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IPHE RURAft NEW-VORKEtt 
January 25, 
M ILK 
In effect January 1, 1913, the N. Y. 
Milk Exchange price was reduced 20 cents 
per 40-quart can, now being: 11 (selected 
raw and pasteurized), $1.91 per 40-quart 
can; C (for cooking and manufacturing), 
$1.81, netting four and 3% cents to ship¬ 
pers in the 26-cent zone. 
The zones are fixed by the Interstate 
Commerce Commission as follows: 23 cents 
for the first 40 miles from New York; 2G 
cents for the next 60 miles; 29 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 12% per cent. 
In outlining the programme of the New 
York Milk Committee for the coming year 
Dr. Charles E. North of the committee, 
said January 9 that that body was not sat¬ 
isfied with the present classification by the 
New "York City Department of Health. 
Criticism was made of two grades of milk 
which he declared to be dangerous for the 
feeding of infants and children. These 
he referred to as “selected milk raw,” 
under Class B, and as “cooking milk,” 
under Class C. Dr. North criticised this 
because pasteurization of them was not 
made compulsory, and stated that the com¬ 
mittee would endeavor to bring about the 
compulsory pasteurization of all milk de¬ 
livered to the city which does not conform 
to the requirements of raw milk under 
Class A. Pasteurization, he said, furnished 
the only absolute guarantee against dis¬ 
eases transmitted through milk. The com¬ 
mittee, Dr. North added, was in favor of 
taking the inspection of dairy farms out of 
the hands of the city and placing it in 
the hands of the State authorities. 
Outlook for Milk Prices. 
When the Borden Condensed Milk Com¬ 
pany put out their prices last September, 
and farmers found that they were low 
prices, it was quite generally thought they 
might be advanced during some of the 
months this Winter. The reason for this 
opinion was that that this company has 
done that in the past, and the prices were 
too low for profitable production. It was 
known also that there are fewer cows in 
the territory than usual, and a shortage of 
milk was looked for. At the present date 
there has been no advance in milk prices 
this Winter. There has been the expected 
shortage of milk, and grain prices have 
held well up until lately and even now 
much of the feeds offered are at rather high 
prices. At this date the shortage has been 
passed, and it now seems very doubtful if 
the price will be raised during the six- 
months’ period for which the announcement 
was made. This price is now on the de¬ 
cline, January price being 10 cents under 
last month, and each month now will see 
a still loWer rate. It is only a little over 
two months when the best average dairies 
will fail to pay a profit. Those of less pro¬ 
ducing power will fail of profit earlier. 
Meanwhile the dealers, by purchasing milk 
at lower prices, will be enlarging their 
profits. They will not talk about their 
profits at that time but will make fre¬ 
quent mention of the close prices of De¬ 
cember. 
The thing that concerns us most now Is 
the price that the dealers will let us have 
when the March announcement is made. It 
looks as though they are planning to cut 
us short again, but of that there is only 
a bit of guessing. While the Winter short¬ 
age is probably over there seems to be no 
indications of any over-production, or of 
any particular flush of milk this Winter. 
There are many less rows than for many 
years past in this State, and the same ap¬ 
pears to be true of other States in the 
milk-sbipping district. There is no likeli¬ 
hood of an excess of milk next Summer. 
Why then shall we not as producers get a 
better price for milk than we have been 
getting either in Summer or Winter? One 
can only guess. It looks as though the 
dealers are engaged in a scheme to advance 
the retail price of milk. They cry short¬ 
age of production and shortage of cows, 
both of which are true. They assert that 
farmers cannot produce milk on the present 
prices, which has some element of truth In 
it. They explain how milk is now the 
cheapest article of food on the market, 
just as they should do. In fact they are 
telling a good many truths for milk deal¬ 
ers to tell. They show how difficult it is 
to handle milk according to the rules of 
the city authorities and pay December 
prices and make money on the expensive 
equipment that some of them have. They 
do not take much time in explaining that 
December prices are double those of some 
other dates, and arc fully a third higher 
than the average for the year. They say 
little about the fact that their equipment 
is far more costly than it needs to be, or 
that they are supporting a lot of high- 
salaried men that do little work. They 
are likely to win out in their apparent 
plans for advancing the retail priee for 
market milk. They may not be half so 
solicitous for the fanner as they appear 
sometimes. They do not and they prob¬ 
ably will not advance the price to the farm¬ 
er anywhere near the proper proportion 
if they get the retail advance. 1 expect 
that they will give the farmer a fraction 
of the advance when that time conies. 
Meanwhile they are closing some of their 
plants because they cannot get milk enough 
to make running profitable. This makes a 
strong argument for them when they ask 
for an advance next Fall in the retail mar¬ 
kets. As 1 have already said this is a lot 
of guesswork, but guesswork is all right if 
one can guess correctly. h. h. i,. 
MILK BY PARCELS POST. 
Can you give me information in regard 
to this? What will it cost per quart of 
milk to deliver by parcels post in five or 
more up to 10-quart packages within a 
radius of the first zone, 40 miles I think? 
That is, what will it cost within a radius 
of 20 miles of Koslyu, N. Y. ? To make 
it plainer, what will it cost to send in 
one package five or three quarts of milk, 
also what is the lightest covering for 
shipment? Do they not deliver milk by 
parcels post in Europe, and how is it packed 
for shipment? My notion is to find a way 
to eliminate the delivery milk wagon and 
reach customers of three to five quarts (I 
suppose less would not cover postage), in 
a rural neighborhood, or rather intcrurban, 
like Roslyn, near many large estates. Is 
it a feasible undertaking? It is of course 
necessary to find out what it will cost to 
deliver in adequate coveriug, milk and 
cream. s," p. 
New York. 
We do not understand that milk is sent 
by mail iu European countries. It might 
be mailed in paper or wood-fibre packages. 
Here are the rules for mailing liquids under 
our own parcels post. As will be seen 
the quantity in one package cannot exceed 
12 ounces liquid measure. As a quart of 
milk weighs 32 ounces there would be no 
chance to send it by mail: 
Sec. 21. Admissible liquids and oils, in 
packages not exceeding 11 pounds in 
weight, will bo accepted for mailing when 
intended for delivery at the office of mailing 
or on a rural route starting therefrom, 
when enclosed in a glass or metal con¬ 
tainer, securely closed and heavily wrapped, 
provided it is not necessary to transport 
them over steam or electric railways. 
Sec. 22. Admissible liquids and oils, 
pastes, salves, or other articles easily li- 
quifiablc, will be accepted for mailing re¬ 
gardless of distance when they conform to 
the following conditions: 
2. When in glass bottles, the quantity 
must not exceed twelve ounces, liquid meas¬ 
ure. The bottle must be very strong and 
must be inclosed in a block or tube of 
metal, wood, papier-mache, or similar ma¬ 
terial ; and there must be provided be¬ 
tween the bottle and the block or tube a 
cushion of cotton, felt, or other absorbent. 
The block or tube, if of wood, must be at 
least three-sixteenths of an inch thick in 
its thinnest part: if of papier-mache or 
similar material, it must be at least one- 
eighth of an Inch thick for bottles holding 
two ounces or less, and at least five thirty- 
seconds of an inch thick for bottles hold¬ 
ing more than two ounces. The block or 
tube must be rendered water-tight by an 
application of paraffin or other suitable 
substance. 
3. When in a metal container, the 
weight of the parcel must not exceed 11 
pounds. The container must be hermeti¬ 
cally sealed and inclosed in a strong box, 
and securely wrapped. 
Eggs, 30 cents a dozen ; butter,30; oats, 
28 and 30; corn, 40 and 43; wheat. $1.08. 
Hay, $10 to $14 a. ton; live hogs, $6.50 to 
$7.40 per 100 pounds; calves, eight cents 
per pound live. C. w. G. 
Fort Wayne, Ind. 
Milch cows are from $30 to $80. Cream, 
delivered at the creamery, 36 cents per 
pound; country butter, 24 cents per 
pound; eggs, per dozen, 25; turkeys, per 
pounds, 17; hens, per pound, 10 cents and 
up. Dressed hogs, 10 cents per pound ; hay 
in mow, $12; baled hay, $15; corn, 60; 
wheat, $1 ; oats, 40; potatoes, 50 ; apples, 
50. f. o. u. 
Caldwell, Ohio. 
Timothy bay $19 a ton; buckwheat, per 
100, $1.05; cornmeal, per 100, $1.25; oats, 
bushel, 40 cents; potatoes, .b.ushel, 50 
cents ; turnips, bushel, 40 cents; rutabagas, 
bushel, 50 cents; carrots, bushel, 50 cents; 
parsnips, bushel, 80 cents; cabbage, pound, 
1 % cent; celery, dozen, 40 cents; apples, 
bushel, 50 cents; eggs, dozen, 42 cents; 
butter, pound, 32 cents; hogs, live, pound, 
7 cents; chickens, live, pound, 10 cents. 
Bradford, Pa. R. R. 
Eggs, strictly fresh, 32; country butter, 
32; creamery butter, 35; chickens, live, 
per pound, 10 cents; chickens, dressed, 20; 
pork, live, seven cents per pound; dressed, 
10; potatoes, per bushel, 65; apples, 65; 
turnips, 50; wheat, 95; oats, 35; hay 
baled, $14 per ton, loose, $12; straw, 
baled, $9; cows, $50 to $75; scarce. 
Very little registered stock in this vicinity. 
Milk, 16 cents per gallon at door; cows 
must be tested twice yearly. Very few 
sheep kept around here, not much beef 
cattle raised ; bulk of meat sold here from 
Chicago. Considerable cream shipped to 
creamery at Columbus, and creamery but¬ 
ter shipped back. Uhrlehsville Ice Co. 
(artificial), starting a milk company, will 
retail milk and dairy products, will likely 
get a great deal of the cream now shipped 
to Columbus. Kilos becoming popular 
here. h. t. t. 
Dennisonville, O. 
Cattle at the present time are selling 
for eight cents, but the average price the 
year round is about 6% cents per pound. 
Country butter sells at about 25 cents, 
while dairy butter sells for about 30 cents 
per pound. A good many people own sepa¬ 
rators and sell their cream to dairymen. 
There is not much fruit raised in this 
locality for market, but a few have large 
apple and peach orchards and they gen¬ 
erally sell the fruit out among the coun¬ 
try people. We paid $1.50 per bushel for 
peaches and plums and picked them our¬ 
selves ; they would deliver them for $2 
a bushel. There is not much gardening 
done except for home use, but I under¬ 
stand from those who are in this business 
that good garden truck is always in de¬ 
mand and brings fancy prices, I can not 
see why more do not go into this business, 
as we are close to Greenfield and not very 
far from Chillicothe. Corn sells for about 
40 or 50 cents and the average price of 
wheat was about 85 cents per bushel. The 
farmers raise many hogs in this locality, 
and they think more money can be made 
from hogs than cattle, the only drawback 
is cholera, which is very bad some years; 
prices about six cents. Average price of 
eggs so far has been about 20 cents per 
dozen and chickens about 19 cents, old 
hens sell for the same as young, e. b. 
Ohio. 
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