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THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
“THE PRODUCER’S DOLLAR.” 
Getting the Cream of It. 
That this subject is receiving so 
much attention is an indication of bet¬ 
ter conditions in the near future. In 
order to make a comfortable living it 
is.necessary for the farmer to elimin¬ 
ate as far as possible the middleman's 
profit, and retail his products, and it 
may be interesting to some to know how 
I am handling the product of my dairy 
so as to realize all that there is in it. 
For many years I had, most of the 
time, sold my milk to Boston contrac¬ 
tors, but considering that they had vio¬ 
lated their contract by forcing me to 
fill 2Yz can “jugs” in place of the usual 
SY quart cans, I at once notified them 
of the fact and informed them that I 
should not continue to fill the “jugs,” 
and although they were desirous to have 
me “try the jugs” longer, 1 at once took 
my milk off the cars. I conceived the 
idea that a cream route might prove 
profitable, and although one was already 
established in my ' town, I at once 
stocked, up with cans and bottles and 
engaged a neighbor to separate the milk 
for me. Later in the season 1 put in a 
separator. I did not have the promise 
of a customer, but that did not frighten 
me, foi as I have been a retailer of fruit 
and produce in town from my youth 
up, I thought I could dispose of my 
goods as I had of my other produce. 
This Spring marks the anniversary of 
carry "double decker” loads of good [ 
things from the field and garden. If | 
you are situated where you can work j 
out the dairy problem, as I have in my 
town, try it, but do not think that a 
scrub cow, or even an ordinary one will 
bring you large returns as a cream pro¬ 
ducer. Weed out the poor ones from 
the herd and replace them with “cream 
cows.” Don’t let the “other fellow” get 
the larger share of the producer’s dol¬ 
lar. You can obtain it if you have 
brains and business ability. J. L. P. 
V/ilton, N. H. 
Alfalfa Seed in New York. 
On page 27 you show a picture, Fig. 16, 
of an Alfalfa plant gone to seed in Seneca 
County. The facts are these : This picture 
was taken September 17. 1910, at the Good¬ 
rich homestead, where the first annual pic¬ 
nic of Springport Grange, No. 1184, was be¬ 
ing held. Mr. F. It. Stevens gave us a very 
practical talk on “Neighborhood Concentra¬ 
tion,” making plain the benefits to be de¬ 
rived therefrom: for example, he had no¬ 
ticed how Alfalfa grew here and that the 
farmers around were much interested in 
growing it for home use, and, knowing 
where he could sell 1,000 tons at $18 par 
ton at that time, led to the suggestion that 
if we would concentrate our efforts more, 
growing Alfalfa as a money crop instead of 
wheat, buyers would be attracted here, 
much to our benefit. This Alfalfa seed 
was sown in the Spring -of 1908, alone, for 
a chicken run. Last Spring the yard was 
plowed, but tliis Alfalfa was where it could 
not be disturbed, and it grew, and if g.ew, 
as the picture plainly shows, and seeded 
itself wonderfully. This was the first time 
THE ENTIRE CONSUMER'S DOLLAR—DELIVERING CREAM. 
my second year in the cream business, 
and I find it difficult to supply my cus¬ 
tomer. Cream of a quality suitable 
for whipping is sold for 40 cents a quart, 
pint and half-pint in same proportion. 
Skim-milk is a scarce article, there be¬ 
ing a good demand for it at two quarts 
for five cents, which 1 consider is much 
better than feeding it to pigs or calves. 
When there has been surplus cream it 
has been made into a fancy brand of 
butter which I could guarantee fas I 
wear the cap and apron) and delivered 
to the parties who say "1 am fussy about 
my butter.” Buttermilk is also a good 
selling article at five cents a quart. In 
spite of the fact that the town boasted 
a cream route, and several milk and 
butter routes, I think I may say that 
at the present time I have a large pro¬ 
portion of the cream trade, being the 
only one running a cream route, and I 
have not complied with numerous re¬ 
quests tor “whole milk.” In this way 
my milk nets me from 60 to 70 cents 
per SRLquart can, which I consider a 
better price than I could obtain from 
contractors or a creamery, and during 
the fruit and produce season I should 
have to run. my team daily, anyway, so 
I take that into account when reckon¬ 
ing the cost of handling. 
Although I have some customers who 
settle their bills monthly, a large pro¬ 
portion pay cash or weekly, so I have 
something coming in each day, and do 
not have to wait until nearly the end of 
the next month to receive pay for the 
goods delivered the first of the month 
previous, as when selling to the contrac¬ 
tors. The picture shows the Maple View 
Farm team ready for a return trip from 
the cream route. During the produce 
season I use a pair on this wagon, and 
it ever seeded. What effect it will have on 
the vitality of the plant remains to be seen. 
I know of two farmers near Auburn who 
each thrashed a few bushels of seed last 
Fall. While it has been grown in this 
vicinity many years, this is the first home¬ 
grown seed I have ever seen. 
Cayuga Co., N. Y. a. h. Goodrich. 
Cow Peas and Oats. 
Will you consider in the columns of The 
I t. N.-Y. the advisability of breaking up a 
Timothy sod in Allegheny Co., Pa., and sow¬ 
ing to cow peas and oats? Then, after 
cutting that for hay, sowing to Alfalfa. 
The plan is to get the ground in Alfalfa 
without missing a crop or lying idle for a 
part of the season. R. R- 
Ohio. 
Cow peas and oats will not work so well. 
Better use the Canada field peas with the 
oats. Sow the combination early, plowing 
the sod as soon as the ground is fit. Cut the 
oats and peas for hay or plaw the entire 
crop under and then roll firmly. Use at least 
one ton of lime, well Worked in, and after 
tilling the soil freely, seed to Alfalfa. If 
any readers have had actual experience with 
this we would like to hear from them. 
Motor for Small Farm. 
I am one of the so-called great army of 
suburbanites, living on a four-acre piece of 
land a short distance from the city limits. 
Like many others, I experience a great deal 
of trouble" in hiring work done on my prop¬ 
erty, such as plowing, cultivating, grass 
cutting, etc. My farmer neighbors who can 
do this work are usually busy on their own 
farms at just about the time that I want 
my work "done. 1 have been looking for 
some time for the advertisement of some 
of these motor people, hoping that they 
would get up something in the way of a 
small machine driven by gasoline power for 
doing this kind of work on small farms of 
from one to five acres. It seems to me 
there would be a market for such machines. 
Do vou know of anything of this nature? 
Michigan. J. b. barlow. 
There is nothing of just this sort on the 
market. Several manufacturers have mo¬ 
tors which do farm work, as plowing, but 
they are expensive and best adapted to large 
fields where the rows are long. They 
would hardly prove economical in small 
fields. There certainly is a demand for 
such a power, but it is probably not on 
hand yet. 
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