1011. 
122a 
MIL K. 
The New York Exchange price is $2.01 
per 40-quart can, netting 4% cents per 
quart to shippers in 26-cent zone who have 
no additional station charges. 
DAIRYMEN’S LEAGUE MEETING. 
Seventy-five delegates, representing about 
2,600 stockholders of the Dairymen’s 
League, assembled in Albany on Tuesday, 
December 12 for the purpose of electing a 
new board of directors and the transaction 
of other business. The League is an in¬ 
corporated body with an authorized capital 
of $100,000, and its avowed purposes are 
to "oppose and prevent monopoly in the 
production or sale of milk, and to encour¬ 
age competition therein,” etc. The meet¬ 
ing of the League -was held in the City 
flail and the sessions were private, no out¬ 
siders being permitted to attend. At the 
close of the afternoon session it was an¬ 
nounced that these directors had been 
chosen for the coming year: John Y. 
Gerow of Orange Co.; Warren D. Haggerty 
of Sussex Co.. N. .T., Harvey Bull of Orange 
Co.; F. D. Kershaw of Onondaga Co. : J. 
L. Hartnett of Cortland Co.; B. F. Liv¬ 
ingston of Chemung and Tioga Counties; 
W. J. Axtell of Western Delaware and 
Broome Counties; Lewis M. Hardin of 
Sussex Co., N. J. ; D. M. Wright of Wash¬ 
ington Co. ; E. Leach of Chenango Co.; 
W. FI. Danehy of Madison Co.; II. W. 
Culver of Dutchess Co. ; Oscar Bailey of 
Putnam Co.; A. E. Sheard of Pennsyl¬ 
vania ; D. II. Clements of Sullivan and 
Ulster Counties ; Clifford E. Hough of Con¬ 
necticut, and Ira Sharpe, Lewis Co. ; D. 
II. Slitpr. Delaware Co. : Frank Sherman, 
Columbia Co. ; the last three being State 
Grange nominees upon the board of direc¬ 
tors. The board of directors will shortly 
meet to select from their number officers 
of the League for the coming year. Among 
the resolutions passed was one calling upon 
Congress to restore the duty upon cream im¬ 
ported from Canada to the same figure 
which pi’evailed under the McKinley tariff 
hill, viz., five cents per pound, instead of 
five cents per gallon as now; also the 
board of directors was instructed to draft 
a bill for presentation to the next ses¬ 
sion of the Legislature providing for 
monthly payments by consignees for milk 
P"d cream shipped to the metropolitan dis¬ 
trict. 
Cows have sold here from $20 to $75; 
horses from $50 to $150. Good young 
horses are sold at private sale from $200 
up. according to size and condition. Hay 
sells from $16 to $20 loose as to quality ; 
no silage or manures sold. No milk is sold 
In this vicinity ; creamery paid .35 cents for 
butter fat in October; present price. 36 
cents for butter. Apples, 50 cents per 
bushel; potatoes, 80 cents; pork, 7% cents 
dressed ; chickens nine cents live; turkeys, 
20 cents dressed. f w' d 
In an effort to explain the plans of the 
N. Y. Dept, of Health regarding the new 
measure which will require the pasteuriza¬ 
tion of all but certain special grades of 
milk after January 1, Health Commissioner 
Lederle is conferring with representatives 
of the various milk companies. The first 
conference was hold December 7 and an¬ 
other will be held December 14. Some of 
the small milk dealers have criticised the 
new measure, saying it favors the so-called 
Milk Trust. Commissioner Lederle said he 
did not believe it would, although he knew 
it would cost a considerable sum to install 
such plants. Commissioner Lederle will not 
countenance any but real pasteurization. 
It was said at the department that rigid 
inspection would preclude the production 
of “commercially pasteurized” milk, from 
which, according to a statement made by 
Nathan Straus, persons in Washington and 
Boston had contracted contagious diseases. 
Mr. Straus was speaking before the Public 
Health Association conference at Havana 
when he made the statement. Dr. L. Em¬ 
mett Ilolt. Dr. William P. Northrup and Dr. 
Howland G. Freeman attended the first milk 
conference. Representatives of the Whole¬ 
sale Milk Dealers’ Association, the Sanitary 
Bureau of the Milk Dealers’ Association 
and the New York Sanitary Milk Dealers’ 
Association attended. Commissioner Led- 
crle said that a number of the largest con¬ 
cerns had already installed pasteurization 
plants. 
Extra good Holstein cows are bringing 
almost any sum in reason, but there are 
not many on the market. Ordinary and 
cows over eight years run from $35 up to 
$60. Above prices are for springers and 
fresh milkers. Silos being a practically 
new thing in this neighborhood, I have been 
unable to learn of any silage being sold. 
Barnyard or stable manure is not on sale 
anywhere through this section, I believe, 
and the product of fhe livery stables varies 
so much that there is no set value. Ordi¬ 
nary hay is from $12 and $14 up. Alfalia 
baled by carload lots $21 up, plus freight. 
Most of the milk companies are paying 
Borden’s price, $2 per 100 pounds for milk 
up to legal standard. Others require milk 
to be 3.6 per cent, butter fat. At least 
one company pays Exchange price, 4% 
cents per quart at present. w. i. a. 
Oxford Depot, N. H. 
I have a little Guernsey cow; she has 
been a family cow, and I also bought her 
heifer which was nine months old and was 
very small. I never thought the heifer would 
amount to very much, as it never grew 
very large. The first time the cow fresh¬ 
ened with me she gave me 21 quarts or 
strained milk for three months and then 
she shrunk up a little. She stayed two 
months dry and she freshened three weeks 
ago for the second time, and now she is 
milking 21 quarts. The little heifer came 
in 13 days ago and she is milking 15% 
quarts a day. I don’t think that the regis¬ 
tered Holstein cows can beat her very 
much. j. a. a. 
Massachusetts. 
R. N.-Y.—Both are good cows, but we 
would rather have that yield in actual 
pounds—weighed every day. The “quart” 
method is not always reliable. We have 
known people to figure that a cow gave 
a “pailful” at a milking. The pail holds 
10 quarts, but is not always full. The 
scales tell the story. 
I quote you prices in our community and 
local markets. Horses from $75 to $200; 
THE KUKAL NEW-VOKKfirt 
cows from $25 to $45. Hogs, eight cents 
per pound, dressed; veals, 10 to 11 cents 
per pound. Potatoes, 60 to 70 cents per 
bushel; apples from 40 to 75 cents per 
bushel; corn, in ear, 40 cents per bushel; 
oats, 50 cents. Hay, $20 per ton; corn 
fodder, five cents per shock. Butter from 
27 to 30 cents per pound; eggs, 25 cents 
per dozen. Milk sells at eight cents per 
quart in our neighboring towns; chickens 
from six to eight cents per pound, live 
weight. There is no silage sold in this sec¬ 
tion. Manure sells for $1 per load. At 
auction, at saPs around here, hay, grain 
and stock generally bring about as much as 
it is selling for in the market. They usually 
give from six to nine months’ credit on 
sums over $5, which means a good bit to 
most people and helps to sell. e. e. j. 
Brookville, Pa. 
General prices for farm produce at auc¬ 
tion are as follows : Hay, $15 to $18 per 
ton ; straw, $5 to $8 per ton ; manure, 59 
cents per ton ; corn on ear, 30 to 35 cents 
per bushel; oats, 40 cents per bushel ; buck¬ 
wheat, $1.25 per 100; potatoes. 65 cents 
per bushel; apples. $1 per bushel. Cows, 
$25 to $40 per head; horses, $100 to $200 
per head; two-year-old cattle, $25 to $40 
per head, four cents per pound; yearling 
cattle. $15 to $20 per head, three cents per 
pound ; hogs, $5 per 100 pounds; chickens, 
eight to 10 cents per pound ; milk, six cents 
per quart. w. e. 
Cambridge Springs, Pa. 
Spring cows sell for $25 to $40 per head 
and fresh ones $50 to $65; horses $50 to 
$200. Hogs 5% cents per pound; corn 35 
cents per bushel; potatoes 71 cents; wheat 
00 cents; oats 50 cents; apples 50 cents. 
Hay $20 per ton. straw $10. I do not 
know the price of silage ; I never saw any 
sold. Chickens 11 and 12 cents per pound. 
Manure $1 per load. Butter 40 cents; eggs 
40 cents; rye SO cents; dressed beef six 
and seven cents. c. f. 
Novelty, Ohio. 
There have been a large number of pub¬ 
lic sales in this and adjoining counties this 
Fall. Good horses sell well from $150 to 
$250; plugs very slow sale on account of 
high-priced feed. All kinds of hay sell at 
from $15 per ton in barn to as high as 
$22 ; corn from 50 cents in crib to 60 cents 
delivered. Stock cattle, $4.50 per 100 
pounds; milch cows, $35 to $100. Fat hogs, 
six cents; stock hogs, $5.50; baled straw, 
$6 per ton ; Alfalfa hay, $22; not much 
sold. I am not posted on price of milk, 
as very little is shipped from here. Ilog 
cholera in the north part otf the county 
and the counties adjoining has about 
cleaned the country of hogs, leaving many 
farmers without their Winter meat. Far¬ 
mers shelling corn find more spoilt corn 
than usual, caused by so much rain. Wheat 
mostly sown late and much of it only show¬ 
ing through the ground. Glover seed worth 
from $9 to $12 per bushel; Timothy from 
$5 to $7.50. Apples plentiful and sell from 
35 to 50 cents per bushel. I’otatoes, 75 
cents to $1.25. f. a 
Hillsboro, O. 
Horses. $00 to $150; steers average 4% 
cents per pound ; cows average $30; veal 
calves, seven cents per pound • hogs, 5% 
cents per pound ; pigs, $2 each; sheep two 
cents per pound; lambs, four cents per 
pound. Hay, $1 per 100; corn fodder, 20 
cents per shock ;wheat straw, $10 per ton ;oat 
straw, $12 per ton. Manure made on farm, 
$2 per ton ; commercial fertilizers average 
$22 per ton. Wheat. 95 cents per bushel; 
corn, 1911 crop, 70 cents per bushel; oats, 
50 cents per bushel; rye, $1.25 per bushel; 
buckwheat, 80 cents per bushel. Tobacco, 
eight cents per pound. Potatoes, $1.10 per 
bushel; sweet potatoes, $1 per bushel; 
Winter apples, 75 cents per bushel; milk, 
28 cents per gallon; dairy butter, 25 cents 
per pound; packing stock. 20 cents per 
pound. Eggs, 36 cents per dozen. Poultry 
—Hens, seven cents per pound : roosters, 
five cents per pound; turkeys, 12 cents per 
pound ; geese, 8 cents per pound ; ducks, 10 
tents per pound. Rabbits. $1.20 per dozen, 
and black walnuts one cent per pound. The 
above quotations on produce are what farm¬ 
ers receive. a k 
Hollis, O. 
There was a public sale right on the 
State line between Illinois and Wisconsin 
a few miles from Kenosha a few days ago; 
prices were about as follows: Horses, $100 
to $225. A pair of well-matched yearling 
colts, good size, went for about $180. Cows, 
springers and new milkers, $45 to $70; 
dry cows. $21 to $37.50; yearling heifers, 
$15 to $20. Brood sows $15 to $40; stock 
hogs about 7% cents. Tools, wagons and 
buggies any old price; hay, $15 to $20; 
corn in shock, 25 to 60 cents, according to 
quality and quantity of corn; oat straw, 
$6 to $8; chickens about eight cents per 
pound. g. A. M. 
Kenosha, Wis. 
Cows Wear Clothes. —Consul Henry D. 
Baker of New Zealand says that a large 
proportion of the horses and cows in that 
country wear clothes. In cold or wet 
weather a large proportion of the horses 
and cows have canvas covers strapped 
about them. It is not customary to house 
the cattle in the Winter, yet some protec¬ 
tion is needed in the pasture, so that these 
covers may be kept on all through the Win¬ 
ter. During Spring and Autumn they are 
put on at night and removed in the 
morning. The covers are usually made of 
sailcloth or heavy duck, with leather trim¬ 
mings and straps. Covers for horses sell 
for about $4.86 apiece, while cow covers 
cost about $4. Some of them are quite 
fancy, and it would seem, that there are 
special styles for cows as well as for 
humans. This will be a new thing to 
many of our readers, yet in a climate like 
New Zealand clothes for the horses and 
cattle appear to be the proper thing. We 
can imagine a saucy Jersey heifer asking 
her mother if her hat is on straight, or 
if there is a wrinkle in the back of her 
coat 
Poisonous Oleo. —The English Consul 
General states that in Germany cases of 
poisoning have been traced to the use of 
oleo. The manufacturer of this stuff was 
convicted and fined a total of $10,000. 
“Hitherto the vegetable oils mixed with 
the animal fat had been cocoa-nut oil and 
palm nut oil. but in order to meet the exi¬ 
gencies of the growing business and to com¬ 
pete against rival factories, other kinds or 
oil derived from the fruit of plants not so 
well known were bought and added to the 
product. Various grades of margarine ap¬ 
pear to be prepared in order to meet the 
requirements of different classes of custom¬ 
ers ; thus, for the very poor, there is a 
product called ‘Backa,’ which was prepared 
of 70 per cent of oil of cardamoms, or some¬ 
thing similar, 6 per cent of mutton fat, 14 
per cent of cotton-seed oil, and 10 per cent 
of sesame seed oil. This product was sold 
at 5d. per pound.” 
The manufacturer claimed that his chem¬ 
ists told him the stuff was pure and healthy, 
but it is. 10 to one that he never dared to 
oat it. 
Rplojan HarPQ-P^'S 1 ' 66 ^ ^ u ^ ns red. empire 
Dclgldll ndieb STATE RABBITRY, Esperance, N. Y. 
HORSES 
FORTY 
Stallions 
and Mares 
Belgians & 
Percherons 
Will Arrive 
at the 
SHARON VALLEY STOCK FARM, Dec. 21 or 22 
They are an extra fine lot, and will be 
SOLD BY AUCTION between the 
1st and 15th of JANUARY, 1912 
Everyone that wants to improve his stock and be 
up to date must not fail to attend this sale. 
COL. G. W. CRAWFORD, P rop., Newark, Ohio 
P ercheron and Belgian Stallions and Mares for sale 
at farmers' prices. A. W. GREEN, Route 1, 
Middiefield, O. Railroad station, East Orwell, O., 
On I'onna. h’.lv. 30 miles north of Youngstown, O , 
For Sale—$500—Beautiful Bay 5- 
year Registered Morgan Stallion 
Madison Square Garden last month. Great Stock 
Horse. Cheap at $2,500. A money maker. JOHN 
F. PEARSON, 62 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
3DAIRY CATTLE 
Young 
...WE HAVE A FEW... 
BULLS FOR SALE 
THAT ARE READY FOR SERVICE. 
THEY ARE FROM ADVANCED REGISTRY 
DAMS, AND BY ONE OP THE BEST SIRES 
OF THE HOLST El N-FRIESIAN BREED. 
WE ARE SHORT OF ROOM AND WILL 
MAKE PRICES ON THESE FELLOWS 
THAT WILL SURELY MOVE THEM. 
Write for Pedigrees and Prices. 
IV OODCREST FARM 
RIFT ON, /Vo V. 
KftHOLSTEINS 
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. 
UOLSTEINS—10 heifers and 2 bulls, 3 to 4 weeks old, 
*■ 15-lCtli pure, well marked and from heavy milk¬ 
ers, $15.00 each, crated for shipment. One yearling 
bull, $45.00. Edgewood Farm, Route 7, Whitewater, Wis. 
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES 
ter Bov, 62720. for sale cheap. OSWEGO RIVER 
STOCK FARMS. Phoenix. New York. 
READY FOR SERVICE-^”S^rndyke 
DE KOL 4TH, registered show Holstein, born 
Dee. 5, 1910. Nearly all white. Prize winner at 
Fall Fairs. Price, $100 f. o. b. Send for pedigree. 
CLOVERDALE FARM, Charlotte, N. Y. 
FOR <5111 F~ 33 tuberculin tested grade holstein 
lUil OHLL HEIFERS; 1 to 3 years old: about 25 
of them to freshen between now and Spring; bred 
to a pure bred Holstein Bull: balance not bred; 
nicely marked; a fine lot. R. D. LEE, Cazenovia, 
Madison County, New York, _ 
LAUREL FARM 
nomically turn farm produce into money— 
JERSEYS, and the swine that do the same 
thing— BERKSHIRES. Which do YOU want ? 
J. GRANT MORSE, Hamilton, N. Y. 
“ <^> U ALI T Y” 
FOR SALE- THREE RICHLY BRED YOUNG JERSEY 8ULLS 
DAMS HAVING YEARLY AUTHENTICATED RECORDS, as follows; 
Dam of No. 1, 8128.3 lbs. milk in 286 days, 
„ testing 527 lbs. 12 oz. butter 
Dam of No. 2, 11265.3 lbs. milk in 365 days, 
testing 701 lbs. 12 oz. butter 
Dam of No. 3, 12840.6 lbs. milk in 365 days, 
testing 803 lbs. io oz. butter 
Write for description ami prices, or come and see 
them, visitors always welcome. 
E. W. Mosher, “ KRIGHTSIDE,” Aurora. New York 
Eureka Stock Fariu-Sl'SVSIitoS 1 -! 
years old. Chester White, Poland China and 
Berkshire Pigs. Scotch Collie Pups and a variety 
Of poultry. Send two-cent stamp for circular. 
KDWAUD WALTER. West Chester, Pa. 
SWINE 
KALORAMA FARM 
is now offering a limited number of 
BERKSHIRE PIGS 
from eight to twelve weeks old, of 
* the highest qnality aud breeding, 
. . . AT REASONABLE PRICES . . . 
CALVIN J. HUSON, - PENN YAN, N. Y 
GIVEN Berkshire or Duroc Pig for a few 
**■■*.■■ hours of your time, stamp for parti¬ 
culars. PENNA, BERKSHIRE COMPANY, 
Eannettshnrg, _ Pennsyl vania. 
FASHIONABLY BRED BERKSHIRES 
A few Spring and Summer PIGS for sale at rea- 
sonable prices. Dr . J. R. ALLEN, Orwell, N. Y. 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES.-{*,„•-} 
in Connecticut. Sows bred for April litters all sold. 
Have 4 sows bred to farrow in July; late, toser- 
vice of Watson's Masterpiece. W ill book orders 
for March and April pigs now. Send for new 
Booklet. J. E. WATSON. Piunrietor, Marbledale, Conn. 
WANTFfl TWO BERKSHIRE SOWS,6 months 
TV nil I LU to 8 months old: one Berkshire Boar 
Pig, 6 weeks old; one O. I. 0. Boar Pig, 6 weeks 
old. All above to lie registered. 
_ P. O. Rox 814 , Millerton, N. Y. 
I A ROE BERKSHIRES AT HIGlIWOOII—DinHix farhof the pant 
L live years we have sold more registered Herkshires than any 
other breeder In the United States. This is shown bv the 
records of the American Berkshire Association. We have over 
•ion registered Herkshires ami Invite the closest Inane, tion. 
Special offering now of Service Boars at from $2. : » up. n <• aro 
bi oe«iing 80 young Sows that will be sold showing sale with 
pig. II. C. A II. 11. IIARPJsNDING, Du.ndkk, N. Y. 
START RIGHT gr 0 uR PAIR 
HIGH-BRED BERKSHIRE PIGS 
Bred for Utility of the Best Strains. 
Write for particulars. 
CHERRY HILL FRUIT FARM, Toboso, Licking Co., Ohio 
DUROCS~V rize winners and descended 
, , . . . from prize winners of the best 
C 1 , ,re ?' 1 - J' erd l?ns established. All ages 
Male and Female For Sale. Pigs, seiwico hoars I red 
f‘,'imo? pe Vx7 -. ts ?" <1 s .?' vs - Priced ,0 Sllif ,lle ordinary 
farmer. Write, describing what you want. 
a. l. t081ER, new Salem, Fairfield Co., Ohio 
CHELD0N FARM registered Durocs. Pigs of boi h sex 
Hied Sows. Service Hoars Best of breeding. 
C. K. BARNKS. Oxford, N. Y. 
nilRflR JERSEY service boars —2011 ibs. 
B r lmrvu d u ilts .»^ lle BOARS and GILTS. 
C. C. MILLER, Route 9, Decatur, Ind. 
niiRnn^ the big ’ nEKp feuows 
HWIIUUO that grow aud mature quickly. 
Pigs and Gilts for sale at all times. 
SHENANGO RIVER FARM S, Transfer, Pa. 
CHESHIRES The long, deep-bodied, white bacon hog; 
;- Prize winners at State and oonntv fair. 
\V l-itu your wants. E. K. MO RSE, Moravia, N. Y. 
f| I f? ~ Tllrce four-months’ Boars, 100 lbs. each, 
o 1 11 .v, MSIOench; registered, $11. Valley View 
Branch, Maple Glen Po ultry Farm, Millor-ton, N.Y. 
CflD C Al C —2 ? Chester White Boars, weight 
FUn wHLb 2-5 lbs. each. These younglU ars 
are sired by Sunny Jim. No. 15625. the greatest 
Chester White sire of to-day. Everyone a perfect 
individual. Price $25.06 each, if ordered at once. 
_ „ heart’s relight farm 
L. E. Hamilton, Mgr., Chazy, New York, 
n I P >q OF SUPERIOR QUALITY—Aug. & Sept. Pigs, 
, ", 0 pairs and trios, not akin. Registered in 
buyer s name. Fred Nickel, Monroe, Mich., R. No. 1. 
Reg. 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 ii circulars. Hamilton & Co., Ercildoun Pa. 
* -*■-*- '*--*•■*■****♦■■»■■»■**»- f 
[BELTED HAMPSHIRE SWINEl 
4 WELL MARKED PIGS t 
j CHAS. STEWART DAVISON ► 
| 60 Wall St.j New York City 
SHEE 
C I V Registered Shropshire Ewe Lambs, $6 each. 
OIA E. £. STEVENS & SON, Wilson, N. Y. 
Uogs and Ferrets 
FERRETS FOR SALE - ™ 6 fov pricelis< 
DeKleine Bros., 
and catalogue, its free. 
Jamestown, Michigan. 
FFRFFT^ F0R SALE—Choice stock. Order atonce 
■ Liiui_io while the supply lasts. Prices—$3 per 
single male, $4 per single female, $38 per doz. Send 
orders to K E EFE R BROTHERS, Greenwich, Ohio. 
Pm I IF Pll DQ-From imported stock. Females 
UULLIL I Ul O cheap. Nelson Bros. Grove City. Pa. 
3DA.IHY CATTLE 
Milk Prndlirpr? f° r New York City market 
luim riUUUterN des j v j ng information how to 
torni branches of tlie Dairymen’s League, write to 
She Secretary, Albert Manning Otisville. N. Y. 
Breed Up—Not Down~J e .T’„“"i,Sl’S 
buy. Superior dairy dams. No better sires. It. F. 
SHANNON, 967 Liberty Street. Pittsburg, Pa. 
FAR 9AI F— registered jerseys—cow? 
I UIl OHLL HEIFERS and young bulls 
large selection; blue ribbon winners: won in butte 
see Uiem. Full particulars c 
DAVID WALLACE, Supt. Rumsonhill Farm, Fairhaven, N. . 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN ASS’N, 
Purebred Registered 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
Though they hold all butter and milk records both 
in actual quantity and in economy of production, 
still they are an all round breed. When properly 
fattened, their beef can be distinguished from Short¬ 
horns’ only by an expert. 
Strong and healthy, they thrive on coarse food and do 
well in any climate; they breed regularly and have calves 
that are easily reared. Under modern conditions they 
make good in every respect. 
Send lor Free Illustrated Descriptive Booklets. 
They contain •valuable information for any Dairy¬ 
man. 
F. L. HOUGHTON, Sec’y, Box 105, Brattleboro, Vt. 
