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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
July 9 
[LIVE STOCK\ 
AND DAIRY. 
DOES FAT MILK PAY? 
WILL THE IIKALERS PAY MORE FOR IT? 
Farmers and dairymen are advised to grade up 
their herds of cows in order to produce a better 
quality of milk. Have you found that it is prac¬ 
ticable for dairymen to sell rich milk at an im¬ 
proved price? Do you find that milk dealers are 
inclined to pay for milk on the basis of per cent 
of butter fat ? In other words, is there any prac¬ 
tical inducement for the average milk farmer to 
improve his herd by the use of good Jersey or 
Guernsey bulls? We would like to have your 
opinion and experience as to whether milk buyers 
are recognizing the fact that there are differences 
in the quality of milk, and -whether they will 
offer practical inducements to the average farmer 
to improve the quality of his cows. 
Better Milk Wanted —J. M. Duncan, 
of Silver Spring’s, N. Y., says that his ex¬ 
perience in selling milk leads to the con¬ 
clusion that there is no middle ground 
for the farmer. Milk testing six per 
cent fat will bring a round price, but 
under that test, all share alike, and to 
secure a contract for high-test milk, one 
must sign an iron-clad contract which 
few arc willing or able to do. If a graded 
scale could be adopted, it would be much 
more of an encouragement to the aver¬ 
age farmer, and would create an enthu¬ 
siasm that would lead to grand results 
in improving herds. 
Chas. II. Royce, superintendent of the 
Ellerslie Stock Farm, says that there is 
a growing demand and a slightly in¬ 
creased price for the production of milk 
rich in butter fat. This tendency is be¬ 
ing felt where milk is produced for re¬ 
tail trade. His correspondence clearly 
shows that something besides the satis¬ 
faction of owning a purebred bull is lead¬ 
ing farmers to buy such an animal to 
head their herds. 
N. I. Bowditch, of Framingham, Mass., 
has been able, where producing a high 
quality of milk, to build up a retail 
trade of 1,200 quarts per day. lie con¬ 
siders it the best policy for farmers to 
try to improve the quality of milk, be¬ 
cause if they stop selling milk to con¬ 
tractors, and send to the creamery, they 
will be paid by the per cent of butter fat. 
It is only a question of time, he thinks, 
when consumers will demand a richer 
and cleaner milk, and will be willing to 
pay better prices for it. 
Dealers Won’t Pay It. —John B. Bow- 
lter, of Worcester, Mass., says that eight 
cents per quart, at least, should be re¬ 
ceived for a better quality of milk than 
the present standard calls for. He has 
not found that milk dealers will pay 
more for milk on the basis of per cent of 
butter fat. When the milk is flush, they 
shut back or drop the milk of the one 
furnishing - the poorest quality. In this 
way, the producer of the best milk has 
the best of it. If a farmer is peddling 
milk direct from his own farm, he has a 
practical inducement to improve the 
herd. He is brought in direct contact 
with the customers, some of whom are 
willing to pay for quality, and in time, 
he can pick a route of such people ; but 
this takes time and costs money. Milk 
buyers arc recognizing the fact that there 
is a great difference in the quality of 
milk, but they are not going to pay a 
cent more if it can be avoided. They 
prefer to force it by State laws, and pay 
as little as possible. The wholesale milk 
dealer will not offer cash or practical in¬ 
ducements for an improved quality of 
milk, if he can possibly avoid it. 
Condition in the South. —Geo. Camp¬ 
bell Brown, of Tennessee, says that rich 
milk properly handled, brings better 
value in Nashville and Columbia than 
poor milk. He says that Holsteins, and 
in fact, all cattle but Jerseys and graded 
Jerseys, are discarded for dairy or home- 
dairy use in his section. He says that 
the few Holsteins around Nashville are 
constantly causing their owners to be 
arrested and fined by the milk inspectors 
in the city. Creamery men buy only by 
the Babcock test. He claims that Ten¬ 
nessee has the best Jerseys in the world, 
and that Guernseys have not yet been 
introduced there. 
Holliday & Elkin, of I’rairie, Miss., 
say that they have handled Jerseys for 
some time, and find that they cannot 
get any better price for Jersey milk than 
they can for scrub milk. Butter from 
the Jerseys, however, sells for a better 
price than that from a common cow. 
All Right Out West. —Prof. C. F. 
Curtis, of the Iowa Experiment Station, 
says that nearly all the creameries of his 
State are buying milk on the basis of 
the per cent of butter fat. Producers of 
milk are, therefore, paid according to 
this value. The policy of recognizing 
the distinction between the good and in¬ 
ferior, has become almost general in 
Iowa. At the College creamery, where 
from 15,000 to 25,000 pounds of milk are 
bought daily, the price is governed not 
only by per cent of butter fat, but 
wholesomeness, freedom from taint, and 
other qualities. In Iowa, therefore, 
there is every encouragement for the 
milk producer to breed and feed for 
good milk, and at the same time, keep 
economy of production in mind. 
Guy C. Barton, of Omaha, Neb., be¬ 
lieves that the time is coming when all 
creameries will purchase milk on the 
basis of its butter fat. Not only that, 
but he believes it good policy to breed 
up a herd with purebred cattle, as such 
cattle not only give richer milk, but give 
more actual fat in proportion to the 
amount of food consumed. 
L. S. Gates, Dairy Commissioner of 
Iowa, says that 90 per cent of the sepa¬ 
rator creameries in that State use the 
Babcock test, and pay for milk according 
to its reading. Gathered-cream factories 
still mostly pay by the oil test; probably 
not over 25 per cent of them are using 
the Babcock test. He says that the use 
of the Babcock test is generally approved 
by farmers, and is a great educator to 
the dairymen. It is wonderful how the 
introduction of a good testing machine 
will elevate the standard of milk sent to 
a creamery. The Iowa law puts the 
legal standard for milk at three per cent 
fat. There is no retail dealer who will 
purchase milk at a given standard as to 
quality. 
“Jersey Milk.” —Geo. F. Weston, Man¬ 
ager of the Biltmore Farms, near Ashe¬ 
ville, N. C., says that one reason why 
they bred Jerseys for a milk business, 
was that there was a marked increase in 
the butter fat and solids of the milk from 
these cows. There are over 20 dairies 
supplying milk to Asheville, and milk is 
sold at from four to five cents per quart. 
Biltmore milk sells at seven cents per 
quart, and hardly ever goes below five 
per cent butter fat, and usually higher. 
Customers who think the extra price is 
too high, almost invariably come back 
for the richer milk after giving the other 
a fair trial. Mr. Weston says that he 
has never seen a wagon advertising Hol¬ 
stein or Ayrshire milk, while “Jersey 
milk” is recognized by all as a trade 
mark for quality. 
R. F. Shannon, of Pittsburgh, does not 
think that dealers are willing to pay a 
fair price for rich milk, but that the con¬ 
sumer is willing to pay a better price 
for milk of a superior quality. The point 
is to get past the dealer in some way, 
and deal more directly with the actual 
consumer, who will, probably, pay for 
rich milk when he understands the situa¬ 
tion. 
J. J. Busliong, of East Palestine, Ohio, 
says that the time has come when a 
dairyman must furnish five-per-cent milk 
Nobody ever complains of 
Macbeth lamp-chimneys. 
They give a good deal more 
liofht and don’t break. 
Get the Index. 
Write Macbeth Pitt*burgh Pa 
to his customers if he expects to hold the 
trade. That is what it has come to in 
his town, and milkmen who sell poor 
milk are compelled to give extra measure 
in order to hold their trade. 
Jas. R. Orr, of Cedarville, Ohio, breeds 
Polled Jersey cattle, and he says that it 
would be just as reasonable to cultivate 
our farms and gather our crops with the 
old implements that grandfather used 50 
years ago, as to expect to keep pace in 
the dairy by using the old native cow. 
He likes the Jersey cow, but likes her 
best without any horns, and would breed 
rather than saw them off. 
Goon Milk in Texas. —We have found 
that people will pay for good milk, if 
they cannot procure it cheaper. When 
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KHINKCLIFF. N. Y. 
AT FARMERS’ PRICES! 
Two Registered Jersey Bull Calves 
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Also, Fresh Cows, Registered Jersey Bull, andHeifer 
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Poland Chinn, Berkshire and 
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