1893 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
175 
MILK SHIPPERS' CONVENTION. 
The milk shippers along the line of the New 
York, Ontario and Western Railroad met Febru¬ 
ary 23, at Walton, N. Y. There was a large at¬ 
tendance, and nearly all of the shipping stations 
along the line of the railroad were represented. 
Mr. Holcomb, of Cooks Falls, presided. He said 
that the purpose of the meeting was to induce 
the milk producers at each shipping station 
along the line of the railroad, to meet and form 
a local organization on February 26, to send del¬ 
egates to form a route association on March 5, 
the route association on each railroad to send 
delegates to a central association to meet at a 
later date; also, to get an expression from the 
representative milk producers as to the method 
of forming the local organizations, and about 
instructing their delegates. In the past 30 years, 
great changes have taken place; everything is 
now controlled by trusts. The milk dealers now 
meet in an office in New York City, once a mcnth, 
to consider how little the farmers can be made 
to take for their milk the next month. Farmers 
cannot live at the present price for milk; they 
are driven to an extremity when they must or¬ 
ganize, for the price of milk is below the cost of 
production. The supply and demand regulate 
the price of milk. If we can take care of the 
surplus at home, we can control the price of milk. 
Mr. Hymers, of Hamden, spoke about means of 
using up the surplus. Mr. Snell, of Oneida, re¬ 
ported that the milk producers at several ship¬ 
ping stations in his locality had already organ¬ 
ized, and were ready to send delegates to the 
route association which was expected to meet 
March 5. 
Mr. J. W. McArthur quoted the signers of the 
Declaration of Independence, and said that we 
must all hang together in this undertaking or we 
shall hang separately. Mr. Munson, of Frank¬ 
lin, said that the reason that nothing had ever 
been done in maintaining an organization, is 
that it needs money. The organization proposed 
will not succeed unless some one gives it time 
and money. The main question is, Are we will¬ 
ing to tax ourselves 81 each, or 10 cents per can 
of milk that we ship, to pay the expenses of our 
delegates and other necessary expenses ? Mr. 
Hymers said that the only way was for the mem¬ 
bers of each local section to pay 81 each, and to 
elect a treasurer to hold the money, and thus es¬ 
tablish a fund from which to pay expenses. Mr. 
D. H. Hull, of Walcotsville, said that he had been 
trying to organize the farmers at several sta¬ 
tions, and, as yet, it had amounted to nothing. 
The farmers were afraid to pay in their money, 
because they were doubtful about receiving any 
benefit from it. As soon as the farmers see that 
the organization is growing strong, and that 
something is going to be done, they will all take 
hold. 
Mr. Munson : “ How do you expect to affect the 
price of milk through the organization ?” 
Mr. Hull: “ It must be left to the officers of 
the central association. When the delegate,s 
from the route associations meet, they will de¬ 
cide what plan to follow. Our purpose now is to 
urge the producers to organize the local sec¬ 
tions.” 
Mr. Tweedie asked for a showing of hands of 
those who were willing to become members of 
local sections, and pay the fee of 81, but most 
of the farmers were slow to raise their hands. A 
letter was read from Mr. Loomis, of Deposit, N. 
Y. He advised the milk producers at each 
shipping station to build a small creamery in 
which to make up the surplus milk into butter or 
cheese, to be sold as fast as it is made, and for 
cash. Mr. Axtell, also a large milk shipper from 
Deposit, spoke of plans for using up the surplus 
milk. There is no use in forming an organiza¬ 
tion unless we can fix some plan that will hold 
the farmers. But few farmers will hold their 
milk if they cau make 81 by shipping it. “If 
you would keep the farmers from shipping milk 
when there is a surplus, you must organize them 
into local sections, and make them sign a for¬ 
feiture, which I doubt whether you can do.” 
Mr. Tweedie made the motion that the names 
of the milk shipping stations along the line of 
the New York, Ontario and Western Railroad be 
called, and those asked to respond who should 
try to organize the shippers into local sections at 
the stations. This motion was lost, but one made 
by Mr. Garrison to appoint a committee to confer 
with the shippers present from their stations 
about organizing their sections, and appointing 
a place for the delegates from their sections to 
meet, was carried. The report of the committee 
was that nearly all the stations along the line of 
the New York, Ontario and Western Railroad 
are represented, that they will try to meet and 
form local unions at their stations on February 
26, that each local union elect two delegates to 
send to the route association to meet at Sidney, 
N. Y., on March 5, and that no one be allowed to 
vote for delegates but those who have paid their 
fee of 81 to the local union. A request was now 
made for a showing of hands to see how many 
local unions had already been formed. About 12 
were organized. w. j. 
The filtration of milk, .which has been prac¬ 
ticed in some European cities for several years, 
is said not only to free the milk from dirt, but to 
reduce the number of bacteria, without steril¬ 
izing. Very little fat is removed, but a quantity 
of slime and mucus is retained in the filtering 
material. The filters, as used by a large firm in 
Berlin, consist of large, cylindrical vessels, di¬ 
vided by perforated horizontal partitions, into 
five compartments. The middle three divisions 
are filled with clean sand, while the lowest divi¬ 
sion contains a perforated inverted cone, which 
assists in supporting the weight of the sand. 
The milk enters the lowest space, by a pipe un¬ 
der gravity pressure, and after passing through 
the sand from below upwards, it is carried by an 
overflow to a cooler, and thence to a cistern, 
whence it is drawn into locked cans. Whenever 
there is any epidemic in the locality whence the 
milk is procured, it is Pasteurized by special ap¬ 
paratus while in the pipe supplying the filter. 
A NEW8PAPEK report gives the following ac¬ 
count of the milk trade at Scranton, Pa.: “A 
strong syndicate bought out all the wholesale 
and retail milk dealers, and concentrated the 
distribution of the milk at one central creamery 
in the city. The number of peddlers was re¬ 
duced three-fourths, but by proper districting, 
the public was better served with one-fourth the 
number. The company figures out that, in this 
way alone, it ought to save 8150,000 a year, but 
will be pleased if the net saving is half that 
amount. Under the old system, the Winter price 
of milk to consumers was eight cents per quart, 
and five to six cents in Summer. Now the price 
is six cents in Winter and five cents in Summer. 
The company has contracted for all the milk 
produced within a radius of 20 miles, Scranton 
being a town of over 100,000 people, and is paying 
the farmers 1 % cent a quart in Summer and 2% 
cents in Winter for all the milk they make, de¬ 
livered at the company’s creameries in various 
parts of the milk-producing territory. These 
prices average nearly one-half cent higher than 
under the old competitive system, and producers 
get full pay for all their milk, instead of suffer¬ 
ing heavy losses by the failure of irresponsible 
peddlers.” 
Is there any reason 
for dodging and ig¬ 
noring a great and 
vital fact simply be¬ 
cause a few preju¬ 
diced, misguided 
people have anti¬ 
quated ideas of what 
constitutes morality 
and modesty ? Rea¬ 
son and honesty say 
—certainly not. Men 
and women are at¬ 
tracted to each other 
because they are men 
and women and be¬ 
cause it is right and 
necessary that they 
should be so at¬ 
tracted. The things 
that make a man at¬ 
tractive are the char¬ 
acteristics caused by 
his inherent manli¬ 
ness—by the strength 
which makes him a 
perfect man. The 
same is true of wo¬ 
man. There is strong 
attractiveness in per¬ 
fect health. There is 
fascination and mag¬ 
netism in it. A wo¬ 
man cannot be en¬ 
tirely womanly—she 
cannot be a perfect 
woman—if she is not 
in perfect health. In 
just so much as her 
sickness affects the organs that make her a 
woman, in just so much she loses attractive¬ 
ness. This is the vital part of her health. 
If anything is wrong there, it may result in 
all manner of ills all over the body, Care¬ 
less, or too busy, physicians frequently treat 
the symptoms of this kind of disorder as 
separate and distinct ailments. The symp¬ 
toms are many and varied, so much so that 
when a woman is sick in any way, the first 
thought should be given to the organs dis¬ 
tinctly feminine. About 9 times in xo the 
cause of the trouble will be found there. 
Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription cures all 
disorders of this kind. There is no guess¬ 
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It is a fact that has been demonstrated in 30 
solid years of extensive practice. 
Thousands of women have written grate¬ 
ful letters, who have wished the whole 
world of women to know the wonderful 
things the “Prescription” has done for 
them. 
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ANALYSIS. 
P“os. Acid. Ammonia. Actual Potash. 
„ percent. percent. percent. 
Pure Raw Bone Meal. 22 to 25 4 to 5 
Scientific Corn & Grain Fertilizer 9 to 10 2 to 3 2 to 3 
Scientific Economy Fertilizer. 9 to 10 2% to 3% 4 to 5 
Scientific Tobacco Fertiliser. 11 to 12 3 to 4 4 to 5 
Scientific Potato Fertiliser. 9 to 10 3 % to 4)4 6 to 7 
Bone and Meat. 13 to 15 4 to 5 . 
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16 oo “ 
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