THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
March 23 
216 
The Milk Shippers* Union. 
The farmei’s as a rule are the last per¬ 
sons to protect themselves, and have 
been dictated to by the middlemen so 
long until prices of their milk and pro¬ 
duce have become so small that it is now 
either a case of “work for noLhing an i 
board yourself,’’ or of obtaining a ftir 
price for their products. The object of 
organizing the Milk Shippers’ Union is, 
if possible, to have the cooperation of at 
least a majority of the milk shippers in 
a radius from Philadelphia, covering the 
supply to this city. When they have ac¬ 
complished this they will be in a posi¬ 
tion to say that they will take a certain 
price for their milk. Until then, and 
the way it has been, we have had to ask: 
“What price will you give us?’’ The 
farmers here attempted, some time ago, 
to accomplish the same thing but failed; 
they undertook to take care of the sur¬ 
plus milk by disposing of it at a more 
reasonable figure, thus failing in the 
very thing they were striving to remedy. 
The present Union purposes to obviate 
this trouble by having each shipper re¬ 
tain at home say one day’s milk per 
month or week; or oftener if necessary, 
so as not to get a surplus upon the mar¬ 
ket. A shipper can easily take care of 
at least one milking per week, by using 
the cream for butter or any purpose 
most needed, and feeding the skim-milk 
to his pigs. By this method they should 
be able to maintain a fair price. The 
farmer should certainly get one-half the 
retail price, say 314 and four cents for 
the year; even at these prices he would 
make no fortune at it. When the mid¬ 
dlemen expect the farmer to pay high 
prices for his stock, add to this the cost 
of feed and labor, the wear and tear and 
often total loss of cans, and the “milk 
bill,’’ too; is it any wonder that the far¬ 
mers are becoming aroused throughout 
the country and taking a stand to assert 
their just rights in this .much-abused 
cause? To accomplish the desired end, 
it is necessary to go carefully and cover 
the ground thoroughly, and those who 
join it should be “those whose backbone 
contains an unusual amount of stiffen¬ 
ing.” A number of unions have been 
organized throughout New Mersey and 
Pennsylvania, and are being formed in 
other localities as speedily as possible. 
Delaware Co., Pa. w. n. c.m.vkrt. 
Advantages of t^e Cemented Si/o. 
Why don’t we hear more about the ce¬ 
mented silo? In this locality they are con- 
.sidered the best. Why use two thicknesses 
of boards with tar paper? These will ab¬ 
sorb moisture and decay. Cement and lath 
are cheap, make a silo airtight and lasting. 
Grand Isle, Vt. u. M. v. 
In our last silo bulletin, No. 83, a copy 
of which can be had by inclosing a two- 
cent stamp with a request to the Wis¬ 
consin Experiment Station, Madison, we 
have set forth the desirability of stone, 
brick and cement-lined silos as thor¬ 
oughly satisfactory structures for pre¬ 
servation of silage. It is doubtful 
whether a better silo lining for the 
money can be procured at the present 
time than one made of good Portland 
cement, made with clean, sharp sand in 
the ratio of one or 1^4 of sand to one of 
cement, put on in good condition and 
thoroughly troweled so as to be hard 
and smooth. When the cement is used 
to line a stone silo, or one of brick, the 
coat need not be thicker than one-quar¬ 
ter to one-half inch. When it is used 
in plastering silos made of wood which 
are lathed, it is desirable to make the 
cement lining fully one-half to three- 
fourths of an inch thick, in order to 
have a heavy body to withstand the jar¬ 
ring and tendency to crack. We have 
in our State a large number of cylin¬ 
drical silos which are lathed and plas¬ 
tered with cement; some of these silos 
have been in use now more than 10 
years, and are thoroughly satisfactory 
to-day. I have hesitated unqualifiedly 
to recommend these lathed and plastered 
wood silos, because I have feared that 
the tendency of the silage juices to soft¬ 
en the cement and make it porous would 
ultimately allow a sufficient amount of 
air to come through the lining seriously 
to injure the silage. The silos we have 
in our State built after this plan are 
provided with two layers of half-inch 
lumber, with a layer of tar paper be¬ 
tween before the lath and plastering is 
put on, so that there has been provided 
a reasonably good lining of wood in ad¬ 
dition to the cement, and it is impos¬ 
sible to say from observations on these 
silos how influential this back lining 
has been in the preservation of the si¬ 
lage in those cases. Practical experi¬ 
ence has proven that if the cement lin¬ 
ing is occasionally whitewashed with a 
thick coat of cement, this layer of white¬ 
wash will neutralize the acids of the si¬ 
lage as they come in contact with it, and 
thus prevent the lining itself from being 
softened and rendered porous, and if 
care is taken to do this whitewashing 
once a year in the bottom of the silo, 
where the acid action is strongest, and 
once in two or three years towards the 
top, there will be no difficulty in main¬ 
taining a sufficiently airtight lining in 
the silo plastered with good cement. The 
cheaper grades of cement can be used 
for this kind of work, but they soften 
much faster than the Portland cements 
do. and the leaner cements, whether 
made of Portland or the common varie¬ 
ties, soften much faster than the rich 
cements, as well as allowing more air 
to pass through, because they are not 
sufficiently tight to prevent the juices 
from being absoi-bed into the interior of 
the cement. [Prof.] f. h. king. 
Cooking Fioicn.— 1 liave a .steam cooker, 
and have used it a great deal in cooking 
for hogs and clilckens, but 1 have come to 
tlie conclusion that about the only thing 
it pays to cook is potatoes, and while hot 
mash meal and clover hay (cut up short) 
into the potatoes and feed warm or cold. 
It makes a very good ration for either 
hogs or chickens. t. b. wilson. 
Ontario Co., N. Y. 
Quaker Dairy Feed 
is not an Oat Feed. It 
is a scientific combina¬ 
tion of cereals—princi-| 
pally Oats—so balanced 
as to produce the largest ] 
flow of milk and to prop¬ 
erly maintain the cow. 
Sold only in Sealed and 
Branded Sacks. Each Sack 
stamped with analy.sis of con¬ 
tents, showing guaranteed per I 
cent, of Protein. 
If your dealer does not keep] 
Quaker Dairy Feed send his' 
name and get a free copy of ] 
“Modern Dairy Feeding.” 
The American Cereal Co., 
1339 Monadnock Bldg., Chicago. 
Quaker 
Dain^ 
Feed 
The BUTTER SCORING the HIGHEST 
98 POINTS 
At the National Creamery Buttermakers’ Conven¬ 
tion, St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 18 to 23, 1901 
Was the Product of the U. S. Separator 
This Imtter was made by Edw. H. ’Webster, Ames, la., 
and scored one point higher than the butter entered by 
r\r. Quenvold, which received a Gold Medal. 
Mr. Webster’s butter was entered for scoring only, therefore 
could not compete for the jirizes, which explains why the Medal 
was given to the luitter scoring second highest and not to the 
butter that was really the best. 
Our “would-be competitor” claims to have had 35 times as 
many entries at the Convention as the United States, and for all 
the latter had so few chances, in comparison, of winning yet the 
Judges reported the U. S. product the Best out of 829 
packages, anotlier ju-oof of the 
SUPERIORITY of the IMPROVED U. 5. SEPARATOR 
We also call attention to the 
GOLD MEDAL IN THE GATHERED CREAM CLASS 
which was awarded W. C. Noble, So. Waterford, He., whose 
butter was the Product of Improved U. S. Separators and 
Cooley Creamers. 
Remember we are Pioneers in the Cream Gathering System 
and lead in that the same as in everything else in the Dairy and 
Creamery line. 
When you see our “ would-be competitor” claiming every¬ 
thing at the Convention, just bear the above facts in mind, also 
that 
THE BUTTER SCORING THE LOWEST, 75^ POINTS, 
WAS THE PRODUCT OF THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR. 
Write for Circulars telling of many other victories of the 1). S. 
VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO. - - BELLOWS FALLS, VT. 
205 
SEPARATOR 
( on 10 Days’Trial. Lightest 
aasiest running HAND Separator 
NATIONAL Separator 
FrM book tells all about it. 
National Dairy Machine Co., Newark. N. J 
PM The New Improved 
EMPIRE 
Creacm Sepa.rators 
are now ready for the trade. They have 
proven a marvel in Cream Separator con¬ 
struction and results attained through 
their use astonish experts and appah all 
competitors. “ 
The Empire No. 1 
has a bowl weighing only 
4M pounds, only 2% inches 
in diameter,only 4)4 inches ' 
deep with only four parts 
to the skimming device 
and with a skimming 
Capacity of 250 lbs. 
per hour. Never before was a sep¬ 
arator bowl of such size known 
to handle this quantity of milkx 
successfully. On account of be-l 
lug so light, it is easy to turn,’ 
easy to liaudle and so simple it is easy to 
clean. Machines of greater capacity are 
equipped with bowl of comparative size. Our 
new catalogue tells about them and contains 
much of interest to you. It is free. Send for it. 
United States Butter Extractor Co., 
Bloomfield, N. J. 
The Farmers HANDY WAGON 
Company, 
SAGINAW, Mich, 
are makers of 
Low-Down 
Wide-Tire 
F ARM 
TRUCKS. 4,.o 
METAL 
WHEELS for 
on farm Wagon*, and 
All-Steel Trucks. 
CIroulari Fr»*. 
Orders are coming faster 
than ever, each year we 
break the records of all 
preceding years, nave 
you a “Handy 7” 
of Plank save timber and cash. 
Best. 
mwwmm ..w Cheapest, strongest. 4,000 in use. Book 
for stamp. SHAWVBR BROS.. Bellefontalne. Ohio 
Sugar Beats — 
the largest yield per acre of the best 
and smoothest form, and very rich in 
sugar are grown by using 
Nitrate of Soda 
as a fertilizer. Apply just when the 
beets are getting well started in the 
row. The results will surprise you. 
Seud to John A. Myers, 12 O John 
St., New York, for a free copy of book, 
"'Food for Plants.” Tells about this 
and much else of value. Nitrate for 
sale hy fertilizer dealers eve'i'ytcliere. 
VtrltB at once tof Uaf of Doalorm„ 
The 
GaLlvacnized Steel 
Wind Mill 
has promptly and justly taken its place as the leader 
among wind mills. This is because of the new and im¬ 
proved methods of construction which bring about the 
highest obtainable efficiency, combined with unusual 
strength. The new and wonderful Double Gear with 
four long bearings, providing a center line draft and 
equalizing the burden. Absolute freedom from torsion 
or overhanging strain. Detachable shaft boxes, which 
may be replaced without removing any part of mill. Large, 
wick feed oil cups, make oiling necessary only at long intervals. 
The whole construction combines to make just such a mill as 
everybody has wanted, but could not secure until the Samson 
came into the field. Don’t buy a wind mill until you know more 
about this one. Send for our Samson Art Catalog. Mailed free. 
Stover Mfg. Co., 502 River Street, Freeport, Illinois. 
