1913. 
THE) RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
743 
Milk 
In effect May 1, 1918, the N. Y. Milk 
Exchange price was reduced 10 ceuts per 
40-quart can, now being: B (selected raw 
and pasteurized), $1.61 per 40-quart can; 
(’ (for cooking and manufacturing), 
,sl.51 netting 3y± 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, 
:!2 cents. The railroads allow a discount 
for car lots of 10,000 quarts of 10 and 
12y 2 per cent. 
MASSACHUSETTS MILK PROBLEMS. 
Milk is plentiful as the general rule 
throughout the districts shipping to Bos¬ 
ton. Some are dissatisfied with the of¬ 
fers they received for the Summer milk, 
and have stopped shipping; others have 
sold out a large part of their stock and 
quit for the present at least. One large 
dairy in a neighboring town recently sold 
30 head of milch cows at auction ; most 
of these brought $100 each or more. 
These cows were bought by various peo¬ 
ple to replace discarded or beef cattle 
which have been disposed of largely in 
the past few months; buyers have been 
combing the country for anything that 
would do to kill. Few dairy farmers are 
raising any fresh stock, and in order to 
keep the herds from shrinking too much 
have to buy when fresh stock is wanted. 
Also when a new man buys a farm and 
wants to keep stock he has to buy in 
most cases, as farms are selling so much 
better than formerly that the seller does 
not have to put in the stock in order to 
make a sale. Formerly a city contractor 
or dealer could obtain a good supply of 
milk inside a comparatively small terri¬ 
tory. so that enough could be delivered 
to the station to make up a carload or 
near enough to pay to buy it; now the 
supply in these same sections is much 
smaller and cut up further by many dif¬ 
ferent buyers, so that the large dealers 
are discarding some sections for not get¬ 
ting enough milk within a reasonable dis¬ 
tance to collect and handle economically. 
;m 1 1 gone further back leaving the few 
dairies they bought from to find another 
market. 
Local markets which have grown 
largely of late years are demanding more 
milk all the time, but like the other .small 
buyers from the city they take only what 
they want and when they want it, and at 
times when they don’t want it leave it on 
the producers’ hands. 
Only a small portion of the big con¬ 
tractors’ milk comes from Massachusetts, 
the remainder comes from.Maine, New 
Hampshire, Yermont, Connecticut and 
New York. The small dealers nearly all 
get their supply in this State except 
those who do not buy direct from the pro¬ 
ducer, but from some contractor. 
At present no rise in price will be given 
to the producer before Fall at least. Sev¬ 
eral of the contractors who a short time 
ago would only make an offer for a month 
now state the prices they are willing to 
pay for the rest of the Summer. These 
average up about the same all around at 
32 to 33 cents per SVg quart can, but 
net the producer only 26 to 29 cents for 
May and June. The Ilood Company, one 
of the largest, has taken advantage of 
the recent tonsilitis outbreak in Canton 
and other nearby towns to boost the use 
of pasteurized milk as the only safe milk 
to use. Their milk supply nearly all 
comes from such a distance that they 
have to practice this method. Yet ' 
a milk bill recently before the legisla¬ 
ture was defeated because it would prob¬ 
ably force all dealers to pasteurize their 
product. This looks as if they did not 
consider the practice a cure for all ills 
in their efforts for pure and safe milk. 
Too much antagonism in the past has 
kept the producer, contractor, health 
board and consumer at odds over petty 
things, while those things which needed 
in too many cases the most attention 
have not been touched on or noticed. 
llopkinton, Mass. a. e. p. 
BUFFALO MARKETS. 
The rain came and the pea and straw¬ 
berry crop may be saved yet, unless there 
is a return of the drought. The south- 
town pea raisers know what it means to 
get to market first with their crop. It is 
easy to get $4 a bag at the outset of the 
season. A farmer who can go to town 
with a load of first pickings goes home 
with a pocketful of money, but the mar¬ 
ket soon drops away. Southern peas are 
coming in, but they are, as almost always, 
scarce and high, at varying prices. There 
is a good showing of green vegetables in 
the market. Radishes are a burden at 
nve emits for all one cares to buy at one 
lime, the long sorts going decidedly bog¬ 
s' 1 )?- They are showing a few European 
artichokes, but they sell at 15 cents each 
and most people do not know how to cook 
them. If they have been fed on them 
throe times a day in Italy for awhile 
they do not care to learn. The parsnips 
fi. falsify are about gone. Too bad 
hat it does not pay to extend the season 
ot a tew such vegetables in cold storage. 
Lno apple season is very visibly length- 
ened^ in that way. Prices are now up to 
^ ;l barrel to retailers for fancy red 
and the 10-ceut quart measure lots to 
consumers are now up to 15 cents. The 
western, sorts are as fine looking as ever 
and will remain so sometime. 
Potatoes have taken a sudden jump, 
so that the farmer who has been holding 
for last Spring’s prices may get them 
yet. Quotations to retailers, which for 
a long time were not above 65 cents, are 
now strong at $1. The Florida new crop 
is about $5 a barrel and will come down 
steadily. The onion surplus is still very 
great, but prices are improving, in spite 
of the good showing of new Southern 
ones, being now $1.25 for best crop to 
retailers, per bushel. The new Bermu¬ 
das tire $1.75 per crate. When are we 
going to adopt English ways and sell 
market stuff by weight? I find not only 
crate, but hamper, bunch, box. carrier 
and the like attached to quotations and 
am always wondering what such words 
stand for. Bushel and barrel are uncer¬ 
tain enough, without anything further. 
We want the pound, as well for eggs and 
bread as for butter and cheese. The 
varying greenness and dampness of vege¬ 
tables would be a drawback there, but 
the weight would help solve more puz¬ 
zles than one. I am now paying 10 to 15 
cents a box for strawberries and often 
find them soft in the bottom. If I were 
in London they would be weighed out to 
me from a pile, and I would see every 
berry as they come to me. The market 
is full of grape fruit and pineapples, the 
former so large that they sell for 10 cents 
each or three for a quarter. Pineapples 
bring 8 to 10 cents each to the con¬ 
sumer. They are also large and line. 
Butter is up to 30 cents again to the re¬ 
tailer, eggs 23 cents for best, old cheese, 
18 cents. All are very hard to get in uni¬ 
form quality. JOHN w. CHAMBERLIN. 
We are having an abundance of rain. 
Grass looks good; wheat is promising; 
corn and oats are growing; very little 
Summer weather. Wheat, $1: corn. 70; 
rye, 70; oats, 50; flour, $4.50 barrel; 
butter, 26; eggs, 18; ham, 18; shoulder, 
14; bacon, 10. d. i>. 
Middleburg, Pa. 
The Dairy Outlook in Pennsylvania. 
We only keep a few cows, making be¬ 
tween 30 and 35 pounds of butter a 
week, and have private customers in 
nearby town for nearly all I make, but 
do not think it is a very good locality 
for butter making; the stores are not 
vvilliug to take homemade butter. We 
first started selling butter three years 
ago, and when we. wont to the stores, 
they said they had tried selling home¬ 
made butter before, and were not able 
to dispose of it, so did not want to 
try again. We finally found one store 
that was willing to try, and after a 
trial they said they were willing to 
take all we had. but we gradually worked 
up a private trade, and get the highest 
market price for our butter. We are 
within a short distance of Philadelphia 
and the majority of the farmers in our 
neighborhood ship their milk to the city ; 
also there are creameries nearby and 
some take their milk to them. Holstein 
cows are more in demand in this sec¬ 
tion, hut do not know of any purebred 
stock in this vicinity. p. k. 
Bucks Co., Pa. 
The conditions in my locality are sat¬ 
isfactory for dairying. Farmers are tak¬ 
ing more interest and are improving 
their stock. They seem to be awakening 
up to the fact that the demand is grow¬ 
ing for good dairy butter, as a few 
years ago we could hardly sell dairy 
butter but the demand is such that it 
cannot be supplied at 40 cents per pound. 
Guernsey and Jersey are the breeds 
mostly kept. a. c. b. 
Clearfield Co., Pa. 
Dairying conditions in this locality 
are not very good at the present time, 
and slight prospects in the future, as 
dairy cows are very scarce. There are 
a few purebred cows such as the Ayrshire, 
Guernsey, Holstein and Jersey, though 
the largest majority are scrubs, with few 
purebreds coming in. w. A. G. 
Jefferson Co., Pa. 
Special Offer Feeding Molasses 
For a limited tii»o wo will send to every farmer answering this advertise¬ 
ment a free trial feeding ticket entitling the holder to try half a barrel of this 
great money making feed entirely at our risk. Empire Feeding Molasses is the 
pure unadulterated juice of the sugar cane—a natural vegetable food and tonic 
which all stock relish keenly, especially when mixed with grain or slops. Stops 
indigestion, prevents worms and constipation—makett all Btock grow big frames and fatten fast. 
Keeps them sleek, healthy and free from disease. Saves one quarter of your feed; fits stock for 
market in half usual time Doubles your stock pro fits . Send today tor free trial feeding, ticket* 
and try this great feed at our risk. WATTLES & COMPANY f!0) 
Largest direct disrribuiers ot Feeding Molasses in the United States, Pept.RNY Litchfield, Mich, 
DAIRY CATTXjE 
DA R YNIEN 
Yon want the COW which will produce PROFIT 
in WINTER as well as SUMMER. Then get the 
Guernsey 
The American Guernsey Cattle Club 
Box Y PETERBORO, N. H. 
“MASHER’S EQUAL 
breeding—three-years-old bull, by Masher's Sequel, 
from A. R. dam. C. J. HERRICK. Delmar, N. Y. 
SWIKTE 
Large Berkshires at Highwood 
Bied Sows, Service Boars, Pigs aii ages. Ninety 
’ brood sows and seven mature herd hoars in onr 
I brooding herd. No animal good enough unless 
I large enough. We have the large, long bodied and. 
1 good-headed kind that make good in the farrowing 
pen as well as show ring. 
H. C. & H. B. Harpending, Dundee, N. Y. 
Springhank Berkshire Herd 
j 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 lie bred 
for next Summer farrow. Write me. Address, 
-J. E. WATSON, PROP., MAKBLEDALE. CONN. 
\JL/ CJ ITC the Tompkins Co. Breeders’ Ass'n, 
»\ ■ I & Box j}, Trumausburg, N. Y., for 
a copy of The Tompkins Co. Breeders' 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. Perclieron stal¬ 
lions, Southdown ewes and Cheshire gilts. 
REGISTEREDJERSEYS 
Both sexes for sale at reasonable prices. 
B. G. WELLS, - Wyalusing, Pa. 
G ETKUNSKYS-COWS. HEIFERS AND BULLS-Two 
bulls old enough for service. Prices, $100 up. 
W. ROBERT DUNLOP. Trolley Station 19, Fayetteville. N. Y. 
If You Want Guernseys 
GUERNSEY BREEDERS’ ASSOCIATION, Box 96, PeeksKill.N. Y. 
Ontario Oliver Segis 
Holstein hull, ti months old, mostly white. King 
Segis on both sides pedigree. Bargain at $100. 
Send for pedigree. CLOVERDALE FARM, Charlotte, N. Y. 
For Sale May Rose Chief < R osf ) KiNG M n Y 
3 years old. GEORGE W. JENKINS, Morristown, N. J' 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves 
offer. THE GATES HOMESTEAD FARM, Chittenanoo, N. Y. 
Breed Up—Not DownToT’ca“ u 'bS™ r ” 
buy. Superior dairy dams. No better sires. It. F- 
SHANNON, 907 Liberty Street. Pittsburg, Pa. 
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES 
marked and well-grown BULL CALVES FOR SALE, from 
three to four months old. All from A, It. O- dams 
with records of 19 lbs., jr. three, to 25 lbs.. 5 years 
old. Sire, Pietertje Hengerveld Segis 6th, whose 
dam and grand-dam averaged 31.15 lbs. butter in 7 
days. Average fat, 4.D6. Price, $50 00 to $100.00. 
ELMTREE FARM, Harry Yates, Prop., Charlotte, N. Y. 
“EAST RIVER GRADE HOLSTEINS ” 
F Oil SALE 
BO 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. 
Hell rhime, JOHN B. WBBSTEIt, 
Su.3U-E'-i Dept. It Cortland, N. Y. 
E ureka stock farm- 
Uegistered 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 POULTU 
EDWARD WALTER, West Chester, Fa 
DUROC JERSEY RED SWINE 
The most popular and profitable breed in America. 
Fancy pigs at very reasonable prices. Qnality un¬ 
excelled. It. W. McAl.I.KN, Famietisbutg, Pa. 
Pigs is pigs ” this year, 
but we have a few unusually 
fine ones. Want one* 
MORNINGSIDE FARM. Sylvania, Pa. 
CHELD0N FARM regis-lered Durocs. Pigs of both sex 
« Bred Sows. Service Boars Best of bleeding 
C. K. BAKNKS. Oxford, N. Y. 
Duroc March Pigsii,^ rSie-if: SiSTt 
O II S E S 
50 STALLIONS 
and MARES, $250 to $1000 each 
Write for my Illustrated 
Circular telling why I can save 
you money on the purchase of a Per- 
cheron or Belgian Stalbon or Mare. 
A.W. Green, Middlefield, O. 
R. R. Sta., E. Orwell, on Penna. Ry, 
Midway between Ashtabula &VVarren 
SHETLAND PONIES 
An unreAHiit^ source of pleasure and robust health to children. 
S.tfe and ideal playmates. Inexpensive to keep. Highest type. 
Complete outfits. Satisfaction jruarnnteed. Illustrated Cata¬ 
logue. BELLE MEADE FA KM, Box 20, Markham, Va. 
ID O Gr S 
Collie Pups 
—The kind that bring the cows, 
NELSON’S, Grove City. Pa. 
Newfoundland PUPPIES 
$10 and up. CLARK FARM, Boouton, N. J. 
COLLIE PUPS 
Dog strain. $3 each. F. L. CHENEY, Guifford, New York 
nm I IF PIIPQ Black, white collars, tan marking. 
*■ ■ VI O Sire and dam handsome. Good 
drivers. Can bo registered. C. L. Rodman, Ravenna, 0. 
PUREBRED REGISTERED 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
The Holstein-Friesian Association was organized by 
men concerned chiedy with utility in the dairy 
cow. And the Association has never lost sight of its 
aim to produce animals of large size and capacity such 
as would make the most money for the average farmer and 
dairyman. 
Every owner of Holsteins has the co-operation of this 
Association of more than 5,000 members, all enthusiastic* 
supporters of the breed. He also has the support of their 
extensive educational publicity work. 
Send for our Free Illustrated Destriptive Booklets. 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN ASS’N, F. L. HOUGHTON. Sec’y, Box 105. Brattleboro, Vt. 
S. R. Feil, Pres. 
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I’ll Stop Your Worm Losses—HI Save Your Sheep and Hogs—Make ^ Money 
1'H prove to you what I have proved to thousands of farmers if you will iust send me the coupon today 
Arthur Holloway, Monument. _N. Mes. writes me—“Was losing 3 fo 5 sheep a day when the "Sal-Vet” arrived. Within 30 days 
nil loRdcs atopped." Geo. Howe, Gam bier, Ohio, write*—“Was losing lambs ri^ht along until I fed “Sal-Vet.** Since then l have lost -wily one." W. J. Ned. 
Milboro, Va. wr.tes— Sal-Vet saved me 10 tunes what I paid for it.” H. S. Glover. Woedstock, Minn., writes—“Before using: “Sal-Vot“ I lost quite a number 
of lambs Iron* worms. This year I have lost none. J. A. Biedert, Findley, ill., urrites—“My lambs were dvinsc at the rate of one or two every day. After 
i bevran feeding 'Sal-Vet' ’ l lost but one and that was nearly dead when the remedy urrived. Sal-Vet will do equally as well for you. 
HI Stop Your Losses Too—I’ll Prove It Before You Pay. I’ll Prove It Or No Pay 
Sul-Vot is awondTr working medicated -- 
salt, which farm animals can run to free¬ 
ly and DOCTOR THEMSELVES. It ro¬ 
ll u ires no dosing, no starving, no 
diunohiug, no trouble to feed. 
The Great Worm Destroyer 
Pnooc* 4b lbs., ^2.25: 100 lbs., 
ri 200 lbs.. $9- 300 lbs.. 
$13; 500 lbs.. $21.12. No orders 
filled for less than 40 lbs. on this 60 
day trial offer. Never sold in bulk; 
only in.Trade-Marked Sal-Vet pack¬ 
ages. Shipment for 60 days’ trial 
are based on 1 lb. of Sal-Vet for 
each sheep or hojr, and 4 lbs. for 
each horse or head of cattle, as 
near as wo can come without break¬ 
ing regular size packages. 
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SIDNEY R. FEIL, Pres. 
„ Sal-Vet costs only 112of a cent a day , FE, . L 5 
for hog or sheep and a trifle more for JT Dept* RNY 6 -*- 13 Clove.and, 0=» 
larger ani mals. I make no charge if Ship mo onousrh Sal-Vet to last rev stock 6t> 
A days. I will pay the freight charges v hen it ar- 
nves,report results within 60 days a**d will then 
.# pay for it if it does what you claim, if it does not* 
.9 you aro to cancel the charge. 
it fails to do just what I claim. 
The Great Live Stock Conditioner 
Send No IVSonev — dust The Couoon f.'!? 1 ^ 11 ® ut “•SPRO.,*®,? "?? i*ow n»ny hed of stock rook*** and / Name 
simply pay the freight charge when it arrivoa and at the end of 60 days report results. If it don't do what I "claim I’ll 
mo a penny Address S. R. Feil, Pres . t The S. R. Feil Co., Dept RNY, Cleveland, Ohio 
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