1904 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
193 
MILK AND ITS MAKING. 
Presuming that the dairies hereabouts 
have the usual number and capabilities for 
producing milk, I should say that the 
actual production has been low, or at least 
below that of previous years. The strin¬ 
gency of the weather with high prices of 
grain, and more than either, the scarcity 
of help and miserable quality of such as 
can be had at inflated rates, have com¬ 
bined to make this a period of floating 
rather than sailing or prospering. I think 
that many farmers are feeding less grain 
than formerly—much less. Gluten sells 
from car at $25; hominy, $23.50; bran about 
$22; mixed feed, $23; provender, $26; cotton 
seed, $28 to $30. One farmer and two or 
three dealers are constantly supplying 
what is needed from cars (generally in 
bulk). Of fodder there was believed to be 
plenty but barns are likely to be ready 
for next crop early enough. Cows range 
from $25 to $45, according to quality and 
forwardness; $35 to $40 for best springers, 
I should say. It is the old story of all: “It 
costs all that it is worth to get a dollar out 
of the business under present conditions.” 
Litchfield Co., Conn. , G. w. m. 
Cows are not doing as -well as generally 
on account of the continued cold. Those 
who have warm stables are doing better 
than others, but still the milk supply is 
short of the usual amount from the same 
cows. There are more cows being milked 
this Winter, than formerly, so the total 
supply is about up to the average. Many 
of the farmers are feeding grain in large 
quantities, but some think it does not pay 
to feed so heavily. Prices on all feed is 
high; bran, $22 to $24; gluten, $26 to $2S; 
cornmeal, $21 to $24, and all other feeds in 
proportion. Hay is selling for $12 to $15 
per ton, as to quality. About one-half of 
the farmers buy their grain in the Fall, 
the rest buy as they need it. Hay and 
other fodder is getting scarce; many will 
have to buy and thus the price will go 
higher. Good cows are selling for from $45 
to $50 and scarce at that; extra good cows 
bring $75. Milk is now bringing at tho 
station 2 y 2 cents per quart, and at that 
price there is no profit in it when feeding 
grain at this price. One farmer in this 
neighborhood is not feeding any grain; he 
has a large amount of good clover hay 
and good corn fodder, and thinks his cows 
pay him better than if he fed grain at 
present prices. A good many dairymen 
will not keep as many cows next year as 
last, as they think it does not pay to buy 
so much feed with milk at the price and 
feed so high. f. m. b. 
Skinners Eddy, Pa. 
I am rated as a “western man” here; 
was raised in Michigan and came to this 
township 10 years ago. Farmers had then 
been selling milk about three years and 
things were booming. Selling milk seems 
to change the order of business; it checks 
the raising of calves and hogs; it means 
heavy feeding of grain to get milk; any¬ 
thing or any way to get the milk. The 
only system of breeding is scrub breeding 
and then sell all calves and buy some ope’s 
poor cows. As for feeding, there is one 
man who buys gluten feed and feeds it 
clear, six to eight quarts per day. For 
rough feed, corn fodder cut in one-quarter 
inch lengths and Timothy hay, limited. 
There are few who feed much better. As 
I remember the herds w’hen I first came 
here and the same to-day, there is a 
marked change—on the down grade. But 
one man here buys feed by quantity. 
Some buy a bagful at a time; some by the 
ton. Winter milkmen feed heavily, but 
cows are out in all kinds of weather and 
no attempt to economize by good care. 
Most of the farmers are making a little 
money, but it is by steady, hard work, 
self-denying of all amusements and no 
time for any improvements. Farmers in 
general never have any fodder to sell. If 
they get short they feed short; if any is 
left over it is called a lucky streak for 
next year. Good cows are nearly a minus 
quantity. A cow is a cow and sells from 
$20 to $35. Prices of feed are as follows; 
Gluten feed, $1.25 per 100; bran, $1.10; mid¬ 
dlings, $1.25; buckwheat shorts, 80 cents; 
cornmeal, $1.20; oil meal, $1.55. w. b. i. 
Bradford Co., Pa. 
Another Egg Record.— The record of 
my White Wyandottes this year shows a 
decrease in egg production. December, 
1902, 20 pullets, average, 18.6; January, 1903, 
1 ‘-6. December, 1902, 10 two-year-old hen 
14 9: January, 1903, 15.8. Decembe 
1903, 13 pullets, 13.2; January, 1904, 20. D< 
cember, 1903, 18 two-year-old hens, 4.1; Jai 
uary, 1904, 1.9. While eggs from pullets i 
December and January of 1903-4 were nearl 
up to the product of December and Jam 
ary of 1902-3 there was a big falling-off t 
two-year-old hens. This may be attribute 
to severely cold w r eather, commencin 
early in November, when the hens wei 
in the midst of moulting. Even in Jam 
ary many of them had not recovered froi 
moulting. It ■will be noticed that the pu 
lets slightly increased January productio 
over January of last year. 
Connecticut. h. h. boardman. 
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