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THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
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M I L K. 
Tbe New York Exchange price is 81.41 
per 40-quart can, netting 2% cents per 
quart to shippers in 26-cent zone who have 
no additional station charges. 
THE BELLOWS MILK CASE. 
You request information regarding the 
progress of my notable test case waged 
in the farmers’ behalf against Russell Ray¬ 
nor, Chief of the Inspection Bureau of 
the New York City Health Department. 
The case was argued before the Appellate 
Division of the Supreme Court a few 
weeks ago by Attorney Charles L. Andrus, 
of Stamford. Word has been received that 
the action of the court at Delhi, in May, 
1910, with Judge Coman presiding, has 
been sustained. The decision of the Ap¬ 
pellate Division of the Supreme Court is 
therefore, adverse to the plaintiff’s and 
the farmers’ cause. The court has as yet 
sent my attorneys no opinion, and the de¬ 
fendant has not filed judgment. It seems 
singular that when the case was argued 
by the attorney for the farmers one of the 
judges is reported to have said in sub¬ 
stance that the farmers in this section of 
the State had not been injured much by 
the attempted enforcement of the rules and 
regulations of the city Health Department. 
The interpretation of the decision of the 
test case, undertaken at the farmers’ re¬ 
quest and financial support to determine the 
extent of the questionable jurisdiction of 
the New York City Board of Health, out¬ 
side of, as well as within the city limits, 
was regarding the control of conditions 
affecting the production of milk and its de¬ 
livery and sale in New York City. It is 
and was my intention, if supported finan¬ 
cially by interested parties, dairymen, 
Cranges, etc., to make this a test case to 
determine whether farmers outside of the 
city have any property rights the arbitrary 
and presumptive health officials of a dis¬ 
tant city are bound by law to respect. So 
far it seems that the city health officers 
by any farce of barn inspection, etc., may 
do what they will with the farmers’ dairy 
product. No direct evidence of the im¬ 
purity of milk is required to restrict its 
sale in the city markets, and in number 
and stringency the rules and regulations 
of the city health officials may be what¬ 
ever suits their caprice and royal pleasure. 
The farmer has nothing to say. He may, 
without apparent redress, be financially 
ruined. This seems neither just nor right. 
The Court of Appeals is the highest 
authority in the State. The case should 
be taken to that court for final decision. 
This is the advice of my attorneys and 
the opinion of many dairymen who want to 
see tbe finish of the fight. Aside from the 
contributions received by The R. N.-Y., we 
have $130 on hand. This does not include 
what would remain after present costs of 
defendant’s appeal are paid. If the farmers 
will sustain me, I have decided to appeal 
and fight for farmers’ rights in the high¬ 
est judicial tribunal of the State. I would 
like the opinion of the editor of The It. 
N.-Y. and of its readers interested in my 
case; also to know what aid, if any, they 
think the merits of the case deserve and 
may be furnished. sniffin' k. bellows. 
Dairymen are forming what they call the 
Northern Ohio Milk Producers’ Association. 
They have recently held meetings in Burton, 
Middletield, and vicinity for the purpose of 
organizing and raising funds, farmers to 
take shares of $25 for the purpose of estab¬ 
lishing a milk selling plant for selli lg direct 
to the consumer, and also to build a cream¬ 
ery for the surplus in the Hush of the sea¬ 
son, should there be any. The Belle Ver- 
non-Mapes Dairy Co. of Cleveland, Ohio, 
are the principal dealers. They have a con- 
densery at Burton and numerous milk ship¬ 
ping stations throughout Northern Ohio. 
Dairymen are dissatisfied with their unsat¬ 
isfactory way of buying. For instance, the 
price paid the producer for November, De¬ 
cember and January was $1.50 per 100 
pounds, delivered at the factory; they re¬ 
tail milk for nine cents per quart. In 
February the price dropped to $1.30 per 
100; March 1 to $1,20, March 15 to $1.10, 
and April 1 to $1 per 100, but all this time 
the price to the consumer was nine cents 
per quart. Where the price will go to in 
May nobody knows but the milk trust. 
No wonder milk producers are dissatisfied 
with hay at $16 per ton and mighty scarce 
;.t that, and with rigid inspection from meu 
who know nothing, complaining of the sur- 
:oundings of dairy farms, forcing the farm- 
< rs to put in concrete floors and windows, 
ventilation, and cooling the milk so as 
to be at least 70 degrees F. when reaching 
shipping station, when the weather is warm, 
at about 80 or 90 degrees F., but all this 
< xtra dairymen are trying to meet. We 
have tried to meet this with the expecta¬ 
tion of getting paid, but the dealer is get¬ 
ting the benefit and not the producers, who 
have gone to a lot of extra expense. si. 
Burton, O. 
Massachusetts Milk Prices. 
Tbe figures below, given me by a pro¬ 
ducer here, show prices per 8%-quart can 
at his farm for the past three years, with 
account of discount for cheesing, also. 
Some dairies have one cent more per can 
than this, on account of easier collection. 
You will note that the gain of seven cents 
per can for Summer milk last year, that 
was expected to be permanent, has now 
been lost again, and our dairymen are 
pessimistic on the situation. No doubt 
that reciprocity will hurt the farmers’ in¬ 
terest in milk quite as much as in any line 
of production. The freight rates on milk 
from near points in Canada are as low as 
from points here in Massachusetts, 30 miles 
from Boston. 
Cans. 
Price of milk, April to October, 1907..$0.31. 
Cheesed in November, 1007...$1.75 on 244 
Cheesed in December, 1007... 3.15 on 210 
Cheesed in January, 1908. 2.55 on 169 
Cheesed in April, 1908. 1.68 on 186 
Price of milk, April to October, 1908..$0.31 
Price of milk, October, 1908, to April, 
1909 .. 38 
Price of milk, Aprii to October, 1909.. .30 
Price of milk, September, 1909, to 
May, 1910 .$0.39 to .37 
Price of milk, May and June, 1910... .30 
Price of milk, July to September, 1910. .37 
Price of milk, September, 1910, to 
April, 1911 .37 
Price of milk, April, 1911.30 
This April price offered for the Summer 
by the contractors. e. f. d. 
Massachusetts. 
The farmers in this vicinity are receiving 
10 cents per gallon net for their milk until 
July 1, when they will receive an increase 
of one or possibly two cents a gallon. Milk 
is retailing in Cleveland for seven cents 
per quart. l. r. 
Geauga Co., O. 
Indications point to a decline in the 
dairying business. I may be wrong. Pres¬ 
ent price of milk $1.15 per 100, $1 next 
month—minimum price. At present feed 
prices the farmer can make a small profit 
at dairying. Feed is cheaper—some feeds. 
Cows have been $100 for first-class ones, 
grade. A little off now. Some talk of go¬ 
ing out of dairying and into potato rais¬ 
ing, etc. There has been much talk of 
high-priced milk and of consequent profit in 
dairying, but feed has been so high that 
the profit has been but a small item, even 
with the best dairymen in this section. 
Now, since feed has gone down, milk has 
begun to follow suit. M. H. K. 
Sherburn, N. Y. 
What is you opinion of a city health 
commissioner who has been told by the 
city corporation counsel that he has no 
authority outside the city limits, and yet 
persists in sending dairy inspectors in the 
country, ordering farmers to remodel their 
barns? Where farmers refuse to comply 
with his orders he has their milk returned; 
said milk all right; they can find nothing 
wrong with the milk. square deal. 
Erie County, N. Y. 
R. N.-Y.—We could give no opinion with¬ 
out all the facts. This man refuses to have 
his name printed, and gives us only one 
side. We cannot judge such a case with¬ 
out knowing the circumstances. Recently 
we had a letter from a reader whose milk 
had been held up by a board of health. 
The case at first seemed so plainly an in¬ 
justice that we were disposed to publish it 
openly. Upon investigation, however, we 
found that the board of health in this case 
had fair reason for their action. If this 
correspondent will give us details and 
names we will do our best to help him. 
MILK RATION WITH BREWERS’ GRAINS. 
Please advise as to the correctness of 
the following mixture for producing milk: 
100 pounds cotton-seed meal ; 100 pounds 
Buffalo gluten ; 100 pounds cornmeal; 100 
pounds Ajax flakes; 50 pounds bran; 30 
bushels wet brewers’ grains. The wet 
grains are mixed with the dry feed each 
day. Is it necessary to feed bran? If so, 
is there any other feed that will take its 
place that is cheaper in price? What will 
a bushel of wet brewers’ grain weigh when 
dried ? a. n. 
New Jersey. 
You are feeding an excellent ration 
for the production of milk; therefore 
without knowing more about your con¬ 
ditions such as breed and quality of 
cows and roughage available I could not 
venture an opinion as to any improve¬ 
ment. As a rule, however, we do not 
find it necessary to feed wheat bran with 
such feeds as wet and dry brewers’ 
grains or dry distillers’ grains. As these 
feeds all contain much more protein 
than bran their use is more economical 
when purchased at reasonable prices. In 
regard to the weight of a bushel of 
wet brewers’ grains when dry it is more 
exact to deal with pounds. One 
hundred pounds of the wet grains will 
weigh about 26 bounds when dry. 
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