THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
61 
1913 . 
THE NEW YORK STATE DAIRYMEN’S 
ASSOCIATION. 
The thirty-sixth annual convention of the 
N. Y. State Dairymen’s Association, held 
in Syracuse on December 10-13th of this 
year, gave gratifying evidence of a desire 
on the part of the officers in charge to 
make these meetings of practical value to 
those who attended, and to the still greater 
number who, through the published report 
of the society, and the columns of the agri¬ 
cultural press, should benefit by the papers 
and discussions before that body. 
In reply to the welcome extended by the 
mayor of Syracuse, Mr. Geo. W. Sisson, Jr., 
president of the State Agricultural Society, 
gave a strong address in which he pointed 
out that not only the various agricultural 
associations, but the State itself, had de¬ 
voted their energies solely to the matter 
of food production, ignoring that no less im¬ 
portant side of distribution, and failing to 
solve the economic problems underlying the 
high cost of living, and the unsatisfactory 
financial returns from farming. He asked 
also for cooperation on the part of dairy¬ 
men with the State in the matter of the 
State regulation and oversight of milk pro¬ 
duction, saying that the nature of their 
product, its importance in the food economy 
of the State, and its vital relation to the 
hetalh of the citizens, rendered their busi¬ 
ness, in some degree, amenable to State 
supervision. 
President P. H. Dollar spoke of the finan¬ 
cial side of dairying, expressing his convic¬ 
tion that the past few wears had witnessed 
a marked improvement in the prosperity of 
dairy farmers, though, even yet, many 
might be found who were selling their 
product below the actual cost of its pro¬ 
duction. Mr. Dollar feels that the prime 
cause for unsatisfactory conditions in the 
dairying industry lies in the failure of 
milk shippers and consumers to discrimi¬ 
nate between clean and unclean milk, and 
pay a price for the former proportionate to 
the increased cost of its production. He 
also believes that the only way to secure 
the cooperation of the dairy farmer in the 
effort to stamp out bovine tuberculosis is to 
enable him to secure a price for milk from 
tuberculin tested cows commensurate with 
its cost. A surprising statement to many 
who little realize the magnitude of the ice 
cream industry is that the average con¬ 
sumption for each man, woman, and child 
in the United States is over five quarts, and 
the business of manufacturing it is still in 
its infancy. This means that another great 
market for dairy products is opening up and 
should be encouraged by dairymen. 
S. B. Richardson, talked of the cheese 
making industry, paying special attention to 
the market problems, the competition which 
this State is meeting from Wisconsin and 
the West, and the various problems con¬ 
nected with the making and marketing of 
washed curd and skim cheese. This ad¬ 
dress brought out a discussion which showed 
a lively interest in the subject, and unan- 
imitv in the opinion that inability to con¬ 
trol'the quality of the milk brought him 
was the cheese maker’s greatest handicap. 
With the purpose of securing concrete re¬ 
sults from the discussion, a committee of 
five was appointed to make such recom¬ 
mendations as seemed needed to the legis¬ 
lative committee and the Association. 
“American Butter” was discussed by 
Prof. G. L. McKay, of Chicago. He advo¬ 
cated butter making on the farm on the 
ground that it tended toward more com¬ 
plete conservation of soil fertility than any 
other branch of farming, and was. in addi¬ 
tion. one of the most profitable branches, 
when carried out intelligently. Figures 
were given to show that the loss in fertility 
to the farm when whole milk was sold 
amounted to approximately .$5.50 per year 
for each cow giving 5000 pounds of milk, 
nor could the growing of such legumes as 
clover. Alfalfa, and cow peas restore this 
fertility unless these crops were fed on 
the farm. 
The following table was given to show 
the loss to the farm of fertilizing material 
under different systems of management. In 
the sale, at $1 per hundred pounds, of $100 
worth of four per cent milk, $10.25 worth 
of fertilizing material is removed from the 
farm. $100 worth of cream containing 20 
per cent fat, and sold at 25 cents per 
pound, removes $1.52 worth of fertility, 
while, if it contains 40 per cent of fat, only 
56 cents worth is taken. When $100 worth 
of butter fat alone is sold, however, the 
farm has lost only 14 cents in fertilizing 
material by the sale. Prof. McKay told of 
his visit to European countries where he 
found that dairying was carried on every¬ 
where on high priced land, and, notwith¬ 
standing the fact that this laud was con¬ 
tinuously cropped, it was increasing in fer¬ 
tility. Answering questions^ with regard 
to oleomargarine, Prof. McKay said that 
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue had 
estimated that 50 per cent of oleo was sold 
as butter at butter prices. If a line of 
demarcation was not drawn between the 
products one would crowd the other out. 
In the fight now on at Washington, the 
Lever bill permitting the coloring of oleo 
is advocated by the packing interests, while 
the Haugen bill, fixing the shade which that 
product may have at 55 per cent white, or 
its natural tint, is pressed by the dairy¬ 
men. Both lower the tax on oleo, in def¬ 
erence to the sentiment worked up among 
labor unions by the packing interests that 
this tax adds to the high cost of living; 
the Haugen bill lowering it the most. No 
objection to the sale of oleo for what it is 
is offered by dairymen, and the regulation 
of its color seems to be the only practi¬ 
cable way in which it can be prevented from 
masquerading as butter. 
Dr. Chas. E. North, of New York, gave 
an illustrated address on “Clean Milk at 
Low Cost,” taking as the text of his talk 
the statement that cleanliness has a mar¬ 
ket value, and emphasizing the fact that 
the main question, after all, is “IIow much 
quality, at what price?” 
The broad subject of “Dairy Farming” 
was taken up by C. C. Lillie of Michigan, 
who treated it from a practical business 
standpoint, urging that the crops of the 
farm could most profitably be marketed 
through the dairy cow, and quoting the 
results from over 1,200 cows in four Mich¬ 
igan cow testing associations which showed 
that their owners received $1.85 for every 
dollar’s worth of food consumed. Mr. Lil¬ 
lie believes that the only practical way to 
improve the dairy is to raise heifers from 
sires old enough to have demonstrated their 
ability to transmit the good qualities to 
be expected from their breeding. As this is 
impracticable for small dairymen, they 
should unite in cooperative ownership and 
tests. With regard to feeding, dairymen 
must depend upon corn silage and either 
clover or Alfalfa for roughage, and may 
balance this with oats and Canada field 
peas, raised upon their own farms, if they 
wish. Whether they shall attempt to raise 
these grains or purchase the needed con¬ 
centrates in the market is purely a busi¬ 
ness proposition to be worked out with pen¬ 
cil and pad. Tuberculosis was spoken of 
as purely a barn disease, entirely con¬ 
trollable through efficient methods of ven¬ 
tilation and sanitation. 
“Feeding Dairy Cows for Large and 
Economical Production” was discussed by 
Prof. II. G. Van Pelt of Iowa, in a manner 
too exhaustive to permit of any attempt to 
summarize it in a brief report. If the 
dairymen present shared Prof. Van Pelt’s 
roseate views of the present status of the 
industry, and his more than optimistic out¬ 
look upon the future, they should have been 
able to ignore such somewhat incongruous 
statements as that “of the millions of cows 
now being milked in the United States, 
only one out of three, on the average, re¬ 
turns a real profit.” A crumb of comfort 
was afforded, however, by the accompany¬ 
ing statement that “The fact that two- 
thirds of the cows being milked are un¬ 
profitable, does not indicate that these 
cows are all poor individuals,” “Proper 
feeding alone would suffice to make profit¬ 
able at least half of the cows that are 
now showing a loss.” 
The closing session was occupied by O. F. 
Ross, of Lowville, N. Y., who gave a talk 
on “Concrete Construction" that well repaid 
all who staid to hear it, and was the 
subject of much favorable comment upon 
the part of the dairymen as they scattered 
to their homes. Mr. Ross believes thor¬ 
oughly in the concrete silo, and considers 
the monolithic, or solid, form the most per¬ 
manent, strongest, and most practical. The 
inner surface, he thinks, should be water 
proofed by painting with hot tar or asphalt 
roofing paint. 
Early in the session the Association was 
addressed by Commissioner of Agriculture 
IIusou, who spoke of the control of tuber¬ 
culosis among dairy cattle, and advocated 
the measures recently proposed at the con¬ 
ference called by him in Albany to discuss 
that subject. 
In attendance and interest shown, and in 
the real value of the conferences, this ses¬ 
sion of the State Dairymen's Association 
was considered among the most successful 
ever held. E. II. Dollar of Heuvelton, was 
re-elected president, and W. E. Griffith of 
Madrid, secretary. As directors, C. .1. Hu- 
son of Albany, F. N. Godfrey, of Olean. 
II. C. Lang of New York, W. N. Giles, of 
Skaneateles, F. C. Soule of Syracuse, and 
W. A. Stocking, of Ithaca, were chosen. 
ai. B. D. 
Sorghum for the Silo. 
In an article of mine on “Sorghum Cane 
for Forage” which appeared in The R. 
N.-Y. last April, no reference was made 
to its use in the silo. I received quite a 
number of inquiries from subscribers in 
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts 
and New York as to its use for silage. 
Since then I have had opportunity to ob¬ 
serve its use, and inspect the silage made 
of cane alone. The delegates to our 
Kansas State Grange (myself included) 
were invited to visit and inspect the State 
College and farms at Manhattan, on De¬ 
cember 11, 1912. Among the exhibits was 
a large silo filled with sorghum cane, an¬ 
other with corn, and still another with 
Kaffir corn. As corn silage, and Kaffir 
silage has more or less of a sour taste, 
and odor, the cane was noticeably sweet, 
and agreeable in odor, and seemed to be 
preferred by the cows. This sorghum cane 
was put in the silo when fully ripe, cut 
in one-inch lengths. As sorghum cane will 
yield double the amount of forage of corn 
on their land, I should suppose it would 
be valuable as a silo filler in the Eastern 
States. On our way'to Manhattan (to at¬ 
tend the State Grange) ISO miles, by far 
the greater part of stock feed raised 
seemed to be cane jud Kaffir corn (red and 
white). For thin land, I do not believe 
there is a plant that will excel sorghum 
cane, as a food for fattening hogs, a feed 
for poultry, for growing cattle, colts, mules 
or horses, either cured or as silage. Of 
course it is better to balance it with clover 
or Alfalfa, or some forage that is mostly 
protein. 
Our State Grange is to establish a State 
agency to assist our Subordinate Granges 
to buy and sell in car lots. Your readers 
members of the Grange, who buy wheat, 
corn, oats, clover, Timothy, Alfalfa or wild 
hay by the car lot can take notice and 
govern themselves accordingly. Kansas is 
the incubator of Alfalfa seed, Kaffir, cane, 
Meadow fescue, etc. geo. pcrdy. 
Kansas. 
nere are some of the prices of produce 
obtained by the farmers : Sweet potatoes 
average price, $1 a hamper; white pota¬ 
toes average price 30 cents a basket; 
turkeys, average price, 26; chickens, aver¬ 
age price. 20; hogs, $9.50 a hundred 
dressed; calves live weight, $9.50 a hun¬ 
dred. ir. j. m. 
Goldsboro, N. Y. 
One of your Ohio correspondents, com¬ 
plains on page 66 of the high price of cot¬ 
ton-seed meal, which he assumes is due to 
manipulation or trade agreements. There 
is no industry in the world where there is 
so much competition as that of cotton-seed 
oil. The high price of cotton-seed meal is 
due to the reason that we have a cotton 
crop below normal except in Texas, where 
the crops are good enough to bring the 
total up to an average. As a result cot- 
ton-seed meal is very scarce in the East 
and North, and the surplus in Texas, on 
account of the high freight rates, must 
naturally go to foreign countries. We are 
inclined to believe that cotton-seed meal 
could be laid down at German seaports for 
less than it could be in the East. We are 
not dependent on cotton-seed meal in the 
North with our other protein feeds, which 
when mixed with corn meal to the right 
strength will figure out just as cheaply. 
Among these feeds are distillers’ grains, 
gluten feed and possibly linseed meal. 
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Customers in Nine Different States Praise These Silos 
MAINE 
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NEW HAMPSHIRE 
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VERMONT 
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OHIO 
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“ Had good deal better ensilage in the DIRIGO than in 
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