1912. 
1106 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
MIL 
N. Y. Exchange price $1.81 per 40-quart 
can. netting 3% cents in 2G-cent zone. 
The zones are fixed by the Interstate 
Commerce Commission as follows : 23 cents 
for the first 40 miles from New York ; 26 
cents for the next 60 miles; 20 cents for 
the next 90 miles; beyond this, 32 cents. 
The railroads allow a discount for car lots 
of 10.000 quarts of 10 and 1214 P<r cent. 
The Milk Situation in Southern Central N. Y. 
The prices announced for milk this sea¬ 
son have caused more discussion among 
milk producers thau has been heard for a 
good many years. 1 picked out a level¬ 
headed farmer and attempted to get his 
views, as I thought he would be more con¬ 
servative in his beliefs than are those re¬ 
sponsible for the stray remarks that one 
hears on the street. This man, however, 
did not discount the usual assertion of the 
dairy farmer very much. 
It is often said that milk ought to bring 
$2 a hundred in Winter. This dairyman 
had figured it out for himself and insisted 
that the price should be $2 for four months 
and he would compromise on a somewhat 
smaller sum for two months. He says 
there is no real profit in Winter milk at a 
lower figure. It should be understood that 
the farmer in question has an excellent 
herd of cows. They are close to $100 cows, 
while the usual farmer has $50 cows. 
I do not mean to be understood by this 
that it costs him more to produce milk 
than it does the average farmer. Rather 
it costs him less, even counting the in¬ 
creased interest and depreciation charge 
that he has to carry. He has some cows 
that produce close to 12.000 pounds a 
year, and his average production is almost 
twice the 4,500 pounds that the cows of 
the vicinity average. This will reduce his 
cost of production very materially. If he 
feels that lie must have nearly $2 a hun¬ 
dred to produce milk at a profit in Win¬ 
ter, what must the average man have to 
make him a profit? And yet the great bulk 
of milk used to feed the people is produced 
by these average folks from average cows. 
H. H. L. 
The New England Milk Situation. 
The Winter price of milk to supplv the 
Boston market will vary more in the dif¬ 
ferent localities than ever before. The old 
way ol paying so much a can according to 
distance from Boston does not go any 
more. Largely in place of this each buyer 
has agreed on the price he thought he 
could afford to pay, according to the condi¬ 
tions, freight charges, etc., in each section, 
and the producers have in some cases 
gained by the change. Also the producers, 
while not getting quite the price asked 
and expected, gained an advance of from 
three to five cents per can over last Win¬ 
ter s prices, which is quite an advantage 
after all. 
The price in the city will not advance as 
a rule and the consumer will have no cause 
to put up a kick, as they always do over 
any advance in the retail price, no matter 
how much the advance is deserved. The 
B. C. M. P. Co., or the directors, carried 
the thing along and acted in a moderate 
and sensible manner all through, and 
should have credit from all sides for the 
work they did to bring about this result. 
Some will kick, of course, and say tliev 
should have done better, but too much kick¬ 
ing sometimes turns out to the disadvant¬ 
age of the kicker. It is well to be firm 
in any stand taken, but it is not well to 
be mulish. 
Under present conditions, while there 
will be no great profit at the price named, 
yet the producers should come out whole 
in most cases, and that is much better 
than has been the case many times in the 
last few years. While we look for the 
business to pick up some, yet we doubt 
if the market will be overloaded much of 
the time, as butter is short and prices 
stiffening up. In some sections much milk 
will go into this product this Winter 
which might otherwise be put on the Bos¬ 
ton market. 
The following are some of the prices in 
the different sections paid by the many dif¬ 
ferent buyers: Tile Whitings will pay 38 
cents in the nine-cent zone at the car for 
October. Beyond that they promise to 
pay the general or going price, whatever it 
may be. The Boston Condensed Milk Co., 
or Graustein Co., will pav 40 cents in 
some sections in Massachusetts und 38 
cents outside. 
The If. P. Hood Co. will pay 40 cents 
in Southern New Hampshire in* the eight- 
cent zone and 38 cents in the nine-cent 
zone. Alden Bros, will pay 40 cents for 
their Massachusetts milk. The Deerfoot 
Farm Co. will pay 40 cents for wholesale 
milk, that is milk they buy to sell that 
way. both at North boro and nolliston, de¬ 
livered at car or auto truck, and 45 cents 
for retail milk or that they buy to bottle 
at Southboro. 
The independent or small dealers who 
buy from the producers direct believe the 
big contractors worked the deal to keep 
the retail price at nine cents on purpose to 
drive them out of business, as these inde¬ 
pendents buy as the rule nearby milk and 
pay more than the big contractors do. The 
larger part of the big buyers’ milk is 
cheaper or long-distance milk, which they 
can make a profit on at nine cents, while 
the independent dealers, if obliged to sell 
at this figure, perhaps could not. In some 
cases it is stated these small dealers have 
changed from nearby milk and are sending 
a car into Hood’s territory in the cheaper 
sections outside the State. 
The average price paid producers of milk 
for Worcester, Mass., and Providence, R. I., 
is, I understand, about five cents per quart! 
A. E. i*. 
Grade_ cows, no special breed, are selling 
from $»>0 to $60; canners. according to 
quality, from two to 3% cents, live weight; 
few to be had: no fat stock raised here 
for market. It is entirely a dairv section ; 
Holsteins are in the majority, with a few 
herds of Ayrshire. Jersey and Guernsey 
Holsteins are selling from .$100 to $1,000 
each. A man seven miles south from here 
refused $7,000 for six heifers. Milk has 
been selling at cheese factory at about 
$1.-5 per_ hundred all Summer, with prob¬ 
ably $1.3.) <>r $1.40 for October. No butter 
factory within three miles; dairy butter 
in rolls or jars is selling in the store at 
18 to 20 cents; separator butter is selling 
according to quality, 25 to 30 cents, and 
in good demand. Cheese and hogs are the 
staples here, with some grain, such as 
barley and oats. Barley is selling from 
40 to 60 cents per bushel; it is "a fair 
berry but color is bad. Oats are colored 
on account of excessive rains; some fields 
sprouted : selling from 23 to 28 cents per 
bushel. Not much offered, as it is cheaper 
for feed than bran, gluten or other grain 
by-products. Hogs are selling from 7*4 to 
nine cents, live weight; not many offered, 
as old corn is fed and new corn is not 
husked yet. A hard frost killed all the 
corn here. September 28, which was not 
matured enough for silage. Most of them 
are filling silos this week; not good quality, 
and I believe seed corn will be high and 
scarce next Spring. About 40 silos were 
built around here this Summer. No fruit 
to speak of; apples, just enough trees 
planted for home use. Berries were a 
good crop; only enough planted for home 
use. Fruit buds on apple trees were nearly 
all killed last Winter, except a .few 
Wealthy. Potatoes are a good crop, with a 
few rotten. Hay was good crop on high 
land; marshes are not cut yet, it being 
so wet. Tame hay is selling around $15 
to $17. Land is selling from $100 to $190 
per acre, according to improvements. 
Juneau. Wis. a. h. s. 
Milch cows, from $30 to $40; beef, No. 
1 dressed. $8 per 100 pounds; pork, $9.50; 
fowls, 14 cents a pound; eggs, per dozen. 
cents; dairy butter, per pound, 25 
cents; wheat, per bushel, 95 cents; rye 
70 cents; oats, 40; potatoes, 35; apples 
40; squash, per dozen, $1. Hay, per ton'. 
No. 1, $17; straw, $9. e. m. 
Petoskey, Mich. 
Milch cows, $35 to $75; dressed beef 
(native,), eight cents per pound; lamb, 12 
cents per pound; pork. 10% cents per 
pound ; chickens, 20 to 22 cents per pound ; 
fowls, 15 to 16; creamery butter, 33 ; eggs, 
30 ;_ potatoes, 50 cents per bushel; apples, 
$1.50 to $3 per barrel ; plums, 50 cents 
per peck; maple sugar, 12% cents per 
pound. h. L _ T 
East Montpelier, Vt. 
Milk sells wholesale at four cents per 
quart. Dairy butter, 38 cents per pound. 
Fresh cows, from $60 to $75; four-weeks- 
old calves, good; hogs, dressed, 15 cents 
per pound. Eggs. (5 to 50 cents, the latter 
price from a poultry farm, no doubt sorted 
and put up in cartons. Potatoes retail at 
90 cents from the farm. Dropped apples, 
25 cents per basket. Quinces, one, two and 
three cents, according to grade. We do 
not sell garden crops. " h. m. b. 
Boonton, N. J. 
Cheese is selling for 15% cents; butter, 
32 cents ; milk, per hundred, $1.70 at sta¬ 
tion, shipped to New York. Pork, dressed, 
11 cents per pound; alive, eight cents. 
Potatoes, GO cents per bushel. Kggs, 28 
cents per dozen. Beets and carrots, 40 
cents per bushel; cabbage, from three to 
five cents per head ; onions. 75 cents to 81 
Per bushel. Fowls, dressed, 17 cents per 
pound; alive, 13. Corn, shelled, 90 cents 
per bushel; oats, 48. Hay, $10 to $20 
per ton. G . 
Little Falls, N. Y. 
Horses average $100 to $200 each; 
steers, five_to seven cents per pound; cows, 
$30 to $75 per head; stock hogs, nine to 
10 cents and fat, eight to 8% cents; sheep, 
four cents. _ Wheat, 95 cents per bushel ; 
corn, old. 70 cents; new, 50; oats, 30. 
Clover seed, $10 per bushel; Timothy, 
$1.25. Potatoes, 40 to 50 cents. Apples, 
Ben Davis, 40 cents, Jonathan, 75 cents 
per bushel. Butter. 25 cents per pound; 
eggs. 20 cents per dozen. Veal calves, six 
to seven cents. Hay, $10 to $15 per ton 
Menton, Ill. w. c. 
Hogs are selling for eight to 10 cents, 
dressed. Beef is mostly bought by the 
carcass on foot, but when they arc sold 
by the quarter or side, from seven to eight 
cents. There is very little feeding of 
cattle; mostly come out of pasture and 
are killed. Milch cows bring from $40 to 
$60. Most of the cows are Jerseys, with 
a few Guernsey and Holstein crosses. Po¬ 
tatoes are just being dug. Date potatoes 
are a big crop. But the mountain potatoes 
that are raised here bring more than low¬ 
land potatoes and find market at the river 
towns up the Hudson. There are only 
enough apples and other fruit here this 
year for home use. Very little grain is 
raised ; nearly all buy Western feed and 
use silos, putting their corn in them, and 
buy grain to balance the ration. Most of 
tli<‘ butter is made in cooperative croam- 
eries : of which there are five in a radius 
of 12 miles. The patrons receive pay for 
the blitter fat, butter being made for from 
2% to three cents per pound by the com¬ 
pany. About 30 cents was the average 
Price paid for butter fat during August, 
1J12. Hay is mostly fed to stock on farm, 
where there is any sold, brings from 
$20 to $2u per ton. A . M 
New York. 
fresh cows, good ones, very scarce, 
nearly all stock being poor scrubs, average 
price for native stock, $60 with calf, while 
good grades bring as high as $90 when 
tested. Good eight to 10-week-old pigs 
bring $6 to $8 per pair. Milk, delivered 
to village, averaging about three miles 
trom most farms, brings five cents per 
quart or when called for by dealer at 
farm 4% cents. No fruit but peaches 
so 1 ®! “ost farmers cart to Summit or 
Plainfield and retail at about $1.50 per 
basket. Eggs can lie bought at the farm 
tor 3o cents; farmers who want more 
money and take the trouble to retail in 
New i ork or nearby cities get from 45 to 
60 cents. Very little garden stuff sold. 
Lima beans, $1.25; peppers, $2.50 per 
barrel. Ibis is far from a real farming 
country. In many eases the sons have 
given up farming hut continue to live with 
the old people on the farm and commute 
to New York or engage in some trade 
locally. There is a gradual awakening of 
interest in modern farming and there is a 
small handful of us who feel that a great 
deal of good could be accomplished by co¬ 
operation and the forming of a Grange or 
some such organization. We feel that such 
a scheme would be difficult to start but 
once fairly started would do much good 
Berkeley Heights, N. J. " L p 
| DAIRY CATTDE [ 
East River Grade Holsteins 
. . .FOR SALE.. . 
40 Cows just Fresh 50 Holstein Heifers 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 Grades and will please you. 
BELT, PHONE JOHN IS. WEBSTER 
3U-F-5 Dept. R, Cortland. N. Y. 
50 Grade Holsteins 
An entire dairy of 50 large, tine cows, all young, 
nicely marked and extra heavy milkers. Tu¬ 
berculin tested. Price, $11)0.00 each. 
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST DAIRIES 
IN CENTRAL NEW YORK. 
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. 
RARE OPPORTUNITY 
We will sell three A. R.O. Holsteins for herd foun¬ 
dation cows, bred to a 35.61 lb. bull. Send for 
pedigrees and prices. 
CLOVER DALE FARM, Charlotte, N. Y. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves fo r r Sa 'V^Iia! 
offer, THE GATES HOMESTEAO FARM, Chittenango, N . Y. 
E ureka stock farm— 
Registered Jersey 
Bulls and Heifers. 
2 mos. to 2 years old. 
Chester White. Po¬ 
land China and Berk¬ 
shire Pigs, all ages. 
Collie Pups and a!_ 
variety of POULTRY. White for uikclj.au. 
EDWARD WAITER, West Chester, Pa. 
For Sale—Choice Grade Jersey Cows 
Your choice of 20 from herd of 35, at $75 per head. I 
Mostly my own raising ; all good age ; 7 in the herd 
will make over 500 lbs. of butter in a season. Aver- j 
age test at the Creamery for year 1911 over 5 per 
cent, bntterfat. 5 are fresh, 14 duo in October. All i 
except 7 will be fresh before December 1st. 
THOMAS RICH, Hobart, Delaware Co., N. Y. 
FOR SALF~ Herd Keg.Jersey Cattle, established 
H vHLL 1888, 35 head, 20 cows, 8 of the cows 
have just freshened. Also heifer and bull calves, 
good individuals and fine condition. Reason for 
selling—do not have competent help. Como and see 
them. Short pedigree will be given with each pur¬ 
chase. - J. ALDUS HERR, Lancaster, Pa., R. D. No. 4. 
Breed l)p-Not DownTr > c,““"„“l": 
bny. Superior dairy dams. No better si res. R. F. 
SHANNON. 907 Liberty Street. Pittsburg, Pa. 
If You Want Guernseys T&'Vlhe' new 1 w 
GUERNSEY BREEOERS’ ASSOCIATION. Box 96, Peekskill, N. Y. 
FOR SAL E—Guernsey Bull Calf 
King David 22057. Dropped March 7. 1!)12. fty 
Bu bo Loo of Maple Glenn 15525: Bess of Edinburgh 
23497. Address. J. PUGH, Station A, East Liverpool. Ohio 
aPOMPKINS CO. BREEDERS’ ASSOCIA- 
* TION, Box U, Trumansburg, X. Y.—Breeders 
of Holstein, Jersey & Guernsey cattle and the lead¬ 
ing breeds of sheep and swine. Write for sale list. 
Milk Producers '/ )r -* No ' v v . ork City «'«»•!«» 
, desiring information how to 
orm branches of the Dairymen s League, write to 
the Secretary, Albert Manning Otisvillo. N. Y. 
A FINE ST. LAMBERT JERSEY BULL 
of good size. A sure breeder; of kind disposition. 
A line individual. Recorded in the A. J. C C 
A. D. SWEITZER, Box 230, Alliance, O. 
SWIKT3D 
50 -BERK SHI RES -50 
Harland's Lad No. 149390 beads the herd. 
Herman s Peggy 2d, 133723 has farrowed 14 pigs. 
Mistress Mollio, 154919 has farrowed 12, and Mistress 
l olly 2d, tairowed 11. They are big boned and 
or good form, and they surely are prolific. 
I have been 15 years trying to getBerksliires that 
were as prolific as ordinary scrub hogs, and now I 
have succeeded. 
I 1 o i £« s U T i iin£.r old for * 10 - 00 each, while they last. 
J. GRANT MORSE, Laurel Farm, Hamilton, N. Y. 
The Brookside Farms 
YORKSHIRES 
Registered in England and America. Purebred 
boars and sows, in tine condition for breeding 
Boine particularly good yearling studs. For in¬ 
formation and prices, address 
THE BROOKSIDE FARMS, 
Great Barrington, - - - Massachusetts 
LARGE BERKSHIRES AT HIGHWOOD 
V e have sold more registered Berkshires each year 
during the past 8 years than any other breeder in 
the United .States. There is a reason. No animal 
good enough unless large enough. 400 registered 
Berkshires m herd. Selected individuals, all ages, 
tor sale. Visitors always welcome and met at train 
if expected. H. C. S H. B. HARPENDING Dundee N. Y. 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES,-ftj,a 
in Connecticut. Sows bred for April litters all sold 
Have 4 sows bred to farrow in July; late, to ser¬ 
vice ot Watsons Masterpiece. Will book orders 
i» i a , rCh i c“«. ,,iKS now Send for new 
Booklet. J. E. W ATSON. Piunrietor, Mnrliledale, Conn. 
Bsrkshire Pigs- Both sex; sired by Longfellow’s Loyal 
1 Bee; bred in Longfellow and Premier 
strain. Easy prices. JOHN A. YOUNG, Delansoti, N.Y. 
Sly stock of pigs and 
hogs was never better. 
If you want the best 
all-around breed raise 
Jersey Reds 
Fatten easily and quickly, 
small boned, long bodied, 
vigorous, prolific. Mem 
unsurpassed. Choice offer- 
lugs now. All pigs and hogs 
vaccinated with serum. 
Write today for free catalog 
Arthur J. Collins, Box R, Moorestown, N. J. 
HOGS and POULTRY-SrSn'SSi,". 
ner Duck Eggs. White and Brown Leghorn Eggs 
of best strains. Bred Berkshire Sows and Pigs. 
CHERRY HILL FRUIT FARM, Toliosn, Licking County, Ohiu. 
I 9 % of Superior Quality—17 choice young 
— 1 u ' ” Gilts and 11 Topy young Boars; pairs; 
no akin. FRED NICKEL. Monroe, Mich. 
I ARGE YORKSHIRES- Sows bred for June and Angnst 
L farrow. Boars ready for service. May pigs, 
order now. Gljenmakk Farm, Robertsville, Conn. 
miRnO PlfiQ-PGDIGKKFD. IS 13 per pair, 
uunuii nuo Sereno o. Weeks, DeGraff, O. 
CHELDON FARM registered Du rocs. Pigs of both sex 
o Bred Sows. Service Boars. Best of breeding 
C. K. BARNES. Oxford, N. Y. 
JSS HEX JE 2D IT* 
audL JPcrrots 
fill I I IF PUP? entitled to registry; spayed females 
UULLIL rUrO Circulars. SILAS l)£CK EK,Montro»<-, l»q 
THOROUGHBRED Beagle Dogs anil Pups, bred from registered 
stock, lor sale, Horac e Lawrence, in.>.io 2 , West Chester,Pa. 
10,000 FERRETS FOR SALE~ Write - f01 ' pi ' ice 
PUROPSHIRE YEARLING RAMS by imi>orted sire. Price 
O right. I’RED VAN VLEET, Lodi, New York 
(5 
SHROPSHIRE EWE LAMBS FOR SALE 
A Iso Yearling Rams. H. B. COVERT, Lodi, N. Y 
it’s free. 
_ . „ , list and catalog. 
DeKleme Bros., Jamestown, Micb. Box 50 
FERRETS FOR SALE E t w 1 ° 1,la ' goor 
7 1 i ' , "7,7 small. Write for free 
catalogue and price list. KEEFER BROS. Greenwich 0 
II ORSES 
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P erclieron and Belgian Stallions and Mares for sale 
lit fanners' prices. A. W. GREEN, Route 1 , 
luiadlelieltLO. Railroad station, East Orwell, O 
on 1 enna. K.R., 30 miles north ot* Youngstown, o! 
SHETLAND PONIES 
An unccaKiag source of pleasure and robust health tochildren 
Saf« and ideal playmates. Inexpensive to keep. Highest tvne- 
Complete outfits. Satisfaction guaranteed. Illustrated fiu. 
logue. HELLK AIKaDK FA KM, Box 20, Markham, Va. 
Registered Shropshire Rams tor Sale's^ 
LAMBS. E. K. STEVENS & SON, Wilson, N. Y. 
20 Registered Delaine Rams Gcst breeding and 
■ — ■■ - —. -.inrality. Also ewes. For¬ 
mers’ prices. J. C. Weaiherby 8 Son, Trumansburg, N. Y. 
Elm Place—Rambouillet Merino Rams 
A FEW CHOICE ANIMALS FOR SALE. 
MA HKIIAM & PI FFKR, Avoo, Livingston Ca., NY. 
NI AG AR ASTOCK FARM „]!;,• 
“Shropshire" Hams for sale at good value to tho 
purchaser. Write J. C. DUNCAN, Mgr., Lewiston, N. Y. 
HIGHLAND STOCK FARM OFFERS 
SHROPSHIRES—RAMS AND EWES 
bred from British Yeoman Rams, finest quality. 
W. F. BLACK. Hal), N. Y. 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN ASS'N, 
Purebred Registered 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
Near Big Bay, Mich., is a herd of thirteen purebred 
Holsteins. Last year the average yield per cow of this 
herd was 18,812 lbs. of milk and 638.57 lbs. of fat. 
Do you realize the money there is in such cows ? It is 
estimated that tho average animal yield of all cows in thi« 
country is under 4,000 lbs. These thirteen cows produce ns 
much milk as sixty-two cows of the 4,000 lbs. to equal their 
output. 
Why feed, milk and shelter any more cows than you need 
to produce the milk yon require ? 
Send for Free Illustrated Descriptive Booklets. They 
contain valuable information for any Dairyman. 
F. L. HOUGHTON. Secy. Box 105. Brattleboro, Vt. 
More and Better Milk 
is what the dairymen want. More milk is secured when tho 
physical condition of the cows is improved; better milk follows 
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