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In offoct March 1 the New ^ ork Ex¬ 
change price was reduced one-half cent to 
SI.61 per 40-quart can, netting 3 V* cents 
to shippers in 26-cent zone who have no 
additional station charges. 
Owing to circumstances over which I 
had no control, that is, the going into 
bankruptcy of a fine milk condenser, our 
farmers and dairy folks are in the. same 
condition of those people about Nelson, 
N. Y„ told of on page 182. The last 
checks paid were in November, since then 
we’ve gone with empty pockets, till since 
we sold to another concern. About $8,000 
was taken away from this vicinity. 
Tonganoxie, Kans. c. o. 
A demand for American condensed milk 
is reported from the Island of Malta. Con¬ 
sul .lames Oliver says: “Fresh cow’s milk 
is scarce in Malta, and most Maltese use 
goat's milk. There are about 10.000 milch 
goats in the islands. They are driven from 
house to house and milked in the presence 
of the buyer. Goats are tied at the doors 
of Maltese cafes and when milk is wanted 
for coffee the animal is milked by the 
owner. As a large proportion of the goats 
have Mediterranean fever germs, the for¬ 
eign residents refrain from using their milk 
and the British garrison is forbidden to 
consume it. Mediterranean fever is inter¬ 
mittent land one of the most feared dis¬ 
eases in the islands because, if not fatal, 
its long duration and the debility which 
ensues often lead to other maladies. 
The Assembly Ways and Means Commit¬ 
tee March 1 gave a hearing on the Foley 
bill to establish a milk commission to super¬ 
vise the milk business in cities of the first 
class. It was opposed by a number of dairy¬ 
men from Delaware and Oswego counties, 
who said it would only saddle further ex¬ 
pense on the milk producers and dealers, 
thereby tending to increase the price. Dr. 
Abraham Korn, of New York, expressed the 
belief that such a measure was not in line 
with the campaign of economy of the pres¬ 
ent administration, and John F. Dugan, an 
attorney of this city, questioned its consti¬ 
tutionality. Ex-Assemblyman Beverley 
Itobinson, of New York, also spoke against 
the measure. Because of the absence of 
Chairman A. E. Smith, who is ill, it was 
decided to put the hearing over for a 
week. 
What is Milk?- —In the New York Legis¬ 
lature Assembly Bill No. 135.645 provides 
the following definition for adulterated 
“milk.” 1. Milk containing more than 88 
per centum of water or fluids. 2. Milk 
containing less than 11% per centum 
of milk solids. 8. Milk containing less 
than' three per centum of fats. 4. Milk 
drawn from cows within 15 days before 
and five days after parturition. 5. Milk 
drawn from animals fed on distillery waste 
or any substance in a state of fermentation 
or putrefaction or on any unhealthy food. 
G. Milk drawn from cows kept in a crowded 
or unhealthy condition. 7. Milk from which 
any part of the cream has been removed. 
8 . 'Milk which has been diluted with water 
or any other fluid, or to which has been 
added' or into which has been introduced 
any foreign substance whatever. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
When you write advertisers mention The j 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and j 
“a square deal.” See guarantee page 20. 
March 18, 
it costs 
us 
10 cents 
The Boston contractors have already 
bought milk in Canada this past Winter 
for $1.40 per hundred, paid the duty and 
shipped it to Boston. I am told on re¬ 
liable authority that ice houses have been 
filled at Waterloo and West Shefford, P. Q., 
although thev have no creameries at those 
places. In case New England farmers strike 
for fair prices this company can run cars 
from these points into Boston over the Cen¬ 
tral Vermont from Waterloo and over the 
C P. It. and B. & M. from West Shefford. 
A milk strike with the duty removed from 
milk will be useless I am told that farm¬ 
ers received about $1 per hundred for milk 
which made the cheese shipped to England. 
Our local condensery bought milk in Can¬ 
ada last Fall for $1.30 _per hundred when 
the price here was $1.85. B. 
Experts on milk from several New Eng¬ 
land States discussed the production, trans¬ 
portation and distribution of the fluid at 
considerable length March 3 at Boston, 
before the New England conference on rural 
progress, and few of the speakers agreed 
as to the cause of the conditions, which 
they all admitted were unsatisfactory. Wil¬ 
liam A. Hunter, secretary of the Boston 
Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union, claimed 
that politics and red tape legislation were 
to blame for the low price received by the 
producer. Charles Whiting, of Boston, for 
the contractors, defended that part of the 
business and claimed that it ivas impossible 
to pay the farmers more a can. The con¬ 
tractors, he asid, were trying to give pure 
milk in quick, sanitary deliveries. 
DAIRYING IN NORTH DAKOTA. 
To understand the conditions in our 
State, you should bear in mind that it is a 
prairie'State, that the land, to a great ex¬ 
tent, allows the fullest possible use of 
farm machinery, and that under such con¬ 
ditions it is quite natural that the farmer 
clings to grain producing as long as the 
lands prove to be able to produce a profit¬ 
able crop. In some of the longest farmed 
sections, which includes the famous Red 
River Valiev, weeds are encroaching upon 
the land to'the extent that farmers find it 
necessary, or desirable, to turn their atten¬ 
tion to diversified farming. The result is 
that the acreage in clover and corn has 
increased very rapidly during the past two 
years, and every indication points to a 
still greater increase. Corn has now been 
successfully matured in every county in 
the State,' and North Dakota claims the 
farthest north located silo anywhere in the 
United States. This is at Walhalla, five 
miles from the Canadian boundary in north¬ 
western Pembina county. . 
The number of cows used for dairy pur¬ 
poses, as shown by the report of the Com¬ 
missioner of Agriculture and Labor, was 
in 1910 157,202. There are 125 cream¬ 
eries, some of which are not operated ex¬ 
cepting a few months during the Summer 
season. Last year there were also approx¬ 
imately 200 stations where cream was 
brought direct from the farms and shipped 
to centralizing plants, either AA'ithin or 
without the State. The increase along dairy 
lines has been very marked during the 
past year or two, and the prejudice against 
the work is being broken down in the 
bonanza wheat sections, so that everything 
points to a steady and rapid increase. The 
western section of the State, Avhile not 
so long farmed, has considerable rolling 
land, and farmers take up the Avork much 
earlier in the time of settlement than in 
the eastern quarter, so that at the present 
time the western, or more particularly, the 
south and Avestern portion of the State, are 
the farthest advanced in dairying. There is 
no reason .why the State of North Dakota 
should not become a great dairy State in 
time. Our climate is excellent, cheap feeds 
can be grown in abundance, and that the 
State Avas primarily a live stock State is 
evidenced by the fact that buffalo, elk and 
other animals were found in abundance by 
the early people, and any section nature 
endowed so richly ought surely to be able 
to respond to -advanced agriculture. 
In regard, to the kind of cows; we find 
that owners of different breeds of dairy cat¬ 
tle are invariably enthusiastic over the par¬ 
ticular breed they have selected, and all 
breeds are represented. This would natural¬ 
ly lead us to the conclusion that our con¬ 
ditions are favorable to all. The crops we 
raise for feed have been largely those in 
connection with small grain raising, though 
Alfalfa and clover are being grown suc¬ 
cessfully in a small Ava.v, the clover in 
the eastern portion and the Alfalfa in the 
Avest and southern portions. We have no 
hesitanev in saying that North Dakota will 
be wideiv known for its leguminous crops, 
so that the feeding proposition will readily 
solve itself when conditions demand. 
u. f. flint. Dairy Commissioner. 
North Dakota. 
Some Good Cows.—L ast Spring I started 
a small dairy farm at Ilooksett, N. II. 
This farm has been in my family about 
180 years, ever since it Avas settled in fact. 
The 'last part of April 1 had two cows and 
before the first of May only sold 30 cans 
of milk (8i/ 2 quarts) for $9. I increased 
my herd from time to time, till now I 
have 20. 1 didn’t get my twentieth cow 
till long in November. Beginning with May 
1 to the middle of January, 8y 2 months, 
I had sold $2,003 Avorth of milk. I aver¬ 
aged the number of cows I had had during 
that time and the average was 14.41, thus 
dividing the gross sales by 14.41 makes the 
quotient $139. I should like to know if 
that would be a correct method of arriv¬ 
ing at the product of the average cow > 
December 15 my herd Avas tuberculin tested, 
and since that time I have been getting 
41 and 40 cents for an 8% quart can. 
Manchester, N. II. J- <*• 
Copperas for Congested Udder. 
If Mrs. S. A., New Jersey, Avill get five 
cents worth of copperas and give one tea¬ 
spoonful to her coav in bran night and 
morning for three days, she will have no 
more trouble. It is fine for giving to 
coavs for caked udder when freshening. 
This is my cure when anything goes wrong 
with milk. M - 
Copperas (sulphate of iron) is a good 
tonic and astringent, and especially^ useful 
when blood passes with the milk. We have 
often prescribed it for that condition in 
answers published in this paper. It may 
also be useful in the first congestion of the 
udder, but it is not a suitable drug in ad¬ 
vanced manmitis. Our readers should also 
know that copperas cannot safely be given 
to a cow in calf, as it is apt to cause abor¬ 
tion. A - s * A * 
PAYS 
MORE MONEY 
GIVES 
MORE SATISFACTION.! 
NO STOCK CAN THRIVE IF PESTERED 
WITH LICEJICKS, MITES, FLEAS, 
SCAB.MANGE,AND OTHER SKIN , 
DISEASES. 
TO CLEAN OUT THESE 
PARASITES, GUARD AGAINST 
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES, 
CLEANSE, PURIFY, AND 
DEODORIZE. USE 
& 
ati. 
Kreso 
Dip N?1 
BETTER THAN OTHERS,BECAUSE, IT IS 
STANDARDIZED, 
UNIFORM, DEPENDABLE, EFFICIENT. ONE 
GALLON OF KRESO DIP NO.I MAKES 60 
TO 100 GALLONS OF S0LUTI0N(DEPENDING 
UPON WHAT USE IS TO BE MADE OF IT.) 
A REAL NECESSITY ABOUT 
H0RSES,CATTLE,SHEEP,SWINE, 
DOGS, GOATS AND POULTRY. 
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. 
WRITE FOR FREE CIRCULARS. ASK FOR LEAFLET 
DESCRIBING ANEW CEMENT HOG WALLOW, IF YOU 
ARE INTERESTED. 
PARKE.DAVIS&COj 
DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL 
INDUSTRY. 
^DETROIT.MICHy 
U.S.A. 
When we receive your 
cream separator or¬ 
der it costs us 10 cents 
to handle it. You pay 
the 10 cents in addi¬ 
tion to factory cost and 
factory profit. If an 
agent takes your or¬ 
der it costs $25.00 to 
$35.00 on top of all 
the other costs, profits 
and expenses. Take 
your choice—buy 
where you please, but 
first send for the Econ¬ 
omy Chief Dairy Guide 
for 1911. It costs you 
nothing. 
Sears, Roebuck and Co. 
Chicago, Illinois 
This Safety Lift 
Saves Your Strength 
You can do more heavy lifting alone than three men by 
the use of this handy device. Has a score of uses on the 
tat 111 every day. Saves time and labor. 
.lust the thing for changing wagon boxes and auto 
bodies, stretching vires, moving heavy atones, storing 
machinery, hoisting grain, doing any kind of lifting 
about the" farm. 
Morgan Safety Lift 
Locks At Any Angle 
Hollis or releasee a load at a given point 
without use of confusing check cord. Cam 
grips rope without gouging. Heavier the load, 
1 the tighter it grips. No extra parts to get out 
of order. So simple it can be operated by 
one hand. 
Made Entirely of Steel 
Tulle vs and blocks of beRt possible construc¬ 
tion. Will last a lifetime. Drop forjeed 
swivel hook makes it easy to move load 
about without unfastening lift. 
Sold Direct From Factory 
Made in two sizes. 2,500 lbs. capacity 
$1.75. 6,000 lbs. capacity $5.00 These prices 
good for a limited time only. Order di¬ 
rect from the manufacturer and save 
dealer’s and Jobber’s profits. Handiest thing 
you ever had on the farm. Send for one to-day 
I—at once—while you think of it—and take ad¬ 
vantage of these special introductory prices. 
MORGAN BLOCK CO. 
Dept. 18, Cleveland, O. 
IT 
Wanted at Once—A Man 
To Mako $100 Per Month Above Expenses 
1500 MEN THROUGHOUT THE U. S 
ARE MAKING BIG MONEY 
with otir large lino o£ over 80 different household neces¬ 
sities consistingof homo remedies, extracts, spices, soaps, 
perfumes, toilet articles, stock and poultry preparations, 
polishes, etc. all guaranteed under tho National Food 
and Drugs Act and conforming to the Pure Food require¬ 
ments of every state. Sold chiefly to country penplo. 
Wo import, manufacture and sell in enormous quantities 
Capital and surplus over one million dollars. Factory 
floor space nearly 5 acres. 
We want one man in each unoccupied locality to take 
full charge of everything pertaining to our business in 
his district. Must bo of good health and habits, honest 
and industrious, not under 21 nor over 50 years of ago. 
able to furnish outfit similar to that illustrated above, 
also several responsible men to vouch for his integrity. 
Such under our instructions can mako not loss titan 
$100 Per Month Clear Profit 
above expenses first year, $1S00 second year and $2400 
third year. Colored people or women not considered. 
Previous experience or moro than ordinary education 
not needed as with our thorough free course of i nstruc- 
tion in salesmanship tho work is easily learned and a 
big, pleasant, healthful, honorablo and permanent busi¬ 
ness quickly established. 
If you can’t meet requirements don’t write: if you 
think you can you aro tho man wo aro looking for and a 
postal will bring you full particulars by return mail. 
Lots of new men starting and territory filling rapidly, 
so if interested write at once else territory vacant in your 
locality will bo taken. 
W. T. RAWLEIGH CO. 30-40 Lib. St. Freeport, III. 
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Cheapest and best for owner— humane and comfortable for animal. Endorsed by 
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AND UPWARD 
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A brand new, well made, easy running, easily 
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