f 
1913. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
843 
Milk 
Jobbing Prices at New York. 
Restaurants using two to five cans per 
day are now paying five to 5^4 cents for 
class B, pasteurized milk. 
Two Good Creamery Bulletins. 
Hardly a day passes that we do not 
have a letter from some reader asking 
about co-operative creameries; how to 
start one, and the general plan of or¬ 
ganization. The country is still appar¬ 
ently filled up with creamery sharks who 
go about organizing companies and sell¬ 
ing the fixtures for a creamery—often 
charging two or three times as much as 
the actual material is worth. These gen¬ 
try also put up a creamery which may be 
two or three times as large as the actual 
amount of cream or milk in the neighbor¬ 
hood would warrant. All these things 
lead to the demand for accurate infor¬ 
mation. The Iowa Experiment Station 
at Ames has endeavored to cover this 
matter by issuing two bulletins on cream¬ 
ery organization and construction. This 
is about the most complete thing we have 
ever seen. One pamphlet gives the whole 
story of the organization of a creamery 
company and the outfit required. There 
are forms of organization, including by¬ 
laws and constitution, and full advice 
regarding the officers and the formation. 
Then there are detailed statements re¬ 
garding construction with lulls of mate¬ 
rial ; in fact, everything that would be 
needed in organizing such a company. 
The other pamphlet gives the full plans 
for the construction of eight different 
creameries. These plans are very com¬ 
plete, and in connection with the cost of 
material given in the other book, would 
enable any body of intelligent men to 
figure out just what they wanted. These 
pamphlets will prove invaluable to hun¬ 
dreds of people who have written us in 
the past for this creamery information. 
Ropy Milk. 
I have been troubled with sour milk 
on several occasions last Fall, and also 
lately. It got thick from standing in 
the spring water over night; that hap¬ 
pened three times last Fall. About two 
weeks ago, one morning one five-gallon 
can full was thick (sour) in the water; 
the next evening one can got sour (thick) 
before we were done milking. There 
were three of us milking 11 cows. Can 
you tell me what may be the cause of 
the trouble and also how it can be reme¬ 
died? Some people claim it is bewitched. 
Seven Valleys, Pa. s. l. ju. 
Your milk is not “bewitched.” The 
trouble is evidently a germ known as 
Bacillus lactis viseosus, which causes 
milk to become slimy and thick. The 
condition is not exactly like that of sour 
milk, yet could easily be taken for it. 
The Rhode Island Experiment Station 
at Kingston issued a bulletin on this 
condition of milk a few years ago. This 
germ lives chiefly on the utensils used 
in handling the milk, and when it is 
present and the conditions are right, the 
milk will frequently thicken and become 
slimy in a surprisingly short time. This 
germ is most frequently found along or 
under the rims of the pails, or cans, or 
in the strainers or in the cloths used 
for washing. When only warm water is 
used for cleaning these utensils, this germ 
will not be destroyed. The quickest way 
to get rid of it is to boil thoroughly 
for at least half an hour every utensil 
which the milk touches. The cows should 
be washed off with warm water for sev¬ 
eral days, and the stables or place where 
they are milked kept thoroughly clean. 
Then boil the pails, strainers and cloths 
and the cans thoroughly and well, and 
put them out into the bright sunshine. 
If this is kept up for several days the 
trouble will usually disappear. Every 
Summer we have hundreds of cases like 
this one reported. Some few claim that 
their milk is bewitched, but most of 
them seem to thing the trouble is in 
the cow, and that it is due to her feed 
or physical condition. These people often 
resent the statement that possibly their 
utensils are not entirely clean. In one 
case where we gave the advice to boil 
everything, the farmer was very indig¬ 
nant, claiming that his pails and cans 
were absolutely clean. It was found, 
however, that the dishrag used in wash¬ 
ing the pails was washed out only in 
warm water, and it turned out to be 
auye with these germs, and it was this 
dishrag that had kept the milk in this 
nlthy condition. In another case the 
utensils were boiled and yet the milk 
thickened; It was finally found that a 
sin!; drain ran near a cistern from 
which water was taken to rinse the 
This germ lived over in this 
main. It is safe to give the advice to 
boil everything that touches the milk, 
except the cow herself and the hands 
ot the milker. In this way vou will 
certainly got rid of the “witch.” 
1 here is little done in cattle In 
rarm.-rs only keeping a cow or tw 
male calves from these are soli 
°r eight weeks old, and brin 
f n 10 *<>*12. The heifer calves an 
™ '•'Ttace old cows which are 
•'ue and then sold for what th 
bung, usually about $30. Pigs 
seven or eight weeks old for al 
ptr pair, flora 0 n the ear, 05 
fodder, $5 to $0 a stack ; butter, 25; eggs, 
18. No peaches and no apples, and gar¬ 
dening only for home use. F. N. p. 
Beaverdam, Md. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Cats With Irritated Ears. 
What is the matter with our cats? 
They begin to have trouble with the head 
or ears, shaking the head as though there 
was something bothering; then they will 
scratch the ears till they bleed, and at 
the same time will cry out as though 
something was hurting. Can you tell 
what to do for them? g. u. k. 
Connecticut. 
Careful examination may show that 
ear ticks, or other ticks, are causing the 
trouble; or if that is not the case that 
there is a form of eczema irritating the 
ears. Ticks may be got rid of by pour¬ 
ing olive oil into the ears. Eczema may 
be treated by rubbing the affected parts 
with resinol ointment twice daily. 
a. s. A. 
Spavin. 
I have a mare that does not seem to 
do well. I am feeding about six quarts 
of ground feed three times a day and am 
feeding stock food three times a day. 
Iler coat looks good and glossy. She has 
a bad spavin on the inside of the right 
leg at the joint. Please inform me what 
is best for her. ji. c. 
New York. 
Have her teeth attended to by a vet¬ 
erinarian and then feed whole oats, wheat 
bran and best of hay. A horse should 
grind its own feed, unless the teeth are 
so worn that this is impossible. The 
stock feed will do no good and is quite 
unnecessary. If lameness is present have 
the spavin and entire hock joint fired and 
blistered by a veterinarian and then tie 
the mare up short in stall for a six 
week’s rest. a. s. a. 
Heifer With Tumor. 
I have a heifer which is about a year 
and a half old and will be due in Sep¬ 
tember. She .has a lump on the left side 
of her neck which is about the size of an 
egg; it is hard but you can move it 
around a little. I have had two veteri¬ 
narians look at her. The first one gave 
me some salve to put on, but it did no 
good. The other one gave some liquid 
stuff to use. but also did no good, but 
made it very sore. I would like your ad¬ 
vice about what to do, as she is a val¬ 
uable heifer. j. w. II. 
New York. 
Paint the lump with tincture of iodine 
each other day, and if it softens, open it 
for evacuation of pus, and then swab with 
the tincture inside and outside of abscess 
once daily until healed. As such en¬ 
largements of glands often are tubercu¬ 
lous it would be well to have her tested 
with tuberculin. a. s. a. 
Buying Debilitated Calf. 
I am desirous of purchasing a i>ure- 
bred Holstein bull calf, and have the 
pedigrees of four different ones. The one 
I like has had the dysentery. Would this 
disease be transmitted to his progeny? 
The price is $35 and all papers. Is that 
reasonable considering that he has had 
the dysentery? His ancestors have tine 
records. Could a May bull calf be grown 
for service next year without too much 
expense and subjecting him to disease 
(black leg, etc.). c. R. F. 
New York. 
It does not pay to buy a calf that has 
been debilitated by disease. The dysen¬ 
tery would cause stunting and weakness, 
but tendency to the disease would not 
prove hereditary. The cheap price should 
not tempt the buyer. Let him invest in 
a sound, perfectly developed bull calf, 
from sires and dams of producing stock 
and duly pedigreed and registered; then 
the price is a secondary consideration. 
A May calf may be used for a few cows 
the following season. To avoid black leg 
have him vaccinated. a. s. a. 
Cancer. 
I have a pony about six years old 
which the veterinarian says has cancer 
of the eye. About eight months ago her 
right eye commenced to swell. A vet¬ 
erinary surgeon cut out the swelling and 
prescribed some soothing medicine. It 
failed to do any good, so about two weeks 
ago I took her to another doctor who said 
that he could cut out the swollen part, 
but it would come back larger. The eye¬ 
lids almost touch each other and the 
swelling has grown over the eye so she 
cannot see out of it. Do you know of 
anything I could do to cure it or arrest 
its progress? Is it contagious and is 
there any danger of my contracting it by 
touching it or being around her. 
Oklahoma. h. u. c. 
The local graduate veterinarians will 
be the proper parties to trust to in a 
case of this sort, and possibly it may 
happen that perfect removal of the af¬ 
fected parts, followed by cauterization of 
the wound, may effect a cure. It usually 
happens, however, that such growths 
prove incurable, the adjacent bones be¬ 
coming involved. The disease is not con¬ 
tagious and cancer will not be contracted 
by the attendant, but care should be 
taken to. prevent infection of a scratch 
or cut on the hands, by painting it with 
flexible collodion and also by washing 
with a disinfecting solution. Blood pois¬ 
oning may take place from infection 
from any form of sore on horse or other 
animal. a. s. a. 
THE BUFFALO MARKETS. 
Everywhere teeming growth and prom¬ 
ise of heavy crops. This section was two 
weeks behind the average Spring lately, 
but it is catching up very fast. Already 
the city markets show the change in the 
amount of green vegetables on sale and 
the weakening prices. Strawberries have 
all along been high, 15 cents a quart or 
more for good ones, but they are now 
down to 10 or 12 cents to the consumer. 
Red raspberries are appearing, but sell¬ 
ing at 15 cents a pint box. A few south¬ 
ern blackberries have appeared, but they 
sold high. Local blackberry bushes never 
showed such blooms before as now and 
they are already full of green fruit. There 
is a great amount of cherries in market, 
selling at 10 cents a quart up. The old 
potato crop is out and new ones from 
Florida are crowding out the Bermudas, 
as they retail at a trifle above $1. There 
is promise of a good home crop, but they 
will be late. A Genesee County author¬ 
ity has been figuring on the price of po¬ 
tatoes to farmers for the past 10 years 
and finds that it is best to sell the crop 
as it is dug, for though the price has 
averaged only 47 cents in October, it 
rose only to 50*4 cents later on and was 
only 50 cents in March, so that the 
shrinkage, storage, extra handling and 
waiting for the money more than made 
up for any advance obtained by holding. 
There is occasionally a little corn in 
the market, but it sells at 25 cents a 
dozen. Home corn is just getting on its 
legs, so to speak, but it will race upwards 
now. Peas are coming into the canner¬ 
ies a little, as well as to market, but the 
Telephone, which is our best sort, has to 
be sold at 15 cents a two-quart measure 
to compete with green beans, which are 
plenty at 10 cents a quart. The yellow 
pods lead in beans, though the green 
pods sell nearly as readily. There are 
southern Summer scallop squashes in, 
for five cents each, a low price to the 
raiser after the freight and several profits 
are out of the selling price. A little 
celery is still coming in, but it is mostly 
burned very badly on the hot trip from 
the South and only a small part of it is 
salable. The shipper will wonder of 
course why returns are small. The idea 
is to ship to known honest commission 
men and not grumble over weather condi¬ 
tions. Better eat green onions now, for 
they are plenty in any good garden. A 
friend counsels eating them when they 
are very small, as they are coarse and 
high-flavored after the bulb begins to 
form. Most green onions in market are 
too old. Apples promise to hold their 
own till the new crop is here in August. 
Prices do not advance much, but they 
must be used quickly after being taken 
out of cold storage. They sell at three 
cents apiece down and are of course of 
the high-COlored sorts. The new apple 
crop will not be large in this section, but 
pears, cherries and peaches will be heavy. 
California peaches sell at three cents 
each. j. w. c. 
U I ] If T| P If CTC—Kxpr,‘s3 Propaid. Samples Free. 
IIUIYI.IO Travers Brothers, Giirtiuor. AIuks. 
2 
DAIRY CATTLE 
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES „?e‘* 
marked and well-grown BULL CALVES FOR SALE, from 
three to four months old. All from A. R. O. dams 
years 
-whoso 
dam and strand-dam averaged 31.15 Ins. butter iu 7 
days Average tat, 4.06. Price, $50 00 to $100.00. 
ELMTREE FARM, Harry Yates, Prop., Charlotte, N. Y. 
with records of 19 lbs., jr. three, to 25 lbs., 5 ye 
old. Sire, Pietertje Heugervold Segis 6th, wb 
HORSES 
] 
50 STALLIONS 
and MaiirS, $250 to ._i 
Write for my Illustrated 
Circular telling why 1 can save 
you money on the purchase of a Pcr- 
chcron or Belgian Stallion or Mare. 
A.W. Green, Middlefield, O. 
R. R. Sta., E. Orwell, on Penna. Ry. 
Midway between Ashtabula & Warren 
i_ 
DOGS 
Collie Pups 
—The kind that bring the cows. 
NELSON’S, Grove City. Fa. 
DAIH.X CiATTLE 
Butter Profits 
You ought to get more butter 
profits. Jersey Cattle mean 
more butter profits, because 
they yield more butter fat at 
less net cost of keep than any 
other breed. 
THE JERSEY 
excels !n beauty of dairy type. She Is a 
persistent milker. Jerseys are easily accli¬ 
mated. They live long and keep healthy. 
They mean steady butter profits. Write 
now for Jersey facts. Free for the asking. 
AMERICAN JERSEY CATTLE CLUB 
324 W, 23d St., New York 
nfllPVMFM Your name on * postal rard will bring 
WHin I men information about The Wonderful 
Guernsey Cow 
Write 
The American Guernsey Cattle Club 
Box Y PETERBORO, N. H. 
“EAST RIVER GRADE HOLSTEINS ” 
FOR SALE 
B0 COWS served to come fresh this fall and milking 
from thirty-five to forty pounds per day, now. 
20 FRESH COWS. Yon will like them. Come and 
see them milked. 
25 COWS due to i-alve this spring—Good size and 
in fine condition. 
Registered Bulls and Registered Cows also For Sale. 
Bell Phone, JOHN It. WEBSTER, 
No. 31I-F-5 l>cpt. It Cortland, If, Y. 
The WARNERS AYRSHIRES for Sale 
UNCAS OF HICKORY ISLAND, No. 12740, dropped Decem¬ 
ber 12. 1909, by Osceola of Hickory Island, a son of 
Olga I ox. No. 18545, and grandson of Lukalela, No. 
12357 (12187 lbs. milk, 543 ll>s. blitter) and grandson 
of I.duly Fox, No. 9669 (12299 lbs. milk, 624 lbs. but¬ 
ter). Descended also from such individuals as Lord 
Dndloy of Drumsuie, No. 7552, Glencairn 3d and 
Xirsty Wallace of Auchentrain, champion cow in 
milk tests at Buffalo Exhibition. Young stock for 
sale. Address, MANAGER WARNERS, Ipswich, Mass. 
BIG REDUCTION IN 
REG. HOLSTEIN MALE CALVES 
Bound to close them out at once. Choicely bred, 
fine individuals; large producing dams, satisfac¬ 
tion guaranteed. Can also spare a few cows. 
F^H. R1VENBI RGH HILLHURST FARM. Mimnsville, N. Y. 
WRITF THK TOMPKINS CO. BREED. 
l i_ ASSOCIATION, Box B, 
Irumansburg, N. Y., for a copy or The Tomp- 
Inns ( o. Breeders’ Journal with sale-list of pure¬ 
bred stock, or better yet. send 25 cents for a year's 
subscription. Some special offers iu Holstein 
cattle, Southdown ewes and Cheshire gilts. 
Ontario Pietje Segis 
born Feb. 8, 1913, grandson of King Segis and 
Pidiju 2tM’s \\ oo(IcYf*st Lad. Showy markings; 
white predominating. Remarkable "breeding 
Price, for quick sale. $150. Send for pedigree 
Cl.OVEKDAl.E FARM, - Charlotte. N. Y. 
If You Want Guernseys s Lis d t fo oV h th?MEw ls vMK 
GUERNSEY BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION, Box 96. Peekskill.N. Y. 
G UXHN'SKYS-COWS, HEIFERS AND BULLS-Two 
bulls old enough for service. Prices. $100 up 
W. ROBERT DUNLOP, Trolley Station 19, Fayetteville, N. l! 
Hclstein-Friesian Bull Calves t Sal s e ~w?]* 
offer. THE GATES HOMESTEAD FARM, Ciiittenanoo, N. Y. 
Breed Up—Not Down 
i—Jersey Bull Calves 
you can a fiord to 
buy. Superior dairy dams. No better sires. It. F. 
SHANNON. 907 Liberty Street, Pittsburg, l*a. 
Sa’pv-SIX GRADE T0GGEN8URG BUCKS, six 
4 t->z months old. at eight dollars each. Or 
will exchange for well-built native nannie of bear¬ 
ing age. THE GOAT FARM, Simplicity, Va. 
SWINE 
Large Berkshires at Highwood 
Bred Sows, Service Boars, Pigs all ages. Ninety 
brood sows and seven mature herd boars in our 
brooding herd. No animal good enough unless 
largo enough. We have the large, long-bodied and 
good-headed kind that make good in the farrowing 
pen as well as show ring. 
H. C. & H. B. Harpemling, Dundee, N. Y. 
Reg. P. Chinas, Berkshires, C. Whites. 
prices & circnlai 
Fine, large strains; all ages, matt 
not akin. Bred sows service Boar 
Jersey and Holstein Calves. Coll 
Dups.Beagles and Poultry. Writefi 
rs. Hamilton & Co.. F,rcildoun, P 
DUROC JERSEY RED SWINE 
The most popular and profitable breed in America. 
Fancy pigs at very reasonable prices. Quality un¬ 
excelled. -- " ~ 
K. W. McA I.LKN, Fannetlsburg, Pa. 
Springbank Berkshire Herd 
BIG BEltKSHIRKS-I have bred more high- 
class hogs than any breeder in Connecticut. Wat¬ 
son’s Masterpiece No. 123931 at head of herd. Noth¬ 
ing for sale lint March and April pigs at present. 
J. E. WATSON. Drop., Marbledale, Ct. 
I arai» BERKSHIRE FALL PIGS, either sex, also booking 
LiciIqC orders for early Spring Pigs; reasonable 
prices. Frank Blum, R- 2, New Washington. Ohio 
S HELDON FARM registered Durocs. Digs of both sex 
Bred Sows. Service Boars Best of breeding 
C. K. KAUNES. Oxford. N. V. 
ocn QUICK - GROWING MUIEF00T HOGS FOR SALE. 
OOU JOHN I)I M AD. W illiamsport. Ohio 
PUREBRED REGISTERED 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
The-Aew York Farmer says: "The big-yield cow is 
the only cow that will ever make dairying profitable in 
the United States. The dairy farmers of Holland have 
blazed the way to a successful national dairy industry 
with their Holstein-Friesian cows that average between 
9,000 and 10,000 lbs. of milk per year. 
Imagine our cows averaging 4,500 quarts! Our farmers 
would then be able to make the finest, best and cheapest 
milk on earth, just as the Hollanders do now, and prosper¬ 
ity would airoi’.ud for every quart would mean profit.” 
Send for Free Illustrated Descriptive Booklets. 
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