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NEW ENGLAND MILK NOTES. 
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O RGANIZING among New England 
milk producers is progressing quite 
satisfactorily, and a steady sensible 
growth is going on. Four different per¬ 
sons are very busy conducting this work, 
among them our live secretary, Mr. Pot¬ 
ter, who is working the Northern section 
of New Hampshire and Vermont; the 
others are at work in Eastern Maine, the 
central section of the Connecticut River 
in New Hampshire and Vermont, and the 
Southern section of these States. The 
secretary reports that if all members pay 
their dues for present year at once, near¬ 
ly $2,000 would be had for immediate 
tise, which would put the association 
strongly on its feet, and great results 
would follow. While the association has 
decided on no price as yet, this question 
must be acted on at once, as time is short 
to April first, the time the new price will 
go into effect. Some Massachusetts farm¬ 
ers have already sold as low as 32 cents 
net, others at 35 and 40 for the Sum¬ 
mer six months. The latter figures are 
low enough, but as wholesale milk is be¬ 
ing sold in Boston as low as 41 to 45 
cents per can by the big dealers, it will 
be hard to get them to pay a reasonable 
price to Massachusetts producers, as they 
will hold the way-back cheap milk up 
against us to gain their point. Also, the 
Massachusetts milk available for Boston 
supply is so cut up that it hardly pays 
in many cases for the big contractor to 
bother with it at all, and they are fol¬ 
lowing just this policy of letting it go and 
not buying it at any price. The II. P. 
Hood Co. have this Winter bought the 
large Van Camp plant at St. Albans, 
Vermont, and will probably continue to 
operate it on the condensery plan, as has 
been done by the Van Camp Co., as 
cheese and butter are unreliable assets 
at present time, and are likely to con¬ 
tinue so for the next few months at least. 
This plant handles 30,000 pounds of milk 
daily and pays from $1.10 to $1.90 per 
100 pounds for same according to season. 
A sensible move has been made by a 
combination of small dealers of Waltham 
and Watertown, and should be satisfac¬ 
tory to both themselves and the producers 
with whom they have made the deal. 
These dealers, five in number, have com¬ 
bined to buy a car of milk at Claremont, 
N. IT., and other way stations at a sat¬ 
isfactory price to all concerned and much 
better than the producers have previously 
received. 
New cases of foot-and-mouth disease 
have broken out in sections near Boston, 
and much slaughtering of valuable stock 
has been the result. The question still is, 
where will it end? Friends of ex-Com- 
missioner Walker are working for a re¬ 
opening of his case. It is largely be¬ 
lieved politics instead of inefficiency was 
the real cause of his removal, and much 
feeling exists over the matter. 
The following table of comparison of 
cost of production of milk in the United 
States and other countries is instructive 
and interesting, and gives us food for 
thought if there is not large room for 
improvement in our system, feeding and 
In (‘(fling of our dairy cattle: 
100 lbs. 
TJuited States . $1.56 
Switzerland . 1.55 
Norway . 1.50 
Germany and England. 1.44 
Denmark . 1.20 
Holland . 1.09 
Sweden .99 
Ireland .95 
Cost of labor probably enters largely 
into these differences in cost, but the 
other things probably have something to 
do with it also. 
An appropriation of $150,000 has at 
last been passed by the Legislature to 
pay cattle owners for stock killed during 
the outbreak of the foot-and-mouth dis¬ 
ease, this applying especially to the first 
case appraised or agx-eed to under the 
Walker administration. Better late than 
never. I hope these claims will be set¬ 
tled at once. In a few cases I under- 
stant the U. S. Government has paid 
their share of 50 per cent. 
It is time the State woke up. It is 
very doubtful if normal conditions will 
exist much before Fall, and much dis¬ 
appointment and dissatisfaction in all 
lines of milk production are likely to ex¬ 
ist this Spring and Summer. Conditions 
are largely against us; we must do the 
best we can as individuals, help each 
other and all work together when chance 
offers to improve our conditions, and help 
obtain what is due us, a good market and 
paying prices for our products. A. E. P. 
l’eb. 15, Located in Northern Elk 
County, Northwestern Pennsylvania, soil 
is‘-poorly adapted to agriculture, but 
raises good crops of hay, oats and pota¬ 
toes. Population is mostly engaged in 
manufactures and the development of nat¬ 
ural mineral resources. Therefore the 
largest portion of milk, grain, vegetables, 
feed, etc., for local consumption and sale 
js shipped in. Prices for farm and gar¬ 
den stuff brought in for sale by home 
growers average the year around the same 
as, asked by the stores. Average prices 
* . 'h tc: Potatoes, 50c.; apples, $1; 
oa(s, 08; corn, $1; milk, 8c. per quart; 
eggs, 40 ; pork, whole or half, 12 and 15; 
hay, $15; cows, $60 to $100; chickens, 
dressed, 20 to 25; honey, comb or-ex¬ 
tracted. 15. Very little fruit is raised in 
this section of the countv. a. jj_ q. 
•Tehnsonburg, Pa. 
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Feb. 15. Wheat. $1.50; corn, 75; oats, T^l T”! f _ .1 • ¥*% 1 
50; potatoes, 75 to 80; apples, $1.10 to MM ■ * § m A. JL 1 _ _ _ — — I _ 
$1.50; butter, 30 to 35; milk, $1.92 per |\ ||^ ■ m «■ J T||1C I lflf V 
hundred delivered at Harrisburg; eggs, 24 A ^ 
to 28. Milch cows, $40 to $90; fat cat¬ 
tle. 7c. per lb.; hogs, 745; calves, 7 to S. 
Balfour, Pa. j. B. K. 
Prices paid producers for marketable 
produce at present are as follows: But¬ 
ter, creamery, 33; fresh dairy, 30 to 32; 
cheese, 16 to 17; fresh eggs, 30 - to 32; 
hops, 1914, 10 to 22; hides, lb., 14; pork, 
dressed, 11; veal, choice dressed, 11 to 
13; fowls, live, per lb., 13 to 14; po¬ 
tatoes, per bushel. 40; veal, skins, lb., 
13; deacon skins, 90.; beef, cows, heifers, 
8; over three years, 9; dairy cows, fresh. 
$60 to $90; dairy cows, Springers, $35 
to $60. There is not much sale for dairy 
stock at present, as the price of grain is 
high and the farmers are very well 
stocked. Nearly all farmers here buy 
most of their cattle grains. E. c. M. 
Mount Franklin, N. Y. 
We are having splendid weather and 
the roads are fine. Very little wheat re¬ 
mains in farmers’ hands. Some who 
have been holding it have recently sold 
for $1.60. Others are still holding for 
higher prices. Stock is wintering very 
well. Farmers are busy preparing their 
Summer wood, pruning fruit trees and 
grapevines and carting out manure. 
Nearly all farm products bring high 
prices, with the exception of white po¬ 
tatoes. Corn, 78; hay, $18; eggs, 20; 
chickens, 13; apples, 40; butter, 25; 
sweet potatoes, 45; white potatoes, 25; 
turnips, 20; pork, $9. The contract price 
for tomatoes this season is but $7.50 per 
ton, or 12 cents per basket. Many farm¬ 
ers say they will not grow them for 
these prices, as other crops will pay them 
better. Much light freezing and thawing 
has injured Scarlet clover. Early-sown 
wheat is looking very well, while late 
sown looks rather poor. Many farm¬ 
ers are using manure spreaders this 
season. Not being able to get potash 
farmers will use more lime than usual, 
with the hope of drawing potash from 
the soil. c. II. 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
333 WEST 30th ST., NEW YORK. 
