NEW-YORKER 61 
United States Separators 
and their Products 
J 
Win All Important Awards in 1909 
I N keeping with its usual successes and accomplishments, 
the year 1909 has been another record-breaker for the 
United States Cream Separator. The few awards we 
mention are far from all. These are a few of the more 
important ones. _ 
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STATE DAIRYMEN’S ASSOCIATION. 
Part III. 
Edward Van Alstyne, of Kinderhook 
spoke on “Economy in the Cost of Pro¬ 
duction.” In opening his address Mr. Van 
Alstyne asked the reporter for The It. N.-Y. 
to take notice that he was a farmer, and 
the reporter assured him that he knew the 
earmarks of the farmer, and would try to 
make no mistakes. Mr. Van Alstyne said 
that in spite of the good prices which dairy 
products are bringing there is great need 
of studying the cost of production, as this 
cost has increased fully in proportion to 
the prices received. “Wo must take farm¬ 
ers as they arc, rather than as rney ought 
to be." Mr. Van Alstyne said he should 
endeavor to ascertain just what it cost him 
to produce a quart of milk, and his figures 
showed that on his farm it cost 3.14 cents 
to produce it. The speaker condemned in 
strong terms the action of the New York 
press over the high prices of milk and 
other dairy products. lie attributed the 
high prices to natural causes rather than 
any milk trust, and declared that prices 
were not too high when compared with the 
cost of production. As elements to secure 
better results in dairying, Mr. Van Alstyne 
placed better rows first. “The elimination 
of poor rows would reduce the aggregate 
yield of milk, and hence increase the price. 
The scarcity of milch cows is becoming 
acute owing to the increased demand for 
milk for shipment and consequent, demand 
for cows. The only way to secure good 
cows is to raise them. The milk dealer is 
constantly reaching out into new territory, 
and the producer must seriously consider 
the question of keeping up the dairy by 
breeding better cows." Mr. Van Alstyne 
urged the importance of mature purebred 
bulls, and farmers who live a distance from 
the shipping stations can make money rais¬ 
ing cows to sell to the dairymen who ship 
milk. Taking np the question of milk 
sanitation, he said that the farmer should 
he paid a premium for a good quality of 
milk, and that the former would meet the 
dealer half way. 
The president called upon the writer, 
introducing him as “the watch dog of the 
association sent up to see that nothing 
crept in that ought not to.” Thanking him 
for dispensing with the quarantine regula¬ 
tions. 1 expressed the opinion that milk 
should be bought according to its merits, 
both as to cleanliness and fat content, of 
course, not buying milk that is not fit to 
use, the placing of a good article on the 
market always insures a ready sale at good 
prices, and the paying of low prices for 
poor milk would drive it out of the mar¬ 
ket. 
T. M. Ware, of Meridale. Delaware 
County, took up the subject, “Economy in 
the Cost of Manufacturing.” Air. Ware is 
a successful manufacturer, and he told 
how he won success in his dairy. Ho fol¬ 
lowed (he plan of dealing directly with 
the consumer, and as the demand increased, 
he made up the milk of some of his neigh¬ 
bors. Now he operates a central plant 
with ten skimming stations, and this year 
the output will exceed 1,250,000 pounds 
of butter, making up the milk of 375 
dairies. “At the Meridale plant the milk 
is bought on the butter fat content basis. 
The producer can tints be shown that it 
pays him to produce a good milk. In 
oilier foods, the price follows quality. There 
is no reason why the man who produces 
good wholesome milk should sell it. for the 
same price as the man who produces poor 
dirty milk. The creamery man should 
encourage his patrons to keep better cows.” 
The afternoon session was divided, and 
John Solly, of the Federal Department of 
Agriculture, the man who scored tne but¬ 
ter, gave instruction on the manufacture 
of butter. 
Commissioner of Agriculture Raymond A. 
Pearson was introduced to the regular ses¬ 
sion. lie said in part: “There is no food 
more easily affected by bacteria than milk, 
and thus bacteriology plays an important 
part in milk production. Article 45 of 
tlie Agricultural law says briefly: ‘No per¬ 
son. firm or corporation dealing in milk 
for its selling or products thereof, shall 
keep the milk in unsanitary conditions.’ 
Inspectors inspect the sanitary conditions 
of milk shipping and receiving stations and 
factories, and report to the State Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture. If unsanitary con¬ 
ditions are found, a card is sent to the pro¬ 
prietor. and he is given 10 days to correct 
the trouble. If at the end of this time im¬ 
provement is not made, legal steps may be 
taken. Of 400 cases reported, only three 
have necessarily been reported to the At¬ 
torney-General for legal action. A report 
came lo us that a certain plant was in a 
bad condition, filth and dirt abounding. 
Conditions were such as to lie a menace 
to health. Ten days’ notice was served, 
and the plant was voluntarily closed before 
further action could be taken. There are 
two sides of the question. One is the 
standpoint of the sanitary enthusiast, and 
the other of tIn* practical man who is 
making liis living by dairying. We con¬ 
sider both sides of the question, particu¬ 
larly* the latter. We recommend good 
light, drainage and cleanliness. The work 
is not oppressive but co-operative.” 
Thursday evening the annual banquet 
was served at the New Woodruff Hotel, 
and about 175 guests were served. Every¬ 
one bad a good time. Many instructive 
speeches were made which were highly 
spiced with wit and good feeing. The 
smokers made it a little unpleasant for 
those who never have learned to like the 
weed, but they grinned and bore it. and 
hoped they would never get to a place 
where the smoke would lie thicker. 
Friday morning Mr. C. A. Pnblow gave 
instruction on cheese. making, and George 
G. Flanders, first assistant commissioner 
and counsel, gave an address on “The Out¬ 
look Respecting Oleomargarine Legislation.” 
The oleo men, through the big packing 
houses, are combined to overthrow the 
oleo tax law, and are willing to spend a 
THE RURAL 
big sum of money to do so. expecting to 
reap a rich reward by selling their stuff 
as pure butter. Not only the dairymen, 
but every consumer interested in pure food 
should use their influence to defeat the oleo 
combine. 
C. A. Publow. of Cornell, scored the 
cheese, and John Solly, of Washington, 
I». C.. the butter. Below are given the 
highest scores in different classes: 
Creamery Butter (packages). 
Rosemary Creamery. Adams. N. Y.04 
Thos. F. Rutherford. Madrid.04 
Creamery Butter (prints). 
Delhi Co-Operative Creamery, Delhi. . . .05 
Diamond Creamery Co., Ma'ssena.04 
Dairy Butter (packages). 
.T. Grant Morse. Hamilton.03 
Jerry Halllban, North Lawrence.. .0.'“, 
Mrs. Sidney Shell, Evans Mills.93 
Dairy Butter (prints). 
IT. L. Allen, Watertown.04 
Ralph C. II. Fowler.94% 
Cheese—Young Americas. 
Edwin S. Aloses.07% 
C. N. Day, Theresa.97 
Sage Cheese. 
W. A. Going.97 % 
C. N. Day.:.97 % 
Nenfeliatel. 
F. X. Baumert & Co.90 
Cream Cheese. 
McLeod & Ormsby.OS 
F. X. Baumert & Co .07 
Export Cheese. 
S. A. Hall. Watertown.07% 
O. Northup, Chau men t.07% 
J as. Tagger 1, C lay to n.08 
Home Trade. 
Orsa Stevenson .08 
S. A. Hall.97% 
The meeting adjourned Friday noon and 
the dairymen wen! home satisfied that tills 
had been one of the best, if not the verv 
best, meeting ever held by the association. 
It now remains for the dairymen .through¬ 
out the State to support the organization, 
attend the meetings and make the New 
York Dairymen's Association the power for 
good in the State that it ought to be. 
J. UR ANT MORSE. 
Permanent Pasture. 
A correspondent in Alleghany Co.. Pa., 
writes: "I have read your article in 
The R. N.-Y.: in fact cut them out and 
reread often—I have a field of rather poor 
land sown for permanent pasture on which 
I applied 500 pounds of a mixture nine 
per cent potash, nine per cent phosphoric 
acid and three per cent nitrogen, l.ast 
year was the first and the grass, a mixture 
of Kentucky Blue grass, Rod-top and other 
seed, was but fair. I thought to spread 
two tons of burnt lime per acre this Win¬ 
ter, hut why no potash? Your mixture 
contains none. Would anything he gained 
by sowing more grass seed in Spring or 
Fall, as the grass is quite thin? Field is 
on a hill sloping northeast, and land is 
shnly. Ground is poor as 1 have said. 
Would 400 pounds of mixture you name be 
enough ?’’ 
The application of lime will doubtless 
help, ns Blue grass is a limestone grass. 
But I think that 25 bushels of freshly 
slaked lime, making about a ton, will lie 
sufficient. Brush it in well with a smooth¬ 
ing harrow. You have already applied a 
good dressing of potash, and whether more 
will be needed will depend on tlie nature 
of the land. If it is slaty shale, perhaps 
the potash will do good. If on a granite 
formation there will lie a large amount of 
insoluble potash in the soil, which lime 
will tend to release. Nothing will lie lost 
in adding more grass seed when harrowing, 
but Blue grass is naturally slow, and will 
tend to thicken up year after year if you 
top-dress it. I think that the 400 pounds 
will suffice, and you might add 100 pounds 
of muriate of potash to part of the field 
and note the effect. The Indiana Station 
found that it paid to use some potasli 
salts on clay soil that was quite rich in 
insoluble potash. w. F. masse*. 
Limestone for Absorbent. —On page 
1045, under “Short Stories.” regarding ab¬ 
sorbent for cow stables. 1 should advise to 
use powdered limestone rock, which does 
not drive out the ammonia. Burned or hy¬ 
drated lime of course cannot he used : they 
would drive out the ammonia. We are 
using here tlie powdered corals (carbonate 
of iiine) for stables and have very good 
results. Chemically, limestone rock and 
corals arc identical, so far as the lime (cal¬ 
cium t is concerned. PAUL karutz. 
Cuba. 
R. N.-Y.—The crushed limestone (un¬ 
burned) will answer well for this purpose. 
Pickling Meat in Vacuum.-—A consular 
report from Berlin describes various methods 
of handling preserved meat. In one pro¬ 
cess the pickling mixture is introduced as 
follows: 
“The pieces are packed in a sheet-iron 
cylinder connected on one side by a tube 
to an air-exhausting pump and on the other 
to n vessel containing a solution of the 
pickling mixture. Both of these connecting 
pipes are provided with open-and-shut 
valves. After the meat has been packed in 
the cylinder and the lid tightly fastened, 
the valve of the pipe leading to the pick¬ 
ling solution is closed and the air-exhaust¬ 
ing pump set in operation. When the air 
pressure in the cylinder has been reduced 
to at least five millimeters (determined by 
manometer attached to the cylinder) the 
valve to the air pump is closed and the one 
to the pickling solution opened. Because 
of the removal of the atmospheric pressure 
the volume of the meat is increased by 
about oue-tbird, and the pickling solution 
can then lie thoroughly forced into the 
pores and fibres. The meat is kept under 
pressure four or five minutes, when the 
cylinder is opened and the pieces taken out 
and hung up for a few days in a cool, 
airy room to dry, after which they are 
smoked. The value of this method is that 
the meat does not stand so long in the 
pickling brine, and hence the albumen and 
the other nutritive elements do not have 
an opportunity to be dissolved and lie drawn 
out into the brine. For this reason the 
quality of the meat is such that it can be 
more profitably exported than meat cured 
in pickling barrels or vats.” 
THE GRAND PRIZE (Highest 
Award) on Separators at the 
ALASKA-YUKON-PACIFIC EX- 
POSFI ION, Seattle, awarded the 
U. S. This was positively the high¬ 
est award received by any separator. 
GOLD MEDAL (Highest Award) on 
Separators at the Intermountain Four State 
Fair, Ogden, Utah, awarded the U. S. 
Butter made from U. S. Cream by Jas. H. 
Toomer, Morgan, Utah, also won First Prize 
and Gold Medal at this fair. 
GOLD MEDAL (Highest Award) on 
Separators at the Sacramento, Cal., State 
Fair, was awarded the U. S. Separator. 
FIRST PRIZE (Highest Award) on Sepa¬ 
rators at thcTexas State Fair.Dallas, awarded 
the U. S. Separator. 
FIRST PRIZE (Highest Award) on Sepa¬ 
rators at the State Fair, Birmingham, Ala¬ 
bama, awarded the U. S. 
FIRST PR IZE also STANDARD SILVER 
CUP (valued at $100.00) was won by Mrs. 
Alex. Simpson, of Atwood, Ontario, at the 
Winnipeg Industrial Exposition. Mrs. 
Simpson has used a 15 . S. Separator for years 
and lias always been a prize winner on butter. 
FIRST PRIZES (Highest Awards) at the 
great New England Fair Worcester, Mass., 
were awarded to Harry C. Shepard, of 
Sturbridge. Mass., on Dairy Butter and 
Gloverdale Creamery, Tunbridge,. Vt., on 
Creamery Butter. Both U. S. users. 
THE GOLD MEDAL (Highest 
Award) at the NATIONAL DAIRY 
SHOW recently held at Milwaukee, 
Wis., was awarded to J. Gilbert 
Hickcox, of Whitefvsh Bay, Wis., on 
Market Cream obtained by the U. S. 
FIRST PRIZE (Highest Award) at the 
Illinois State Fair, Springfield, on Dairy 
Print Butter, was won by Robert Morcn, 
Morrison, Ill., a user of the U. S. 
FIRST PRIZE (Highest Award) at the 
Vermont State Fair, White River Junction, 
was awarded to 1 .. R. Dana, I’omfret, Vt., on 
Dairy Butter. Mr. Dana also uses a U. S. 
Separator. 
FIRST PRIZE (Highest Award) at the 
Maine State Fair on Dairy Tub Butter was 
won by Mrs. L. S. Brimmer, of Tilden, Me., 
user of a U. S. Separator. 
FIRST PRIZE (Highest Award) South 
Dakota State Fair, on Dairy Butter won by 
Mrs. M. F. Andrews, of Huron, a U. S. user. 
FIRST PRIZE (Highest Award) on Home 
Dairy Butter, Western Fair, London. Ont., 
awarded Mrs. Alex. Simpson. Atwood, Ont., a 
U. S. user. 
FOUR FIRST PRIZES, Viking Agiicul- 
ural Fair, Viking Alberta, Canada, Oct. sth, 
1909. Dairy Butter, Mrs. S. Stenberg swept all 
four First Prizes. Another Great Victory 
for the United States. 
FIRST PRIZE, Georgia State Fair, 
Macon, Ga., October 27th to November 6th, 
1909. First Premium on both Separator and 
Exhibit, awarded to the United States Sepa¬ 
rator. 
Don’t let the hypnotic statements of unscrupulous advertisers, claiming 
the earth, with no records to back their claims, influence you in the least. 
If you keep two or more cows and handle their milk by any other means 
than with the U. S. Separator, we can show you the way to a greater profit. 
Ask for Catalogue No. 159, and we will attend to the rest. 
Remember, you can try a U. S. Separator before you pay one cent. 
This does not mean the bogus free trial some advertisers offer, who require 
the cash deposited in the bank before they ship the goods. Agents in every 
dairy community will give absolutely a free test, and in case you buy, 
favorable terms. Could anything be more fair ? 
VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO. 
INCORPORATED 1873 
BELLOWS FALLS, VT., U. S. A. 
COL . G. IV. CRAWFORD'S FARMS, 
THE SHARON VALLEY STOCK FARM, at Newark. 0.. and THE OAK LAWN FARM. 
12 miles east from here, can now show to the interested public the 
greatest lot of fine Stallions and Mares, Beluians, Percherons, and German 
Coacliers, that can be seen n any other two importers' stables. If 
you want a first class stallion or mare, do not fail to visit these 
great breeding establishments, as you can buy them at a cost very 
little less than the actual cost price. There is no need of going so 
far away to unreliable dealers, but go where you know honorable 
dealing is the first item shown the customers. I will have from 60 
to 100 stallions and mares shipped from France and Belgium about 
every month and the sales will occur about that often. Be sure to 
watch this add. for the date of the sales. Horses can be bought 
at any time either privately or publicly. All communications 
answered promptly. The different trains met at station with eon- 
veyances to the Farm. The Sharon Valley Farm is bleated about 
1*4 miles from the Court House. For further information .address, 
COL. G. \V. CRAWFORD. Proprietor. Citizens Phone JJGG, Bell Phone 051 W. 
