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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
*34.1 
N. Y. Exchange price $1.81 per 40-quart 
can, netting 3% cents to shippers in 26- 
cent zone. 
Borden Milk Prices. 
The new schedule for the six months 
beginning April 1, per 100 pounds, is the 
same as last year, as follows: 
23-26-cent 
29-32-cent 
zone 
zone 
April . 
$1.40 
May . 
1.15 
June .. 
. 1.10 
1.00 
July . 
. 1.30 
1.20 
August ..., 
. 1.45 
1.35 
September , 
1.50 
Creamery Promoters Gone From Maine. 
After spending quite a few weeks in the 
State trying to secure funds from the farm¬ 
ers in the interest of their great coopera¬ 
tive, 28-per-cent-water creamery scheme, as 
I am informed these Western promoters 
have retired in disgust, this time for once 
at least, having the experience and the 
farmers having their money. I do not 
think, however, that it is safe to trust to 
appearances, as they may turn up at some 
unexpected quarter at most any time. As 
one of the men with whom they labored for 
some hours to convince that it was for his 
interest to join the enterprise, said to me, 
they are slick articles, and have power to 
move those who have been apparently proof 
against the machinations of many. Every¬ 
where these men went they were up against 
the warning of The R. N.-Y. and its edi¬ 
torial statement in relation to their work, 
and this, with the accumulative evidence 
from those who had formally been victim¬ 
ized, and the work of our conservative 
creamery men confronting them, they met 
their Waterloo. The State is well rid of 
them, and the writer is well pleased if he 
has had even a very little to do' in sending 
them adrift. This also gives The It. N.-Y. 
the right to wear another feather in its 
hat, and should encourage it to keep on 
its good work. b. walker m’keen. 
Maine. 
Bottled Milk in Massachusetts. 
There is as yet no State law in regard to 
bottling milk in Massachusetts. The Bos¬ 
ton Board of Health last year issued a 
regulation by which all milk sold at retail 
in Boston must be bottled, but hotel, res¬ 
taurant and bakery milk may be delivered 
in cans. There was much kicking about 
this, especially by the small contractors and 
independent peddlers, who were by this rul¬ 
ing obliged to establish bottling plants jif 
their own or go out of business. The result 
of this matter has been to advance the 
price to the consumer. The idea was that 
milk handled in this way would be safer 
and cleaner than to sell from a can or 
tank, as has been the custom in the past in 
the many small stores, which do quite a 
milk business in the poorer sections of the 
city. Outside of Boston a large share of 
the milk is delivered by peddlers in bottles, 
a few yet use eight-quart cans and measure 
it out to a small extent; it is also deliv¬ 
ered in one and two-quart cans. The bottles 
are more expensive than cans for reason of 
many getting broken; yet in Boston the 
contractors charge thees to the persons re¬ 
sponsible whenever possible. Another thing 
against them is the difficulty of properly 
cleaning. Each customer who received the 
bottled milk is supposed to return the bottle 
clean ; of course many do not properly clean 
them, and in these cases the danger lies. 
a. e. p. 
Milk in the Borden’s Territory. 
I would like to get reliable information 
from the territory in which the milk supply 
for New York City is produced, in regards 
to the average price per 40-quart can for a 
period of 15 years or more. I am impressed 
that the price has not been forced down by 
the “powerful milk trust,” which is so 
often referred to. which has dominated 
prices to an extent for sometime. Also, 
how many 40-quart cans of milk are con¬ 
sumed daily in the territory controlled by 
the “Borden prices.” p. s. c. 
Camden, N. J. 
The figures that I have at hand do not 
show the prices paid by the Bordens for a 
date earlier than 1900. It should be re¬ 
membered that the Bordens have not been 
engaged in the market milk business very 
long. Their business was formerly that of 
condensing only. Exchange prices are avail¬ 
able for a much longer period. While 
obliged to quote from memory, 1 think I 
am right in saying that 13 years ago the 
Bordens operated five plants, while they j 
now have 195 in the United States and | 
other countries, such as Canada, New Zea¬ 
land, etc. Most of these are undoubtedly 
in this country. The prices issued by the 
Bordens for 13 years are as follows, reduced 
to the 40-quart can: 
1900 
1907 . 
1.272 
1901 
. 1.043 
1908 . 
1.308 
1902 
. 1.079 
1909 . 
1.297 
1903 
1910 . 
1.415 
1904 
. 1.132 
1911 . 
1.365 
1.30 
1905 
. 1.122 
1912 . 
1906 
. 1.147 
The year 1900, as stated above, is an 
estimate for three months, but is suffi¬ 
ciently accurate. Likewise 1912 contains a 
similar estimate for the last three months 
of the year. These prices for the earlier 
dates are almost a third higher than the 
Exchange prices for those years. The Ex- 1 
change prices have advanced, however, year 
hy year until in recent years they have 
passed the Borden prices by several cents 
a can. 
1 have no doubt that some will be tempted 
to figure the advance in the price of milk 
as paid by the Borden company, and com¬ 
pute its percentage, as they have a perfect 
right to do. The price is about one-fourth 
higher. It would not be unjust to mention 
that the Exchange price has more than 
doubled since 1897, or during 15 years, 
quite different from Borden’s. The real 
condition would be found more clearly if 
we were to compare the advance in the 
Borden price with the advance in the cost 
of feeds, labor, etc. There was a time be¬ 
fore the Bordens became powerful when 
farmers were wont to exclaim, “O, if we [ 
could only get Borden prices !” Then they 
were taking almost 40 per cent less than 
Bordens. Now they are wishing that prices 
of milk were advanced commensurate with 
the advance in cost of production. A neigh¬ 
bor of mine mentioned buying wheat bran 
at $9.50 a ton. a dozen or 15 years ago. 
Now he pays $32. This is not a perfectly 
fair comparison, but the average price of 
wheat bran has much more than doubled. 
Cornmeal has not doubled as an average 
price, but has probably advanced 75 per 
cent. The value of hay is from 50 to 100 
per cent greater. Labor is about 60 per 
cent higher, and perhaps 25 per cent less 
efficient, and so the story goes. 
The' price of milk is governed by the 
supply and the demand to some extent, but 
it seems as though the big dealers are so 
organized as to control competition and 
thus determine prices by force of power to 
a considerable degree. Their profits are 
certainly very large, while those of the 
dairymen are very small. Regarding the 
amount of milk consumed in the territory 
controlled by the Borden prices, it seems 
difficult to make a very accurate estimate. 
The territory supplying milk to New York 
City is very largely controlled by the Bor¬ 
dens. IIow much outside territory is thus 
controlled I am entirely unable to deter¬ 
mine. The Department of Agriculture 
makes an estimate of the amount of milk 
consumed in New York City, average about 
61,000 cans a day. Within the territory 
supplying this milk are very many cities 
and villages, some of the former being of 
considerable size. It would take more time 
than I have at my disposal just now to 
closely estimate the quantity of milk used 
by these cities. Some two or three years 
ago I made an estimate of the milk within 
this territory that is not used for city con¬ 
sumption, and considered it fully equal to 
that shipped to New York. There may be 
150.000 cans produced in New York terri¬ 
tory, but I do not know. h. h. l. 
Good hay is selling in the barn here for 
$18 a ton. There have been no auctions in 
this vicinity this Winter. A good Holstein 
cow was recently sold by one of our neigh¬ 
bors for $85. Our creamery paid for Janu¬ 
ary butter fat 41% cents. Nobody sells 
manure or silage here. Hay is none too 
plenty, and poor cows could probably be 
bought for a small price, but I have heard 
of no sales. Milk is selling at 32 cents a 
can delivered at the railroad; nets the 
farmer 29 cents. Just now our creamery 
butter sells for 36 cents a pound. This but¬ 
ter retails in Springfield for 42 cents. The 
farmer gets from 32 to 33 cents for the 
cream it takes to make a pound of butter. 
The cream is gathered by the creamery, so 
the farmer gets a good deal more than 35 
cents of the consumer’s dollar, about 78 
cents. At the farmers’ meeting just held at 
the Agricultural College at Amherst our 
creamery took the first prize on butter made 
from gathered cream. c. A. H. 
Ashfield. Mass. 
Cows are worth from $40 to $65, the 
last figure for those that freshen this 
Spring. Hogs, about eight cents for the 
light, and 6% or seven for the heavy; 
lamb, about 11 cents; fowls, 14 cents live 
weight: eggs, 30 cents a dozen. Young 
pigs, $2.50, with small demand, as last 
Fall you could not get rid of them at 
$1.50. Hay. mixed, clover, $16. Stable 
manure, $1.25 single load ; hen manure, 
about 90 cents a barrel. Corn, $1.60 per 
100 ; oats, 85 cents a bushel; wheat, $1.20 ; 
potatoes, $1.40 per bushel; buckwheat, two 
cents per pound ; milk, six cents a quart; 
creamery paying 36 cents a pound for but¬ 
ter fat; butter, 40 cents. Silage, $4 in 
silo. The Winter lias been rather severe, 
as for four weeks the thermometer did not 
rise above zero, and hit 34 below several 
times. h. e. R. - 
Pittsford, Vt. 
Cows sell for $40 to $50 each; hay is 
$16 per ton delivered, $12 to $14 in barn; 
potatoes, $1 delivered to railroad; hens, 
50 cents each; pigs, $3; shotes, $5 to $6. 
Maple syrup, $1 per gallon; butter, 32 
to 35 cents; eggs, 20 cents per dozen ; corn- 
meal, $1.55 per 100; bran, $1.60; cotton¬ 
seed meal, 70 cents; oats, 65 cents per 
bushel. Borden’s price for milk for six 
months commencing with April 1, 1912, as 
follows: April, $1.40 per 100; May, $1.15; 
June, $1; July, $1.20; August, $1.35; Sep¬ 
tember, $1.50. This price is delivered at 
factory ; we have to pay 12 cents per 100 
for the teams to draw it seven miles. 
Paw let, Vt. l. m. h. 
ABSORBINE 
STOPS 
_ {LAMENESS 
from a Bone Spavin, King Bone, 
Splint, Curb, Side Bone or similar 
trouble and gets horse going sound. Does 
not blister or remove the hair and 
horse can be worked. Page 17 in pamphlet 
with each bottle tells how. $2.00 a bottle 
delivered. Horse Book 9 E free. 
ABSORBINE, JR., liniment for man¬ 
kind. Removes Painful Swellings, Enlarged 
| Glands, Goitre, Wens, Bruises. Varicose 
Veins, varicosities. Old Sores. Allays Pain. 
Will tell you more if you write. $1 and $2 a bottle 
at dealers or delivered. Manufactured only by 
W.F. YOUNG. P.D. F., 88 Temple St., Springfield, Mass. 
YOUNG MEN WANTED to learn 
VETERINARY profession. Catalogue 
free. Grand Rapids Veterinary 
College, Dep.15, Grand Rapids, Mich. 
QUflUTY 0 Owl Brand Cotton Seed Meal 
41 per cent Protein Minimum. 
Feed a balanced ration. Animals need protein. 
Get our free booklet, “Science of Feeding.” 
F. W. BKODE & CO.Memphis, Tens, 
SHETLAND PONIES 
An nnceasing source of pleasure and robust health 
to children. Safe and ideal playmates. Inexpensive 
to keep. Highest type. Complete outfits. Satisfac¬ 
tion guaranteed. Illustrated Catalogue. BELLE 
MEADE FARM, Box 20, MARKHAM, VA. 
) PiLIXlY CATTliE 
EflR C A I C AYRSHIRE BULL—May- 
rUn UnLL flower’s Dairy King 12316. 
Grandson of Imp. HOWIE’S DATRY KING 9855, 
half-brother of BESSIE OF ROSEMONT 17904. 
For price and description, address 
J. A. IiOKEMUS.GLADSTONE, N. J. 
REGISTERED AYRSHIRES FOR SALE. 
You will find them good producers and first- 
class dairy stock. Herd numbering eighty head. 
F. H. OOOKINGHAM. Cherry Creek, N.Y. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
SWIKTE 
OHELDON FARM registered Durocs. Pigs of both sex 
o Bred Sows. Service Boars. Best of breeding 
C. E. BABNES. Oxford, N. V. 
ww ^ mm ■ a—Chester White and 
fi 11 L? \ A I If Large Yorkshire Boars 
* hot h registered. 
LOUIS A. HOLT, - - North Andover, Maes 
0.1. C. ’s of Superior Quality N' ne High-Class Fall Boars 
■rm — Booking orders for 
Spring Pigs. Fred Nickel, Monroe, Mich., R. No. 1. 
CHESHIRES 
The New York Farmers Hog 
Hardy, active, prolific, medium bacon type. Some 
very fine young sows ready to breed. 
Orders booked for pigs for spring delivery. 
Address DEPT. OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, 
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 
A FEW MORE 
REGISTERED CHESTER WHITE 
and LARGE YORKSHIRE BOARS 
HEADY FOR SERVICE 
Weight about 250 lbs. each. Everyone a perfect 
individual. 
Price of Chester Whites.S25.00 each 
Price of Large Yorkshires_ 30.00 each 
Order at once as these boars are selling very rapidly 
HEART’S DELIGHT FARM 
C. E. HAMILTON, Mgr. CHAZY. NEW YORK 
LARGE Enolish YORKSHIRES—Sows for spring farrowing. 
Boars ready for service. Sheldon Homestead, Martinsbnrg, N.Y. 
E ureka stock farm— 
Registered Jersey 
Bulls and Heifers, 
2 mos. to 2 years old^ 
Chester White, Po¬ 
land Chi na and Berk¬ 
shire Pigs, all ages. 
Collie Pups and a__ 
variety of POULTRY. Write for Circular. 
EDWARD WALTER, West Chester. Pa. 
WHITE HORSE FARM 
BERKSHIRES 
We speoialize on shipping Trios of Pigs, one 
Boar and two Sows, unrelated, Registered and 
Transferred, Mated from blood lines that will 
produce results. Write for Catalogue. 
W. W. BLAKE ARKCOLL, Mgr., Paoli, Pa. 
HOGS and POUURrETKL’SS 
ner Duck Eggs, White and Brown Leghorn Eggs 
of best strains, Bred Berkshire Sows and Pigs. 
CHERRY HILL FRUIT FARM, Toboso, Licking County, Ohio. 
BERKSHIRE and O. I. C. SWINE—All regis- 
tered. Young stock always for sale at 
reasonable prices. See our Poultry ad. 
MAPLE GLEN POULTRY FARM.MILLERTON, N.Y. 
Fashionably Bred BERKSHIRES 
Winter offering of Sows, some bred. Also a few 
Boar Pigs. Prices reasonable, quality considered. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. Dr. J. R. Allen, Orwell, N. Y, 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES.-A 
in Connecticut. 8ows bred for April litters all sold. 
Have 4 sows bred to farrow in July; late, to ser¬ 
vice of Watson’s Masterpiece. Will book order# 
for March and April pigs now. Send for new 
Booklet. J. E. WATSON, Piourietor, Marbledaie, Conn. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES at HIGHWOOD 
No Animal Good Enough Unless Large Enough 
When the U. S. Government required boars of 
immense size and feeding quality with which to 
improve the native stock of Panama, it purchased 
them from our herd. The selection for the Gov¬ 
ernment was made by a representative of one of 
the largest Chicago packing houses. Isn’t this the 
type of Berkshire you need ? Mature animals 
weigh 600 to 850 lbs. Service Boars and young 
stock for sale. Bred sows all sold. 
H. C. & H. B. HARPENDING, Dundee, N.Y. 
Rorifchiroo ChoIce breeding stock for sale. 
UGliVullllCO Also White Wyandotte Eggs, $1.00 
per fifteen. M. H. TAYLOR, West Alexander, Pa. 
Brookside Berkshires 
Three choice yearling Sows, also one Sow sired 
by "Premier Longfellow,” and out of a daugh¬ 
ter of "Lord Premier,” These sows are all 
bred; something nice. J. P. O’HARA, Moravia,N.Y. 
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 .Writefor 
prices & circulars. Hamilton & Co., Ercildoun Pa. 
Horses and Mules 
AT STUD 
Will Be Held at the 
Sharon Valley Stock Farm, Newark, Ohio 
TUESDA Y, APRIL 2 d, 1912 
BLUE RIBBON and CHAMPION 
Stallions and Mares 
Both BELGIAN & PERCHER0NS 
CLOSING OUT TO MAKE ROOM FOR NEW 
IMPORTATIONS. 
Home-bred Farm MARE and GELDINGS. 
FORTY head of mules right from my ranch in 
Kansas. AU broken to harness; sold In pairs. 
Ago from three to four years. All will be sold. 
Every one can get what they want. Sale to com ■ 
mence at 10 A. M. sharp. Come early and make 
your selections. 
Any one interested, write for Catalog. Any one 
wanting any information, address the proprietor. 
COL. G. W. CRAWFORD 
;ProB. SHARON VALLEY STOCK FARM, NEWARK, OHIO 
Auctioneers 
F. W, Andrews & Son—Elliot t & Smith. 
1 GENEREUX ’’-PERCHERON STALLION— 
S. H. P. 72400 —P. S. A. 70493— 
•BRILLIANT” (755-1271) blood. 2,300 lba. Black, 
Imported. Fee $25, without certificate—$40 with, 
MOHEGAN FARM.PEEKSKILL, N.Y. 
Jacks & Saddle Stallions 
One hundred registered Kentucky Mammoth Jacks and 
Saddle Stallions. A big lot of Jennets, Saddle Mares and 
Geldings A few good walking horses, pacing and trot¬ 
ting stallions. Also Big Black Pigs. Tamworth and 
Hampshire Swine. Cook pays the freight on all Jacks. 
J. F. COOK & CO.Lexington, Ky. 
Jacks and Percherons ja 1 !! 
15 colts. Some nice Percheron Stallions, Mares, 
Colts and Tamworth Swine. AU stook registered 
or subject to registry. Write for circular or 
visit The Cloverdale Farms. 
H. T. IlltOWN & CO.Lexington, Ky. 
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 Penna. R.R., 30 miles north of Youngstown. O, 
Dogs and. Ferrets | 
pm I If PIIPQ—From imported stock. Females 
UULLIL I UIO cheap. Nelson Bros. Grove City. P». 
FERRETS 
for prices. 
I am again, deaLing in rutl on 
The Ferret. Enclose stamp 
CALVIN JEWELL, Spencer, Ohio. 
DAlIB.it cattle 
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES £&* §£ 
ter Bov, 62729, for sale cheap. OSWEGO BIVEB 
STOCK FARMS, Phoenix, New York. 
For Sale EEGISTERED holstein kriebian bui,.L8. 
Price $50 up. 
ready for service; also calves from A.R.O.cowa. 
The Gates Homestead farm, Chlttsnsogo, R.y. 
O NTARIO LUNDE DeKOL—Large yearling registered 
Holstein Bull, by America DeKol Burke; dam, 
Lundo Cornucopia DeKol—official record at four 
years just completed—15,223 milk and 610 but¬ 
ter in 365 days. Price $200. and rare bargain. 
CLOVERDALE FARM.CHARLOTTE, N. Y. 
holsteins 
dale Herd of 
vge production, good size, strong 
id best individuality. The best 
are bred for lari 
constitution, and 
sires are used in this herd that it is possible to l_ 
cure. A nice lot of young bulls for sale; no female#. 
A. A. CORTELYOU, Somerville N. J. 
Breed Up—Not DowirJ?T..? , U£!’S 
buy. Superior dairy dams. No better sires. R. F" 
SHANNON, 907 Liberty Street, Pittsburg, Pa. 
Jerseys & Berkshires *5E 
From 16 months down to a few days old—$100.00 to 
$25.00. Berkshires, six months old, and young 
Pigs, $20.00 to $8.00 each. Everything registered. 
J. GRANT MORSE, Laurel Farm, HAMILTON. N. Y. 
G UERNSEYS—Two Bulls, 3 to 4 weeks old, 15-16th 
pure, sired by Brutus of Clover Hill (18817), beau¬ 
tifully marked and choice Individuals. $20.00 each, 
crated for shipment. Satisfaction guaranteed. Also 
two heifer calves. Edgeworth Farm, Whitewater, Wi*. 
Milk Producers 
for New York City market 
desiring information how to 
form branches of the Dairymen’s League, write to 
the Secretary. Albert Manning Otisville. N. Y. 
COLLINS’ JERSEY REDS ARE PROLIFIC, WELL BONED, EARLY MATURING 
- As J breed the Jersey Red hogs have no superior for prolificacy, early maturity, economical growth and qualitr 
u * ^* ar0 docile and easy to handle. In the last year, alone, the sales from my herd Increased 41W per 
cent, which fact speaks for the satisfaction my boars, sows and pigs are giving. Let me supply your wants. My 
nogs will satisfy you. Write today for prices. J 
__ARTHUR J. COLLINS, Box R, MOORESTOWN. N. J. 
Purebred Registered 
-j, HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
Hgy Dr. Thomas Morgan Rotch of Harvard, the great- 
flBflft est American authority on infant life, says: “Now 
r from a medical point of view, Holstein milk is ex- 
' actly what we find best for infant feeding, 
and it is an extremely good milk for anyone to drink.” 
You have already seen the effect of such teachings in 
the growing demand for purebred Holsteins, and you know 
that every year it is harder to buy them. Bear In mind, 
too, that the demand is only started. 
Send for Free Illustrated Descriptive Booklets . 
They contain valuable information for any Dairy* 
man. 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN ASS’N, F. L. HOUGHTON. Sec’y, Box 105. Brattleboro, Vt* 
