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July 13, 
milkl 
X. Y. Exchange price $1.51 per 40-quart 
can. netting three cents to shippers in 26- 
cent zone. 
Later I will give you an account of what 
the farmers have accomplished in the way 
of organizing into a milk producers asso¬ 
ciation. Merrill-Soule Co. have a large 
plant here and have been paying us the 
highest New York extras for butter, allow¬ 
ing .a 15 per cent overrun, charging 2% 
cents for making and paying 25 cents for 
the skim, allowing 80 per cent. Then they 
hauled the milk and washed the cans. After 
the change in the Board of Trade in New 
York they sent out letters to the patrons 
saying that owing to the change they were 
forced to make a change. They proposed 
to take off the overrun, the making, and 
cut us five cents on the skim. This caused 
a great deal of dissatisfaction on all sides, 
so a few farmers got together and called a 
meeting of the farmers. There were about 
150 patrons there. They agreed to be sat¬ 
isfied if Merrill-Soule Co. would give them 
“firsts” instead of “extras,” but the other 
conditions in the contract shall remain the 
same. We are not sure what the outcome 
will be, but think they will take us up on 
this proposition. There was a clause in 
the original contract to the effect that if 
any change was to be made we were to 
have 60 days’ notice, but they only gave 
us about two days. Merrill-Soule Co. had 
a respresentative at the meeting and ad¬ 
mitted that they made a big mistake in 
doing just as they did. There was a good 
deal of talk about a cooperative creamery, 
but I guess if the powdered milk company 
will do a fair thing the farmers will stay 
where they are. Ilay is selling from 
$20 to $25; corn $1.65 per 100 pounds; 
potatoes $1 to $1.50; pork (dressed) 10 
cents per pound; veal (dressed) 12 cents 
per pound; Spring lamb (dressed) 18 cents; 
Spring chickens, alive, 25 cents; fowls 15 
cents. Sheep with lambs, $5 to $8 per 
head; cows from $40 to $75, according to 
quality : horses from $100 to $250. accord¬ 
ing to size and quality. April milk aver¬ 
aged about $1.50 per 100 pounds at the 
Merrill-Soule Co. plant. F- E- T - 
Frewsburg, N. Y. 
The Barn Inspection Problem. 
I see that the barn inspector problem is 
still before the people with its usual in¬ 
terest. At one time I made a careful in¬ 
quiry into the Bellows case in Delaware 
County, and was of the opinion that it 
would be better for the dairy farmers to 
have the case tried out as far as possible 
in order to establish the exact authority 
of the Board of Health in the matter of 
inspection. Since then I have had several 
opportunities to consult what 1 think are 
the best authorities on the subject, and 
have inquired as fully as I could. The ease 
in question has received two decisions, both 
of such a nature that no information is 
obtained from either. No one is a bit bet¬ 
ter off for the time and money put into 
the case. As I understand it now, the 
ease has no ground at all. The board of 
health has no contract with Mr. Bellows, 
and never had one. In depriving Mr. Bel¬ 
lows of his market they did not violate 
any agreement with anyone, and therefore 
they cannot be held responsible for dam¬ 
ages on account of broken contract. They 
are outside parties to any deal concerning 
Mr. Bellows. Had Mr. Bellows a contract 
with a creamery company to take his milk 
and the company refused to take it he 
would have a case against the company. 
In contracts the companies do not bind 
themselves so that they are responsible. It 
looks as though a farmer has no legal 
claim against anyone so far as the con¬ 
tract to take his milk is concerned. At 
any rate the board of health seems to be 
abie to say that they have no legal obliga¬ 
tions to the farmer. It would probably be 
useless for Mr. Westervelt, who writes in 
The R. N. Y., page 712. to sue the board 
of health for the seemingly unnecessary 
damage that they have done him. He could 
collect nothing from them I am sure. If I 
am not mistaken the board of health has 
done a good many farmers real damage by 
their arbitrary acts, and I feel pretty sure 
that a jury of farmers in any milk-ship¬ 
ping territory would say so. if the _ case 
could be got into their hands. Dot it be 
understood that I am not against inspec¬ 
tion properly made and in competent 
hands. If an individual did a man an in¬ 
jury by act or word he would be held 
responsible for his act. He might be 
arrested and held criminally and in civil 
act as well. Cannot the individuals who 
are responsible for the losses that farmers 
have to stand unreasonably be made to 
compensate the loser in cases where those 
losses are unnecessary? There are good at¬ 
torneys who believe that such is the case. 
The board of health has a duty to do in 
the city in protecting the health of its 
citizens. They ought to be allowed to 
prescribe the sort of milk that may be sold 
there if they are competent to do so. hut 
it seems doubtful whether they ought to 
be allowed to inflict burdens upon people 
in the country without being held respon¬ 
sible for arbitrary and unreasonable acts. 
It is doubtful if ‘they have that right. I 
know that there are other boards of health 
which do not care to be taken for slander. 
It would seem that when a board of health 
or other party injures a farmer and can¬ 
not make it clear to a competent jury that 
the injury is necessary the injured party 
has good grounds for asking for compen¬ 
sation for the injustice they have suffered, 
H. H. LYON. 
Varying Weight of Butter. 
I take a considerable amount of butter 
in prints each week to a store, and owing 
to the density of the butter varying slightly 
at different periods, find it almost impossi¬ 
ble to print out one pound exactly. The 
dealer refuses to pay for any excess weight 
in the prints, which totals up considerably, 
but strongly objects to the prints being 
slightly less than one pound in weight. 
Of course weighing each one would alter 
the case, but would entail a lot more labor. 
Fan he legally take the overweight without 
paying for it? p - 
Oswego, N.- Y. 
This dealer ought to pay for the total 
weight of butter but you cannot compel 
him to do so. He can refuse to buy it at 
all if he secs fit, or he can claim that he 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
buys not by the pound, but by the print or 1 
block. Your best plan is to weigh each 
print and make an exact pound. You will 
probably save enough in this way to pay 
for the extra work. 
What the Cow is Doing. 
L. W. Griswold writes The Madison Co. 
(N. Y.) Record an interesting statement 
about the farming in that section. Madi¬ 
son County is changing rapidly from hop 
growing to dairying and the change 
has been a good one. As Mr. Griswold well 
says: 
“If civilized people should ever lapse into 
the worship of animals, the "cow certainly 
ought to be their chief goddess, as she is 
the mother of beef, the source of butter, 
the cause of cheese, and wH* , °i a gentle 
creature profuse in milk. The dairymen 
within a radius of three and one-half miles 
of this place have made a good showing, 
and one of which they have reason to feel 
proud. Since January 1 they have shipped 
upwards of 50 carloads of cows, and 100 
carloads of baled hay, besides more than 
one-half million dollars worth of milk. 
“One thing that has contributed largely 
to such a result, and made it possible, is 
the growing of Alfalfa, orchard and oat 
meadow grass. The growth of these three 
forage crops was first started here nearly 
50 years ago, through the example set and 
urgent efforts made by one man, one of 
the best and most wideawake farmers in 
Madison County. He is broad-minded, and 
not only saw visions, but with willing hands 
made them real. The realm of agriculture 
and animal husbandry has had its men of 
fancy who dreamed of things unknown, and 
out of things that were brought forth the 
things that are. 
“Holstein cows are kept almost exclu¬ 
sively here, and that splendid breed stands 
to-day for an almost ideal combination of 
of utility and beauty. It is a living monu¬ 
ment to the dairymen’s skill, and lustre 
is added to its beauty by the profitable re¬ 
turns made where good management is in 
evidence.” 
Partial Paralysis. 
Three months ago I found a hog, then 
five months old, staggering around the pen. 
It seemed to have no control over its ac¬ 
tions, and would sometimes fall down and 
roll oyer on its back. It has never got 
well, although it has been much better at 
times. There has never been a day since 
it was taken sick but what it has had a 
good appetite, and always ready to eat all 
it could get, and it seems to grow and 
keep in as good condition as three others 
that are kept with it. At the time'it was 
taken sick I was feeding some corn and 
middlings. I stopped feeding corn and 
have since fed nothing but middlings with 
plenty of separated milk and buttermilk, 
and some green weeds. About two weeks 
before this one was taken sick I found a 
mate to it lying dead in the pen : that one 
had never been sick until the night before 
it died, when I noticed that it did not use 
its hind legs right, and reeled over and 
sat down when it came into the pen to eat. 
but I left it eating heartily. What is the 
trouble? b. l. 
Ohio. 
Indigestion and over plethoric condition 
from lack of exercise and overfeeding in¬ 
duces apoplexy in some instances and stag¬ 
gering and paralysis in others. Apoplexy 
no doubt killed the mate of the pig that 
is sick now. The latter pig may also have 
had an attack of apoplexy. Chances of re¬ 
covery are poor. If the pig is in good 
flesh it should be killed for meat. If you 
do not care to sell or slaughter the pig. let 
it have its liberty on grass and have light 
slop and limewater as extra feed. Medicinal 
treatment will do no good. a. s. a. 
Lessened Milk Flow. 
Can you tell me what to do for my cow 
to bring her to her regular flow of milk? 
Being rather thin in flesh last Fall I began 
feeding her nubbins of corn twice a day 
and corn stover and mixed hay of clover 
and Timothy. She has gained in flesh, but 
has gone nearly dry, for nearly three weeks, 
although we milk her twice a day. She will 
not be fresh until last of July. G. s. o. 
Ohio. 
Better test her with tuberculin, as she 
may be afflicted with tuberculosis. Shrink 
of milk may also be due to indigestion and 
moldy “nubbins” would produce such a 
condition. If free from tuberculosis give 
her a full dose of physic and she may Im¬ 
prove when she can have green grass. 
a. s. A. 
Hay $18 to $20 per ton ; straw $6 to $8; 
oats 45 cents; corn $1 per barrel; potatoes 
80 cents bushel: wheat 00 cents. No silage 
or manure sold. Horses $200 to $250; 
cows $40 to $00. No milk is sold in this 
community ; everybody churns. Butter sells 
for from 20 to 25 cents a pound in Sum¬ 
mer to 30 and 35 cents in Winter. 
Elk Lick, Pa. m. e. h. 
For the most part produce is purchased 
by merchants in the smaller towns and 
villages and paid for in trade. The prices 
paid approximate the retail prices, varying 
only a cent or two or not at all from retail 
price. The merchant counts on making 
his profit on goods sold to the farmer. 
There is a rapidly growing trade develop¬ 
ing between farmers and city dealers who. 
on account of the big demand can afford to 
pay in cash as much as or more than the 
local dealer does in trade. Cream, eggs, 
butter, fowls, etc., are thus being shipped 
into the large centers daily, but thus far 
the supply has been inadequate owing to 
farmers being “wheat crazy.” Occasionally 
a buyer is sent out to collect produce from 
the farmers and ship to a produce house or 
a big merchant, but as yet this practice is 
not regular. Market places have been 
erected in some of the cities, but from what 
can be learned are not utilized to any great 
extent. On the whole farmers are getting 
their full share for produce, and the only 
wonder is that more are not going into 
mixed farming. Butter rules now here at 
25 cents a pound. Eggs are 20 cents per 
dozen. Winter prices for these were re¬ 
spectively 35. aijd' 40 cents. Vegetables have 
ready sale, though as elsewhere the mar¬ 
ket is irregular for potatoes, ranging from 
25 or 30 cents to $1.25 per bushel. 
Qu’Appelle, Sasnatcliewan. c. n. f. 
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