1613. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
703 
Milk 
la effect May 1, 1913, the N. Y. Milk 
Exchange price was reduced 10 cents per 
40 -quart can, now being: B (selected raw 
and pasteurized), $1.61 per 40-quart can; 
C (for cooking and manufacturing), $1.51 
netting 3J4 and 3 cents to shippers 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 NEW ENGLAND SITUATION. 
The milk situation in Massachusetts and 
through New England is unsatisfactory in 
regard to price, conditions demanded by the 
health authorities and transportation 
charges and accommodations on most lines 
of railroads who transport the milk. from 
the country producers to the city buyer or 
contractor. It is an agreed fact that prices 
should be a few cents per can higher if we 
would come out whole after paying ex¬ 
penses and putting in our time in caring 
for the dairy cows, and this same time 
spent on the cans is needed or could be 
used to advantage in other ways at this 
busy season of putting in crops and look¬ 
ing after our fruit trees and poultry. This 
is the season when all our side lines as 
well as our specialties need more care and 
attention than we can give them, and yet 
this is always the time we receive the low¬ 
est returns for our milk. The belief is 
becoming general that a straight price 
should be paid without any cut for the 
months of May and June, as is the present 
practice. 
The retail price is held the same or 
nearly so throughout the season ; then why 
not the wholesale or producers’ price be 
held at the same level? \Ye have for the 
last year or two been able to get for April 
milk about the same price as we have for 
the late Winter product, that is for months 
of February and March. It was formerly 
the general custom to put the April price 
at or near the lowest Summer level, per¬ 
haps two cents higher. It was only by 
much agitation and argument that we ob¬ 
tained an improvement on this April price, 
and it will only be by using the same tac¬ 
tics that we can improve the May and June 
price and get it near where it ought to 
be. It has been stated that in these two 
months we can produce milk cheaper than 
at other times. This may be so iu a few 
cases, but in others it is not so, as many 
producers do mot have good pastures even at 
this time, and green feed or grain costs as 
much then as any other time, comparative¬ 
ly speaking, and good feed at any season 
is needed to produce a satisfactory flow 
of milk. 
As to the conditions demanded by the 
health boards of Boston and Massachusetts, 
even if we admit they are reasonable, which 
many don’t, it takes time, money and pa¬ 
tience to live up to some of the ideas and 
rules they put up to us. To put money 
out where you know you won't get it back 
is not business; that is, outside of milk 
business. Too much undeserved criticism, 
perhaps abuse, has in some cases been dealt 
out by the agents of these bodies; this un¬ 
doubtedly has been a large factor in the 
large shrinkage of milk production in Mas¬ 
sachusetts. We believe one of the present 
Health Commissioners of Boston and the 
mayor of that city also believes this and 
are studying on this line to find some way 
to get this straightened out in a satis¬ 
factory manner fair to all parties concerned, 
and yet guard the conditions of the city 
milk supply as it must be guarded and kept 
at a high standard for all time. This is a 
proper spirit to work on. and all producers 
should cooperate in every way possible to 
get this situation as near perfect as can be 
done. The newly formed New England Milk 
IToducers’ Association has much work along 
all the many lines of this great question 
and can do great good for us if it uses 
reason and patience under all conditions It 
will meet. The transportation end is far 
from perfect and needs study to remedy 
aud perfect. If every producer large or 
small takes hold as they should and gives 
us their full support we can make large 
improvements, otherwise we can do but 
•ittli'; give us your best support and then 
we cannot fail. a. e. l*. 
STORIES OF MILK INSPECTORS. 
Farmers have their milk troubles in Eng¬ 
land as well as in this country. The so- 
called sanitary laws are strict, and the in¬ 
spectors work in wherever they can. The 
London Daily Mail” recently printed a pic¬ 
ture of what it called the “Cowshed 
poudoir." it appears that a milk farmer 
m Dorset was 
committee was 
dairy. He got 
mg linoleum over 
tugs scattered 
PUno in one corner, aud mottoes hanging 
0“ the walls, and also a mir 
ff as a calf tied 
out in ribbons. ,, 11C „ , 
mis farmer ordered the; 
°u the rug before 
s that a 
notified that the sanitary 
coming to look over his 
ready for them by spread- 
the floor with a variety 
about. lie had a small 
■or. There 
in one corner aud decked 
When the committee called 
m to wipe their feet 
- they could enter and 
<j am ", t0 J’hiy on the piano while the calf 
milk !' 14 . took al1 the gravity out of the 
strain. ? SI ? Ct0r « :iIld in ord( ' r to keep a 
to wii ^ th «y walked off and forgot 
the < 3,lir y. to smell of 
uunt for cobwebs and 
offered 
or 
tlie drains 
whitewash. We 
all have our troubles on*both sides of the 
ocean, and there are various ways of meet¬ 
ing them. 
We learn of a man in New York State who 
lives on a farm where father and grand¬ 
father before him had all kept cows. This 
man had thirteen healthy children at home, 
ranging all the way from a big six-footer 
down to the baby, who had just begun 
to balance herself upon her feet. One 
day there drove into the barnyard an in¬ 
spector. He was new.at his job and may 
possibly have known that the only milk 
which grows upon trees is the milk in the 
cocoanut. It is doubtful if he would have 
known which end of ttie cow to attack tiad 
he been sent to milk one. He was bound 
to show his importance and he found all 
manner of fault with that dairy. He 
scored it low and then delivered a moral 
lecture to the farmer. “Why,” he said, 
“you ought to be ashamed of yourself to 
send such milk as you are producing down 
to the great city, where children might 
drink it. Don't you know that you are 
murdering those helpless little ones down 
in New York?” It was up to the farmer 
to say and do something, and he put his 
fingers at his mouth and blew a shrill 
whistle, which traveled all over the farm. 
Before the echoes died away the children 
came running out of the house, out of the 
barn, where they were working in the 
field and where they were playing in the 
sun. The little one even woke up out of 
her forenoon nap to obey the call. Thev 
all came running at the whistle and lined 
up like a pair of stairs, thirteen strong, in 
front of that inspector. He could not 
have found in a month’s travel a cleaner, 
healthior-looking lot of children than these 
bright-eyed and rosy youngsters. The 
farmer looked at the inspector and then 
looked at the children. “Now, Mister." he 
said, "you think that I am in danger of 
murdering those children down in New 
York. Here’s my bunch of 13; they all 
drink milk out of my dairy, and if I am 
any judge I am not murdering children, 
but I am, substituting for a whole lot that 
others have killed off." 
May 6.—Corn, 55 to 60 cents; oats. 35 
to 40; hay. $8 to $12; potatoes, 40 to 
50; butter, 35; milk, 6 cents a quart. 
Stock on foot: Beef, 7 to 8; hogs, $7.50 
to $8.50 per 100 pounds; mutton, 5 to 7; 
calves, 6 to 8. Cows. $40 to $100 a head. 
Apples. 50 cents to $1 : plums, 75: small 
fruit, from 8 to 12% cents a quart. There 
is no truck gardening to speak of in this 
locality. w. e. t. 
Bagley, Wis. 
Over 106,000 Satisfied Users. 
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)rnggi»ta everywhere sell 8ave The-Ilor*o WITH CONTRACT 
np irn Hcn.l br Parcel Pont or Express paid. 
SAVE- 
1THE- 
HORSE 
DAIRY CATTLE 
They Keep It Up 
There are some cattle that give more 
milk when they are fresh than a Jersey, 
but there isn’t any breed that gives as 
rich milk as 
The Jersey 
at as small feeding cost, nor Is there 
any breed of cattle that will keep it tip 
like Jerseys will, year in and year out 
That's why you ought to buy Jerseys to 
Increase your herd's efficiency. Send 
for Jersey facts. 
AMERICAN JERSEY CATTLE CLUB 
324 W. 23d St., H«w York 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves F f °o 
offer. THE GATES H0MESTEA0 FARM. Chittenanas. N T. 
“MASHER’S EQUAL”- t r^ 
breeding—three-years-old hull, by Masher's Sequel, 
from A. R. dam. C■ J. HERRICK. Delmar, N. Y. 
Breed Up—Not Down 
buy. Superior dairy dams. No better sires. It. F- 
SHANNON. 007 Liberty Street. Pittsburg, l’a. 
Ontario Oliver Segis 
Holstein bull. 6 months old, mostly white, King 
Segis on both sides pedigree. Bargain at $100. 
Send for pedigree. CL0VERDALE FARM, Charlotte, N. Y. 
FOR •sAl FEW registered holstein male calves 
I Ull OnLL from heavy milking cows, sired by Col¬ 
onel Korndyke de Kol, No. 77,226, one of the best 
sons of Pontiac Korndrke, at reasonable prices. 
DONALD F. MCLENNAN, Syracuse, N. Y. 
SES 
50 STALLIONS 
and MARES, $250 to $1000 each 
Write for my Illustrated 
Circular telling why 1 can save 
you money on the purchase of a Per- 
cheron or Belgian Stallion or Mare. 
A.W. Green, Middlefield,0. 
R. R. Sta., E. Orwell, on Penna. Ry. 
Midway between Ashtabula ScVVarrcn 
QERCHER0N STALLIONS, with quality guaranteed, at 
■ farmer's prices BONNY BROOK FARM. Gardiner. N. Y. 
SHETLAND PONIES 
An mireaftittc source of pleasure an«i robust health to children. 
Safo au«i Meal playmates. Inexpensive to keep. Highest type. 
Complete outfits. Satisfaction gnarantsetl. Ill tint rnte<l Cata¬ 
logue. BKLLK MKADK FARM, Box 10, Markham, Va. 
_D OP S 
r rt 1l; 0 “The kind that bring the cows, 
IsOliie l^tipS NELSON’S, Grove City. Pa. 
Immediately following the WOODCREST-OAKLAND SALE at Woodcrest 
— Farm, Rifton, N. Y. , May 28, 1913, will occur the, 
PERCHERON • BELGIAN 
STALLIONS 
We want to get 
acquainted with 
you. It will be 
interesting. 
Price and Qual¬ 
ity will be the 
convincing 
argument. 
GEO. W. SOUERS & SONS, Huntington, Indiana 
Branch Barn at Harrison Place, off Harrison Street, Post Office Box 333, Syracuse, N. Y. 
A step foward 
when buying a 
Stallion of 
WOODCREST BULL SALE 
Not composed of the bulls we could not sell, but comprising a specially selected lot 
of the kind you need in building up your herd—the kind that will be a credit to the 
Woodcrest breeding that they represent. The thirty head which we have saved for 
this event include 
Six sons of Pietje 22d’s Woodcrest l.ad, from high record dams. Five sons of Pietje 
22d’s Son. These two sires are sons of Homestead Girl De Kol Sarcastic Lad, and Pietje 
22d (31.62 lb.), the greatest imported cow in America. 
Four sons of Sir Prilly Segis. who was by King Segis and from the 30-lb. 4 year old, 
Prilly Princess Julia De Kol. The dams of these bulls are all good records, daughters 
of the wonderful sire. King Walker. 
One son of King Walker, ("from an A. R. O. dam,' A son of C'olantha Johanna 
Champion, from a 2l-lb, 3 year old daughter of a 32.89 lb. cow. This hull lias been used 
to a certain extent during the past season in the Woodcrest herd. The records of his 
three nearest dams average 29.95 lb., a figure snre to be increased by future tests. Every 
one is a good one. The bull you have been looking for is here. Plan to spend a profit¬ 
able day at Woodcrest Farm, Rifton, N. Y. 
(R. R. Station-Rosendale.) J. W. DIMICK, Prop. A. S. CHASE, Manager. For catalog address, 
E. M. HASTINGS, Sale Manager, ... LACONA, N. Y. 
; DAIRY CATTXjE 
UNTIE 
GUERNSEY 
Most Economical Producer of Highest 
Natural f’olored Dairy Products. 
GET THEM. WRITE 
The American Guernsey Cattle Club 
Box Y PETERBORO, N. H. 
“EAST RIVER GRADE HOLSTEINS ” 
FOR SALK 
60 COWS served to come fresh this fall and milking 
from thirty-five to forty pounds per day, now. 
20 FRESH COWS. You will like them. Come and 
see them milked. 
25 COWS due to calve this spring—Good size and 
in fine condition. 
Registered Bulls and Registered Cows also For Sale. 
Bell Phene, JOHN B. WKBSTEK, 
No. Jll-F-5 1 ><■ i*t. It i'ortlmxl, N. Y. 
\J|# DITC the Tompkins Co. Breeders' Ass n, 
ww Box B, Trumans burg, N. Y., for 
a copy of The Tompkins Co. Hr filers' Journal 
with sale-list of pure-bred stock, or better yet, 
send 25 cents for a year's subscription. Some 
special offers in Holstein cattle. Perehoron stal¬ 
lions. Southdown ewes and Cheshire gilts. 
ThurougVbrad Registered Holstein Bulls 
for sale cheap at farmer's prices. One born July j 
4. 1912: others from two weeks to two months old. . 
All woll-firowu, [erfectiy marked, well-bred and i 
guaranteed right iti every particular. 
1‘, It. McLENXAN, - Syracuse, N. Y. i 
G UKKNSKYS COWS. HEIFERS AND BULLS-Two 
hulls old enough for service. L’rices. $100 up. ' 
W. ROBERT OUNLOP, Trolley Station 19. Fayetteville, N Y 
If You Want Guernseys 
GUERNSEY BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION. Box 96. Peekskill.N. Y. 
E ureka stock 
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 POUI.TR 
EDWARD WALTER, 
KITE LOU CTKCCI.AK. 
West Chester, Fa. 
Large Berkshires at Highwood 
Bred 8ows, Service Boars, Pigs all ages. Ninety 
brood sows and seven mature henl boars in our 
brooding herd. No animal good enough unless 
large enough. We have the large, long-hodied aud 
good-headed kind that make good in tiie farrowing 
pen as well as show ring. 
H. C. Jfc H. B. Harpemling, Dundee, N. Y. 
Springbank Berkshire Herd 
Has bred more high-class hogs than any in Connec¬ 
ticut. Have sows bred for Spring litters and some 
Summer farrowed sow pigs that are right to I* bred 
for next Summer farrow. Write me. Address, 
J. E. WATSON. PROP-, MAKBLEDALE, CONN. 
Iliirnp March Pitre— A few good ones. $15a pair. 
UUIUU MdiUl rl&b SEREM0 A. WEEKS. - DeGraff. 0. 
S HELDON FARM registered Duroos. Pigs of both sex 
Bred Sows. Service Hoars Best of breeding 
C. K. BAUNKS. Oxford. N V. 
OLLINS’JERSEY RED 
the best 
P'Q 
bred 
375 lbs. in 
9 months! 
PUREBRED REGISTERED 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
Why not improve your dairy herd ? 
It takes only six crosses of purebred bulls to elimi¬ 
nate 98* of the scrub blood of the original herd. 
Instances are known where a single cross of a pure¬ 
bred dairy bull on a herd lias doubled the production of 
the herd without adding to its number. 
A purebred Holstein sire is soon paid for by the improved 
milking capacity of his daughters, and the increasing value 
of the lieid is all clear profit. Read what others have ac¬ 
complished. 
Send for our Jfre* Illustrated Descriptive Booklets 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN ASS’N, F. L. HOUGHTON, Sec y. Box 105. Brattleboro, Yt. 
