1912. 
THE RURAt, NEW-YORKER 
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M ILK 
N. Y. Exchange price $1.71 per 40-quart 
can, netting 3% cents in 26-ccnt zone. 
Representatives of the Pennsylvania Rail¬ 
road and of a New York milk company 
have been canvassing Snyder Co., Ta., to 
ascertain the gross product of milk supply 
for shipment to New York City consumers. 
Receiving stations have been fixed at 
Kreamer, Middleburg and Beaver Springs, 
whence milk will be shipped to New York 
in refrigerator cars via the Pcnnyslvania 
Railroad. 
BOSTON MILK. 
Much agitation is being raised at present 
in regard to future milk prices to be paid 
by Boston consumers, by contractors and 
peddlers, and net return to producers per 
can of 8% quarts of milk. The unsatis¬ 
factory prices received by the producers 
for the last year or more have driven 
some out of the business; the health boards 
have also driven some out of business, I 
think in some cases at least unjustly. Now 
many farmers who are still producing will 
certainly go out of the business unless 
conditions improve, and a price is paid 
which will yield a little profit. Most of 
us have done producing milk at cost, or 
even less, under unreasonable inspection 
requirements, just to please other parties 
and fatten the profits of the contractors 
or middlemen. Much attention is being 
paid to the fact that 70 per cent of the 
milk sold in Boston is produced outside 
the State. Circumstances in many forms 
have combined to bring about this result 
and the State! and city health boards 
are much to blame for the manner in 
which they have forced foolish rules and 
regulations on to the producers, and for 
the fact that whatever requirements they 
demand, when these are furnished by the 
producers, the health boards have some¬ 
thing further to demand and often change 
the requirements after the farmers have 
gone to considerable trouble to obey them. 
The result is the average producer thinks 
there is not much use of doing anything 
to improve, as whatever we do, they will 
want something more; we may as well stop 
now as at any time. Also, the local mar¬ 
kets are all the time growing and demand¬ 
ing more milk, and in many sections re¬ 
quire all that is produced therein to supply 
the local market. The prices paid by this 
trade average from two to eight ' cents 
higher than is received for Boston milk 
per SYi quart can. The consuming public 
of Boston milk is waking up to the fact 
that they are not getting Massachusetts 
milk, and beginning to worry some over 
the matter, yet they foolishly declare they 
will pay no more for this milk, but will 
go without or use tinned milk instead. 
Their attention has been called to the fact 
that in May and June of this year the pro¬ 
ducer received only three cents or three 
and a fraction per quart, while they paid 
nine cents in the city, yet the Boston Jour¬ 
nal claims this is no reason why the farmer 
should ask an advance, and also stating 
that grain and feed is much lower than 
last year, that crop reports show improved 
crops and larger yields than last year by 
quite a margin. Much space is given to 
false statements of this description, many 
of them showing that the paper either has 
no wish to tell the truth about the matter, 
or does not know the true facts and is 
willing to print any kind of a story to 
sell the paper and make the city people 
think they are doing them great kindness 
in exposing the huge profits the wicked 
farmer is obtaining from them. Now we 
know the price of five cents per quart net 
to the producer is none too much for Massa ; 
chusetts farmers to receive, and if Boston 
wants Massachusetts milk this figure will 
have to be paid. I believe many are will¬ 
ing to pay this; in fact local milk dealers 
and some Boston peddlers are now paying 
this, and I also believe that under a proper 
distribution most of the dealers could pay 
this and not increase the price to the con¬ 
sumer to any extent except in extreme cases, 
and under extraordinary conditions which 
sometimes arise. 
The contractors are of course working 
both ends to favor themselves and increase 
their profits. They wish to buy their milk 
in the cheapest market and sell at the top 
price in Boston. Their supply has been 
steadily decreasing in Massachusetts, in 
Vermont, and also New Hampshire. They 
have tapped creameries and developed new 
territory and still a short supply. Some 
of these now wish to go clear to Ohio to 
obtain extra milk. The consumers say nine 
cents is enough or too much to pay for 
this sort of milk brought from long dis¬ 
tances. Perhaps this is true, yet this is 
no reason why Massachusetts milk should 
not bring five cents per quart at the farm 
and l»e sold to the consumer in good clean 
condition at a reasonable price, and I be¬ 
lieve this will be brought about sooner or 
later to the mutual advantage of both pro¬ 
ducer and consumer, and I shall continue to 
work for this result, because we believe we 
are right in the matter and so will go 
ahead. a. e. p. 
This country here is new from a farming 
standpoint, as it is practically in same con¬ 
dition as the lumbermen left it some years 
since, and it will be some years yet before 
it takes its proper start agriculturally; if 
it ever does. I am a “back to lander” of 
about three years’ experience, with not 
much capital to start, and consequently 
not much progress to report aside from 
experiences and some time I may write 
them out. One point impresses me, up in 
this northern country, and that is that 
these thousands of acres of idle land 
should be made somehow to produce 
food and afford employment for a great 
many people more comfortably situ¬ 
ated in the large cities. I have lived in 
a large city for 20 years, and am familiar 
with life there, and my past three or four 
years’ experience leads me to believe that 
a great many men there would be better off 
even in this wilderness, but they would 
have to be men of courage to stand up 
under the disappointments which are sure 
to come to those engaged in settling a new 
country. s. w. b. 
Alcona Co., Mich. 
You have been publishing for some time 
the price received for farm products and 
live stock at auction sales in the country. 
The farmers of Eastern Tennessee have 
been selling their eggs for the past three 
months, April, May and June, here at homo 
for 14 cents per dozen. I am informed that 
when you go to the grocery store in New 
York or in New Jersey the retail man asks 
the consumer 32 cents for them. All our 
eggs go to New York by fast freight. They 
are shipped every Friday morning and 
reach New York in time to go on the 
market the following Tuesday morning. Now 
do Taft's or Wilson's tariff ideas change the 
charges on these eggs from 14 to 32 cents 
per dozen? The freight is, I think, 45 
cents per case, commission five per cent, 
so the commission and freight is not un¬ 
reasonable. Beef cattle sold for from five 
to seven cents at home. Lambs have been 
sold at 5 y 2 to six; hogs, six; milkers and 
springers from $30 to $50. Horses from 
$100 to $200. Wheat $1; corn $1 per 
bushel. j. m. ai. 
Tennessee. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Diseased Cow. 
I have a cow whose udder is full of boils; 
they burst open and matter and blood comes 
out. She coughs once in a while, is very 
thin. She gets four quarts of cow feed 
morning and night, besides her pasture. 
New Jersey. g. h. 
The udder may be affected with “cow 
pox.” but as the cow coughs and is very 
thin it is quite likely that she is badly 
afflicted with tuberculosis. Her - ' milk is 
quite unfit for use during her present condi¬ 
tion or if afflicted with tuberculosis. Lose 
no time in calling in a veterinarian to test 
her with tuberculin. Meanwhile keep her 
isolated. A . s . A . 
Cow With Catarrh. 
I have a large cow; she runs at the nose 
in the morning almost the same as a horse 
when he has a cold or distemper. What is 
best to do for her? j. ji. c. 
Michigan. 
See that stable is kept clean and well 
ventilated. Keep the nostrils clean by 
washing with a 10 per cent solution of boric 
acid. If discharge persists inject into nos¬ 
trils once daily a solution of one dram of 
tannic or gallic acid to a pint of soft water. 
If the cow is not in calf give her a dram 
of dried sulphate of iron and two of salt 
in her feed night and morning. Feed gen¬ 
erously. Let her run on grass daily. 
a. s. A. 
Precocious Milker. 
I want advice on milking a heifer that 
has never been fresh, nor is she with calf, 
but her udder has become quite a size. We 
started to squeeze at her teats to see if 
there was anything in them and a watery 
fluid came out at first, but now it looks 
like pure milk, and when left stand a cream 
will rise on it. I have milked a quart at a 
time when she was left for a few milkings, 
but for the last couple of days I have been 
milking her regularly, and she does not 
give so much, but is gaining on her milk 
now. Is it a good thing to milk her, or 
will it ruin her or be the cause of her never 
being much of a cow? She was a year old 
in February, is a fine build for a good 
cow. She is a bright red. some Jersey, 
some Durham, and maybe some other breeds. 
I do not think I could turn her dry, as her 
udder becomes quite a size when not milked. 
Some tell me a snake has sucked her and 
started the flow of milk, but I never be¬ 
lieved in such a thing, although I have often 
heard of snakes sucking cows, but I want 
to see some of it before I believe it. 
Pennsylvania. s. b. m. 
If you do not remove the milk the udder 
will likely be ruined by an attack of gar¬ 
get. Have the heifer bred. Strip away 
enough of the milk daily to prevent in¬ 
flammation of the udder. At the slightest 
sign of garget foment the udder "twice 
daily with hot water, strip away all milk 
three times a day and at night rub with 
warm melted lard. Recommend the Keeley 
cure to any man who sees snakes milking 
cows. Delirium tremens is a reality, but 
the snake sucking theory is a myth. 
a. s. A. 
Lump Jaw. 
Can you tell me what ails ray young 
steer? Last Spring I noticed a small bunch 
coming on his jaw, and I find it is grad¬ 
ually increasing in size. It is very hard 
and about the size of a small hen’s egg. 
People here advise me to sell the animal, 
but it will be a heavy loss. w. f. h. 
New Hampshire. 
There can be little doubt that the tumor 
is actinomycotic, constituting “lump jaw.” 
A skilled surgeon might be able to cut it 
out, scrape the bone and t'nen thoroughly 
cauterize the wound; but where the bone 
is badly involved this may not prove per¬ 
fectly remedial. Fatten the steer off as 
quickly as possible and market before pus 
discharges from tumor. There is no dan¬ 
ger whatever from eating the meat of such 
a steer so long as it is in good flesh and 
health apart from a small tumor on head. 
Such a steer would not be condemned in 
the stock yards: but would be slaughtered 
under veterinary inspection and the meat 
put on market if lump jaw was found but 
slightly to affect the beast. a. s. a. 
Overgrown Hoof. 
I have bought a grade .Tersev cow on 
trial which has toes of right hand foot over¬ 
lapping each other. Is this a serious de¬ 
fect. and would she be likely to hand it 
down to her calf? The toes overlap about 
three-fourths inch in length. Could thev be 
cut off? G< 
Virginia. 
There would he no danger of a cow trans¬ 
mitting deformity of the kind described. It 
should be quite possible to correct the ab¬ 
normality by trimming the overgrown horn 
of hoof. This can be done by use of a 
meat saw and blacksmith's rasp.' a. s. a. 
Registered Jerseys on President E. P. Ripley’s ranch, where 
Sharpies Tubular Is used exclusively. 
Runs Great Railway—Chooses 
SHARPLES TUBULAR 
CREAM SEPARATOR 
Do you know any keen dairymen, 
business men or professional men 
who knowingly miss extra profits? Such 
men have common-sense reasons for 
what they do. They do not act in haste 
or with their eyes shut. 
We could fill books i^ith the names of 
such men who have chosen Sharpies 
Dairy Tubular Cream Separators in pref¬ 
erence to all others. Why? Because dairy Tubulars contain no 
disks to chop, taint or give cream a metallic taste: and because 
Tubulars have twice the skimming force of others, skim faster, 
skim twice as clean, and thus pay sure and easy money that is 
simply extra profit over what any other separator can pay. 
Disks from separator dis¬ 
carded for Tubular. 
Only piece inside dairy 
Tubular bowls. 
Mr. E. P. Ripley, keen, sagacious, well known president of the great Atchison, Topeka & 
Santa Fe-Railroad, is but one of many such. The Tubular is used exclusively to skim the milk 
from the registered Jerseys on Mr. Ripley’s ranch at Santa Barbara, California. 
Ask us for a free trial. Ask those who are 
present separator in part payment for a Tubu- 
nr-m—iM « ■»., lar. But, right away, 
NT L/ViAi BiB today, send for our free 
and franklv written 
1 Catalog N 0.153 
discarding others for Tubulars. Trade your 
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WEST Chester, pa. Branches: Chicago, III. 
San Francisco, Cal.; Portland, Ore.; Dallas, Tex. 
Toronto,Can.;Winnipeg,Can. Agencies Everywhere 
|~DAinLY CATTLE 
i-GRADE HOLSTEINS— 
200 HEAD TO SELECT FROM 
We have some of the finest individuals and 
heaviest milking cows in Central New York. 
25 Head of Extra Fine Grade Guernseys 
due to freshen soon, also 
2 Car-Loads of Grade Holstein Heifers 
two years old, all nicely marked and in calf 
by registered bulls. 
F. P. SAUNDERS & SON, Cortland, N. Y. 
HAVE SIX THOROUGHBRED 
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES FOR SALE 
from three to six months old, from selected stock. 
Also some very fine grade HOLSTEIN HEIFERS. 
P. B. McLennan, 412 Court House, Syracuse, N. Y. 
ONTARIO SEGIS WITHOORN 
born Jan. 19, 1912. Superbly marked Holstein bull, 
5-0 white, by King Menelik, out of A. R. O. dam. 
First check for $50 gets him. Send tor pedigree, 
CLOVE HD ALE FARM, Charlotte, N. V. 
FOR C A I F —Registered Holstein-Kriesinn Hull Calf from 3- 
rUf\ oMLu year old cow that produced 92^ lbs. milk in 
one day; $75. Others nearly as good for less money. Write for 
bargains. GATES HOMESTEAD FARM, Chittenango, N. Y. 
SHETLAND PONIES 
An unceasing source of pleasure and robust health tocliildren. 
Safe and Meal playmates. Inexpensive to keep. Highest lyp«. 
Complete outfits. Satisfaction guaranteed. Illustrated Cata¬ 
logue. BKLLK MEADE FA KM, Box 20, Markham, Vo. 
P ercheron and Belgian Stallions and Mares for sale 
at farmers' prices. A. W. GREEN, Ronte 1, 
Middlefield, O. Railroad station, East Orwell, O., 
on i’enna. R.R., 30 miles north of Youngstown, O. 
COLLIE 
PUPC— The intelligent kind. Females 
ruro cheap. NELSON’S, Grove City, Penna. 
C0LI IF P1IPPIF<V~ encl> ni> d UP- CLARK 
UULLIC, rurrlCO FARM, Boonton, New Jersey 
FOR SALE 
150 Registered Shropshire* Hampshire Sheep 
both sexes, at farmer’s prices. A great imported 
•Stephens ram to prevent inbreeding. Will sell 
either dock as I can keep but one hereafter. Low 
down black slieep. Write for catalog. 
\V. JB.4KLOW DUNLAP, Amsterdam, N. Y. 
SWIKTE 
DlISC-DON’T BUY UNTIL YOU WRITE ME. 
rlUO MARK LEY, ALLENDALE, N, J. 
0. I. C. SWINE BOARS FOR SALE 
ready for service; of September litter. Also Guern¬ 
sey bull calf 4 months old. Grandson of George 
Washington. These will go at a bargain as I am 
closing out my stock. All stock registered and in 
good condition. J. PUGH, Station A, East Liverpool, Ohio. 
flHF^TFR WHITF-° ne Yearling Sow, bred 
unco I E.I1 nmic forfall litter. A Iso Spring 
Gilts and Boars. Price reasonable. This ad. will 
not appear again. “All Stock Registered.” Ad¬ 
dress. EUGENE T. BLACK, Scio, New York 
0.1. C.’s Of Superior Quality Service Boars, Gilts, Spring Pigs, 
- 5 - no akin pairs, also Buff Rock 
Eggs, $1.50 per 15. Fred Nickel, Monroe, Mich., R. No. 1. 
Reg. HOLSTEIN MALE CALVES 
-—- —$20 to $25 -— 
Cheaper than you can purchase elsewhere, quality 
considered. Choicely bred, fine individuals. 
Satisfaction Guaranteed. 
HILLHURST FARM. .F. H. Rivenburyh, Prop.. Munnsville, N.Y. 
'TOMPKINS CO. BREEDERS’ 
* TION, Box 15, Trumansburg, N. 
ASSOCIA- 
. V.—Breeders 
of Holstein, Jersey & Guernsey cattle and the lead¬ 
ing breeds of slioep and swine. Write for sale list. 
Breed Up—Not Dowrf„Tca“ u 'i,,S<l’S 
buy. Superior dairy dams. No better sires. B. F. 
SHANNON, 997 Liberty Street, Pittsburg, Pa. 
FOR SALE-JERSEY BULLS 
Age. 1 yr. down. Dams have qualified or on test for 
Register of Merit A .). C. C. Sire, Goldie’s Jap of 
Mendale No, 85989. Tuberculin free. BERKS IIIRK 
SOWS; BRED GILTS. Granddaughters of 
Berryton Duke, Jr., bred to King Edward, Jr. 
Everything Registered. For Pedigrees and Prices. 
Chas. B. Dayton, Supt., SHELDONCROFT, Silver Lake. Pa. 
if You Want Guernseys s york 
GUERNSEY BREEDERS’ ASSOCIATION, Box 96, Peekskill.N. Y. 
Milk PrnrilTfPrc f° r New York City market 
mun. i iuuutcti desiring information how to 
form branches of the Dairymen’s League, write to 
the Secretary. Albert Manning Otisville. N. Y. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES AT HIGHWOOD 
Summer offering of pigs, both sexes, not akin. 
Sold out of service boars and bred sows. 
H. C. & H. B. HARPENDING BUNGEE, NEW YORK 
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 Match and April pigs now. Send for new 
Booklet. J. E. WATSON. Ptuurietor, Marhletlale, Conn. 
REGISTERED YORKSHIRES 
Healthy, woll-grown stock, all ages. Boars ready for 
service and just weaned. If on arrival stock is not 
as represented in youropinion, return same and wo 
will refund money. Raritan Valley Farms, Somerville, N.J. 
J ARGE YORKSHIRES— Sows bred for June and August 
L farrow. Boars ready for service. May pigs. 
order now. Glicn.uakk I’ahm, Kobertsviile, Conn. 
UHELD0N FARM registered Durocs. Pigs of both sex 
O Bred Sows. Service Boat s Best of breeding 
C. K. BAKNK3. Oxford, N. Y. 
HOGS and POULTRY^;—n'K 
ner Duck Eggs, White and Brown Leghorn Eggs 
of best strains. Bred Berkshire Sows and Pigs. 
CHERRY HILL FRUIT FARM, Toboso, Licking County. Ohio. 
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. Write for 
prices & ch'culars. Hamilton & Co.. Ereildoun, Pa. 
Purebred Registered 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
Leave out. of consideration the greater direct cash 
return and Holsteins are stiil the best investment you 
can make. Great, strength and constitutional vigor 
make the typical Holstein long-lived, free from disease 
and sure to produce healthy calves. 
A thirteen-year-old Holstein, owned by the Kansas Agri¬ 
cultural College, has recently finished a year’s record of 
15,,'73 pounds of milk and 513 pounds of butter-fat. 
This record indicates the dollars and cents value of 
Holstein vitality. 
Send for Free Illustrated Descriptive Booklets. They 
contain valuable information for any Dairyman. 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN ASS’N, F. L. HOUGHTON. Sec'y. Box 105. Brattleboro, Vt 
