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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 6, 1915. 
Milk Notes 
Fat Test for Selling Milk. 
An Ohio correspondent writes inquir¬ 
ing as to the State and Federal laws in 
regard to the sale of milk, and asks if 
these laws cannot be made to govern the 
price the producer receives for his milk. 
This question arose after reading my 
discussion, on page 890, on the present 
Borden method of buying milk on a but- 
terfat basis. I am still of the opinion 
that this method of purchasing milk is 
a very fair one. I think I)r. Babcock 
“hits the nail on the head” in his article 
on page 869, when he states that the 
condensery price for fat is above the 
ordinary market or creamery price paid 
for fat. If a company were to pay the 
producer for both fat and solids not fat, 
then the price of fat would be lowered, 
so that the producer would get but little 
if any more for his milk. 
There are Federal, State and city laws 
in regard to the sale of milk. These laws 
simply state a minimum fat, solids not 
fat or total solids standard for the sale 
of milk under their jurisdiction. These 
standards vary widely. Their purpose is 
to prevent the sale of very poor or adul¬ 
terated milk. In some places they are 
enforced more rigidly than in others. 
The following 
table 
shows 
how the 
standards differ 
in the 
New 
England 
States: 
Solids 
Total 
State. 
Fat. 
not fat. 
solids. 
Maine . 
3.25 
8.50 
11.75 
New Hampshire. 
none 
none 
12.00 
Vermont . 
3.25 
9.25 
12.50 
Massachusetts .. 
3.25 
none 
12.15 
Connecticut .... 
3.25 
8.5 
11.75 
Rhode Island... 
2.5 
none 
12.00 
There is need of greater uniformity in 
State and city standards. It would seem 
that any further legislation towards sell¬ 
ing prices for milk would be impractical. 
There seems to be a dearth of laws in the 
various States, pertaining to milk, which 
are not enforced and the general ten¬ 
dency is to have fewer laws rather than 
more. H. L. judkins. 
stated that $1,000,000,000 per year is 
paid out for milk in this country, and 
that the annual production of gold and 
silver in the world does not equal these 
figures. To be an aid in the above pro¬ 
duction should be a proud distinction for 
anyone, and if done well should be a 
greater satisfaction; in this way others 
are benefited as well as ourselves, and to 
do both is doing well indeed. 
The future of the milk business in 
Massachusetts is encouraging, as better 
prices will prevail in the future than in 
the past, especially to those who will 
produce a good quality milk, clean and 
pure, as this kind of milk will be in de¬ 
mand when delivered fresh or reasonably 
so to the city consumer, and a fair price 
paid for same. The welfare of the gen¬ 
eral community demands the above, and 
many are working hard to bring such 
conditions about. Let's all put our 
shoulder to the wheel and help. A. E. P. 
Jefferson Co., N. Y., Notes. 
Corn is a bumper crop in this town, 
and many new silos have been built, 
among them one fine cement block erected 
by Henry L. Lawton. Sufficient rain has 
fallen, so Fall plowing is begun and looks 
well. Quite an acreage of Winter grain 
has been sown. Grain turned out well; 
oats were heavier than mixed grain. Al¬ 
falfa seeding looks promising, and the 
third crop has been harvested from old 
fields. Potatoes are reported to be rot¬ 
ting; one man dug 100 bushels off one- 
eighth acre of ground, salable potatoes. 
Oats bring 50; potatoes 50; butter 30 to 
32c.; eggs, 28; veal, 9c. Following are 
the prices offered by F. X. Baumert & 
Co. for milk delivered at their Evans 
Mills factory for the next six months: 
Oct.. $1.70 milk testing 3.6 p. c. butter fat 
Nov.. 1.95 milk testing3.6 p. c. butter fat 
Dec. . 1.95 milk testing 3.6 p. c. butter fat 
.Tan. . 1.90 milk testing 3.6 p. c. butter fat 
Feb.. 1.70 milk testing 3.5 p. c. butter fat 
Mar. . 2.60 milk testing 3.4 p. c. butter fat 
A deduction of two cents per cwt. will 
be made for each one-tenth of one per 
cent, of all milk testing below the but¬ 
ter fat standard fixed for that month, 
and an increase of three cents per hun¬ 
dred pounds will be made for each one- 
tenth of one per cent, for milk testing 
above the fixed standard for that month. 
Cows are shrinking, although there has 
been no killing frosts. C. J. D. 
Evans Mills, N. Y. 
New England Milk Notes. 
No general price for Boston milk for 
the Winter of 1915-16 has yet been es¬ 
tablished, and only one or two firms have 
announced what they wished to give. 
Their price is about as last Winter. A 
general shortage of Massachusetts milk 
still exists and is likely to. The small 
producers are not encouraged to stay in 
the business, because no profit is obtained 
at present prices for these and also the 
expense of keeping up equipment, etc., 
falls more heavily on the small producer 
than on the larger one. lie has to do 
many things that take as much of his 
time for his small dairy as for a much 
larger dairy, or a very little more. Feed¬ 
ing, watering, airing and cleaning come 
more or less under this rule, and other 
things beside. The buyer favors the 
larger producer in most cases, also the 
inspectors and milk officials. The larger 
producer stands a better chance to make 
a profit than the smaller for the above 
reasons, and many others. 
New dairies do not start because of 
high prices asked for milking cows, and 
because it is still unsafe to buy, because 
of possible chance of getting stock which 
has been exposed to the dreaded foot and 
mouth disease, one or two cases of which 
have again broken out in this State, and 
authorities are uncertain where the in¬ 
fection came from, or what caused it. 
Brighton stock yards found one or two 
animals infected and several hundred 
milch cows are now quarantined there at 
a great loss to their owners. I heard, a 
day or two ago, that these would be al¬ 
lowed to be moved in a short time if noth¬ 
ing further broke out and no new cases 
occurred. But even so buyers will be 
afraid to take a chance on this stock if 
they know where it has been. Some deal¬ 
ers are, and have been for some time 
past, bringing carloads of milch cows and 
springers from Vermont and New Hamp¬ 
shire direct to their places, and supply¬ 
ing the demand in this way. As no cases 
have occurred in these States they are 
perhaps, at this time, the safest to buy 
from, only big milkers are not often 
found among the cows coming from these 
States. We have to have cows from 
somewhere at the present time and if this 
is the only source of supply we shall have 
to make the best of it, and in the future 
raise more of our calves from selected 
stock and good sires, and keep good 
money at home. 
It is stated by expert dairy investiga¬ 
tors that only about four per cent, of the 
bacteria found in milk comes from the 
udder; of the rest 26 per cent, comes 
from the stable air and 70 per cent, from 
the body of the cow. If this is true, any 
dairyman can, if he half tries, produce 
milk comparatively free or of very low 
count of bacteria and should be willing 
to make a try along this line. It is also 
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doctor for tellin’ him to do it.”—Chris¬ 
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