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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 25 
Live Stock and Dairy 
DAIRY,iBEtF OR DUAL PURPOSEi? 
“Look, Papa, a cow like Papa’s got,” 
said my little two-year-old lady on the 
arrival of Thjs R. N.-Y. 1 was interested 
in the dairy and beef article by C. S. 
Plumb, page 253. 1 have often thought 
to express myself on the same subject. 
Only three Winters ago 1 sold choice 
Jersey butter for several mouths for 11 
cents in trade. A few Summers previous 
they offered me only six cents per pound 
and 1 caned it home. A German grocer 
offered my uncle only live cents. Uncle 
said he would take it home and “pack” 
tue rest. ■’How you packs him?” in¬ 
quired the grocer, “in the calf’s hide,” 
uncle replied. So it is with the dual- 
purpose cow; we have the calf to fall 
back on. While 1 was selling butter for 
11 cents 1 was raising a dual-purpose 
steer calf (Jersey-Durhamj, which sold 
at 18 mouths old for $35. A Jersey- 
Uurham (.half and half) steer of same 
age which had that unmistakable Jersey 
air about it, brought only $18. Two oth¬ 
er steers a little later as two-year olds 
brought $110. in 1887 1 sold a line ShoiT- 
hnrn calf, taken from the cow on pas¬ 
ture at six months old, for $6; 'sold the 
cow a four-year-old, for $14, a beefy cow 
of large form in good condition. I sold 
another one, not so large, for $13.50. 1 
sold a three-year-old heifer (cornfed and 
hog-fat), 1,200 pounds, for $24. Butter 
at this time was selling for 25 cents, and 
scarce for several mouths. 1 was keep¬ 
ing “bach” at the time and did not get 
the benefit of a good butter market. I 
love the Jersey and admire the beefer, 
but the general-purpose cow, though of 
mixed breeding, has strewn my path 
with prosperity. Parmer life is very 
much of the “teeter-board” variety, up 
or down—or going and coming. We can¬ 
not regulate the bulls and bears, the 
weather and the pestilences, but 1 have 
never failed to have plenty of some¬ 
thing. Mixed farming is dual-purpose 
farming. Specialties are all right for the 
few, and they have a name and fame far 
above the “Jack of all trades,” but when 
cast ashore are like fish out of water. 
I still have both Jersey and Short-horn, 
and for the past two years have been ex¬ 
perimenting by comparison with Red 
Polls. They so far exceed expectations, 
and promise to supplant both the Jersey 
and Short-hdrn. john e. hinshaw, 
Kansas. 
CONDENSERY MILK. 
Prices and Requirements. 
We notice on page 242 an article on the 
price of milk offered by the Borden Milk 
Co., and we are Interested to know a little 
more about the way they work. Will you 
publish a list of the requirements demanded 
of the farmers who produce that milk? 
Middletown. Del. c. b. 
The Bordens pay the following prices 
for milk testing from 3.9 per cent to 4.5 
per cent, at Norwich and Delhi, N. Y., 
this Summer: April, $1.35; May, $1.10; 
June, 95 cents; July, $1; August, $1.15; 
September, $1.35. For milk testing above 
4.5 per cent the following scale is paid: 
4.6, two cents per 100; 4.7, four cents per 
100; 4.8, six cents; 4.9, eight cents; five 
per cent, 10 cents; up to 5.5, 20 cents 
more is added to the schedule price. For 
milk falling below 3.9, a corresponding 
reduction is made. 
1 have at hand a copy of the Borden 
contract. It is a long one and is quite 
full of details. Among other things they 
require stables to be whitewashed twice 
a year, manure to be removed from the 
stable and no horse manure can be used 
as litter in the drops; any cow not ap¬ 
pearing in perfect health to be removed 
from the herd, and none of the milk 
from such cow to be delivered; no milk 
to be delivered from cows 60 days before 
freshening or within 10 days after; cows 
to be brushed, and milk to be strained, 
using a strainer of 100 meshes to the 
inch. If any inspector or representative 
shall have reason to suspect that milk is 
not in proper condition, all milk from 
that dairy may be rejected, and a veter- 
. inary may be sent at any time to make 
examination of the herd. The milk must 
be set in cans in cold water and stirred, 
the water in the vat being as high as 
the milk in the can; and the tempera¬ 
ture must be reduced to 58 degrees with¬ 
in 45 minutes. The milk must be deliv¬ 
ered at such an hour as the purchasers 
may specify, and must not be above 60 
degrees when delivered at the factory. 
A spring wagon to be used in hauling 
and a clean canvas cover spread over 
the cans. The stables must be properly 
lighted and ventilated. No feeds that 
can impart a disagreeable flavor, or re¬ 
duce the richness of the milk can be 
used. Among those specified are tur¬ 
nips, barley sprouts, distillery grains,, 
objectionable Buffalo feed and silage. 
There is also in the contract a clause 
allowing the purchasers to refuse the 
milk if they are unable to procure sup¬ 
plies of any kind, or meet with other 
hindrances in their business, but bind¬ 
ing the seller to resume supplying when¬ 
ever normal conditions are restored. 
There are other requirements, but the 
whole contract would fill nearly a page 
in The R. N.-Y. It is safe to say that 
the contract is “iron-clad” so far as the 
seller is concerned, but binding the pur¬ 
chaser to little that he cannot evade if 
desired. The company agrees to pay a 
specified price for milk and to wash and 
steam the cans. They will not contract, 
I am told, unless the seller specifies an 
amount of milk each month that suits 
their interests, and if the amount in the 
flush goes much above the estimate there 
is likely to be an order to hold back for 
a week or so. 
The requirements and inspection have 
been quite rigid, but, comparatively, the 
prices have ruled so high that farmers 
have usually felt repaid, and have found 
little or no fault. Of late, other con¬ 
cerns are paying better prices for milk, 
and some of the restrictions have been 
considered burdensome, notably that re¬ 
lating to the feeding of silage. It is a 
matter of remark that in case of strong 
competition, like a well-conducted co¬ 
operative creamery, the enforcement of 
many of the requirements is not so rigid. 
The Bordens have, it is believed, helped 
the farmers in many respects, h. h. l. 
THE 
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SEND FOK CATALOHUE AND PRICES OP THE 
A long lime ago. when they firsl 
began 
To keep milch cows, poor Dairy 
Dan 
And Milkmaid Molly had troub¬ 
les galore. 
And alwa.ys seemed to be gelling 
more. 
They’d work and worry and 
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And always would end the year 
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more pay. 
They bought an Empire, and 
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Is yielding a handsome profit 
now. 
They're Jolly Molly and Dn.ndy 
Dan 
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Bmpire Cream Separator 
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Big Profit 
in Cows 
is but a question of getting aU the cream 
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w-'y w y w y-y I 80 per cent greater than with 
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TRVTHS 
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OTTO MEYER. 
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