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THEC RURAL, NBW-YORKEH 
March 1, 
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In effect January 1, 1913, the N. Y. 
Milk Exchange price was reduced 20 cents 
per 40-quart can, now being: B (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; 26 
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. 
The milk war in Buffalo is apparently 
not very near its end, especially as it is 
a double one, neither part being de¬ 
pendent upon the other. The Housewives’ 
League sometime ago took up the fight 
against the charge of eight cents a quart, 
made late last Fall by most of the city 
dealers and it is now claimed that the 
thousand or more of its members are get¬ 
ting milk at the old price of seven cents, as 
well as other supplies at prices much re¬ 
duced from the regular market prices. The 
eight-cent dealers say they cannot make 
a profit at less and are standing their 
ground. The other branch of the war is 
led by the city council, in an effort to 
discover whether the price of milk is based 
on an unlawful combination. It is still 
in progress. In both these contentions the 
farmer is not considered to any extent, and 
the war is of the same intent merely be¬ 
cause it is a double headed effort to head 
off the encroachments of the middlemen. 
j. w. c. 
New York Milk Situation. 
The milk situation is becoming more 
and more a live question as the Winter 
masses. By the first of March the price 
of milk will be below the cost of pro¬ 
ducing if the buyers adhere to their schedule 
and pay $1.60, as they have promised for 
“C” milk. In February they are paying 
$1.70 for that grade, and $1.80 for “B M 
grade. In March the price for the next 
six months will be made. What that price 
will be is the subject of speculation at 
present. We are told on pretty good au¬ 
thority that there is now an ample supply 
of milk, but not what can be considered 
a real surplus. In several places even the 
shipping stations have commenced to make 
butter. This seems to be an established 
fact, but it may be done only to create 
the impression that there is more milk 
than really exists. As the time for making 
prices is so near this may be readily con¬ 
jectured. My own opinion is that the sup¬ 
ply is nearer normal than it has been for 
eight months. This does not indicate that 
there is a great rush of milk for shipping. 
The number of cows is less, and although 
the production is better per cow than form¬ 
erly the total production is not large 
when considering the demand in the cities. 
There is talk that a higher fat content 
for milk is to be required by the buyers. 
There is evidence that this rumor is cor¬ 
rect, and that if the fat content is low the 
milk will be graded as “C” no matter how 
well it may be cared for or how good 
it is in other respects. There is an element 
of justice in this, but it will make a good 
many people stand aside if the rule is en¬ 
forced. It is not a time to get excited 
about the matter, however, for there may 
be some mistake about the plan, and fur¬ 
ther it may be put into effect gradually If 
at all. Some breeders say they can do as 
well with low-testing cows on a lower price 
or in proportion to the fat content as with 
higher testers on their production. At any 
rate it is not best to make any radical 
changes on any rumor. H. H. L. 
AN OPENING FOR CREAM. 
One of the great questions of the pres¬ 
ent time is what is the best breed of dairy 
cattle for New England to supply the needs 
of our customers in the various manufac¬ 
turing cities and towns. Whole milk is 
the leading product in the dairy line, and 
the question is, what grade of this does 
the average consumer demand? That is, 
what quality would he get, could he obtain 
it, the rich yellow Guernsey milk high in 
butter fat, or the Holstein milk, not so 
rich in color or butter fat, but very high 
in food value outside the cream or fat. 
The latter is undoubtedly the wholesomer of 
the two classes, and more digestible, es¬ 
pecially as food for young children, yet 
many people do not recognize this fact, 
and the demand seems to be growing for a 
milk rich in cream, and also for genuine 
cream, fresh and sweet. This is especially 
true in the smaller towns and cities, as 
well as the greater Boston market. In re¬ 
gard to the latter the average contractor 
has not in the past called for, to any 
extent, an extra quality of milk from the 
producers, but has supplied what demand 
he has had for light or heavy cream from 
creameries he owns or leases in the cen¬ 
tral and northern* sections of New Eng¬ 
land. He has also made a practice of re¬ 
moving all excess cream above the legal 
standard on any milk received by him from 
the common dairies, and sold this at an 
extra profit. 
In the last few years many well-to-do 
people, some of these in other business in 
the city, have bought up some of the best 
farms about here, and in several cases have 
started a herd of Guernsey cattle, and while 
some of these use the greater part of their 
product to supply their city homes (one of 
these has 50 pounds of butter per month, 
eight quarts of cream per day and 16 
quarts of while milk also each day shipped 
to him), others have started a retail route 
in the neighboring towns, and dispose of all 
they have to spare of these products, espe¬ 
cially cream and whole milk, and for the 
latter they obtain one or two cents more 
per quart than the average retail price in 
their respective towns. 
I will state right here it is an actual 
fact that the largest milk peddlers and ice 
cream dealers in Framingham and Milford 
the two largest places in this section, can¬ 
not obtain cream enough locally to supply 
their wants, but have to buy it from the 
Boston contractors much of the time. This 
is the same cream the contractors have 
had sent from Northern New England, re¬ 
packed and reshipped to these local mar¬ 
kets. 
In view of these facts it would seem 
as if here was an opening right at home 
to supply a product which is always in 
demand at better paying prices, than many 
obtain by selling to Boston contractors at 
about what they are willing to give, and 
many times this is below actual cost of 
production. No doubt what is true of this 
section is also true more or less in other 
sections. Use the market at your door, 
find out the local demand for your product, 
and endeavor to supply it. 
The way one man did this is we believe 
worth relating here. This man bought a 
good farm in a local town on the elevated 
car line, less than one-half mile to post 
office, schools, churches, etc. He was a 
very successful business man, but knew 
nothing of farming when he bought the 
place a few years ago, less than five, I 
believe. He started in with the idea he 
would not pay over $60 for a cow. He ran 
along a short time with common stock, but 
became dissatisfied with these. He then 
wrote to the editor of this paper for ad¬ 
vice as to what breed would be best fitted 
for his needs, stating what he wanted them 
for. The editor advised him to try Guern¬ 
seys, and to obtain if he could some of a 
well-known family from a breeder in this 
State. He followed the advice given, and 
obtained two or three of these. At the 
present time he has something like a dozen 
head of the best stock in the country. 
Some of these at the present time are under 
test for the advanced register. He has 
studied the dairy question thoroughly and 
by invitation gave a short time since, at 
a local farmers’ club meeting, a very 
interesting and intelligent talk on purebred 
cattle, and offered to place a high-class 
bull at service for a small fee, so that 
any local farmer who wished could breed 
to him, and improve his herd by raising 
some good grade cattle if he so wished. 
He has obtained some remarkable records 
from his cows, and is willing to give any¬ 
one interested any information about how 
he does this and the rations he uses. 
For a time he sent his cream to a dealer 
in Boston at a fair price, but now he 
has local customers who take all his pro¬ 
duct at paying prices, some coming from 
a distant town for cream, saying they 
cannot get any good cream in their home 
town. Many of us can learn a great deal 
from the example this man has set, and 
while we cannot all follow in his footsteps, 
we can undoubtedly improve our system, ob¬ 
tain more profit, and have a better demand 
for our products by working along these 
lines of improvement of our stock, of our 
business and our methods. The successful 
farmer of to-day in every case is the one 
who studies, the one who keeps up with 
the times, and is always looking for im¬ 
proved methods and markets. The one who 
travels along in the old rut, who does not 
go out among people and has no use for 
new ideas, is the man who finds no money 
in farming and whose farm is going back 
slowly but surely. The latter class are 
also mostly the ones who refuse to work 
with their neighbors for a better price for 
their products in the line of organization 
or cooperation, and yet do the most kicking 
when a cut in the price of milk is handed 
to them ,or anything along this line. 
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