1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
275 
THE MILK SITUATION. 
Many farmers signed at New Berlin 
Condensery, 14 miles distant, shipped on 
car. They are shipping 40 or 50 cans at 
milk station, $1.20 per 100 this month (about 
same to condensery). Our cheese factory 
will not run this season. Last year it had 
more milk than could be handled; that is 
the way things change. Cows are in good 
condition; plenty of hay; feed high. The 
milk supply will depend on feed. We do 
not anticipate a larger milk supply this 
season than last. The cooperative cream¬ 
eries have been useful in providing home 
market for milk and taking care of the 
surplus. E * s - B - 
Leonardsville, N. Y. 
About 100 cans are shipped from here. 
There has not been as much milk shipped 
as usual the past Winter, on account of 
feed being so high. There are about the 
same number of cows as in past years. 
Cows have wintered as well as common, 
not having been milked as late as before, 
farmers having made up their minds that 
it’s about as well to take the low price in 
Summer when the cows can get their own 
living as to pay all they can get for feed 
to make Winter milk. We raised money 
in 1901 to buy or build a station. We 
bought the old station, but could not get 
a title, so that fell through. We have done 
nothing about it since, the Standard Milk 
Company that takes our milk having used 
us fairly well. c. e. b. 
Sauquoit, N. Y. 
Our creamery is not run on the codpera- 
tive plan. The Standard Butter Company 
of Owego runs thd creamery in this place. 
The milk is all made into butter; the sep¬ 
arator milk is made into sizing. The pa¬ 
trons have the curd and buttermillc free; 
can get separator milk for 10 cents per 100. 
Cows are not looking well. Grain has neon 
so high that the farmers could not afford 
to buy the feed. They are feeding more 
than they were last month, as feed has 
dropped a little in price. Bran, $1.15 per 
100; gluten, $1.30; cotton seed, $1.50. Most 
of the dairymen here feed wheat bran and 
gluten. There is plenty of fodder to carry 
stock through to grass. Winter grain is 
looking very well since the snow has gone. 
We are getting $1.12 per 100 for milk since 
March 6. Farm help is very scarce, and 
wages high. A great many tenants are 
changing farms this Spring. Cows are 
plentiful and cheap. There is no call for 
them; only offer $25 for new milch cow with 
calf by her side, when one can find a man 
that wants to buy. Great call for farm 
horses at high prices; very little plowing 
done yet. f. l. 
Lounsberry, N. Y. 
Our milk station at this place is con¬ 
trolled at the present time by the Rock¬ 
dale Creamery Company; between 60 and 
70 cans are shipped daily from this station. 
The milk is paid for on the butter-fat. 
basis. The cooperative creamery at Guil¬ 
ford has been running all Winter; I under¬ 
stand it is paying well. Cows are in good 
condition, but the milk supply during the 
Winter has been less than usual, owing, 
we think, to the fact that the hay and 
corn fodder contained less nutriment. The 
growth was coarse and rank, hence the 
quality was not as good. However, we 
think when the grass comes the milk sup¬ 
ply will average about the same as last 
season. Present indications point to a late 
Spring. Very little plowing was done in 
this section last Fall; we are coming to 
believe that Fall plowing is an injury as 
much of the fine soil is blown away by the 
Winter winds. The majority of the farm¬ 
ers are planning to put in a large acreage 
of corn for use in the silo, also for regular 
harvest; the object is to lessen the grain 
bills, which have been very heavy the past 
Winter. e. m. p. 
E. Guilford, N. Y. 
Milk is mostly sold to the Horseheads 
Creamery Company at Laceyville. Some 
set milk and sell cream. The company does 
not make butter but sells milk and cream 
on orders to all points. This company has 
leased nearly all the cooperative creameries 
in this section, and uses them for skim¬ 
ming stations. I do not think the milk 
supply will be as large as last year, as 
there are only about 80 per cent as many 
cows as at this time a year ago. and they 
are not in as good condition as usual. 
Owing to the high price of feed a good 
many of the farmers have got tired of 
selling milk at a loss, and are going to 
make their own butter, as they think the 
price of milk is not in proportion to the 
price of butter, so it will make quite a 
difference in the amount of milk to go 
into the cities as milk or cream. 
Skinners Eddy, Pa. f. m. b. 
DOG POWER FOR LIGHT WORK. 
Training the Animal: 
I have used a dog power for the last 
three years, and find it very profitable 
in various ways. The power can be used 
for churning, running cream separator, 
butter worker, etc. The actual work I 
have done with power is churning and 
running cream separator. I expect to 
make arrangements to run butter 
maker in the near future. I use a 
Newfoundland dog that weighs 120 
pounds. I use the dog because it 
is more convenient for me, as I 
have a room off the kitchen, and hence 
it would be a good deal of trouble to get 
another animal from the barn; besides 
the dog is much cleaner. I have trained 
sheep for people who have these separa¬ 
tors in the barn, and find it very handy, 
for the reason that after a sheep gets 
used to his work (which is only a mat¬ 
ter of a few days) it will come when call¬ 
ed, and jump in the power. After it gets 
through with the work it will back out 
of the power and walk right straight to 
its stall or whatever place may be fixed 
for it. The objection to a goat would be 
the offensive smell. A calf would be all 
right, but would soon outgrow its use¬ 
fulness, and there would be the trouble 
of training another in its place. In 
training a dog it will be necessary to put 
a muzzle on him before attempting to 
put him in the power. It will then be 
necessary to coax him along; never let 
him off before he shows his good will. 
A dog will like the work a little while, 
but will soon shirk. 
In training a sheep nail a little box 
for oats on the power in easy reach for 
sheep so that it may eat while working. 
Next take two pieces of board four 
inches wide and two feet long and drive 
five or six nails in each piece. Attach 
your power to separator, set brake and 
lead in your sheep and tie, then take 
one piece of board with nail in and place 
behind the sheep and the other one be¬ 
low him, one to keep him from backing 
and the other to keep him from lying 
down. You may then loosen the brake 
and set your machine in motion. Should 
the sheep lie down in spite of the. brads 
try to make it stand on its feet and turn 
the power by hand and show it that it 
has to work. I have trained sheep that 
would not do as much as stand on their 
feet the first trial, but the second trial 
they would walk right along and never 
stop to say yes or no. Don't leave the 
sheep in the power over 10 minutes for 
the first trial. wm. f. duenow. 
Wisconsin. 
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