover, 5 lbs., $1.25; 10 
ltis.. $2.15; bn.-kwheat, 5 lbs., $1.05; 10 lbs., 
$1.85; delivered 3d zone; finest quality. H. F. 
WILLIAMS. Romulus. X. Y. 
CONVERT your old oil incubator Into an Elec¬ 
tric Element (newl, for 150 -cgg Prairie State; 
$8. NELLIE BUSSELL, Woodbury, Conn. 
FOR SALE—Two “Blue Hen" brooder stoves, 
48-ln. hover, $15 pacts; both. $29; crated, com¬ 
plete. GEO. B. MANY, Hobart. N. Y. 
PURE Vermont maple products direct from the 
maker: send for price list. BRIMBLECOMBE, 
Marshfield, Vt. 
BEES—EIglm* colonies for sale; modern hives; 
supers; sell all or part. MRS, M. BUR¬ 
LINGAME. R. D. 5, Cooperstowu, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Finest white clover extracted 
_ honey; 5-lb. pail, $1.15; 10-lb. pail. $2.20; de¬ 
livered to 3d postal zone, and insured. NOAH 
BORDXKR, Holgate, O. 
PURE MAPLE SYRUP for sale—10 gals, or 
over. $1.90 per ga!.; 4 or 6 gals, at $2. 
GEORGE L. MARVIN, Andover. O. 
| PEANUTS direct from grower are better and 
cheaper. Five pounds. #1.25: ten, $2.25: 
twenty. $4.00; Insured, postpaid: quick delivery. 
MAPLE GROVE FARMS, Franklin, Va. 
FOR SALE—Pure maple syrup, $2.25 gal.; 5 
cals, or more. $2 gal.; f. o. b. ERNEST 
HELD. Bloomville, N. Y. 
DELICIOUS cocoanut creams or nut kisses. 
homemade. 2 lbs., $1. O. E. HII-L, Yales- 
ville. Conn, 
FOR SALE — Spraying outfit: overhauled, re¬ 
pented and good as "new; 300-gallon tank. 4 Vi 
hp. Olds engine, tliree-plunger 15 gallons per 
minute pump; complete running gear: suitable 
for orchard or high tree work. FRED L. HAW¬ 
KINS, Kendal Green. Mass. 
MILK CHOCOLATE—Made nt our dairy; box of 
120 pieces. 2 lbs. net. post [.aid. $1; gold in 
stores, #1.73: send remittance with order. R. 
W. WIND Babylon, I.. I.. X. Y. 
MAPLE SYRUP—ID lb. pails. $2.50; 5-lb. pails, 
$1.25; 1-lb. cakes. 25c lb.; 2-ez, cakes, 26c 
lb.; 1 lh. in cups, 25c; add 2o lb. for prepaid 
prices. Made and put up by ALBERT FISHER. 
Rupert, Vt. 
WANTED—No. 6 Buckeye Mammoth incubator. 
FLOYD BRINKMAN, Van Buren. O. 
CAN ACCOMMODATE one boarder; fresh eggs, 
poultry, vegetables, etc., when in season at 
$20 a month, or four years in advance. $<>00; 
this includes small children. Apply P. O. BOX 
24, M.inroe, Sussex Co.. X. J. 
