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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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THE ALBANY CONVENTION 
The educational convention in connection 
with the meeting of the New York State 
Agricultural Society last week was a great 
success. There was a large attendance and 
much enthusiasm was manifest. It is evi¬ 
dent that this old Society is -to take on new 
life and have an active part in the develop¬ 
ment of agriculture. The following officers 
were elected : President, Raymond A. Pear¬ 
son, Albany; secretary, Edwin H. Chapman, 
Albany; treasurer, William B. Jones, Al¬ 
bany. Vice-presidents : John J. Dillon, New 
York; H. B. Fullerton, Huntington, L. 
I.; Gilbert M. Tucker, Albany; W. II. 
Daniels, Ogdensburg; W. R. Smith, Syra¬ 
cuse ; Dr. C. D. Smead, Hector; S. D. Wil¬ 
lard, Geneva ; A. E. Brown, Batavia; II. W. 
Rives, New Hamburg. Executive Committee : 
E. Van Alstync, Kinderhook; A. R. East¬ 
man, Waterville; A. Denniston, Washington- 
viiie; E. A. Parks, Albany; James Wood, 
Mt. Kisco; Dr. Edward Moore, Albany; T. 
B. W-ilson, Halls Corners; G. W. Sisson, Jr., 
Potsdam. 
A committee on future activities which 
was to suggest definite work for the society 
made a strong report. Briefly stated, the 
society is to encourage agricultural educa¬ 
tion, and- develop and direct a fixed and 
definite agricultural educational policy in 
the State. This is to include not only in¬ 
struction in colleges and higher schools but 
in the lower schools as well, so far as 
possible. Members of both State and Nation¬ 
al Legislatures often complain that they 
are not reliably informed as to the senti¬ 
ment and wishes of farmers concerning gen¬ 
eral legislation, and particularly those 
things which definitely 'concern agriculture. 
It is purposed that this society should 
remedy this in part at least by helping to 
crystallize agricultural sentiment by means 
of association with various clubs and other 
farm organizations. The society should rep¬ 
resent the whole State in the broadest agri¬ 
cultural sense, and be able in this way to 
express definitely the desire of the farmers. 
It is also stated that New York State has 
suffered through the modesty of its farm 
citizens in advertising or making known 
the advantages of the State. Other States 
have been exploited and boomed when in 
reality they have less to offer in the way of 
farm advantages than New York State. It 
is purposed that the new society should 
take hold of this matter, make known to 
the world at large what we have to offer, 
and make a serious and consistent effort to 
secure labor and capital which is now pass¬ 
ing through the State to other better ad¬ 
vertised localities. It is also claimed that 
it is a legitimate function of a State or 
society to help and protect those who can¬ 
not protect themselves. All realize the pecu¬ 
liar position in which the farmer finds him¬ 
self when dealing with the markets. lie is 
obliged to buy at retail and sell his goods 
at wholesale prices, paying the highest price 
for his requirements and receiving the low¬ 
est possible for his products when sold on 
the general market. This is because business 
interests capable of more thorough organi¬ 
zation than farming now enjoys stand be¬ 
tween the farmer and the consumer, and ob¬ 
tain a larger share of the ultimate price 
than they should. Transportation compan¬ 
ies, supply houses and commission men im¬ 
pose upon the individual farmer with im¬ 
punity. His just grievances should become 
the concern of the New York Agricultural 
Society, and it should become the business 
of such society to protect the farmers, for 
an injustice to one farmer, no matter how 
humble, is the concern of all. The society 
should always encourage careful packing 
and uniform grading of goods as an essen¬ 
tial of successful marketing. This society 
should also encourage all useful co-opera¬ 
tive clubs, societies or companies. In con¬ 
nection with the Agricultural Department, 
the society should seek to discover means 
for developing the waste lands and increas¬ 
ing production of those already in cultiva¬ 
tion. The final declaration of policy for the 
society is, perhaps, the strongest of all. 
“This Society will never lend its influence 
to selfish personal, political or institutional 
interests. Its activities are forever pledged 
to the general developments of the agricul¬ 
tural interests of the State, and particularly 
to the education, social and business inter¬ 
ests of the farm.” 
Suitable committees are appointed for the 
purpose of carrying out the above recom¬ 
mendations. In this way the society starts 
upon its new life in a most hopeful way. 
There is probably no organization exactly 
like it in the country ; that is, not one with 
this definite purpose in view and it may 
become exceedingly useful if it can be held 
true to its purpose. A long and interesting 
programme was carried through success¬ 
fully. The subjects discussed were largely 
of an educational character, and are of 
such importance that we shall leave their 
discussion until next week. It is a very 
hopeful tiling that this meeting should de¬ 
velop as it did. An organization of this 
kind has been greatly needed in the State, 
largely because it will concentrate or crys¬ 
tallize farm sentiment; gathering in and 
unifying the work done by all clubs and 
societies that are working for agriculture. 
CONSUMER’S DOLLAR OF PORK. 
If a man is both producer and consumer 
he ought to know how much of the con¬ 
sumer's dollar he pays to the producer. A 
writer in the New York Sun lives in New 
Y'ork and has a farm. He raised two pigs 
and kept an accurate account. They cost 
him §21.93; including freight on part of 
the pork to his city home. Then he says : 
“It would consume too much space to 
give separately the weights of various 
parts, but the two pigs weighed 483 
pounds (including fifty-six pounds of most 
excellent lard). I have gone over the fam¬ 
ily butcher's monthly charge book and dis¬ 
cover that no pork meat has entered the 
house that has not cost over 20 cents a 
pound (except feet and knuckles, which 
are sold by the piece), while loins have 
ranged from 24 to 2S cents a pound. If we 
then agree on an average cost of 20 cents 
a pound in New York city, we have: 483 
pounds at 20 cents, §96.60; production cost, 
§21.93; profit, §74.67.” 
According to these figures his pork cost 
him a little over 4% cents a pound to pro¬ 
duce, and sold at 20 cents. What do you 
get for dressed pork such as is sold in the 
markets? How much live weight? 
We have had colder weather this Winter 
than usual. To-day (Jan. 10), the ther¬ 
mometer registers 20 degrees at seven 
o'clock A. M. We have had .jhree snows, 
the deepest of which was 1% inch. The 
ground is bare at this date. No snow re¬ 
mained on the ground at any time this 
Winter more than 24 hours. January 6 we 
had a heavy sleet ice. Peanuts are higher 
in price than usual. Spanish peanuts are 
§1.35 per bushel in Petersburg. Irish pota¬ 
toes retail here at §1 per bushel; sweet 
potatoes at 80 cents. Many farmers from 
the North and West are locating here. Land 
is selling at about §20. a. j. b. 
Waverly, Va. 
Cheshire Swine Breeders Meet.— The 
Cheshire Swine Breeders held a most inter¬ 
esting annual meeting at the Agricultural 
College, Ithaca, N. Y., January 11. The re¬ 
port of secretary and treasurer gave a show¬ 
ing of increased interest and activity in the 
breeding and sales of this desirable hog. 
It was voted that Vol. V. of the Herd Book 
be printed, closing April 1. It is very de¬ 
sirable that all breeders record all breeding 
stock before that time. In the discussion of 
future prospects of hog raising, as breeding 
or market stock, all present reported a 
shortage, few animals being fed for the 
Spring trade, and brood sows in farmers’ 
pens fully 50 per cent short of ordinary 
years. There can be but one result, a greater 
demand at even higher prices for pork pro¬ 
ducts than the present record figures. At 
the directors’ meeting the following officers 
were re-elected for I he year: S. G. Otis, 
president; R. D. Button, vice-president; E. 
S. Hill, secretary and treasurer. 
“Frothy Cream.” —Tell E. S. N., page 38, 
to strain her milk into a tin or granite pan 
or kettle and set on the stove until hot, 
not quite boiling, and then set in a cool 
place for 24 hours, then skim. I always 
save a crock of buttermilk and < put about 
one quart of it in the cream 24 hours be¬ 
fore I want to churn, and set the cream 
bucket in the pan of warm water and keep 
warm and stir often until the cream is 
sour and thick, and have the cream just a 
little warm to commence churning, and get 
fine butter in a few minutes. I always heat 
my milk in the Winter, and that way get 
all the cream and have the sweet milk to 
use. When we have a quantity we sell to 
the creamery. w. L. h. 
Ohio. 
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