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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
April 15 
The Milk Trade. 
A MASSACHUSETTS MILK PROBLEM. 
Some of the milk dealers supplying 
the Boston market are agitating the sub¬ 
ject of milk transportation, according to 
a recent report in the New England 
Farmer. The Acton Creamery Company 
has petitioned the Fitchburg Railroad 
for an independent milk car for its use, 
and a hearing was held before the rail¬ 
road commissioners. This company 
claims that it has been discriminated 
against by the Fitchburg Railroad, and 
asks that it have equal privileges with 
the Boston Dairy Company. This would 
include a car, and the right to have the 
employees of the company travel in the 
car for the performance of their work. 
The attorney of the railroad company 
said that, though the railroad opposes 
the petition, it has no special interest in 
the case. The railroad has a contract 
with the Boston Dairy Company for 
leasing and operating milk cars. This 
contract is in accordance with a system 
for handling milk for Boston. The sys¬ 
tem has been pronounced the best that 
can be devised for all concerned—pro¬ 
ducers, consumers and middlemen. If 
the petition were granted, it would tend 
to break down this excellent system, 
and would, therefore, result in injury to 
all persons concerned in the production, 
transportation or consumption of milk. 
Much of the information which the rail¬ 
road company possesses was at second¬ 
hand from the Boston Dairy Company, 
therefore it asked that the attorney of 
the latter company be allowed to come 
into the case, and explain the system by 
which milk is carried to Boston and dis¬ 
tributed there. 
The position of the Acton Creamery 
Company, as brought out, is about as 
follows : The company is an association 
or partnership of (38 men, each of whom 
has paid $100 into the treasury of the 
association. These men represent $.300,- 
000 worth of property, and keep about 
1,000 cows. They have erected a cream¬ 
ery for manufacturing surplus milk, and 
have an icehouse. They are sending to 
Boston from 275 to 300 cans of milk per 
day, and are manufacturing from 150 to 
160 cans at the creamery. They are not 
producing or shipping milk to their full 
capacity, because of obstructions placed 
in their way by the Boston Dairy Com¬ 
pany and the Fitchburg Railroad. The 
milk they ship to Boston is unloaded at 
four stations before reaching the heart 
of the city, therefore it is necessary that 
they should have a man on the car to 
superintend its delivery. They have to 
pay the same rate of freight for carrying 
milk in the cars of the Boston Dairy 
Company that a small shipper sending 
only four or five cans a day would have 
to pay. 
The railroad company has offered 
numerous concessions, but these are not 
considered satisfactory. What the Acton 
Company desires is that it should have a 
separate car and its own employees to 
ice and care for the milk. It wishes to 
conduct its own business in an independ¬ 
ent manner, free from the espionage of 
a rival. The farmers of Acton have a 
geographical advantage in the produc¬ 
tion of milk, and claim that they should 
not be injured to let in milk from ter¬ 
ritory much farther back. It costs them 
more to produce milk than it does farm¬ 
ers farther away, and they do not wish 
to be discriminated against in freight 
rates. The Acton Creamery Company is 
responsible financially, and is willing to 
pay for the car one year in advance. 
What money it costs now to pay for the 
transportation of milk in single car lots, 
goes to its rivals, and gives them an im¬ 
proper advantage. The railroad com¬ 
pany had refused it a car. At present 
business is not sufficient to pay for a car, 
but the company expect that the busi¬ 
ness will increase if it can be done inde¬ 
pendently. It can get more orders from 
dealers in Boston if it can deliver its own 
milk direct. The creamery was built 
with the expectation of selling most of 
the milk in Boston, and using the cream¬ 
ery to work up the surplus. There is 
more profit in selling milk than in butter 
or cheese, and the Company intends to 
sell direct to dealers as much of the milk 
as possible. The company had no com¬ 
plaint to make as to the manner in which 
the railroad company handled the milk 
during the Winter, but is apprehensive 
of its safety during the Summer, if it be 
left to the care of the Boston Da’ry Com¬ 
pany’s agents. 
THE MILK SITUATION. 
WHERE PRODUCERS NOW STAND. 
The officers of the Five States Milk 
Producers’ Association have issued a 
statement giving a history of the recent 
effort to Eecure better prices for milk. 
It appears that the committee in charge 
of the business was deceived by the men 
who represent the capitalists. The first 
man, who is president of a trust com¬ 
pany in New York, had first agreed to 
carry out his part, but afterwards re¬ 
fused to proceed with it. A Wall Street 
banking firm then accepted the terms, 
and insisted that the committee should 
telegraph to the producers and country 
papers that the contract was closed. 
The telegrams were sent, but the bank¬ 
ers after all refused to perform their 
part of the agreement. The probabili¬ 
ties are that they hoped by having these 
telegrams sent, to frighten the New York 
milk dealers, and get them to offer their 
plants at a low figure. This is what we 
thought from the first, that the capital¬ 
ists were after. 
We are glad to see that the Five States 
Association will continue its organiza¬ 
tion. The directors claim that it has al¬ 
ready secured considerable benefit. They 
claim that it has prevented a reduction 
in the price of milk, which would other¬ 
wise have been made. It has, also, com¬ 
pelled the dealers and capitalists of New 
York City to recognize the producers as 
an organized body. The following reso¬ 
lutions were passed at the recent meet¬ 
ing at Binghamton, and it seems likely 
that the organization will be held to¬ 
gether : 
Whereas, It has been proved to us that we 
have a very efficient executive committee and 
corps of central officers who have neglected 
their own interests to push the work of the Five 
States Milk Producers’ Association, and 
Whereas, They have been tried and found true 
to the duty imposed upon them by our members, 
and 
Whereas, They have consented to remain at 
their posts and push the work to ultimate success, 
Therefore be it resolved, 
First—That we, as officers and members of our 
various local sections and route unions of the 
F. S. M. P. A. will uphold our executive commit¬ 
tee and central officers by contradicting or ex¬ 
plaining away all reports contrary to the success 
of this organization. 
Second—That we will give our influence and 
time, if need be, in strengthening adjoining sec¬ 
tions, thus holding them all as a unit in this fight. 
Third—That above all and through all, we will 
stand and not yield in the least to the enemy of 
our common interests. 
Resolved, That in the judgment of the Board 
of Directors of the F. S. M. P. A., and the four or 
more hundred representative farmers in attend¬ 
ance at the Binghamton March meeting of that 
board of directors, that it would be unwise for 
farmers who have signed tbe power of attorney 
to contract their milk to any milk shipper for a 
longer period than October 1, unless said con¬ 
tract contains a provision that it shall be can¬ 
celed if the milk is sold by the parties holding 
the power of attorney. 
It is to be hoped that the producers 
having formed their organization, will 
now follow it up with practical measures 
for controlling a large share of the milk 
that comes to this City. They ought to 
think out some plan for handling this 
milk effectively, so that they may hold 
it away from the City for a week or a 
month if necessary. If it were possible 
by means of cooperative creameries or 
other methods to utilize it at home at a 
fair profit, a few days or weeks of scarc¬ 
ity would make a great difference in the 
situation, and it seems evident that the 
farmers must not only combine so as to 
be able to control the sale of the milk, 
but they mu6t be able to utilize it if 
necessary, so as to control the supply. 
PRICE OF FEEDS. 
City bran, per ton.17 00 @17 50 
Spring bran, 200-lb sacks, per ton.10 75 @17 00 
Spring bran to arrive.16 25 @16 50 
Middlings, as to quality, per ton... .16 00 @18 00 
Sharps, per ton.18 00 @19 00 
Red dog, per ton.17 00 @17 50 
Linseed oil meal, to arrive and spot.. .24 00 @ — 
Cake.23 00 @ — 
Cotton-seed meal.21 00@ — 
Brewers’meal and grits, per 100 lbs.... 97 @ 1 10 
Hominy chops. 75 @ 80 
Coarse meal, western. 83 @ 87 
MILK AND CREAM. 
The total daily supply last week was 24,692 cans of 
milk, 131 cans of condensed milk and 434 cans of 
cream. The Milk Exchange price since April 1 has 
been Vyi cents a quart net to the shipper. 
The annual meeting of the New York State 
Breeders’ Association will be held at Rochester, 
December 4-5-6,1899. It is expected that all the 
live stock organizations of the State will meet at 
the same place on the above dates. 
The Red Polled Cattle Society of Great Britain 
intends to hold special milking trials for this 
breed, which they regard as the ideal for dual- 
purpose cows. Breeders of Red Polled cattle con¬ 
sider it a mistake to insist chiefly upon the beef¬ 
making quality, and think that more recognition 
should be given to milk-making ability. 
GUERNSEYS. 
225 purebred Guernseys of the best American 
and Island breeding. Butter average, whole 
herd, 318 pounds per head. No catalogue. Come 
and make your own selection. 
ELLERSLIE STOCK FARM, 
RHINECLIFF, N. Y. 
JERSEYS. 
Most famous herd In the world. 224 First Prizes 
and Sweepstakes won. Championship milk records. 
Grandsons and granddaughters of Ida's Rioter of St. 
L., for sale. He leads every other bull in average 
weekly butter yield for 28 tested daughters, nearly 20 
pounds. No animal sold for less than $100. No cata¬ 
logue. Special literature sent if this paper men¬ 
tioned. Also for sale, Shropshire sheep and Children’s 
ponies. MILLER & SIBLEY, Franklin, Venango 
County, Pa. 
Registered Guernseys. 
Seven cows ; four heifers springing ; three 13 
mos,, five 4 to 8 mos. Two bulls: One 1 mo., one 
6 mos. A. J. SNYDER, Plumsteadville, Pa. 
Registered Jersey Cattle 
For Milk and Butter. 
It. F. SHANNON. 907 Liberty St., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
ST. LAMBKRT and Combination. For sale 5 Cows, 
7 Heifers, 16 Bulls. S. K. NIVIN, Landeuburg. Pa. 
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Cows barren 3 years 
MADE TO BREED. 
Moore Brothers, Albany, N, T. 
Willswood Farm, 
BERKSHIRE SWINE. 
G TJERNSEY CA TTLE SO UTHI) 0 WN SHEEP. 
Purebred and grade ewes sold. Five 1898 ram lambs 
just right for fall service. Boars for immediate 
service, and also a few sows just served. Choice bull 
calf two months old. BUSINESS PRICES. 
WANTED Guernsey cows due in May. 
WILLS A. SEWARD, Budd s Lake, N. .1. 
BLOODED LIVE STOCK 
Sheep —Oxfords.Shropshires,South- 
downs. Fancy Poultry. Pigs— 
Berkshires, Poland-Chinas, Chester 
Whites, Yorkshires. Cataloguefree. 
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Hamilton & Co. 
Reg. P. Chinas. Berkshires 
and Chester Whites. 8 week 
Pigs not akin. 50 choice bred 
sows, farrow in March and 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, New Yobe. 
