1912. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
17 
M I XL. 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. 
As it is a physical impossibility, accord¬ 
ing to Health Commissioner Lederle of New 
York City, for all milk dealers in this city 
to install pasteurization plants by January 
1, the Board of Health will take some ac¬ 
tion looking to a solution of the problem. 
The Board of Health issued an order about 
a year ago that on January 1, 1912, all 
milk sold in this city, except certain high 
grades, must be pasteurized. During the 
last year many milk dealers have installed 
such plants, while others as yet have hot 
done so. There also has been some uncer¬ 
tainty in the minds of dealers as to the 
“certain high grades” which do not neces¬ 
sarily have to be pasteurized. When asked 
if the board would grant an extension of 
time. Commissioner Lederle intimated that 
some delay would be granted to the milk 
dealers, and added: 
“I am not in a position to say just what 
action will be taken. It is impossible for all 
the requirements of the order to be met by 
January 1, and therefore the board will 
have to consider the matter at a meeting 
this week.” 
Representatives of the milk dealers’ as¬ 
sociations in this city have already had 
two conferences with Commissioner Lederle, 
and are expecting to go over the pasteuriza¬ 
tion plans again with him. The milk deal¬ 
ers are anxiously awaiting further action by 
the board, many of them looking for an 
extension of time in which to meet the 
requirements of the most sweeping order 
ever issued regarding the city’s milk sup¬ 
ply. 
“Pasteurizing” City Milk. 
On page 1244 we gave the grades under 
which New York milk will be sold, under 
orders from the Board of Health. As usual 
in such cases each interest looks at it from 
its own point of view. The consumers will 
be forced to pay more, the dealers will 
have to buy an expensive outfit, and the 
farmers will receive no benefit. As usual 
they will be cursed for the “high cost of 
living” which has been imposed by other 
Interests. We have collected opinions from 
a number of interested parties. Fair sam¬ 
ples of them are given here for compari¬ 
son : 
The “Sanitary” Argument. 
We may now venture to say. from pres¬ 
ent indications, that our Health Commis¬ 
sioner has about solved the much discussed 
milk question. There have been so many 
interests .. involved that he has naturally 
been somewhat hampered in his efforts, 
making the final adjustment seem rather 
slow; while as a matter of fact, he has 
made steady progress in the right direction. 
To revolutionize the milk supply of this 
city, making it the best in the world, is a 
gigantic undertaking which the commis¬ 
sioner will undoubtedly accomplish. To this 
end he has left nothing undone in the way 
of experiment, investigation, conferring' 
with the trade interests, with scientists, 
and of endeavoring, though not always suc¬ 
cessfully, to obtain necessary appropriations 
in order to carry the work to a happy 
conclusion. Tt now appears that the new 
arrangement will be one that nobody can 
justly oppose. It may eventually result in 
higher milk bills, but if this should be fol¬ 
lowed by lower doctor’s and undertaker’s 
bills, there will naturally be few to find 
fault. Dr. Lederle must appreciate his re¬ 
sponsibility in this connection, and as the 
factors that will largely influence the price 
as well as the quality of milk will be under 
his immediate control, he will no doubt 
exercise his authority most wisely, to the 
end that the people be assured of both good 
milk and plenty of it; which means that 
any new ordinance that should result in a 
greatly reduced milk consumption would 
be considered ineffective and undesirable. 
For nobody understands better than the 
Commissioner that the restrictions on milk 
may be carried so far as to affect materially 
both the price and the consumption; and 
that when the necessities of life are so 
high, especially to the poor, the price of the 
chief article of food of the little ones can¬ 
not be permitted to become prohibitory. 
According to my information both raw 
and pasteurized milk, dipped and bottled, 
will continue to be sold on and after the 
first of January as it is now; the only 
difference being in restrictions that are in¬ 
tended to result in a cleaner and safer 
milk. There will also be a “cooking milk” 
which must be marked and sold as such. 
Since some restrictions are necessary to aid 
consummation of the object that the Com¬ 
missioner has in view, namely, the better¬ 
ment of the milk supply, and as he is the 
guardian of the people’s health, we should 
all unite in extending to him our hearty 
support. This much the situation demands; 
and it is due to Dr. Lederle in appreciation 
of his arduous labors in this field, and in 
acknowledgment of the courtesies that he 
has shown to those with whom he has con¬ 
ferred on the subject, and of the great 
benefit derived from his work by all the 
people of New York. k. b. 
R. N.-Y.-—The farmer appears to be very 
small potatoes in this milk matter. All 
he need do is to furnish the cows and barns 
and lanterns and feed and labor, and haul 
the milk to the ears and wait 30 days or 
more for his pay. In the words of the late 
Tosh Billings, he is expected to “take the 
big end of the log and do the lifting,” 
while the other fellows, the middlemen, in¬ 
spectors and various regulators and ad¬ 
visers, “take the small end and do the 
grunting.” It has repeatedly been shown 
that farmers will make as good milk as they 
iire paid for. but they have not yet learned 
how to make a nine-cent product for three 
or four cents, and in this they are not 
different from manufacturers in other lines. 
As for “pasteurizing” it has been repeated¬ 
ly claimed that the apparatus for doing the 
work is controlled by a trust or monopoly 
which will be enriched by the change while 
farmers will get no more for their milk. 
They will be cursed for the raise in price. 
The Milk Dealer’s Story. 
The following prophetic statement is 
made by a New York milk dealer: 
“Being thoroughly conversant with pres¬ 
ent state of affairs, it is with pleasure 
I present my views. Now for the past few 
years the Board of Health has placed iron- 
bound rules and restrictions on the hand¬ 
ling of milk, from the time it leaves the 
farmer till it has reached the consumer, 
and I may state that it is almost a certainty 
that no milk entered the city unfit for con¬ 
sumption even by infants. Why the neces¬ 
sity for pasteurization? The majority of 
small shippers who heretofore complied in 
every way with the rules of the Board of 
Health, will be unable to finance the pro¬ 
posed process outlined by the Board, ahd 
will naturally be obliged to sell out to 
large concerns who are financially capable 
of doing so. Such concerns will gradu¬ 
ally corner the market and form a trust, 
then supply but certain dealers, who will 
meet their exorbitant demands. This cer¬ 
tainly will force a great number out of 
business. Then when we have a trust, the 
natural course of events will follow : First 
and foremost, boom of prices from appror.i- 
matel.v three to four cents per quart, a:: 
but recent instances show prosecution of 
the trusts amount to nothin?; and their 
origin can be traced back in the majority 
of cases to such ordinances as the one in 
question. T sincerely hope that the people 
will fully realize the deadly results as 
above outli.iod before it is too late.” 
No milk is shipped from Granby, Mass.; 
it is sold in Holyoke, five miles away and 
Chicopee, six miles away. Peddlers bring 
clean cans to the barns and pay 4% to 
those about five miles away and 4% to 
those farther back. The town inspector 
looks after the cattle. The city inspector 
also inspects barn and milk room. All 
stables must be whitewashed, nothing un¬ 
reasonable required by the inspectors here. 
The majority feed silage and heavily with 
grain. There were only two farmers in 
town who put their silage in before the 
very early frost caught it. Cows are high 
in price, nothing less than $70 to $100. and 
these are grade Ilolsteins. A few have 
sold their cows and sell the hay in the 
city; horse hay worth $23 per ton. There 
are but very few calves raised here. One 
cattle dealer here ships on an average 50 
calves a week. d. w 
Granby, Mass. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
AGENTS 100|j>RgFIT 
13 In One 
Just out. 
Patented. New Useful Combination 
Low priced. Agents aroused. Sales easy. Every homo need 
tools. Here are 15 tools In one. Essex, Co., N. Y. agent sold 10 
first few days. Mechanic in shop sold 50 to fellow workmen 
Big snap to hustlers. Just write a postal—say: Give mo specie 
confidential terms. Ten-Inch sample free if you moan business 
THOMAS MEG. CO., 5865 Wayne Street, DAYTON, OHI( 
S AVE YOUR BACK 
Save time, horses, work 
. and money by using an 
Electric Handy Wagon 
I Low wheels, broad tires. No 
living man can build a better. 
Book on “Wheel Sense" free. 
ELECTRIC WHEEL CO. Boi 48 Qulncr, III. 
■fATIj'f f DRILLING 
If £/ \j 1/ MACHINES 
Over 70 sizes and styles, for drilling either deep or 
(hallow wells In any kind or soil or rock. Mounted on 
wheel8oron sills. With engines or horse powers. Strong, 
simple and durable. Any mechanic can operate them 
eaiily. Send for catalog. 
WILLIAMS BROS.. Ithaca. N. Y. 
COOK YOUR FEED and SAVE 
Half the Cost—with the 
PROFIT PARM BOILER 
With Dumping Caldron. Empties 
its kettloin one minute. Thesimpleit 
and best arrangement for cooking 
food for stock. Also make Dairy and 
Laundry Stoves, Water and 
Steam Jacket Kettles, Hog 
Scalders, Caldrons.etc. Z3^'Send 
for particulars and ask for circnlai- J, 
D. R. Sperry & Co., Batavia, Ill. 
F armer s’ F avorite 
Feed Cookers and Agricultural Boilers 
often add 25% to the flow of milk during 
winter months. Burn any fuel. Capaci¬ 
ties range from 25 gal. to 100 gal. 
Guaranteed satisfactory or your money 
back. IVrite for Catalog with Price-List. 
Lewis Mfg. Co., Box (; Cortland, N.V. 
The Milk Pail 
r That Keeps Milk Clean* 
Thispailkeepsoutthedirt bain 
, and filth that get in at mtlk- 
/ ingtime. Strong,patterned 
fright, easy to wash. We ' 
1 prove it. 
STERILAC 
SANITARY MILK PAIL 
i Approved by up-to-date dairy- , 
\inen . Price 92.60. Sent direct l 
Lon Ten Days’ Approval if not' 
AJound at your dealer’s. 
^STERILAC COMPANY' 
8 Merchants Row, 
Boston, Mass. 
'-s\ /1 
Write for Free Booklet 
"How f> Raise Calves Cheaply and Successfully Without Milk' 
Contains full information and complete feeding directions for using 
Blatchford’s Calf Meal—The Perfect Milk Substitute 
Three or four calves can be raised on it at the cost of one where milk is fed. 
tio mill feed The only calf meal manufactured in an exclusive Calf Meal Factory 
Established at Leicester, England, in 18QD. 
Blatchford’s Calf Meal Factory, - - Waukegan, Illinois 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN ASS’N, 
Purebred Registered 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
You are certain of results when you choose Holsteins; 
their characteristics are fixed through centuries of 
selection and breeding by a race of dairymen whose 
object has been to produce the largest possible 
amount of beef and milk from the same animal. 
They breed regularly and true to type and are the largest, 
most vigorous of dairy cattle, the greatest yieklers and the 
most economical to feed. 
Send for Free Illustrated Descriptive Booklets. 
They contain valuable information for any Dairy¬ 
man. 
F. L. HOUGHTON, Sec’y, Box 105, Brattleboro, Vt> 
SWINTE 
KALORAMA FARM 
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 
SUNNY BANK FARM 
D |Tn If CllllirC Both sexes; Master- 
** ■■ ■■ « * * ■ ■■ v piece and Longfellow 
breedings. §10.00 and §12.00. Registration free. 
A. F. JONES, P. 0. Box 117, BRIDGEHAMPTON, N. Y. 
BERKSHIRE BOAR PIGS“S.”“f,S ler s " 
weeks old, $9.00. Registered, S10.00. MAPLE 
GLEN POULTRY FARM MlLLEUTON, N. Y. 
Reg. P, Chinas, Berkshires, C. Whites. 
Fine, large strains: all ages, matod 
not akin. Bred sows service Boars, 
Jersey and Holstein Calves. Collie 
Pnps, Beagles and Foul try. Write for 
prices & circulars. Hamilton & Co., Ercildoun Pa. 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES. 
in Connecticut. Sows bred for April litters all sold. 
Have 4 sows bred to farrow In July; late, to ser¬ 
vice of Watson's Masterpiece. Will book orders 
for March and April pigs now. Send for new 
Booklet. J. E. WATSON. Pionrietor, Mnrhlednle, Conn. 
GIVEN 
A Berkshire or Dnroc Pig for a few 
hours of your time, stamp for parti¬ 
culars. PENNA, BERKSHIRE COMPANY, 
Fannettsburg, Pennsylvania. 
FASHIONABLY BRED BERKSHIRES 
A few Spring and Summer PIGS for sale at rea¬ 
sonable prices. Dr. J. R. ALLEN, Orwell, N. Y. 
L AROK Jtl.KKSlIIHEH AT IlKillWOOli —PurInK flit'll of t lie past 
live years wcliave sold more reitistered Berkshires than any 
other breeder in the United States. Tills Is shown by the 
records of the American Berkshire Association, We have over 
■100 registered Berkshires and Invite the closest Inspection. 
Special offering now of Service Hoars at from $2:. up. We arc 
brooding 80 young Sows that will be sold showing safe with 
pig. II. C. & H. It. HARI’KNIHNG, Duniikk, N. Y. 
QHELDON FARM registered Duroes. 
O Bred ~ 
Pigs of both sex. 
Bred Sows. Service Hoars Best of breeding. 
C. K. BARNES. Oxford, N. V. 
nilDflPQ the **ig, deep fellows 
UUnUvw that grow and mature quickly. 
Pigs and Gilts for sale at all times. 
SIIENANGO RIVER FARMS, Transfer, Pa. 
For Sale—Duroc Swine lows'. 1 ' bred* fan 
Pigs, Fancy Poultry, Chickens, Turkeys,Geese and 
Ducks. J. H. LEWIS, R. F. D. 2, Cadiz, Ohio. 
0 1 P PDAR D| RQ— BEST we have ever 
■ liUi UUnil nuo raised. Six weeks old, 
$9.00. Registered, $10.00. MAPLE GLEN POUL¬ 
TRY FARM, Millkrton, N. Y. 
CHESHIRES —Tile long, deep-bodied, white bacon hog; 
- prize winners at State and countv fair. 
Write your wants. E. K. MORSE. Moravia, N. Y. 
FAR CMI C—25 Chester White Boars, weight 
■ Uil OULC. 225 lbs. each. These young Boars 
are sired by Sunny Jim, No. 15625. the greatest 
Chester White sire of to-day. Everyone a perfect 
individual. Price $25.00 each. If ordered at once. 
HEART’S DELIGHT FARM 
C, E. Hamilton, Mgr., Chazy, New York, 
CHESHIRES 
the butcher; white skin, 
^tender, juicy meat, well 
mixed with fat and lean. Morninuside Farm, Sylvania.Pa. 
The hog which pleases 
ten 
CATTLE 
FOR SALE-BULL CALF-JERSEY 
From a splendid sire. Dam is a 40-lb. daily cow 
and a very persistent milker. $20--F. O. B. Regis¬ 
tered. G. S. BASSETT, Cooper’s Plains. N. Y. 
66 
Q TJ A LI T Y 
FOR SALE-THREE RICHLY BRED YOUNG JERSEY BULLS, 
BAMS HAVING YEARLY AUTHENTICATED RECORDS, as follows: 
Dam of No. 1, 8128.3 lbs. milk in 280 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. 10 oz. butter 
Write for description and prices, or come and see 
them, visitors always welcome. 
E. W. Mosher, “ BRIGHTSIDE,” Aurora, New York 
Fnrolfa Q+nok Farm— Ke K ist ’ ered Jersey Bulls 
LUIcna OlUbfi I aim and Heifers ,0 monthsto 2 
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. 
FOR 9AI F-REGISTERED JERSEYS—COWS, 
run ohll heifers and young bulls; 
large selection; blue ribbon winners: won in butter 
contests Come and see them. Full particulars of 
DAVID WALLACE, Sopt. Rumsonhill Farm, Fairhaven, N. J. 
DAIRY CATTLE 
l# 
Young 
wf Have a Few... 
BULLS FOR SALE 
TH/XT ARE READY FOR SERVICE. 
THEY ARE FROM ADVANCED REGISTRY 
DAMS, AND BY ONE OF THE BEST SIRES 
OF THE HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN BREED. 
WE ARE SHORT OF ROOM AND WILL 
MAKE PRICES ON THESE FELLOWS 
THAT WILL SURELY MOVE THEM. 
Write for Pedigrees and Prices. 
WOOOCRESTFARM 
RtFTON, N. V. 
dale Herd of 
READY FOR SERWCE-®®® 
DE KOL 4th, registered show Holstein, born 
Dec. 5, 1910. Nearly all white. Prize winner at 
Fall Fairs. Price, $100 f. o. b. Semi for pedigree 
CLOVERDALE FARM, Charlotte, N. Y. 
m-'s- holsteins 
are bred for huge production, good size, strong 
constitution, ami 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. 
FOR F ~ 33 tuberculin tested grade holstein 
run OML.r. 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 tine lot. R. D. LEE, Cazenovia, 
Madison County, New York. 
Breed Up--Not Down 
—Jersey Bull Calves 
you can afford to 
Iniy. Superior dairy dams. No better sires. It. F. 
SHANNON, 907 Liberty Street, Pittsburg, l’a. 
FOR 9AI F~ T ' vo > Te,se y Heifer Calves out of 
I Ull OHLL R. of Merit bull, and a few Jer¬ 
sey Cows. Also S. C. W. Leghorn Hens, $1.00 each. 
GEO. L. FERRIS & SON, Atwater, N. Y. 
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. 
Milk Producers 
market 
. , , -„ - how to 
form brandies of the Dairymen’s League, write to 
the Secretary. Albert Manning Otisvillo, N. Y. 
Dog is ancl Ferrets 
PHI I IF DM DC-F r0ln imported stock. Females 
LMJLLIL I Ul O cheap. NelsonBros. Grove City. Pa. 
PPRCCTQ FOR SALE —Choice stock. Order at once 
l LHIIL.IO while the supply lasts. Prices—$3 per 
single male. $4 per single female, $38 per doz. Send 
orders to KEEFER BROTHERS, Greenwich, Ohio. 
Horses and UVIulei 
I7/YR CAT |7 -Having to buy several pair 
LJxxl-vl-/ mules, we will sell our 
Standard Bred and Registered Stallion LORD 
DELAWARE — Nutwood and Wilks, no better 
stock. Will weigli 1,200 lbs., eight years old. Will 
work to anything on the farm; can trot a mile m 
2:20 or hotter. He is sound m every way. For 
pedigree, price and particulars address 
CALEB BOGGS & SON, Cheswold, Del. 
P erclieron and Belgian Stallions and Mares for sale 
at farmers’ prices. A W. GREEN, Route 1, 
Middlefleld, O. Railroad station, East Orwell, O., 
oii Penna. R.R., 30 miles north of Youngstown, O, 
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 bo 
SOLD BY AUCTION between tlio 
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, Prep., Newark, Ohio 
