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THE RURAL- N ECW -YORKER 
August 19, 
M I L K. 
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. 
Silage in Milk Production. 
A local physician who has a good prac¬ 
tice and is considered well informed, has 
made the statement, in a private way, 
that “silage milk will taste of the silage.” 
This has had the effect of shutting out 
the use of such milk from an orphanage 
where it would otherwise be, used. Any in¬ 
formation you can give in the matter, such 
as its use in similar institutions and hos¬ 
pitals and certified milk production, will 
be very welcome. J. t. m. 
Chautauqua Co., N. Y. 
We have used silage for many years in 
feeding our milch cows. We have never 
found that it made the milk unfit for use. 
WJf. T. SHAN AIIII AN, 
Medical Superintendent. 
Craig Colony for Epileptics. 
The herd belonging to this institution 
produces all of the milk used here. Silage 
Is fed the cows, and no bad qualities in the 
milk have been observed. 
W. B. FARRINGTON, 
Steward. 
Institute for Feeble Minded Children. 
We have fed corn silage and pea silage 
during the past several years, and we have 
seen no bad effects from the use of such 
milk among all of our inmates and em¬ 
ployees, of which we have 1,200 inmates 
and 200 employees, about 100 of the in¬ 
mates being children, ciias. Bernstein, 
Superintendent. 
N. Y. State Custodial Asylum. 
For the last 15 years our cattle have 
been fed a very large ration of silage. 
During this time I fail to remember having 
one single complaint as to any bad effect 
this kind of feed may have had on our 
milk. On the other hand, visitors at the 
institution have frequently remarked at the 
excellent quality of our milk. We produce 
annually about 280,000 quarts, which is all 
consumed by this institution. 
C. A. MOSHER, 
Utica State Hispital. Steward. 
Our experience has shown that where 
good silage has been fed it is not notice¬ 
able in the milk, but where it has become 
poor or rotten and inadvertantly fed it is 
very noticeable in the product, and would 
further state that at the time of milking 
cows if silage is fed the taste is also quite 
noticeable in the milk. We feed silage at 
this institution and lind it quite satisfac¬ 
tory by avoiding such conditions as men¬ 
tioned above. T. F. brown, 
N. Y. Soldiers’ Home. Quartermaster. 
I notice what was recently said about 
the milk case of Robert Utter. There are 
two sides to tliis. It is not a case of per¬ 
secution, for we consider the inspector to 
be a very fair man. In fact, he does no 
more than his instructions compel him to 
do, and if a man lias a decent barn and 
stables and keeps the same in fair condi¬ 
tion, he will have no trouble with the in¬ 
spector. I agree with you when you say 
that the dairymen are not getting enough 
for their milk. Up here the price in Juno 
was just a little over two cents a quart, 
while it was selling in the city for eight 
cents. We are putting more cost into it 
than we are getting out of it. The ques¬ 
tion is how to remedy that state of affairs. 
The pay to the farmers should never be 
less than half the retail price in the city. 
The dealers seem to have a grip on us that 
we cannot shake off. When contract day 
comes they shove-their contract under our 
noses and we have to sign it and take their 
price or stop selling milk. If we com¬ 
plain of the price they tell us that is no 
matter to them if we sign or not; they can 
get plenty of milk. The dairymen are try¬ 
ing to form a league to act together and to 
try to get a fair show, and better their 
condition, but it seems to be slow work. 
There are so many farmers and they 
are scattered over so large territory 
that it is very hard to perfect an organiza¬ 
tion. I think that a law should be made 
to compel the dealers to pay the farmers 
not less than 50 per cent of the retail price 
at any time of the year. As it is at pres¬ 
ent the dairymen do not have a word to 
say about making a price. It is all a 
one-sided business, and if the dairy farmers 
cannot find any other remedy and cannot 
get a fair living price for their milk, the 
power of the State should be invoktid in 
their behalf. We see the dealers rolling in 
wealtli made out of the farmers’ milk, while 
the producers are struggling along under 
adverse conditions, hoping something will 
turn up to better their condition. More 
money will have to be paid for milk to the 
producers or many of them will have to 
quit the business. w. E. 
West Brook, N. Y. 
A Milk Inspector. —A. II. Millesdine, 
inspector for the Board of Health of New 
York City, made an inspection of my barn 
•Tune 26. As I was not at home on that 
day he left word that I must whitewash 
my stable within 10 days or my milk 
(about 65 pounds per day) would be re¬ 
jected for shipment to New Y’ork. The 
folks explained to him that being unable to 
get any help I had all my work (have 75 
acres) to do alone, but if possible they 
thought I would comply with his demand. 
At tliis inspection he asked for the previ¬ 
ous score card and apparently copied it, 
changing a few questions so as to show he 
had been here. On July 20 he came again, 
and as I had not been able to whitewash, 
rejected my milk. June 26 on question No. 
46 on the score card I was allowed four 
points; on July 20 I was allowed nothing, 
as he claimed there was more manure than 
before. This was true, very likely there 
was nearly 100 pounds more, nor was I al¬ 
lowed anything on questions 41, 43, 54, 57 
or 59. 12 points in all. On the morning of 
July 21 I took my milk to the station and 
it was rejected, as I expected it would be. 
I asked the foreman if he would reject it in 
writing, stating the reason for doing so, 
and also state that my milk was in good 
condition. This he did not want to do, for 
fear the Board of Health would annul his 
license, although he admitted that if called 
to testify lie would have to say “my milk 
had always been perfectly satisfactory, 
both in quality and condition, when de¬ 
livered at the station.” The sewage from 
the milk station flows into the creek which 
waters my pasture, and this inspector told 
me I would have to fence this creek so my 
cows could not get to it, or pasture some¬ 
where else, and we pump water for them. 
Wouldn't this be a good antidote for some 
“back to the lander?” I am making but¬ 
ter at present, as there is no cheese fac¬ 
tory near. Plenty of customers for butter 
but quite a little extra work for the wife. 
I have four calves, 22 pigs. They and Mrs. 
I’, took a vote to-day for or against white¬ 
washing, and the result was 26 to one 
against. I didn't vote, knew better. 
Mrs. P. cast the one vote for whitewash¬ 
ing, as she looked at it from a financial 
standpoint, for my cows (Holstein grades) 
pre young and will not produce as much 
money in butter as the milk would bring 
at the station. Milk was $1.15 per 100 
when mine was rejected. At the inspection 
of June 26 I was not at home, and did not 
see this inspector at ali, neither did lie see 
the cows, or the water supply for them, yet 
the score card indicates that he did. When 
he made tiic next visit I questioned him 
about the quality and condition of my milk 
when delivered at the station. lie said 
“lie didn’t care or know, my barn was not 
whitewashed and I couldn't take my milk 
there.” I have whitewashed the sides of 
my stable, as the inspector said the ceiling 
was not of so much importance, and I am 
now waiting for another visit, although I 
do not expect my milk will be taken back at 
tlie station, as I think when a man stands 
up for his rights they have no use for 
him. What can I do in regard to the 
sewage flowing from the milk station in 
tlie creek, which is the only water my stock 
have? Must I be able ro prove damage? 
I have asked the owner of the milk station 
if lie could not remedy it. but nothing has 
ever been done. This sewage flows down a 
ditch (which is practically all sewage ex¬ 
cept in heavy rains) for about 40 rods, and 
empties in tlie creek less than one-half 
mile from my pasture. Now I don't want 
to be put down as a “chronic kicker,” for 
I believe in good stables, good cows and 
good milk, hut if farmers have to do all 
the board of health requires, why not get 
more than 2% cents a quart for the milk? 
If a man’s stable scores 70, why should he 
not get more for his milk than one who 
scores 50? I say give the man who scores 
most points a better price for his milk, and 
in a short time stables that score low will 
be the exception rather than the rule. See 
Bulletin No. 337, New York Experiment 
Station, Geneva. H. g. p. 
New l'ork. 
It. N.-Y.—You could prove by the inspec¬ 
tion orders that the drains from tlie cream¬ 
ery damage you. To enforce your claim you 
will probably have to employ a lawyer to 
make legal complaint. 
The dairying has been on the decline for 
a good many years, owing to scarcity of 
help and high price of feed, until at the 
present time there is not one cow where 
there used to be anywhere from five to 10. 
Most of the milk produced about here is 
retailed in Ashtabula city. Farmers re¬ 
ceive about 14 cents per gallon; retailers 
sell for seven cents per quart in the city 
proper or older part, and six cents at har¬ 
bor. The hay crop was below the average, 
pastures are short and rather dry; labor 
is high, and feed is anywhere from $1.25 
to $1.85 per hundred. I think the farmer 
has hold of the short end of the rope. I 
have about 40 head, old and young, about 
one-half of them are purebred Holsteins. 
I have some very fine ones, some choice 
half bloods. I have as good a farm of 150 
acres, and about 25 dairy cows (usually), 
as there is in this section, and it takes 
about all there is to pay help, taxes and 
live. c. J. m. 
Ashtabula, O. 
For some years a number of Americans 
have been importing Kerry and Dexter cat¬ 
tle from Ireland and England to America, 
inasmuch as ttiese cattle have now in¬ 
creased in numbers to justify the same, 
there has been organized tlie American 
Kerry and Dexter Cattle Club, to maintain 
a herd book and to assist in promoting 
the welfare of these cattle. Tliis club 
was organized in July, 1911. with C. S. 
Plumb, Columbus, O., secretary-treasurer. 
Switzerland exported $6,008,656 worth 
of condensed milk in 1910. There is a 
“trade agreement” between manufacturers 
in Switzerland and in this country so that 
no attempt is made to export this milk to 
America. 
Heifer with Defective Udder. 
I have a heifer with first calf, two of 
her teats do not give any milk. There is 
no trouble witli it, only no milk passes into 
it. I opened with large needle up to 
udder, but it seems no milk came from 
them. Is there any remedy? Calf is now 
about two weeks old; other teats give 
milk freely. L. M. b. 
Texas. 
Nothing can be done in such a case, as 
the quarters simply <lo not possess the 
normal function of milk secretion. It does 
not pay to keep such a cow for dairy pur¬ 
pose. A. s. a. 
Garget. 
I have a Jersey cow (old) that has been 
milking now 12 months and is not in calf. 
When I bought her one of her back quar¬ 
ters was hard and callous. I milked some 
thick yellow substance out. She has been 
milking well from the other three quarters 
till yesterday, when I noticed the milk from 
the other back quarter go the same, thick, 
yellow and knotty, and certainly not fit 
for use. s. r. t. 
New Jersey. 
Tuberculosis of the udder sometimes is 
present in such cases, and for that reason 
the cow should be tested with tuberculin, 
which is absolutely harmless to an unaffect¬ 
ed cow, but will settle the matter one way 
or the other inside of 48 hours. Apart 
from 'the question of tuberculosis, we do 
not believe in using the milk from an udder 
that has two quarters affected with gar¬ 
get (mammitis). Such a cow, if not tuber¬ 
culous, should he fattened off or sold to 
the dealer for immediate slaughter. 
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