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THE KURAb IS K W-YORKER 
July 22, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
TWO CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY COWS. 
The following table will show what 
our two Jersey cows, half sisters, elig¬ 
ible to register, 10 and seven years old, 
are doing. Branch, the oldest, fresh¬ 
ened June 15; began weighing milk 
June 18. Matilda freshened June 21; 
began weighing milk June 24. In figur¬ 
ing the cost of production, pasture is 
estimated at 25 cents per week per cow. 
If I figure the milk at $4 per hundred, 
as the Hope Farm man does, and I 
think our milk is fully as good as his, 
these two cows made a net profit in 15 
days of $25.61, which beats any hen 
story I have read to date. But the 
cheese factory is at present paying 80 
cents a hundred, and one man who ships 
his milk from here to Buffalo is getting 
cents a gallon. As to the butter 
made, I have not yet begun to keep ac¬ 
count of it. We are still feeding the 
two calves whole milk, and our family 
of six, which has never been weaned, 
manages to get away with six quarts a 
day. I wonder how many families in 
the city use milk at that rate? I have, 
not Babcock-tested any milk yet, be¬ 
cause 1 did not have any acid, but I-will 
test it in July and every month there¬ 
after for a year. Poor fences and a 
mongrel bull in a neighbor’s pasture ac¬ 
count for the low valuation of the 
calves. I hoped for a couple of pure¬ 
bred heifer calves that I could value at 
$20 or $25 each, but such are the disap¬ 
pointments of a cattle breeder: 
Branch— 
Calf . $2.00 
13 days’ milk, 343 pounds, at 
80 cents . 2.75 
Daily average 20 lbs., 10 oz. 
Matilda— 
Calf . 2.00 
7 days’ milk, 228% pounds, at 
80 cents . 1.83 
-$8.58 
Cost— 
Daily average, 32 lbs., 10 oz. 
Pasture . $0.75 
Interest, $200, 15 days. 50 
- 1.25 
11 days’ net profit. $7.33 
Cost of production per hundred, 21 cents. 
It will be seen that these cows are at 
present producing milk for less than 
one-fourth of what the Hope Farm 
man’s cow does, and if the product was 
valued the same those white hens of 
Mr. Dougan’s would have to take a back 
seat in a hurry. Of course later in 
the season the cost of production will 
increase, but so will the value of the 
product, so I think these cows will hold 
their own for a year. c. c. clement. 
Chautauqua Co., N. Y. 
MILK. 
The New York Exchange price is $1.51 
per 40-quart can. netting three cents per 
quart to shippers in 26-cent zone who have 
no additional station charges. 
THOSE $45 DAIRY COWS. 
[You will remember the remarks on page 
724 about Senator Martine of New Jersey 
and his $45 cows. We wanted to know 
where they can be found. A reader at 
Horseheads, N. Y., has this to offer about 
cows in his section :] 
Our grandfathers were in the habit of 
raising a bull from one of their best cows 
to head their herd. This practice is still 
followed by the majority of the farmers of 
to-day. They claim that a purebred bull 
costs more money than they can afford to 
pay. Personally 1 would rather buy a pure¬ 
bred calf at the price he would bring for 
beef as a four-year-old than to buy a grade 
for $1, but I don’t have to pay any such 
prices for purebreds. I bought a purebred 
Holstein calf this Spring for $15, and he 
is a good one, too. Ilis only fault is he 
has more black than white. The cows 
that I call common stock are the kind that 
our grandfathers raised, no particular breed. 
Since I settled here I have bought cows 
with Jersey, Guernsey, Holstein and Red 
Polled blood in them, but I cannot buy a 
well-marked, high-grade Holstein for less 
than $90, and some would cost $120. How¬ 
ever, I can buy cows that will make as 
much butter as the grade Holsteins for 
$50 or less. I have common cows in my 
herd that will give 50 pounds of milk per 
day when fresh on grass alone. Some 
cows give richer milk than others, and as 
I make butter (I won first prize on a 
pail of dairy butter at the Chemung Co. 
fair last Fall) I don't judge a cow en¬ 
tirely on the number of pounds of milk 
she gives. As nearly as I can learn the 
majority of cows give from 30 to 50 pounds 
per day when fresh. Very few are tuber¬ 
culin tested. Our farmers’ institute speak¬ 
ers tell us that one-third of the cows in 
New York State do not pay their keep. 
I suppose they know what they are talk¬ 
ing about. I suppose the Senator you 
quoted had what I call common stock in 
mind when he made his speech. Perhaps 
1 should have called them scrub cows, 
but as many of them will compare favor¬ 
ably with purebreds as milk and butter 
producers, 1 don't feel like calling them 
scrubs. L. N. s. 
Horseheads, N. Y. 
THE MASSACHUSETTS MILK SITUATION. 
The milk situation in Massachusetts does 
not seem to improve, and we see no hope of 
improvement in the near future. More 
dairies stopped sending to Boston July 1, 
and turned their milk into other channels, 
or make it into butter or cream at home. 
The advance of two cents a can granted by 
some contractors did not seem enough in¬ 
ducement for these people to continue ship¬ 
ping their milk to the city. The receipts of 
milk in Boston have fallen off about 25 per 
cent, from last year for the months of 
April, May and June, and we expect may 
fall off more in the next few months un¬ 
less better inducements, chiefly in regard to 
prices, are offered. 
The indictment of Secretary Hunter, of 
the B. C. M. P. Co. has acted as a wet 
blanket on the farmers, and they do not 
show much inclination to fight for a proper 
price, hut rather to take things as they 
come, or go out of business, and some are 
offering their property for sale, and will let 
some one else get rich at the business if 
they can. 
On the 30th of June I called on the con¬ 
tractor who buys most of the milk in this 
section which goes to Boston, and had a 
long talk about the situation. He stated, 
among other things, that the condition of 
the milk market is still unstable and unsat¬ 
isfactory. Other contractors are paying in 
some cases five to seven cents less a can 
than he is, and trying to place this same 
milk in his territory, and he has to meet 
them or lose trade. His policy has always 
been to keep any surplus he may have at 
certain seasons off the market and use it in 
other ways. He says others, including 
small peddlers, have put their surplus on 
the market, and he has been forced to do 
the same. He stated the situation at pres¬ 
ent looked ba'd for the farmers, as grain 
feed is advancing in price and the Saun¬ 
ders law will continue for another year, 
which means a five-cent charge instead of 
about three, which was the former cost 
over the B. & A. R. R. per 8%-quart can. 
Peddlers who buy milk close to the city 
or within teaming distance, are paying 35 
cents per 8%-quart can delivered, and some 
are paying the delivery cost above this, but 
as far as I can learn not many are doing 
this. The C. Brigham Company are pay¬ 
ing for July 28 cents at the car, which 
means 33 cents at Boston. The transpor¬ 
tation charge by the railroad of five cents 
per 8%-quart can is too much ; they should 
be forced to reduce the same to at least 3% 
cents, which would then leave a fair profit, 
we believe. There is no reason why the 
law should not let a contractor have a 
car if his business needs it, and at the 
same time in some way provide means for 
any independent or small dealer to get his 
milk into Boston at a reasonable cost. One 
party should have comparatively an equal 
chance to do business as the other. Alto¬ 
gether too much is laid at the door of the 
farmer which he does not deserve. In some 
few cases he needs a sharp reprimand, but 
in most cases he gets much more of this 
than he deserves. If we would only work 
together politically, financially and morally 
we could change things a whole lot, and 
until we do work together, instead of trying 
to pull each other down, things will not im¬ 
prove very much. Anything that is worth 
having is worth making a fight for, and 
that which costs nothing is sometimes 
worth just that. Our contractor also said 
that the farmer and contractor must work 
together as far as possible to get results, 
and until they do things will not improve. 
I believe this to be true, and I think others 
do also. Each party has rights which must 
be respected by the other, and the sooner 
this is understood the sooner the situation 
will become satisfactory all round. Just as 
soon as we learn that we must do things 
ourselves and not wait for some one else 
to move first, we shall accomplish most 
anything we try for, but as long as we 
wait for some one else to do it for us we 
get the same as we got in the past—just 
left. a. e. p. 
Massachusetts. 
We have a milk station at Edison which 
pays $1 per 100 pounds for June, and ex¬ 
pect a raise July 1. At Adams, four miles 
south, is the Rosemary Creamery Company. 
They pay 94 cents, and east of us is the 
Rodman Cheese Factory. They sold cheese 
July 1 for 11% cents, so you see all who 
take their milk to Edison are getting two 
cents per quart, but it costs more to pro¬ 
duce milk than we get at present. I am 
feeding my cows as heavily of silage as I 
did in the Winter, and will have to feed 
grain before many days. e. a. c. 
Jeff Co., N. 1 T . 
Mr. Millesdine. inspector for the Board 
of Health of New York City, made his 
second visit for this year a few days since. 
Several farmers were ordered to whitewash 
their stables within 10 days, and notify 
him, and he would make another inspec¬ 
tion ; otherwise, their milk would be re¬ 
jected for shipment to New York. Some 
stables that had been whitewashed were 
not satisfactory to him, and the owners 
were notified as above. No fault has been 
found with the milk at the local shipping 
station, and no samples have been taken, 
or tests made, except by a State inspector 
with lactometer. I have $5 ready to help 
Mr. Bellows carry on his suit. n. c. p. 
Yerona, N. Y. 
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Say 
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“Have used Tubular nine years. No cost lor 
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“Tubular has cost titty cents lor repairs in nine 
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“Have nsed Tubular six years. Repairs only 
ten cents. Still using original quart ol oil.”— 
A. K. Weirner, Smithville, O. 
A regular hand-driven 
Dairy Tubular has done 
work equal to 100 years’ 
service in a five to eight 
cow dairy on only one 
dollar and fifteen cents for 
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- _ remarkable rec- 
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You will finally have a 
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Other separators taken in 
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Grade Dorset Ewes m™ U g^de 11 rSt 
ewes—good on.es. Also a few registered Dorset ram 
lambs. JOHN A. DOREMUS, Gladstone, N. J. 
This Cooler 
Requires No Attention 
whatever after the 
flow of milk and 
water is once 
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It is well made and 
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iiohses 
ERGHERON 
STALLIONS and MARES 
Imported and home-bred. The best lot ever 
shown in this country. Quality, price, guarantee right. 
For 30 years an importer and breeder of prize winners. 
EL WOOD S. AKIN 
170 South Street, Auburn, N. Y. 
P ercheron and Belgian Stallions and Mares for sale 
at farmers’ prices. A. W. GREEN, Route 1. 
Middlefield, O. Railroad station, East Orwell, O., 
On Henna. R.R., 30 miles north of Youngstown, O, 
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DAIRY CATTLE 
SHELDONCROFT 
J. T. RUSSELL, Prop. CHAS. B. DAYTON, Supt. 
SILVER LAKE, Susq. Co., Pa. 
Pure Bred Jersey Cattle. Berkshire Swine. 
Kill HOLSTEINS 
are bred for large production, good size, strong 
constitution, and best individuality. The best 
sires are used in this herd that it is possible to se¬ 
cure. A nice lot of young bulls for sale; no females. 
A. A. CORTELYOU. Somerville N. J. 
JULY OFFERING 
Maple Hurst Stock Farms, Guilford, Conn. 
Fantim’s Zac, Taylor, imported Guernsey bull, head 
of our herd, is offered for sale to avoid inbreeding. 
One of the grandest individuals in the U. S. and 
perfect in every detail. Photo, on request. 
One registered Berkshire Boar, seven months old. 
One magnificent Chester White Boar, 14 months 
old, at a sacrifice. 
Eight, four and five months old Jersey BullslReg.) 
from 32-30 pound stock and Pogis blood. 
Wo will guarantee that the above stock is perfect 
and cannot be beat at tiie price, or we will refund 
your money and your carfare. 
W EST VIRGINIA HOLSTEINS—Bull Calves For Sale, from 
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Eurolra Qtnolf Form— Registered Jersey Bulls 
LlllClid OlUU\ I a I III and Heifers, 0 months to 3 
years old. Chester White, Poland China and 
Berkshire Pigs. Scotch Collie Pups and a variety 
of poultry. Send two-cent stamp for circular. 
EDWARD WALTER. West Chester, Pa. 
CHELD0N FARM registered Durocs. Pigs of both sex. 
O Bred 
Bred Sows. 
C. E. 
Service Boars. Best of breeding. 
BARNES. Oxford. N. Y. 
Breed Up-Not Down^r'cTi^S 
buy. Superior dairy dams. No better sires. It. F 
SHANNON, 907 Liberty Street, Pittsburg, Pa. 
AT LAUREL FARM 
we have on hand some half-dozen sons of Fern’s 
Jubilee, 73852, A. J. C. C., from ten months down 
to a few days old. All out of good cows. Discount 
price for next thirty days. 
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is now offering a limited number of 
BERKSHIRE PIGS 
from eight to twelve weeks old, of 
the highest quality and breeding, 
... AT REASONABLE PRICES . . . 
CALVIN J. HUSON, - PENN YAN, N. Y 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES." Ss.,"*; 
in Connecticut. Sows bred for April litters all sold. 
Have 4 sows bred to farrow in July; late, toser- 
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for March and April pigs now. Send for new 
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Reg. 
P. Chinas, Berkshires, C. Whites. 
Fine, large strains; all ages, mated 
not akin. Bred sows service Boars, 
Jersey and Holstein Calves. Collie 
_ _ Pups, Beagles and Poultry . Write for 
prices & circulars. Hamilton & Co., Ercildoun Pa. 
I ARGE BERKSHIRES AT HIGHWOOD — Regular Summer 
L offering of Bred Sows. Eighty at our home farm, 
8 to It)months old, some of them bred; selected from 
large litters out of mature dams. $35 up. < ome and 
look them over. H. C. & H. B. HARPENDING, Dundee, N.Y. 
THE BIG, DEEP FELLOWS 
^ w „ w _that grow and mature quickly. 
Pigs and Gilts for sale at all times. 
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Enquiries promptly answered. 
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Chester Whites 
