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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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MILK NOTES, 
Our cooperative milk station and cream¬ 
ery Is in a prosperous condition. It has 
been run for the past 2^ years mostly as 
a shipping station. Since the beginning we 
have received from 10 to 27 cents per can 
above the New York Milk Exchange, and 
when we cannot get our price for milk we 
make butter with excellent results. The 
farmers in this vicinity, through our as¬ 
sociation, have made fully $20,000 more the 
past two years than they would had they 
sold according to the New York Milk Ex¬ 
change. w. D. A. 
VVinwood, Pa. 
We cannot say enough in favor of coop¬ 
erative milk selling. The lirst year we had 
our plant, ligurlng on a basis of what we 
had been doing and what we were able to 
do, it had paid us all we put into it and 
$o,U00 to $ 0,000 beside, and we have been 
able to do fully as well right along tor 
three years. We have just entered into a 
coniiact with a New York cheese house for 
a year for our milk at lo cents per 100 off 
Porden's price, with no restrictions regard¬ 
ing feed, and we consider it a better sale 
than the Borden price with its Inspection 
and restriction, as our farmers invariably 
have silos, and would not think of discard¬ 
ing them for any inducements the Bordens 
or anyone else might see lit to offer. 
Smyrna, N. Y. d. l. s. 
January has been a cold stormy month; 
thermometers indicated from 38 degrees be¬ 
low zero to 40 degrees above in 30 hours. 
Stock is wintering lairiy; larmers have 
plenty of hay, but there is some complaint 
that it feeds out faster than common. 
There are two milk stations in Beyden that 
ship milk to New ifork City. Both are 
sending teams farther into the country to 
get their supply this Winter. Abortion 
has made it appearance in many herds the 
present Winter; the eltect will be a short 
supply of milk until these cows can be re¬ 
placed. It makes no difference whether 
thin or fleshy, old or young cows; they 
share the same fate. In some dairies as 
high as 40 per cent have been affected. 
Hay is selling from $9 to $10 delivered. Mill 
feed has ruled high; cornmeal $24 per ton. 
'J'here will be a demand for good young 
cows this Spring. The few farmers who 
keep sheep report that they are wintering 
lot bought last Spring from a neighboring 
farmer. The males were bred by a leading 
breeder of Houdan and Mantes fowls in 
France. Our pure-bred Houdans lay bet¬ 
ter than the cross-bred pullets, and the 
latter lay better than any other flock of 
fowls in this neighborhood. We are great 
believers in the Houdan as bred In France. 
They are great layers of large white eggs, 
are strictly non-sitters, and although of 
dark plumage make the very best table 
fowl and do well under almost any condi¬ 
tion. We think the Houdan blood makes 
our poultry proof against sickness and the 
same blood may be the cause of Mrs. 
Crawford’s marked success. We are about 
ready to put proper feeding formulas in 
operation, and will advise you of our suc¬ 
cess for February and March. d. e. h. 
New Brunswick, N. J. 
The Milkman and Sunday. 
I have otten said that if milkmen car¬ 
ried put their milk 24 to 36 hours old 
they would never hear of sour milk as 
they do when carrying new, often warm, 
milk. I do not sell cream and milk a 
week old, but I have many times had 
customers tell me that they had kept 
both a week and that they were good. 
This whole matter hangs on just two 
points, receptacles clean and aired, and 
ice. The milk fresh from the cows must 
be sunken in ice water, and if after 24 to 
36 hours it is kept on ice (in refriger¬ 
ators milk or cream should always be 
set against the ice) it will not sour, but 
after a few days, more or less, accord¬ 
ing to the cows’ condition it will turn 
bitter. This Sunday selling was a seri¬ 
ous question to me 10 years ago, and I 
tried as hard to keep the Lord’s Day as 
I would to do something that I wanted 
to for myself, and succeeded. Saturdays 
It is sometimes 9 or 10 P. M, before my 
Sunday orders are all delivered, but Sun¬ 
day is mine except such time as it takes 
to care for my animals and poultry, and 
although I sell nearly everything that 
grows on a farm at retail, it is a rare 
thing that anyone troubles me on Sun¬ 
day. I would not attempt to lay down 
any rules regarding this matter for an¬ 
other, for there are as many different 
circumstances and conditions as there 
are men, but I do believe “where there 
is a will there is a way,’’ f. t. j. 
Drownville, R. I. 
GOMBAULT’S 
CAISTIC BALSAM 
A safe, speedy and 
positive cure for 
Curb, Splint, Sweeny, Capped Hock, 
Strained Tendons, Founder, Wind Puffs, 
and all lameness from Spavin, Ringbone 
and other bony tumors. Cures all skin 
diseases or Parasites, Thrush, Diphtheria. 
Removes all Bunches from Horses or 
Cattle. 
As a HT7MAN REMET>Y for Rhen- 
mutlani, Sipruln*, Sore 'I'hrout, etc., it 
Is invaluable. 
Every bottle of Caiiatic Ralanm sold is 
Warranted to (five satisfaction. Price 91(1.SO 
per bottle. Sold by dnipf-ists, or sent by ex¬ 
press, charges paid, with full directions for its 
use. Send for descriptive circulars, te.stimo- 
nials, etc. Address 
THE LAWRENCE-WILLIAMS COMPANY, Clsveland, Ohio. 
Best 
Results 
in feeding for milk are 
obtained by adding some 
Buffalo 
Gluten 
Feed 
to balance the ration. 
Sample and booklet 
**Feed Your Stock for 
Best Results**^ 
SINGLE-COMB WHITE LEGHORNS 
Eggs for sale for setting from Pittsburg and Cleve¬ 
land winners. My stock Is large; line birds; perfectly 
white with yellow beak and legs; medium low tall; 
medium-sized comb, and great egg protliieers. 
Eggs this .season: 15 eggs, $2; 30 eggs, $3.75; 100 eggs, 
$10. A few cockerels yet for sale that will do anyone 
good. Correspondence solicited 
JNO. W. WAUWICK, Washington, Pa. 
Sent free. Write to-day 
Address Department T 
THE GLUCOSE SUGAR REFINING CO., 
The Rookery, Chicago, III. 
BEFORE BUYING Send 4 cents postage 
k u 4 OATr->c-c for illustrated catalog 
A NEW HARNESS fnu description 
and prices to consumer 
King Harness Co., No. 10 Lake St., Owego, N. V 
Cows barreiir3 years 
MADE TO BREED. 
Moore Brothers, Albany, H. Y. 
YOU CCCn ^ cows or ITIUCII AP at same Q on other 
CAN rCEU 4 STEERS tnOlLiMiab cost as O Rations. 
25 to 40 per cent, saved feeding good axveet ensilairc. • We furnish you MTAVES, one piece, 
full depth of Milo. Our FBEE book, ^'9illoii untl NlluKe,” has full details, and much 
of Interest to yonr puree._ WH,1.1AMS MFG. 410., Kalamazoo, IHIch. 
well. Some farmers on ilguring the present 
cost for feed and the prices they will have 
to pay for cows to replace those that are 
dry wonder wliere their prolits will come in. 
Hoonville, N. Y. d. w. m. 
A Hopeful, outlook. —Our cooperative 
creamery at Walton, N. V., has not been 
in use for the Winter, it is now con¬ 
ceded by its patrons that this was a mis¬ 
take, as the running of it would have 
netted us more money than the Bordens 
have paid, but we will learn from our ex¬ 
perience this Winter, it is good eye-salve 
for future use. More clearly we shall de¬ 
tect the baits and pitfalls of the middle¬ 
men in their wily moves and fancy prices 
on purpose to hinder and dwarf coopera¬ 
tive movements among the milk producers. 
They know well where and how to strike, 
and in this we should learn our defense is 
in cooperation. No milk producer can be 
ignorant of the increased revenue for milk 
we have sold the past two years through 
cooperative creameries, although the move¬ 
ment is yet in its infancy. What, then, 
will be the result when the various local 
unions organize protective creameries and 
all combine under one central head? It 
does not need a prophet nor the son of a 
prophet to answer that—the results will 
be marvelous. Milk products will be on a 
paying basis; the value of real estate will 
arise from the dust; mortgages will be 
lifted from the farms; our sons and daugh¬ 
ters will be Inclined to stay at the old 
home; a smile will rest upon the dairy in¬ 
terests of the land, and prosperity will re¬ 
ward us and future generations in the 
efforts we are now putting forth. t. 
Experience With Houdan Poultry. 
Poultry people will read with pleasure 
Mr Mapes’s description of Mrs. Crawford’s 
place, and her success with poultry. Our 
plant and success somewhat resemble the 
one mentioned, except that we have re¬ 
modeled wagon sheds, barn basement and 
cattle hovel for chicken houses. We 
hatched this season about 1,400 with in¬ 
cubator and raised the chicks by hens, 
using packing cases for chick coops, and 
lost but one chicken from disease. Our 
first chicks were hatched April 28, and 
thereafter every three weeks until July 15, 
when the Incubator was stopped. We have 
about 300 pullets, many of them from the 
last lot hatched; all other birds were sold 
for market purposes. We feed oats and 
corn in litter, not an egg producing food, 
but get an average of 60 eggs per day, and 
you will understand from the hatching 
dates given that many of the pullets are 
not mature. The weather here has been 
bad, either very cold or very wet, with 
frequent and severe changes. The chickens 
are either “Mantes” or Houdan halfbreeds, 
the mothers being a very Inferior mixed 
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