1012. 
RURAL NEW-YORKEFJ 
1009 
M X L 3ES. 
N. Y. Exchange price $1.71 per 40-quart 
can, netting 3 1 / A cents in 26-cent zone. 
MASSACHUSETTS MILK. 
In the Boston llcrahl Robert M. Burnett 
gives his ideas of remedies for the abuses 
in handling Massachusetts milk, as follows: 
"The equalization of all railroad rates on 
milk haulage in New England on a mileage 
basis. 
"The withdrawal of the Massachusetts 
milk producers from the various New Eng¬ 
land producers’ associations and the crea¬ 
tion of a new Massachusetts body only of 
Massachusetts farmers. 
‘‘The enactment of a law or the promul¬ 
gation of a board of health regulation pro¬ 
viding that all milk artificially treated 
must be so labeled on the package which 
reaches the consumer and that the type of 
such treatment must also be specified. 
“Also the labeling of such retail pack¬ 
age with definite data ns to the name of 
the State in which the milk is produced." 
Mr. Burnett says further: “I ascribe the 
decline of dairy farming in Massachusetts 
in the main to the out-of-State competi¬ 
tion which the local man has been obliged 
to meet. lie has been all but driven out 
of the Boston market, because the con¬ 
tractors have been able to purchase, and 
with a lower freight rate in the territory 
outside the State, milk a ta lower price 
than he could secure it inside our State, 
and yet sell it to Boston consumers for the 
same price as the local product. It is true 
that tank cars and other transportation 
methods have been used, while some of it 
has been pasteurized two and three times, 
and the contractor has even developed a 
new type of compound milk, which is con¬ 
densed out of the State, brought to Bos¬ 
ton. water added, with the legal amount 
of butter fats, and sold as normal milk. 
The one saving clause has been for him 
that milk, after all, is milk as far as the 
average consumer knows. 
“It is to meet these conditions that I 
have suggested the new regulations calling 
for the labeling of milk in its final pack¬ 
age, both as to the artificial treatment, if 
any, to which it lias been subjected, and 
also as to its point of origin. For it is 
this milk, so compounded and pasterlzed 
and transoorted, which is driving out the 
Rival produCv and which, unless checked, 
will eliminate it entirely. I have no doubt 
in my own mind that once the consumer 
by nu ins of such labels is made acquainted 
with the origin and treatments to which 
his milk has been subjected, that he will 
make a Remand for the Massachusetts 
product and that a natural revival will 
result, and the local farmer in asking for 
such a provision is not demanding anything 
unfair or unusual. lie is raising his milk 
under the strictest inspection system in 
vogue in the New England States. He 
hurries it to market at the first possible 
opportunity. Surely the contractor who 
buys his milk is entitled to profit by rea¬ 
son of the ability to stamp on the bottle 
cap the statement that it is produced in 
Massachusetts. 
"In the same way the contractor who is 
doing business with the New York and Ver¬ 
mont, New Hampshire and Maine product 
should be compelled to so specify abso¬ 
lutely what artificial treatment, if any, 
they have given the milk. I have spoken 
already of the compounded milk where the 
cream is separated, the skim-milk shipped 
to Boston and then water is added. There 
can be no question but that this treatment 
should be plainly acknowledged on the cap 
of every bottle containing the compound. 
Selling this as is done now as a natural 
product is wrong to the consumer. With 
regard to pastuerization, the method of 
pastuerization should be specified. There 
are three kinds, the flash pasteurization, 
which is a snare and delusion; the tank 
pasteurization, whicu is more acceptable: 
and the pasteurization in the final sealed 
package, which medical men admit is the 
ideal pasteurization, though it is not gen¬ 
erally used on account of the cost. The 
distinctions are so sharp that they should 
be made known. 
"What is needed is a Massachusetts 
Milk Producers’ Association, made up ol 
men working together under equal condi¬ 
tions as to inspection, cost of stock, of 
labor and of feed. I would not have any¬ 
one conclude that I am against the sale of 
milk which can be sold at a cheaper rate 
than the native product. My contention is 
that I do not believe the out-of-State milk 
as described, which is in part from 24 to 
72 hours old when delivered, is entitled to 
be sold for” the same price as our native 
milk. The consumer naturally is entitled 
to buy his milk at the cheapest possible 
figure, and provided he is aware of its 
history no claim can be made that he is 
mislead. The attitude of the Boston con¬ 
sumer has been always one of willingness 
to pay a fair price for a product raised 
nearby and inspected by Massachusetts au¬ 
thorities.” 
Dairy farmers are wondering these days 
whether there is really any Dairymen's 
League. If there is they think it is time 
for it to assert itself." for now is the 
emergency. The Borden Condensed Milk 
Co. has announced the price for milk for 
the coming six months at a price 21 cents 
lower than it was two years ago, and much 
lower than for several years. This com¬ 
pany holds the power to make prices now. 
They may not be any more at fault than 
other dealers, in fact it looks as though 
all the dealers of any consequence are in 
league with the Bordens, so far as prices 
are concerned. It is more than intimated 
that several of the so-called competing 
companies are owned by the same stock¬ 
holders as the Borden company. There is 
doubt about any competition between them. 
The prices are less than butter and cheese 
business would make them, it is said, so it 
would seem possible to solve tin* difficulty 
by starting up the factories. These will 
have to be built in most cases, and farm¬ 
ers are afraid to build for fear that the 
big concerns will open up on them and 
drive them out of business. Can the league 
do anything for the rescue of the members 
of that organization or of dairymen as a 
whole in the shipping territory? If it can 
not. why not? If it can, why does it not 
act? Many of last season's feed bills are 
not yet paid afid all are wondering how 
the feeds of the coming Winter are to be 
paid. It is a long time since I have seen 
so much disgust on the part of farmers 
over prices. H. H. L. 
Chenango Co., N. Y. 
The outlook for dairying in this section 
is discouraging. Grain is higher in price 
than last year; hay about two-thirds of a 
crop. Milk, 33 cents per can of eight 
quarts. Farmers hereabouts are selling 
their cows, being unable to produce good 
milk at prices offered and meet the constant 
requirements of an arbitrary inspection. 
Cows sell from .$50 to $75. w. E. s. 
Southboro, Mass. 
Very little milk is produced for sale iu 
this section, excepting the local dairies 
that supply villages and towns. This milk 
is usually sold from a wagon by the pro¬ 
ducer. In villages the yearly price will 
prooably average 23 cents per gallon, in 
larger towns 30 cents. The corn crop here 
is the best for several years. Other feed 
crops good so that desirable cows need not 
be sold for lack of feed. There are very 
few butter or cheese factories in this sec¬ 
tion, none near here. There is a shortage 
of usable butter most of the time, for the 
local supply, and all cheese is shipped in. 
Newport, O. h. u. g. 
There is plenty of rough fodder to win¬ 
ter stock in this locality; almost every¬ 
one buys his feed, there is not half enough 
raised to feed stock. Milch cows are worth 
from $00 to $100 apiece. Milk is worth 
3% cents per quart since July 15; price 
is too low. Since September 1 milk is 
shrinking badly all the time; cannot buy 
any grain for much less than $30 per ton. 
Farmers would have been a great deal 
better satisfied if milk had gone to 3% 
cents per quart the first of September. 
The Health Board of New York City keeps 
sending out agents all the time to have 
farmers keep fixing their barns and do not 
want to pay any more for the milk. The 
consumer pays enough for the milk, but the 
railroad and middlemen get too much for 
what they do to it. If they do not let 
up on the farmer pretty soon a great many 
of them will have to get out of the busi¬ 
ness, as they cannot get money to comply 
with their demands. Most farmers are 
taking good care of their milk nowadays: 
if it reached the consumer as good as it 
left the farm it would not hurt anybody. 
Sauquoit. N. Y, c. e. b. 
CATTLE AT THE N. Y. STATE FAIK. 
The exhibit of live stock was excellent 
this year, as usual, and the new cattle 
building afforded opportunity to see with 
comfort the many animals shown. A no¬ 
ticeable improvevment over some past years 
was the absence of blankets, which have 
in many instances completely spoiled an 
exhibit from the standpoint of the ob¬ 
server, whatever protection they may have 
afforded to the cattle wearing them. To 
enumerate the different breeds exhibited 
would be simply to catalogue the different 
varieties of horned cattle, and to include 
a few that have seemingly so far given as¬ 
sent to the Darwinian theory as to have 
discarded their now useless, and conse¬ 
quently functionless, weapons. As was to 
be expected, the old butter breeds like the 
Jerseys and Guernseys were represented by 
splendid herds, many individuals of which 
were truly “works of art,” not simply be¬ 
cause of their beautiful lines and graceful 
bearing, but also because they really rep¬ 
resented in high degree the art of the 
breeder working upon a foundation sup¬ 
plied by nature. The udders ca cried by 
some of these cows were a revelation to a 
farmer accustomed to thinking of cows of 
the Jersey type as, par excellence, butter 
makers, but scant producers when quantity 
of milk is considered. 
The growing tendency of New York State 
farmers to make their acres suburban to 
New York City as a source of supply of 
one of the chief articles of diet, was shown 
iu the display of that great breed, the 
Ilolsteins. The large frames and capacious 
paunches of these animals evidenced their 
capacity for turning great quantities of 
roughage into liquid nutriment, and gave a 
cue to their rapidly increasing popularity 
in those dairying sections of the State 
where milk is produced chiefly for ship¬ 
ment to the cities. Notwithstanding the 
buffetings that they have received at the 
hands of those who, in season and out. 
have preached the necessity of specializing 
iu dairy farming, the champions of the 
dual purpose cow were there in full force, 
and splendid examples of the “milking 
Short-horns” were shown. Many of these 
were animals of large bulk, weighing, it 
was said, from 1,200 to 1.500 pounds, and 
carrying udders that made it easy to be¬ 
lieve that they would produce up to 8,000 
pounds of milk yearly. When it is remem¬ 
bered that the average production per 
cow iu New York State dairy herds is said 
to be but 4,000 pounds these beef-making 
Durhams seem to have easily earned a 
place in the dairy class. 
Something of a novelty to many Eastern 
farmers were the huge Herefords. the Gal¬ 
loways, the Aberdeen-Angus, and the Red 
Polled breeds, and hobnobbing with them 
might be seen their diminutive cousins, the 
Kerrys and French Canadians, each tilling 
a niche in the great bovine world, and 
possessing special advantages along certain 
lines denied to others of their kind. To 
the average dairyman, handienpped as he 
frequently is by lack of capital, and by the 
discouragingly small margin between the 
price received for his milk and the cost of 
its production, the exhibit was yet an in¬ 
spiration, for it showed the possibilities of 
selection and breeding for specific purposes, 
and it gave him a broader view of the pos¬ 
sibilities in agriculture, and an incentive, 
as well, toward a nearer approach to his 
ideals in whatever line of production he 
might be engaged. M. B. d. 
Fleshy Udder. 
A Jersey heifer born August 30, 1010, 
came fresh for the first time July 3. 1912. 
She had always been large, strong and 
well developed for her age; the udder was 
well developed and we had every reason 
to expect a large milk production. The 
heifer was in fine condition ail last Win¬ 
ter, fed liberally with cut corn fodder and 
chopped feed, the purpose being to force 
growth and development as much as pos¬ 
sible. The calf came at the normal period 
and everything seemed right, but the heif¬ 
er has never given more than three quarts 
of milk per day. The udder while quite 
large seems fleshy or meaty. Can you 
state the cause of this condition? What 
if anything can he done to overcome it? 
Is it probable that there will be a marked 
improvement in the quantity of milk after 
the second or later calves? The heifer is 
a registered Jersey, being a direct descend¬ 
ant of Flora Brown, the Chicago World’s 
Fair champion butter cow. F. g. s. 
Ohio. 
A fleshy udder contains scar or tumor 
tissue in a cow that has suffered from gar¬ 
get one or more times, and such an udder 
is incurably injured. When fleshiness of 
the udder is congenital it will be trans¬ 
mitted as a tendency or actuality; but if 
such a heifer is bred to a bull from a 
large producing cow, known to have an 
udder of fine quality that shows no meati¬ 
ness or size after milking, but is of the 
“dishrag” sort, there is some chance that 
her offspring may have good udders. A 
bull from a cow that has a fleshy udder is 
objectionable for use. It is just possible 
that the udder in question is not really 
meaty, but enlarged and swollen from con¬ 
gestion. Foment with hot water three 
times a day and at night rub with warm 
melted lard. Give the udder a vex - y thor¬ 
ough hand rubbing and massage each time 
the hot water is used. Once daily give 
half an ounce of fluid extract of poke root 
and two teaspoonfuls of saltpeter in water. 
a. s. A. 
At auctions here last Spring horses sold 
for $150 to $250 : cows $35 to $G5 ; sheep 
$5 to $8; hay $25 to $35. Manure and 
silage are never sold. No milk sold. Old 
crops all out of farmers' hands. 
Stafford, N. Y. j, m. F. 
DISPERSION SALE 
The Little Missouri Horse Company, of Meadville, 
Pa,, offer at Public Sale 
Forty Head of Imported and American-Bred Re¬ 
gistered Percheron Mares and Stallions 
Side to be held at their stables at C'onnoaut Lake, 
Pa., on 
Tuesday, Nov. 12th, 1912, at 12.30 o'clock, Sharp 
T .'7I'e hol'd is headed by tho Imported Stallion 
LRRA5 (59572) 45419, a ton horse, and Josaphat 
(84207) 77320, an International Winner. 
COL. F. M. WOODS, Auctioneer. 
Write to E. C. HUI0EK0PER, Manager, 
Little Missouri Horso Company, Meadville, Pa. 
Breed Up—Not Down^*’r«S“.,Si'S 
buy. Superior dairy dams. No better sires. K. F. 
SHANNON, 907 Liberty Street, Pittsburg, Pa. 
HORSES 
HAf.KNFY & tuotting-bred horses 
llrtUIUYLI FOR SAI.E-or could use 1912 5-Pas¬ 
senger Auto and Dairy Cattle in exchange. 
DELAWARE STOCK FARM, Bridoeville, Bel. 
rjercheron and Belgian Stallions and Mares for sale 
■ at farmers' prices. A W. GREEN, Route 1, 
Middlefleld, O. Railroad station, East Orwell, O., 
on Penna. ILK., 30 miles north of Youngstown, O. 
Handsome Chestnut Mules 
5 and 9 years: strong and willing: guaranteed 
sound; 12 hands; reasonable: $325. 
r stored Angoras, yearling Dorset Ewe. 
L. 1 HYSON. DmginaiCs Ferry, Pike Co., Pa. 
COLLIE PUPS 
10,0° 0F ERRETS F °R s ALET,Sa'S!5 
it s free. DeKleme Bros., Jamestown, Micb. Box 50 
SHEBI? 
Registered Shropshire Rams for Saleiffl 
LAMBS. E. E. STEVENS & SON, Wilson, N. Y. 
For Sale - & t p i§h s ™ rE ^ Er) hampshiredown 
„ SHEEP 1 HE BEST OF BREEDING. 
H. W. ALLISON, Route 9, Mercer, Pa. 
Shropshire Ram S -?X fj&SSJ?. 
Iish blood from Cooper, Thorn, and Buttnr; is well 
covered and tight wooled. Traver Farm, Wynantskill.N.Y, 
50 HAMPSHIREDOWN SHEEP 
From 7 mos. to 4 years old, both sexes: have gone 
into dairy business and must dispose of my flock; 
write your wants: prices right. 
VV, H. CRAWFORD, R. F. D. 10, . Mercer, Pa. 
HIGHLAND STOCK I 1 'ARM OFFERS 
SHROPSHIRES—RAMS AND EWES 
bred from British Y’eoman Rams, finest quality. 
W. F. BLACK, Hall, N. Y 
S WIME 
HOGS and POULTRY-^S/C” 
tier Duck Eggs, White and Brown Leghorn Eggs 
of l>est strains, Bred Berkshire Sows and Pigs, 
CHERRY HILL FRUIT FARM, Toboso, Licking County, Ohio. 
CHESTER WHITES— Two Prolific Brood Sows, also a 
* few Choice Gilts and Boars; all stock registered 
EUGENE T. BLACK, - SCIO, N. Y. 
n 1 f! ’q Of Superior Quallty-17 choiceyoung 
Ui li U, O Gilts and 11 Topy young Boars; pairs: 
no alun. FREI) NICKEL, Monroe, Mich. 
nilRfin PIRQ-PKIMGRKED. $12 per pair. 
UUnUu lluO Sereno O. Weeks, DeGraff, O. 
CHELDON FARM registered Durocs. 1’igs of both sex 
° Bred Sows. Service Hoars Best of breeding 
C. K. BAKNK9. Oxford, N. Y. 
V0RKSHIRE PIGS 8 weeks.* $7,50 paL*. Act Quick while 
they last. EVKKGKEEN, Suffern, N. V* 
1 ARGE YORKSHIRES— Sows bred for June and August 
L farrow. Boars ready for service. .May pigs, 
order now. Glknmark Farm, Hobertsville, Conn 
i iu , i ribbons. A bunch of cliam- 
pionslups m 1911. One spring litter averaged 84 lbs 
at 90 days. (Figs not fat.) H.S. Green, Powliatan Point. 6." 
DAIRY CATTLE 
TODD’S INTERSTATE CONSIGNMENT 
OF 
Holstein-Friesian Cattle 
WILL BE HELD IN CONNECTION WITH THE 
GREAT INTERSTATE FAIR AT TRENTON, N. J., ON 
OCTOBER 3rd, 1913 
80 HEAD OF REGISTERED COWS 
mostly young and many of them are fresh or 
nearly Springers. A catalogue will be issued 
about September 25th and will be mailed to 
those who expect to attend the sale. We solicit 
your patronage: desire your friendship; ask 
for your confidence. Address, 
Jacob Todd, Jr., Somerville, N. J. 
P. S. THERE WILL ALSO BE SOLO AN ENTIRE 
HERO OF HIGH-CLASS REGISTERED JERSEYS 
-GRADE HOLSTEINS- 
200 HEAD TO SELECT FROM 
We have some of the finest individuals and 
heaviest milking cows in Central New York. 
25 Head of Extra Fine Grade Guernseys 
due to freshen soon, also 
2 Car-Loads of Grade Holstein Heifers 
two years old, all nicely marked and in calf 
by registered bulls. 
F. P. SAUNDERS & SON, Cortland, N. Y. 
East River Grade Holsteins 
...FOR SALE... 
40 Cows just Fresh 50 Holstein Heiters 2 yrs, old 
30 " due in Aug. 40 Yearling Heifers 1 yr. old 
100 " due Sept., Oct., Nov. 5 Reg. Bulls ready for service 
All the Cows and Heifers are 
High Gradesand will please you. 
BELL PHONE JOHN 1$. WKB8TKK 
311-F-5 _ Dept. It, Cortland, N. Y. 
HAVE SIX THOROUGHBRED 
HOLSTEIN BOLL 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. 
BACKED BY HIGH OFFICIAL RECORDS 
Ontario Hugo Burke, born March 2, 1012. Holstein 
bull whito. Price, $75 with all papers but easily 
worth $200. Send for pedigree. 
OLOVKRDALK FARM, Charlotte, N. V. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves for S8 'VeTiat 
offer. THE GATES HOMESTEAD FARM, Cliittenanpn, H, Y. 
FOR SAI F_ a FINE AYRSHIRE BULL, 3 years old: 
* ^ good, strong individual. $50. CH. 
P. HATCH, Plum Beach farm, Port Washington. L. I. 
Two Jersey BULL CALVES 
Nine months old, out of our Adv. Registry Bull, 
Price $35. GEO. L. FERRIS & SON, Atwater, N. Y. 
e send for the Official Sales 
v List of the NEW YORK 
If 
GUERNSEY BREEDERS' ASStfCIATION, Box 96, Pee'kskiH, VT VI 
FOR SALE^-J^j^^seyBullCalf 
King David 22057. Dropped March 7. 1012. By 
Hullie Loo of Maide Glenn 15525: Boss of Edinburgh 
25497. Address, J. PUGH, Station A, East Liverpool. Ohio 
/ T'OMPKINS CO. BREEDERS' ASSOCIA- 
* TION, Box B, Trumansbuig, N. V.—Breeders 
of Holstein, Jersoy & Guernsey cattle and the lead¬ 
ing breeds of sheep and swine. Write for sale list. 
E ureka stock farm- 
Keglstored Jersey 
Bulls and Heifers. 
2 tnos. to 2 years old. 
Chester White, Po¬ 
land China and Berk¬ 
shire Pigs, all ages. 
Collie Pups and a_ 
variety of POULTRY. Wihte Eok Cuu5ui.au. 
IffiWAKI) VVALTUR, West Chester, 1'a. 
Milk Producers f ’ <,r . Now York City market 
, . . , desiring information how to 
form branches ot the Dairymen’s League, write to 
the Secretary. Albert Manning Otisville, N. Y. 
SWIWE 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES.- 
in Connecticut. Sows bred for A pi ll litters all sold. 
Have 4 sows bred to farrow In July : late, to ser¬ 
vice of Watson’s Masterpiece. Will book orders 
ror March and April pigs now. Send for new 
Booklet. J. E. W AT SON, Piuuimt ur, Marblcdale, Conn. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES AT HIGHWOOD 
We lurve sold more registered Borkshiros each year 
during the past 8 years than any other breeder in 
tho I tilted .States. There is a reason. No animal 
good enough unless large enough. 400 registered 
Berkshires in herd Selected individuals, all ages, 
tor sale. Visitors always vve conio and met at train 
if expected. H. C. 8 H. B. HARPENDINO, Dundee N. Y. 
My stock of pigs and 
hogs was never better. 
If you want the best 
all-around breed raise 
Jersey Reds 
Patton easily and quickly, 
small boned, long bodied, 
vigorous, prolific. Meat 
tins it rpHiifted. Choice offer* 
ingHnow. Allpixsand hogj 
vaccinated with serum. 
Writo today for free catalog 
Arthur J. Collins, Box R, Moorestown, N. J. 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN ASS’N, 
Purebred Registered 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
After a ti-year study of dai y operations on over 20 farms 
in throe different parts of Minnesota, l’rof. Cooper of 
ithe State Experiment Station finds that dairy ing is most 
profitable in the ‘ Holsiein section ” of the State 
ow. •A ri V 0 ’’ the average profit per cow was only $10.10. In 
U09 it had increased to $38.45 per row or 43?6 on capital in¬ 
vested. Increase was due to improved herds, purebred 
Holsteins having been substituted for grade Shorthorns 
As soon as dairying is puton a systematic basis, the Hol¬ 
stein cow comes to the front. If facts and figures mean 
anything to you, send for our illustrated literature. 
Send for Free Illustrated Descriptive Booklets. They 
contain valuably information for any Dairyman. 
F. L, HOUGHTON. Sec'y. Box 103. Brattleboro, Vt. 
