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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
February 18 
The Milk Trade. 
TRUSTS AND RUMORS OF TRUSTS. 
Two New Corporations. —As stated in 
The It, N.-Y. last week, two companies 
were incorporated in New Jersey last 
week for the purpose of handling milk. 
Both are capitalized for large amounts, 
and both are reported to have ample 
capital back of them. These incorpora¬ 
tions have started the old periodical 
rumor about a trust to control and 
handle New York’s milk supply. The 
sensational papers have busily exploited 
the fact that the poor consumers are to 
be charged more for their milk, and that 
the opulent producers and handlers are 
to pile up still greater profits from the 
business. 
A Tkust that Failed.— The New 
York Milk Exchange, both in its old and 
its new form, has been the bugbear of 
the milk producers for many years. In 
1897, there were wonderful stories of a 
great milk trust which was in process 
of formation, and The R. N.-Y. secured 
an interview with Mr. Gilmor, the pro¬ 
moter, the results of which were pub¬ 
lished in the issue of November 20 of 
that year. This was claimed to be sim¬ 
ply a corporation composed of dealers, 
and its rubber-tired wagons were to be 
supplying customers at the beginning of 
1898. But it never materialized. So far 
as could be learned, it failed because the 
dealers who were to sell to the corpora¬ 
tion, placed an exorbitant value upon 
their plants. This has always seemed 
to be the trouble when any organization 
of dealers was undertaken. We were 
told of one whose business was said to 
be worth about $75,000, who wanted 
$150,000 for it. 
The Five States Association.—A 
couple of years ago, efforts were made 
to unite the producers along the prin¬ 
cipal routes leading to this city, and 
these efforts were renewed during the 
early part of last year, when two meet¬ 
ings were held, resolutions were passed, 
a constitution was adopted and officers 
were elected. No tangible results have 
ever become apparent, but now it is re¬ 
ported as making new efforts to con¬ 
trol the situation. Some of the papers 
credited this organization with the for¬ 
mation of the corporations mentioned 
last week ; but this does not appear to 
be correct. One of them is a Chicago 
concern, organized to do business in Chi¬ 
cago. The other was a Connecticut com¬ 
pany which expects to carry on its oper¬ 
ations in that State. Neither of them 
seems to have any designs on New York 
City. 
A New Combination Reported. —It is 
a difficult matter to get information 
about the plans of any of these organiza¬ 
tions. They do not proclaim their in¬ 
tentions from the housetops. But it is 
admitted by some dealers that steps are 
being taken to form a combination of 
New York City dealers. Other dealers,, 
however, state that they know nothing 
of this scheme. There are already two 
combinations of wholesale dealers, but 
they do not concern themselves with the 
retail trade. The great obstacle in the 
way of a combination of the retailers is 
the one before mentioned. There is no 
question as to the great economy in dis¬ 
tribution possible, if the plans so often 
discussed were carried out. But they 
must get together on some live-and-let- 
live basis. Whether they will do so in 
the plans now under discussion, remains 
to be seen. 
A One-Sided Agreement. —The two 
chief objects of the Five States Milk Pro¬ 
ducers’ Association were the securing of 
lower railroad rates together with better 
transportation facilities, and the better 
distribution to consumers'. Both of these 
were commendable. An instrument like 
the following is said to have been dis¬ 
tributed for signatures by this associa¬ 
tion : 
New York, my true and lawful attorneys for me, 
and in my name, place, and stead, to bargain, sell 
and contract all the milk produced by the cows 
owred or controlled by me, except the milk I use 
at my house, for ate v m nctlonger t'asn five years, 
and at a price not less than 2% cents per quart 
for milk produced during the months of October, 
November, Decembe-, January, February, and 
March, and cent jer quart for milk produced 
during the months of April, May, June, July, 
August, and September. The milk to be paid for 
at least monthly, on or before the 10th day of each 
month for the milk delivered the month previous. 
This was offered farmers for their sig¬ 
natures, but apparently, few signed it. 
The chief objection made was that the 
farmer was the only party really bound 
to do anything. He could really hold 
nobody responsible, and might be left 
with the milk on his hands. On the 
other hand, it is claimed that some one 
or some organization must have abso¬ 
lute control of a large volume of milk in 
order to break up the present system of 
selling. It will be necessary to control, 
at least 15,000 cans of milk per day in 
order to handle the market. These 
things show the size of the problem 
which the milk producers are called 
upon to face. In the meantime, more 
milk and cream than ever are being 
poured into this market. 
PRICE OF FEEDS. 
City bran, per ton.16 50 @17 00 
Spring bran. 200-lb sacks, per ton.16 25 @16 50 
Spring bran to arrive.15 85 @16 10 
Middlings, as to quality, per ton_15 75 @17 50 
Sharps, per ton.17 20 @18 00 
Red dog. per ton.17 00 @17 50 
Linseed oil meal, to arrive and spot...24 75 @26 00 
Cake.24 75 @25 00 
Cotton-seed meal.20 00 @20 50 
Brewers’ meal and grits, per 100 lbs.... 1 00 @ 1 05 
Hominy chops. 77^@ 80 
Coarse meal, western. 83 @ 85 
MILK AND CREAM. 
The total daily supply last week was 25,815 cans of 
milk, 102 cans of condensed milk and 525 cans of 
cream. The Milk Exchange price has been reduced 
to 2)4 cents a quart net to the shipper. 
SCRAPS. 
Free-martin Breeds. —One of our Jersey cows 
had twins, bull and heifer. We raised the heifer; 
she bred early, but one day while playing, threw 
herself in a bad way and shortly after aborted 
the calf. After a sufficient time to recover her 
health, she was bred again, and the other day 
started her record with twins—two bulls. Her 
mother had twins twice, once before we owned 
her. RICHARDS & SHEPPARD. 
Coatesville, Pa. 
North Carolina Notes. —Here we have warm, 
sunny days—when it doesn’t rain—and just a little 
frost on the grass at night. My sheep are run¬ 
ning in pasture, and have not had a bite of other 
food so far this Winter. Last year, the flock cost 
me about 25 cents each for feed at lambing time. 
A flock of about 400 run in the woods all the 
time, and get no feed at all. A few lambs are 
lost, that is all. Hens are laying, and eggs are 
worth seven cents a dozen. h. s. 
Dishorning in New Jersey. —A short time ago 
I had my cattle dishorned. The work was done 
by a neighbor, an intelligent man, who was rec¬ 
ommended to me by another neighbor. The 
horns were removed on account of the terrible 
injuries some of my cows had received from the 
horns of other animals. The young man who 
dishorned my cows has been in the habit of re¬ 
moving the horns from his own cows, and learned 
how to do it at one of the largest and finest dai¬ 
ries in New Jersey. The point has been raised 
by the S. P. C. A. that I ought to have employed 
a veterinarian to do the work. Is the point well 
taken, or is it necessary ? t. o. h. 
Morristown, N. J. 
Ans.—A law in NewYbrk State seeks to pro¬ 
hibit farmers from dishorning cattle for pay. 
They may cut the horns from their own herd, or 
do such work for a neighbor free of charge; but 
only a qualified veterinarian is privileged to do 
this work as a matter of business. There is no 
such law in New Jersey, and each cow owner in 
that State seems to be a law unto himself. He 
may cut the horns from his own cattle, or have 
his neighbor do so if he is willing to take the 
risk. It is not likely that any case can be made 
out against you unless the work was done in 
such a bungling manner as to be really cruel to 
the cattle. 
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Calves suck their milk, grow sleek, 
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