THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
March 4 
162 
The Milk Trade. 
THE MILK COMBINATION. 
In The R. N.-Y. of February 18. is an 
article which may prove of great im¬ 
portance to farmers generally. The Five 
States Milk Producers’ Association is re¬ 
ported to be backed by at least $50,000,- 
000, Those powers of attorney have 
been generally circulated among the 
farmers in this vicinity, and have been 
s gned by at least enough to insure a 
depot for delivering milk, for at least 
500 cows in a radius of 2 miles. All 
along the old Utica & Plack River Rail¬ 
road these meetings have been held, 
and enough of these blanks have been 
signed. Meetings have been held on 
other roads with like results. 
I have been constantly urged to sign 
one of these contracts. In my case, it 
might be the means of breaking up a 
nice little creamery which takes the 
milk continually, Winter and Summer. 
The view I have taken in the matter is 
exactly in accordance with yours, that 
the farmer is the only one bound in this 
contract. Although there may be this 
far-off $5,000,000 to back it, who ever 
heard one of these millions to come to 
the front ? The parties of the first part 
claim that the farmers are not bound if 
it does not materialize. It seems to me 
like aiding with the farmers’ signatures 
a formed company to make a lot of 
money without any cost to them, or the 
farmers being benefited by so doing. 
Would the possible savings by this or¬ 
ganization in the delivery, freights, etc., 
warrant these glaring prices offered to 
the farmers for their milk ? If so, what 
would the companies now in operation 
be doing all this time ? They seem to 
get all and more milk than they need, at 
very much less prices, and are extending 
their business farther into the country 
to be able to cut the prices still more. I 
know that the milk now costs your city 
$32,000,000, of which the farmer gets 
only $8,000,000. If the Five States com¬ 
bination means every word that it says, 
giving these figures for five years, I have 
played the part of a very ignorant farm¬ 
er so far. But it is not too late to 
change, and I would better see the error 
of my way, and change. These prices 
offered would better the condition of 
the farmers very materially, and would 
almost seem a godsend to them. 
Oneida County, N. Y. john w. wood. 
CONTROLLING THE MILK. 
We have taken pains to write all the 
parties who are said to be prominent in 
the Five States Milk Producers’ Associa¬ 
tion. These names were printed in 
various agricultural papers, but most of 
them reply that they know little or 
nothing about the Association except 
that they have been asked about the 
character of some of the officers. Mr. J. 
C. Latimer, of Tioga Center, N. Y., sends 
this brief note, which is all the direct in¬ 
formation we have been able to obtain : 
The work of the F. S. M. P. A. has been very 
successful. We now expect to make contracts 
for the sale of our milk at two aud three cents 
per quart, paid net to the producer at hisship¬ 
ping station, next week; 18,000 cans per day have 
been pledged. 1 am very glad to give you any in¬ 
formation in regard to the work. 
Tnere is, probably, some mistake about 
these figures, and we think Mr. Latimer 
is a little too sanguine about his ability 
to secure the increased price next week. 
There is no indication of it at this end of 
the line. 
From other sources, we learn that a 
good many farmers are signing the 
“ power of attorney.” When asked why 
he signed it, one farmer said: 
“The milk situation can’t be any 
worse than it is, and this new scheme 
may be worth trying anyway.” 
Farmers who have been through pre¬ 
vious milk battles know enough about the 
New York market to understand that 
there is no great need of so much secret 
and “confidential” talk. If there is 
really any great corporation with $50,- 
000,000 capital to spend on milk, you 
may be sure that it will not spend the 
price of a postage stamp out of good 
feeling or benevolence for the farmer. 
The chances are that, if they are work¬ 
ing this to secure 15,000 cans of milk per 
day, they will use it after they get it to 
dro vn out the dealers, and thus get hold 
of the trade cheaper than they other¬ 
wise could. Having done this, and hav¬ 
ing signed no open contract with the 
farmers, they could, if they wanted to, 
squeeze down the price on je more. Ask 
any good lawyer what rights a farmer 
would have under this “power of at¬ 
torney ”. The quickest and easiest way 
for this company to get milk is to offer 
two and three cents a quart for it open¬ 
ly. How quickly it would come ! The 
reason why this simple method is not 
followed is, probably, because it is not 
the cheapest way for the company. 
Ohio Dairy Troubles — Bogus maple 
syrup or bogus butter, which ? I have 
not a word to say in defense of bogus 
maple syrup, but to know that our State 
Food and Dairy Commissioner himself, 
Dr. Blackburn,who ordered this prosecu¬ 
tion, owes his nomination and election 
to the financial aid and political influ¬ 
ence of the great oleomargariue manu¬ 
facturers of Cleveland, Columbus and 
Cincinnati, whose violation of our State 
laws is notorious. But you have no 
cases of butter fraud to report, whereas 
not only the “pig’s skin”, but his tail 
and the trimmings of his entrails are 
thrown into the “ witch’s stew”, colored, 
and put upon the market as butttr. 
About 5,000 voters belonging to his 
party, the dairymen, voted against 
him, but party bosses put him in again. 
The Commissioner has been openly 
charged as being a stockholder in one 
of the great bogus butter manufactur¬ 
ing companies. The Ohio Farmer, in 
its last issue, says that may or may not 
be so, but, undoubtedly, he owes his 
election to the traffic. He is now trying 
to cover up his own sins by making the 
most of some individual affair in some 
of his prosecutions. dairyman. 
Ohio. 
The Syracuse Milk Supply. — The 
Medical Record states that the board of 
health of Syracuse, N. Y., has deter¬ 
mined that, hereafter, all the herds 
whence the milk supply of the city is 
derived shall be kept under municipal 
supervision, and that all dairy animals 
shall be examined by a physician, at 
least twice a year. A round aluminium 
tag is fastened to the ears of the healthy 
animals, and an oblong tag to those of 
the diseased ones. The latter are placed 
in fields and barns separate from the 
unaffected cattle, and the owners are 
warned, under threat of penalty, not to 
sell the milk from such cows. The board 
has, als - ), ordered that the milk dealers 
must use metallic milk tickets, or fur¬ 
nish new paper tickets at each sale, the 
purpose being to lessen the likelihood 
of the spread of contagion. 
PRICE OF FEEDS. 
City bran, per ton. 17 DU @17 60 
Spring bran, 200-11) sacks, per ton.10 75 (<i 17 tK) 
Spring bran to arrive....17 00 (« 17 25 
Middlings, as to quality, per ton.... 10 00 @18 00 
Sharps, per ton.18 IH) @19 00 
Red dog, per ton.17 00 @17 60 
Linseed oil meal, to arrive and spot...24 75 @20 00 
Calce.24 75 @26 00 
Cotton-seed meal.22 00 @23 50 
Brewers’ meal and grits, per 100 lbs_ 1 00 @ 1 05 
Hominy chops. 77J^@ 80 
Coarse meal, western. 83 @ 85 
THE DAIRY AT ALBANY. 
Assemblyman Vincent informed The R. N.-Y. 
representative that Vermont has a law after 
which his bill was drawn, to compel those oper¬ 
ating cooperative cheese factories to furnish a 
statement to those who supply milk, of the prod¬ 
uct made and the amount of butter fat credited 
to each individual patron. He said before com¬ 
mittee that it had the approval of the State De¬ 
partment of Agriculture. It is probable that the 
bill will be amended before being reported. 
The WilliB bill requiring all cattle, except fat 
cattle for immediate slaughter, to be tuberculin- 
tested before being brought into the State, was 
given another healing before the Senate Public 
Health Committee last Wednesday. J. R. Hayes, 
a representative of the Bulfalo Live Stock Deal¬ 
ers’ Association, made a long speech against the 
bill. Senator Willis said that the Committee 
favored the bill, also that the Governor did. Mr. 
Hayes wanted it amended to apply to all milch 
cows and breeding stock. The committee will 
hold another meeting. 
Commissioner of Agriculture Wieting has 
Issued the following circular letter to cheese 
makers: 
“ My attention has been called to the fact that 
many persons having charge of the New York 
State full cream cheese brands are not observing 
Regul ition No. 2 of the rules and regulations 
under which these brands are issued, and that, 
in many instances, the regulations are entirely ig¬ 
nored I, therefore,advise you that these rules and 
regulations must be strictly observed. If these 
brands are not properly cared for, are lost, or 
left accessible to the public, the object sought in 
the law will be nullified. 1 shall have an agent 
of this Department, from time to time, visit the 
different factories having full cream cheese 
brands, and if these brands are found not cared 
for as required by the regulations, I shall take 
such action as the statute warrants.” 
At the third hearing on Senator Ambler’s “Pro¬ 
cess” Butter bill, Dr. K. J. Wheeler, the Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture chemist, read extracts from 
statements of Prof. Chittenden and other eminent 
•authorities to show that borax and boracic acid 
are poisonous, and that their use in foods is 
harmful. Dr. Wheeler said the opinions of the 
ones quoted are the result of their personal ex¬ 
periences. He also stated that borax and boracic 
acid interfere with the assimilation of food, and 
break down the system. Assistant Commissioner 
of Agriculture George L. Flanders spoke for the 
bill, and also proved that the opponents of the 
bill had mutilated Prof. Chittenden’s statement, 
to carry their point at a previous hearing on the 
bill. Senator Ambler read resolutions favoring 
the bill adopted by the State Grange, State Dairy¬ 
men’s Association, State Farmers’ Congress, 
New York Mercantile Exchange, and many firms 
and individuals. No one spoke against the bill. 
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life when I was a baby, and I regard it as the best 
remedy in the world for all diseases of the Throat 
and Lungs.—A. T. BOWLING, Merchant. Elvira, 
Ky., December 5.1890 
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THE LAWRENCE-WILLIAMS 00„ Cleveland. Ohio 
GUERNSEYS. 
226 purebred Guernseys of the best American 
»nd Island breeding. Butter average, whole 
herd, 818 pounds per head. No catalogue. Com* 
sad make your own selection. 
ELLERSLiE STOCK FARM, 
KHINKCLIFF, N. Y. 
Registered Jersey Cattle 
For Milk and Butter. 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty St., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
WILLSWOOD FARM 
wishes to have a buyer for their flock of SOUTH 
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ENGLISH SHIRE HORSES. 
STALLIONS, MARES AND COLTS 
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One Stallion and two Mares imported, and all of 
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