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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 5 
Live Stockand Dairy 
WESTERN AND EASTERN BUTTER. 
Should the Price Vary ? 
We notice that western creamery butter 
runs from one-half cent to one cent per 
pound higher in this market, than State 
creamery. In Summer, the difference ap¬ 
pears to be less than in Winter. Will you 
tell us why this difference should be made? 
Is the western butter more uniform or gen¬ 
erally higher in quality? If so, why? Are 
any discriminations made in favor of west¬ 
ern butter? If so, what are they? Is there 
any fair reason why this difference in price 
should be made? 
I find that the prices of both run about 
alike, although there are two reasons 
why State creamery does not occupy th« 
first rank in the daily quotations. The 
larger part of our State creamery goes 
directly to the dealers and consumers, 
instead of the regular channel of dis 
tribution; the daily quotations are re¬ 
ported upon the sales of the commission 
trade. The large buyers of creamery 
butter give preference to western 
creamery, for the reason that they are 
able to obtain large lines at regular in¬ 
tervals, while the choice in State 
creamery is limited, f. j. h. kbacke. 
I have had little practical experience 
in the butter market, but have watched 
the course of the market carefully for 
the last four or five years, and have of 
course, observed the feature to which 
you call attention. So far as I know 
there are no discriminations made in 
favor of western butter, but perhaps it 
would be better to say that sufficient 
reason may be readily found for this 
difference in price. I think there is no 
doubt but that the practice of so-called 
Winter dairying, that is, having cows 
fresh in the Fall, is more extensive in 
western dairy districts than in New 
York or Pennsylvania. This will result 
in a larger proportion of fresh milk and 
less “stripper” milk in the West than 
the East, and consequently butter of a 
higher flavor and better texture. An¬ 
other reason is found in the fact that a 
considerable proportion of the cream 
eries in this State run only every othei 
day during the Winter season. This 
means a greater proportion of old and 
often frozen milk, and a consequent loss 
in flavor. I am of opinion also that 
another condition exercises considerable 
influence. A large number of those 
creameries in this State that make the 
most and best butter in the Winter have 
private customers for their make, and 
their butter does not get into the regular 
channels of trade, going direct to the 
consumer, so that only the poorer 
creamery butter is represented in the 
open market, and in much larger pro¬ 
portion in the Winter than in the Sum- 
,„er. WING. 
The flavor in butter, other conditions 
being the same, is largely influenced by 
the length of time which the cows from 
w'hich the milk is drawn have been giv¬ 
ing milk; i. e., milk drawn from cows 
which are nearly fresh produces better- 
flavored butter. My observation leads 
me to believe that the western farmers 
more generally begin their dairy season 
in the Fall or early Winter. This they 
have been doing for several years, and 
are better skilled in the care of milk in 
cold weather, have better facilities for 
protecting it from freezing, and at that 
season of the year the milk reaches the 
creameries in much better condition than 
in this State. Another factor which 
may have some influence is the fact that 
what are termed “long lines” of de¬ 
sirable quality bring better prices than 
smaller ones. A factory which can of¬ 
fer 100 packages of extras each week can 
usually get a slight advance over one 
having only from 16 to 26, and I think 
in the West the creameries generally are 
less in number and have a larger output. 
I doubt whether there is actually any 
difference in prices in favor of western 
butter during the Summer, quality and 
other conditions being the same. The 
prices on the Jamestown Board of Trade 
during the months of May, June, July and 
sometimes in August are usually in ad¬ 
vance of the Elgin quotations, and some¬ 
times have been higher than the New 
York quotations of the same date. This 
would tend to show that New York State 
butter, all conditions being the same, 
stands as good a show as western butter. 
Yes, I think the western butter is gen¬ 
erally more uniform in quality. 
_J. P. CEAKK. 
COW LEAKS HER NHLK. 
1 bought a very fine Jersey cow last Pall; 
she was nearly dry at the time, and due 
to give milk again the last of December. 
Since buying her I learned that she leaks 
her milk badly when In full flow. I have 
read somewhere about searing with a hot 
iron the end of the teat when the cow was 
dry. Can you tell me if this can be suc¬ 
cessfully done, and give me Instructions 
concerning it? It seems to me It must be 
a delicate matter, as the milk passage 
might be entirely closed. There Is no veter¬ 
inary near at hand, but perhaps I might do 
it myself. If the defect can be remedied 
she is valuable; If not she is nothing more 
than beef. w. mck. 
Gabriels, N. Y. 
It is often a difficult matter success¬ 
fully to operate upon the teats of a cow 
that leaks her milk, so as entirely to 
prevent the trouble. Where only one 
teat is involved the case is not so bad; 
but to make all four teats sore will be 
met with vigorous resistance to the 
treatment, from the cow. In the case 
of valuable animals that leak their milk 
only on flush feed, when the udder is 
unusually disturbed, the temporary leak¬ 
ing can be prevented by the application 
of collodion after each milking. Dry the 
ends of the teats and then make two or 
three applications of the collodion to 
each teat. At the next milking the lay¬ 
er of collodion is picked off, to be re¬ 
newed after milking as before. The 
most practical method, where success¬ 
ful, is to cut or burn the end of the teat 
sufficiently to form a good scab. In heal¬ 
ing, the wound should contract so as 
partially, if not entirely, to close the 
opening. To cut the teat use a teat- 
slitter or bistoury, making an incision 
in four or five directions. Burning with 
the hot iron I have found to be more 
successful than cutting. Either opera¬ 
tion ought to be performed by a com¬ 
petent veterinary surgeon; but where 
this is impracticable, the firing would 
probably be the safer method. Use a 
smooth-pointed iron, preferably with a 
large head to retain the heat. Heat the 
iron to a red heat, and having cast and 
secured the cow, burn the orifice of the 
teats by making three or four momen¬ 
tary applications of the hot iron to each 
teat. The iron should not be in contact 
with the flesh longer than two seconds 
at one time, repeating the applications, 
passing from one teat to the other, until 
burned sufficiently to form a good 
eschar. No after treatment is necessary 
beyond squeezing a little milk from the 
teats night and morning after the third 
or fourth day. Do not pick the scab off, 
but simply force a little milk from the 
teat to keep the orifice open; or if the 
cow is in milk, milk very carefully. 
Should the orifice close entirely, force an 
opening with a small milking tube, or 
with a large knitting needle with a well- 
rounded end. If the first operation is 
not successful all around a second may 
be attempted after the teat has entirely 
recovered from the first. 
F. L. KILBORNE. 
According to the Breeders’ Gazette, to 
"rustle the chuck,” in cowboy vocabulary 
means to prepare a meal for eating. Chuck 
is the term for food, or "grub,” and rustle 
means to stir around and get it ready. 
A Cow Report. —I send a report of 
one herd of cows. This was for last 
March, and given by G. A. Blish, a pros¬ 
perous farmer, at one of our Grange 
meetings. 
March, 1900: Cows kept, 31 to 36; milked, 
27 to 32; average, 30. Quarts of milk, 9,607, 
wholesaled at 314 cents, $312.22. Amount of 
grain fed to cows: 
24 barrels corn and 36 bushels oats_$33.12 
Grinding the same. 2.40 
3,950 lbs. gluten. 46.65 
3,100 lbs. mixed feed (bran). 29.45 
9 tons hay. 130.00 
Cornstalks . 5.00 
20 bu. small potatoes. 4.00 
Soft corn . 3.00 
Nutritone (medicine) .75 
Salt .25 
Total cost of keeping.$254.62 
Cost of keeping the herd good by 
trading cows . 30.00 
Total .$284.62 
Balance in favor of the cows. 27.60 
Manure from cows. 30.00 
Total . 57.00 
No account was made of labor. 
M. D. INGHAM. 
Sec. of Granby Grange, Mass. 
Pui.p AND Molasses. —As regards beet 
pulp, I think it is worth not far from 
$2 per ton when bran and cornmeal are 
worth $18 per ton, and some might con¬ 
sider it worth more than that. I have 
27 cows, am milking 22, and am feeding 
about 1,200 pounds of pulp per day, giv¬ 
ing each animal a large scoop full twice 
a day; silage once a day and hay once 
a day. I give no feed at noon. A 
neighbor and myself take a carload 
together. I got out of pulp for two days, 
and my cows shrunk on their milk 16 
quarts per day. The pulp costs 50 
cents per ton at the factory loaded on 
the car, and the molasses three cents 
per gallon, and return the barrel. I 
have never fed any of the molasses, so 
cannot say much about it. Some of my 
neighbors fed it last year and liked it 
very much. I have not heard of anyone 
using it this year. c. r. s. 
Binghamton, N. Y. 
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90011 ^®BRETS. First-class stock. Some 
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Short-horns. Poland - Chinas, Scotch 
Polled Bulls, ready for service, at bargain prices. 
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/~\NK grandson and one granddaughter of Exile of 
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