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II Live Stock and Dairy | 
Inbreeding Swine. 
W OULD you be kind enough to an¬ 
swer the following question? Does 
it tend to weaken the blood strain 
to breed a boar to one of its offspring, or 
to a sow of the same litter as the boar? 
if this is current among breeders, to 
what extent can this inbreeding be car¬ 
ried on without deteriorating the blood 
strain of the animal? t. s. 
Havana, Cuba. 
It is not advisable to inbreed swine as 
closely as T. S. suggests. Incestuous 
breeding has a tendency to decrease the 
size of the animals, and materially re¬ 
duces their constitutional vigor and vi¬ 
tality, and furthermore is productive of 
animals irregular in their mating pro¬ 
pensities. I would not under any cir¬ 
cumstances breed a boar to his litter sis¬ 
ter unless there was some definite quali¬ 
ty that I wanted to perpetuate, and this 
only when no inbreeding had been prac¬ 
ticed in the previous generations, or un¬ 
less the animal was unusually hardy and 
vigorous. Much better results follow 
where animals used for mating purposes 
are not in any way closely related. 
F. c. M. 
Wallkill Cow-testing Association. 
T HE Wallkill Cow Testing Associa¬ 
tion, which was organized by the 
Ulster County Farm Bureau and 
lms been in operation since about the first 
of December, met Jan. !). 1015. Manager 
of the Farm Bureau, W. H. Ilook, was 
present and directed the discussion. Al¬ 
though the cow tester. Mr. Hugh DuBois 
of Kingston, had made but two trips to 
some of the farms, and only one to 
others, some Very interesting and en¬ 
couraging testimonies were given by the 
members present. One claimed that 
through the suggestion of the cow tester 
in regard to the ration for bis cattle, he 
had saved enough on his ration and in_- 
creased the milk flow from his herd $25 
worth, or enough to pay for his mem¬ 
bership in the Cow Testing Association 
for the balance of the year. Another 
testified that before the cow tester visited 
his place, he had a cow which was for 
sale at “bologna” prices. The cow test¬ 
er, Mr. DuBois, found that this particu¬ 
lar cow’s milk tested 4.6% butterfat. 
She is not longer for sale at “bologna” 
prices, but her price is fixed at about 
$50 above that figure. The same dairy¬ 
man stated that the cow tester had found 
a cow in his herd giving milk that tested 
only 2.6% butterfat. Since the dairy¬ 
man was now receiving the premium at 
the milk station for milk testing 8.8% 
and since he had little margin to spare 
be had decided to feed the low testing 
cow’s milk to his calves and cats so as 
to remove all danger of making him 
lose the 10 cents a hundred premium on 
milk testing 8.8% butterfat or better. 
Another testified that the ration sug¬ 
gested by the cow tester had increased the 
flow of milk of the herd and was $2 a 
ton cheaper than the former ration. We 
will not multiply these testimonials 
further. These men who had joined the 
association, were positive that they could 
save $25 through the instruction and in¬ 
formation which they had received. An¬ 
other meeting will be held on Saturday 
afternoon, Feb. 6th, beginning at 1:30 
P. M., when some subjects relating to 
practical dairying will be discussed by a 
speaker secured by the Farm Bureau or 
discussed by the Farm Bureau Manager. 
Two other meetings will be held on 
March 6 and April 3. 
Boosting the Milk Trade. 
^TpITE low price that the farmer receives 
X for the milk sent to New York City, 
and how to increase it, has been the 
subject of many articles in the agricul¬ 
tural papers. Last year our price aver¬ 
aged for Grade B milk, on the Borden 
scale, a little less than 3% cents per 
quart; to be exact $1.50, 60c per hundred 
for the year, Dec. 1. 1013. to Nov. 30, 
1014. We joined the Dairymen’s League 
about four years ago, and as yet, can¬ 
not see where they have helped us in 
any way to get a better price. From 
my knowledge and observation of how 
farmers will, or rather will not, hold to- 
; ether in any cooperative enterprise, 
where there is any real competition, or 
tilings are not going just right, I do 
lit believe they ever will do anything, 
along the lines they are now following. 
1 have a plan that through your columns 
I would like to submit to the officers and 
members of the Dairymen’s League, and 
.• !1 other producers of milk for the city 
market. 
It has been proved a number of times 
that for seven months of the 12 (from 
the first of July to the first of February) 
the supply of milk for New York City is 
just about equal to the demand. There 
have been a number of times during the 
past few years when on account of an 
unusual demand in the city, a thorough 
drought or other cause of shortage in the 
country, the companies have had to raise 
their contract prices, to get a sufficient 
quantity to supply their patrons. We 
have known them to pay 20 cents per 
hundred more than the contract price, 
when they really needed the milk. It 
seems to me that that fact points the 
way for us dairymen to get a better 
price. 
For years milk has been knocked, first 
one paper, then another; one doctor after 
another has talked about the awful con¬ 
ditions under which milk was produced 
and handled. While there may have 
been isolated cases that justified some of 
the criticism, I believe that conditions 
today are such that no farmer producing 
Glass B milk needs to make any apolo¬ 
gies for his product. With President 
Elliot telling us that New York has the 
best sanitary and health code of any 
State in the Union, and one that is a 
model for others to follow, with the rigid 
inspection that the New York Board of 
Health enforces, I assert that we farmers 
have a right to stand up and boost our 
own milk. 
I would suggest to the Dairymen’s 
League and to all farmers, that they join 
with the companies in boosting milk 
as a food. Take the money they have 
spent in fighting the companies, and 
unite with them in putting advertise¬ 
ments in the city papers, display adver¬ 
tisements as well as reading matter. 
Make a systematic effort to educate the 
public as to the healthfulness and the 
food value of a quart of milk Why, it 
is the cheapest and best food in the mar¬ 
ket today. 
I thoroughly believe that a campaign of 
that kind, carried on for a year or more, 
would so increase the consumption of 
milk that the companies would have to 
increase tin 1 price to the producer, to get 
milk enough to supply the demand. I 
think that anyone who is familiar with 
city conditions will agree with me that 
city people flock together, and are easily 
influenced by what they read in the pa¬ 
pers, or see others do. Therefore I be¬ 
lieve in a campaign of advertising, using 
all classes of papers. Give the papers 
that have been doing the most knocking 
just as many advertisements as any other. 
I7se the Yiddish and other foreign pa¬ 
pers, that circulate on the East Side, and 
have the New York Board of Health 
look closely after the handling of the milk 
in the city, as well as in the country. It 
would almost double the amount of milk 
used in New York City and its suburbs. 
Then to get it (he companies would have 
to pay a price that would give the farm¬ 
er something more than enough to pay his 
grain bill for the milk that he produces 
in the months of February, March and 
April. I would like to hear through your 
columns from some of the interested 
parties, officers of the milk companies, 
officers and members of the Dairymen’s 
League, and any others who are interest¬ 
ed in the subject, as to what they think 
of the above plan. I,, c. WILLIAMS. 
Oneida Co., N. Y. 
Streaky' Butter.—I saw, on page 17, 
an article inquiring what made the light 
streaks in butter. I investigated that 
some time ago and brought it before our 
farmers’ club. The light streaks come 
from not having the salt evenly dis¬ 
tributed when it. is first salted. When 
the butter is well washed and ready for 
the salt, the salt should be thoroughly 
distributed. There is no danger of in¬ 
juring the butter by working at first, as 
the salt before it is dissolved keeps the 
butter all right. Every particle of butter 
that has not received the salt will be 
lighter colored. M. w. 
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