244 
March. 19 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
MAPES ON MILK. 
Tins Milk Standard— The question 
of raising the legal standard of milk 
from three to 3.3 or 3.5 per cent of far 
was under discussion at a recent meet¬ 
ing of our Pomona Grange. Our Orange 
County farmers are in favor of a raise, 
but are not, likely to secure it this year 
on account of opposition by farmers in 
other parts of the State. We are not all 
educated up to see the desirability of a 
higher standard yet. It is encouraging, 
however, to be told by those in power 
at Albany that “if the State Grange 
wants it we will pass it. If the State 
Grange will not endorse it we dare not 
pass it.” Let us look at the matter as 
a plain business proposition. What do 
we as farmers want any legal standard 
for? Is it not to prevent the sale of 
adulterated and skimmed milk, so as to 
make a better demand for our product 
as it comes from our cows? Of course 
we are philanthropic, and with other 
residents of the State wish consumers 
who buy and pay for pure milk to be 
protected from fraud. What are the 
facts? The dairies of the State are pro¬ 
ducing milk considerably in excess of 
the present legal standard. Seven Or¬ 
ange County farmers have recently been 
piosecuted for selling milk below the 
legal standard. These “poor” dairies, 
when tested at the barn, are found to be 
giving milk showing from 3.68 to 4.54 
fat, and from 12.38 to 13.62 per cent 
solids. These figures were secured from 
from the office of the Attorney General, 
and are authentic. These dairies had all 
been reduced by watering, below the 
legal standard for solids. The fact that 
the legal standard of fat is so much be¬ 
low the actual fat, gives large dealers 
an opportunity to mix much of their 
skim-milk with their pure milk and 
palm it off as pure milk to the detriment 
of both consumers and farmers. Sup¬ 
pose we raise the legal standard, who 
will be affected and how? There are 
three classes to be considered, the farm¬ 
ers, the dealers and the consumers. It 
is very evident that the latter can more 
easily be protected from the fraud of 
partly skimmed milk in place of pure 
milk. The dealer’s little game of secur¬ 
ing the cream he needs in his trade 
without the expense of bothering with 
the sale or disposal of skim-milk, as 
such, would be blocked to the extent 
the standard is raised. The farmer 
would be under the necessity of produc¬ 
ing milk up to the standard, in order to 
find a buyer, or else sell poor milk at a 
reduced price to some one who could mix 
it with richer milk and keep his output 
above the legal standard or manufac¬ 
ture it. 
In no case does the farmer who does 
an honest business run any risk of a 
fine. He has his cows to back him up 
and the inspector can be compelled to 
take samples of the milk produced at 
the farm. If this compares with the 
sample as offered for sale, no fine can 
be imposed, even though not up to the 
standard. The dealer, or creamery man, 
as he is generally called, will have no 
cows to back him up, and will have to 
look sharp to the quality of his output. 
I have faith to believe that a good deal 
of milk reaches consumers’ hands just 
as pure as the cows produce it, but those 
in position to know assert that thou¬ 
sands of cans daily are reduced to near 
the legal standard of three per cent by 
the addition of skim-milk. If this were 
raised to 3.5 it would surely make pos¬ 
sible the curtailing of such output by 
one-seventh. Brother farmers of the 
State of New York, stop and think what 
this would mean in the way of an in- 
’ creased demand for dairy products. 
Can we afford to leave the standard 
where it is, in order that the milk from 
the very few cows that give three-per¬ 
cent milk can be sold for the price of a 
richer product? o. w. mapes. 
“Quite old-fashioned, isn’t she?” 
“Oh, very! Why, the refreshments she 
serves are actually good to eat!”—Wo¬ 
man’s Home Companion. 
The milk business is at a standstill here, 
and farmers are not satisfied with the man 
who owns the station; therefore they do 
not get over 50 cans per day. Farmers 
have dried off their cows and are waiting 
for grass milk. Farmers are not feeding 
much grain. They buy their grain from 
day to day, not buying over 2,000 pounds 
at one time. Farmers here have hay 
enough to carry their stock. Cows are 
worth from $25 to $60 apiece. Hops are al¬ 
most a thing of the past. a. j. b. 
North Brookfield, N. Y. 
On account of extreme cold and difficulty 
of getting water I do not think the aver¬ 
age cow is doing as well as last Winter. 
Grain is fed about as usual, with prices a 
little higher, especially fine feed. Hay and 
fodder are getting short, and in som r - 
cases will be very scarce before Spring. 
The sale for cows is very dull since Christ¬ 
mas. Good cows are held at $35 to $50. 
The creamery in this place uses about the 
same amount of milk as last year, remain¬ 
der going to Boston. H. a. b. 
Jewett, Conn. 
Dolly: “There’s honey for tea.” Bob 
(always glad to give Dolly informa¬ 
tion): “Yes. Bees make honey.” Dolly: 
“And who makes jam?” Bob: “Beetles, 
of course.”—Punch. 
Perfect Butter 
—the kind which brings the highest 
price in any market can only be made 
. from perfect milk. AU bad odors 
land flavors of animal, feed oi 
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WORMS IN HORSES. 
IN WORMS (oxyuris cur- 
vula) infest the large 
intestine of the horse. 
They are usually about 
two inches to two inches 
anda half in length and 
pointed at either end. 
These parasites flour¬ 
ish in animals that are 
in low condition, when 
the mucous membrane 
of the intestine is in 
an unhealthy state. The excretions and ex¬ 
foliations from the intestinal walls furnish 
them the favorable habitation. 
Cause .—Horses that are long kept on dry 
food or furnished a single article of diet are 
frequently infested with these parasites, as 
such feeding has a tendency to reduce the 
power of digestion and create an unhealthy 
condition of the mucous membrane of the in¬ 
testinal canal. Animals that dislike com¬ 
mon salt are often infested with these para¬ 
sites, as the absence of salt tends to reduce 
the power of digestion also. 
Dry, rough coat, occasional swelling of the 
legs, paleness of the mucous membrane, dull¬ 
ness, and becoming easily exhausted are ex¬ 
ternal symptoms of deranged digestion, which 
favors the propagation and development of 
these parasites. 
Treatment .—The ill condition found in ani¬ 
mals infested with pin worms is not so much 
due to the worms themselves as to the condi¬ 
tions which favor development of these para¬ 
sites, as stated above. That is, they are 
more frequently the result of the ill condition 
than the cause of it. Hence, the treatment to 
permanently rid an animal of pin worms 
must he directed along the line of improving 
the digestive organs by carefully selecting the 
feed, giving salt regularly, and toning up the 
digestive canal with bitter vegetable tonics, 
overcoming an,tunic condition by a liberal sup¬ 
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