THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
March 16 
196 
ORGAHIZA non OF MILK HANDLERS. 
There are three organizations in 
Greater New York and Jersey City which 
have some interest to the dairymen who 
furnish milk to these two cities. They 
are all operated and controlled by prac¬ 
tically the same men—milk dealers. The 
three organizations are all worked for 
the one purpose—the profits of the deal¬ 
ers. The New York Consolidated Milk 
Exchange to keep the price down to the 
producer; the Milk Dealers’ Protective 
Association to keep up prices to the con¬ 
sumer; and the Dairymen’s Manufactur¬ 
ing Company to manufacture and supply 
milk cans to the producing farmers. 
This latter company was organized 
about a year ago. Its offices are in Jer¬ 
sey City. The company is capitalized at 
$60,000. It is said to have been organ¬ 
ized by C. H. C. Beeks, who is its presi¬ 
dent; Henry Krooss is vice-president, 
Joseph Laemmle treasurer and Mr. Com¬ 
fort, of Reid’s Ice Cream Company, sec¬ 
retary. It is said that small dealers were 
made to feel that it is to their interest 
to take stock in this company. Other 
manufacturers put their stamp on the 
bottom of the can or on the inside of the 
lid. The cans made by this company 
have no such designating mark. We 
doubt whether the officers of the com¬ 
pany, who are also members of the Ex¬ 
change, will be anxious to distinguish 
their make of cans from those now on 
the market. The feeling of producers 
toward them now is not such as to en¬ 
courage them in the hope of a large 
trade with the farmers. It is said that 
these cans are sent to country dealers 
“knocked down,” and that the dealers 
put them together and sell to the pro¬ 
ducing farmers. 
If the producers could be bound to¬ 
gether as effectively as these dealers, 
the milk problem would soon be settled. 
We doubt whether they will ever be able 
to do so as individuals, but when their 
milk is controlled by cooperative cream¬ 
eries and shipping stations an associa¬ 
tion of the heads of these cooperative 
institutions can be effected, and the price 
of milk in that way can be controlled, 
because the supply of milk can be regu¬ 
lated. It will yet be done; and by the 
way, why not start an association of co¬ 
operative creameries and shipping sta¬ 
tions now, right away? It will do the 
heads of these institutions good to get 
together and compare notes. With milk 
in their hands and with their facilities 
to manufacture it into butter and cheese 
the Exchange would grow less insolent. 
New Hampshire fodder Crops. 
I agree with what R. S. H. says in re¬ 
gard to sowing oats with grass seed. I 
have followed this plan for a number 
of years, and generally with good suc¬ 
cess, but have always cut the oats and 
made them same as grass. I cut them 
sooner than other farmers who sow 
them. When cut as soon as they are 
headed out, or even before they are all 
headed, I think they make a good food 
for cows. When they are allowed to 
stand longer before cutting they begin 
to dry at the bottom, and cows will not 
eat them clean unless they are kept on 
shorter rations than I think cows should 
be. Another reason why I cut so early 
is, that I can get a better stand of grass 
than by letting them stand longer. I 
sow three bushels to the acre, and unless 
the weather is very dry, 1 never fail of 
a good catch of clover. The oats are cut 
in haying time, and I have sometimes 
cut a heavy crop of clover the same sea¬ 
son. Some farmers about here sow bar¬ 
ley for a catch crop, instead of oats, be¬ 
cause they say they get a better catch 
with barley. But I prefer oats for hay, 
and the seed costs less than a third of 
what barley does. I plant corn or poto- 
toes one year with manure harrowed in 
and fertilizer in the hill, and next year 
harrow in a good coat of manure and 
sow three bushels oats and the grass 
seed with them. 
The weather for the last two years 
has been so dry here that it has been 
hard to get a catch of grass seed, no 
matter how it was sown, and hay is 
pretty scarce about here. July 7 last I 
sowed an acre with two bushels of bar¬ 
ley and one bushel of oats, to help out 
our Fall feed. When the piece was 
plowed it was so dry that when the fur¬ 
row, as we plowed, dropped down, the 
dust flew like ashes. A few days after 
the barley and oats were harrowed in, 
we had a shower, and 1 put on the grass 
seed and rolled the piece. After a while 
the piece began to look green, and Oc¬ 
tober 1 I began to cut and got enough 
green fodder to keep six cows until No¬ 
vember 1. I had fodder corn enough to 
keep the cows from July 25 to October 1. 
New Hampshire. w. E. u. 
Oats, Barley and Buckwheat for Cows. 
I have a quantity of buckwheat that I 
w'i.sh to grind with oats and barley to feed 
to cows. What proportion of each should 
I use', and how much should I feed to new 
milch cows without bran? Is it better to 
use bran? If so, what proportion? What 
amount is a good feed for each cow with 
good Timothy and clover, my silage being 
gone? B. w. 
JOllery, N. Y. 
Buckwheat is a little lower in nutrients 
than the other cereals, but is, neverthe¬ 
less, a valuable feed. Buckwheat mid¬ 
dlings are especially useful in com¬ 
pounding rations, and are usually rela¬ 
tively cheap. It would, perhaps, be ad¬ 
visable to buy some more nitrogenous 
feed to mix with buckwheat, oats and 
barley, but in this case cotton-seed medl 
would probably give better results for 
the money than bran. A mixture of 100 
pounds buckwheat, 100 pounds oats, 100 
pounds barley and 50 pounds cotton-seed 
meal would be in about the right pro¬ 
portion. The amount of buckwheat, 
oats and barley could be varied some¬ 
what without injuring the value of the 
ration. For a 1,000-pound cow,'eight to 
10 pounds of this mixture per day with 
mixed Timothy and clover hay, the more 
clover the better, would make a very 
fair ration. Some succulent food, as 
roots or silage, would, however, greatly 
improve it. _ J- a. e. 
Pearl Guineas.— 1 see in The R. N.-Y. 
of January 12 a question asked on distin¬ 
guishing the sex of Pearl Guineas. Pearl 
Guineas should be pearl all over in plu¬ 
mage; not a white feather anywhere, one 
white feather even disqualifying as not be¬ 
ing pure. The male is larger, has a larger 
spike on his head. His wattles are larger 
and turn toward the front, forming a semi¬ 
circle. He makes a louder noise than the 
hen. I have kept Guineas for 19 years, and 
know them well. h- a. j. 
■Worcester, Mass. 
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