1899 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
83 
NEW YORK STATE DAIRYMEN. 
ANNUAL CONVENTION AT GOUVERNEUR. 
A Large and Interesting Meeting. 
[EDITORIAL correspondence.] 
The dairymen’s meeting at Gouver- 
neur, January 25 and 26, was the best 
ever held by the New York State Dairy¬ 
men’s Association. The attendance was 
double that of any previous meeting, 
and no less than 1,000 persons were 
present at several sessions. There was 
a fine exhibit of dairy products and ma¬ 
chinery. Over 350 samples of butter 
and cheese were offered for competition. 
It was a better exhibit than is usually 
found at State fairs. Mr. Ellis Wood- 
worth, of Gouverneur, deserves more 
than passing credit for the success of the 
exhibition. 
The address of welcome was by Mr. 
Edwin Dodge, a young farmer of St. 
Lawrence County. His address was 
said to be one of the best ever heard by 
some of the institute workers, a sug¬ 
gestion, perhaps, to give farmers a chance 
in the future instead of lawyers, as is too 
often done. The burden of Mr. Dodge’s 
thought was evolution in dairy matters. 
He insisted that the law of survival of 
the fittest applied to dairy matters. The 
response was by Jared Van Wagenen Jr., 
of Lawyersville. He said that we live 
in an age of sweeping economic and so¬ 
cial changes. These changes go on in 
dairy matters as in other vocations, and 
that the changed conditions must be 
met by change of methods in dairy farm¬ 
ing, and in manufacture of dairy prod¬ 
ucts. 
President Eastman said that eastern 
dairymen had lost ground previously 
held. The place they occupied formerly 
is now held by the western dairymen, be¬ 
cause of their united effort under the 
guidance of skilled and trusted leaders. 
The eastern dairymen must cooperate 
and work unitedly. The adulteration of 
dairy products had much injured dairy¬ 
men, but inferior products had injured 
them also. Much of this is due to ignor¬ 
ance and carelessness in the production 
and care of milk. He spoke of the forms 
of adulteration, and of the necessity of 
restraining legislation. He urged farm¬ 
ers to use their influence on members of 
Congress to secure this legislation, and 
suggested that this matter be carried to 
the ballot box, if other persuasive means 
failed. 
Prof. I. P. Roberts followed with an 
address on Forage and Fertility. His 
point was that milk could not be made 
economically on hay, either clover or 
mixed with other grasses. He advocated 
the use of corn and the silo. He held 
that it is folly to buy commercial fer¬ 
tilizers in large quantities when there 
is so much fertility in the soil that is 
available under proper culture. It is like 
a man having a deposit in the bank, but 
not able to use it because of his inability 
to sign his name to a check. 
Ex-Gov. Hoard talked on the confor¬ 
mation of the dairy cow. He has broken 
away from old traditions on this sub¬ 
ject. Gov. Hoard makes his theories 
conform to his individual study of the 
animal; with him, theory comes second. 
He insists that temperament develops 
function, and that function develops 
form. This is contrary to the sometimes 
accepted theory that form is responsible 
for function. 
Prof. H H. Harding’s subject was 
Dairy Bacteriology. He took special 
pains to explain the Pasteurizing of milk. 
He showed and explained different ma¬ 
chines for this work, and exhibited 
charts to show the effect of Pasteurizing 
at different temperatures. He also 
showed the effect of cooling milk. Prof. 
Van Slyke took up the subject of food 
adulterants. The cause of adulterations, 
he said, was the desire of gain. All the 
other causes were of no account. He 
showed that food adulteration was a 
subject of national importance, affect¬ 
ing the pockets of consumers, the com¬ 
mercial integrity of producer, manufac¬ 
turer and dealer, and the morals of all 
concerned in the adulterations down to 
the consumer of the product. He re¬ 
viewed the legislation on food adulter¬ 
ants. He gave a list of foods usually 
adulterated. 
In the matter of cattle foods, he said 
preference should be given those firms 
that guarantee the analysis of their 
products, as cotton-seed meal, some 
gluten meals, and linseed meal. The 
staple foods in bulk, he thought, were 
least adulterated. It is the foods bought 
in small quantities that are most adulter¬ 
ated. Condimental foods are mostly 
composed of grain with some form of 
medicinal substances. On general prin¬ 
ciples, they should be avoided. They are 
exceedingly costly in proportion to 
actual value. 
More particulars will follow next week 
in reference to Thursday’s session, which 
included addresses by Dr. Jordan, Major 
Alvord, Gov. Hoard, H. E. Cook, and Prof. 
H. H. Dean, of Ontario, Canada. D. 
BOTTLED MILK. 
All dealers in bottles, and most ad¬ 
vocates of bottle delivery, when figur¬ 
ing the gains of the system, assert a 
waste of three or four quarts per 40 in 
dipping, and leave one to assume that 40 
quart bottles can be filled from a 40 quart 
can of milk. 
It is correct to figure three or four 
quarts waste in dipping, but there is, 
also, waste in bottling. By a number 
of trials, at different times, carefully 
using a gallon hand filler, I have cleaned 
out a 40-quart can of milk into 39 quart 
bottles, and a 20-quart can into 19% 
quart bottles. By this careful hand fill¬ 
ing, almost no milk was wasted, not 
more than would be measured by table¬ 
spoonfuls. I venture to say that the 
large machine-filling apparatus would 
waste, at least, two quarts per 40, al¬ 
though I have had no experience with it 
Our experience with the breakage of bot¬ 
tles (we have delivered a part of our 
milk in bottles since 1886) is about as 
follows: For every bottle delivered 
daily, it will be necessary to buy two 
new bottles yearly, or a little more; that 
is, if one delivers 150 quarts daily in bot¬ 
tles, he will need to buy 300 new bottles 
per year. 
There is considerable extra expense 
about delivering milk in bottles, but 
modern trade conditions are calling more 
and more for their use. The milk bottle 
is one of those modern inventions for 
consuming the profits of a business. The 
man who sells a two-cent yeast cake at 
the present day, not only must wrap it 
in tin foil, but also furnish a gummed 
envelope to preserve the tin foil from 
the atmosphere. e. c. birge. 
A Hen Stort. —A young woman in this county 
had two hens given her in January last. The 
hens sat in February, and in due time hatched 22 
chicks. Two of them died. The last of April, she 
sold the 20 broilers for $9.50. Both of these hens 
raised another brood of chicks, 23 in number, 
worth 45 cents apiece this Fall, making $10 35. 
Since that time, they have run with the flock, 
and no account has been kept of the eggs. 
J. M. H 
Right chimney, good lamp. 
Wrong chimney, bad lamp. 
Besides breaking. 
Go by the Index. 
Write Macbeth Pittsburgh Pa 
P| SMALL'S CALF FEEDER. 
Calves suck their milk, grow sleek, 
ij thrifty and very large, commanding the 
£|l highest market prices for veal or dairy. 
Write for free circulars. 
J. li. Small & Co., Boston, Mass. 
The Gouverneur Press. 
By special arrangement with Gouverneur 
Press, Gouverneur, N. Y., we are able to offer 
it and The Rural New-Yorker, both one 
year, for $1.75. This is the price of the Press 
alone. The offer is, however, good only for 10 
days. Order may be sent us or to the Press. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, New York. 
WHAT IS THE BEST SEPARATOR? 
THE IMPROVED UNITED STATES. 
Why—Because it has the Triple Current Bowl 
which recovers all the cream in the milk. 
5klms Perfectly Clean ; Is Very Easy to Operate. 
Williamsburg, Iowa, July 28 , 1898 . 
The Improved U. S. Separator is giving splendid satisfaction. 
It skims perfectly clean and is very easy to operate. We would 
not think of handling any milk without the Improved U. S., 
which I consider the best separator on the market. 
J. W. THOMAS, Steward Iowa Co. Poor Farm. 
Write for catalogues and further information to 
VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO., - Bellows Falls, Vt. 
Sharpies Quality. 
Every farmer who keeps 
five or more cows can 
afford a hand separator. 
In fact, he cannot afford 
to be without one. 
Avoid all mistakes and 
useless expenditure by 
buying a SAFETY HAND 
SEPARATOR. They not 
only represent highest 
quality in such ma¬ 
chines, but stand for 
highest quality in 
product as well. They 
skim clean, turn 
easy, last long, and 
cost nothing for repairs. Send for cir¬ 
culars. P. M. SHARPIES, 
Branches: West Chester, Pa. 
Toledo, O. Omaha, Neb. 
Elgin, Ill. St. Paul, Minn. 
Dubuque, la. San Francisco, Cal. 
Cream Separators. 
De Laval “Alpha ” and “Baby " Separators. 
First—Best—Cheapest. All Styles—Slues 
Prices, $50 to $800. 
Save 110 per cow per year. Send for Catalogue. 
THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO., 
Randolph and Canal Streets, I 74 Cortlandt Street 
CHICAGO I NEW YORK. 
TRUE DAIRY SUPPLY CO., 
CONTRACTORS and builders of 
Butter and Cheese Factories, 
AND MANUFACTURERS OF 
Machinery. Apparatus and Supplies for 
Cheese and Butter Factories, 
Creameries and Dairies. 
303,305,307 and 309 Lock St., Syracuse, N. Y. 
References: First Nat. Bank of Syracuse: State Bank 
of Syracuse; R. G. Dun & Co.’s Mercantile Agency, 
The Bradstreet Co.’s Mercantile Agency, or any Bank 
or Business House In Syracuse and adjacent towns. 
Top Price Butter. 
The kind that a fancy private 
trade demands, is colored with 
Thatcher ’» Oraoige Butter Color — 
the color that does not contain 
any poison. Send for a sample. 
THATCHER MFC. CO., Potsdam, H.Y. 
FumaCarbon Bisulphide 
“The wheels of the gods grind slow but exceed¬ 
ing small.’’ So do weevil, but don’t let them grind 
your grain, it doesn’t pay. HCIIliH H as others 
KILL THEM WITH rUtYlA, are doing. 
EDWARD R. TAYLOR. Cleveland, Ohio. 
nmin your cra.* 
GiRINP'AT home 
%nd B&vetne toll. You have the horses, w« 
have the power and mill. Over 
20,000 PEERLESS 
Mills are now In use. 
They work fast, fine, easy. 
iMake family meal or feed. 
Prices. »15, *18. & * 20 . AGENTS 
WANTED EVERYWHERE. Write 
for circulars and agency. 
STEVENS MFG. CO. Box 29, Joliet, UL 
For grinding 
Feed, Corn 
Meal, Buck¬ 
wheat, Rye, &c. 
The very best 
manufactured. 
Send for description and prices 
RICHMOND CITY MILL WORKS, 
185 North F St. Richmond, Ind. 
i 
CRE OF CORN! 
nn<l its possibilities under the Silage 
system—being the theme of I 
“A BOOK ON SILAGE” 
By Prof. F, W. WOLL, 
of the University of Wisconsin, neatly bound into a volume 
of 195 pageB and now being sent outby the Silver Mr;. Co, 
Sa i.km, 0., is unquestionably the bust book yet Introduced on , 
the Bubjcct. It Includes: 
I—Silage Crops. II—Silos. 
Ill—Silage. IV- Feeding of Silage. 
V— Comparison of Silage and other Feeds. 
VI— The Silo in Modern Agriculture, 
and many valuable tables and compounded rations 
for feeding stock. ’They are going rapidly. — 
ft Is FREE. Write for a copy 
t<>I<lay—to-morrow may be too late 
SILVER MFC. CO. 
Salem, Ohio. 
No. 3 "PRIZE” FEED MILL 
OVER 30,000 IN USE. 
All Iron and Steel. Automatic 
Shake Feed. Perfect Ad- 
iustable Feed Slide, 
Grinds as fine or coarse as 
desired. Will run by any , 
power,one to five horse,sweep, 
tread, steam or wind. Will 
not choke down the smallest: 
power. Sold at a low price to - _ ___ _ 
advertise the fact that we are the largest Inanufao. 
turers In the world of labor saving farm machinery. 
Bend for special oirer on this mill and large fllus- 
catalogue of “Hero” and “American” Grinding 
MI1U, 46 sizes and styles. Feed Cutters, Peekes 
Corn Threshers, Tread Powers, Sweep Powers. 
Goodhue Galvanized Steel and Wood Wind Mlllsfor 
power and pumping, Wood Saws, Corn Sheilerm etc. 
APPLETON MFG. CO..27Fargo 8t.,BAIAVlA, ILIA 
]; French Buhr 
Stone Mills 
aro tho best for Farm- 
Uses. Griud ear corn, 
and any grain mixed or 
separate for feed. Table , 
com meal, buckwheat, 
rye andgraliam flour for family use. Easiest 
kept in order, largo capacity, less power. 
Send for new book on mills and sample 
meal. 
N0RDYKE & MARMON, Flour Mill Builders, 
270 DAY ST., INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 
VICTORY 
Feed Mil 
Grinds Corn and Cob, 
and all kinds of 
SinaU Grain. 
Made In four sizes for 2, 
4, 8 and 10 horse-power. 
Also make sweep mills 
and corn shellers. Send for 
catalogues and prices. 
THOS. ROBERTS, 
P. O. Box 92. 
Springfield, - Ohio. 
TWO MILLS 
in one. Grinds twice with less fr 
tion.less heating, less waste th 
others grind once. Corn and c 
for feed, oats, etc..rolled,mash 
and mellowed, enlarged one-th 
in bulk. Send for free catalog 
QUAKER CIT\ 
Crlndlng Mill 
i.W.Str»ub&Co.,3737 Filbert St.,Phi 
, „ - -A. tV. Straub Co., 4 8. Cannl St., Chics 
alio VTaitaru Agent* for Smalley’s Towers, 8hellers A Cutter 
rECU IvllLLai 
(Sold with or without Elevator.) 
For Every Variety of Work. 
Have conical shaped grinders. Different 
from all others. Handiest to operate and 
LIGHTEST RUNNING - 
Have them in six sizes —2 to 25 horse pow¬ 
er. One style for windwheel use. 
(Also make Sweep Feed Grinders.) 
P.N- B0WSHER CO., South Bend, lad. 
Meat smoked in a few hours with 
KRAUSERS’ LIQUID EXTRACT OF SMOKE. 
Made from hickory wood. Cheaper, cleaner, 
sweeter, and surer than the old way. Send for 
circular. E. KKAL’SEK A I1KO., Milton, Pa. 
S FOR CORN 
That's what every bushel of corn is worth after 
« ■ being ground on our 
scientific Grinding Mill 
Here's something entirely ncwi a 2 to 4 
horse Mill. We call it DOUBLE ACTION- 
both plates revolve. Grinds Ear Corn and all 
grains for feed. Other styles and sizes, 2 to 50 h.p. 
THEFOOSMFG. CO. Springfield 0. 
