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January 20, 1917. 
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New England Notes 
New England Milk Producers 
The nic’ctiiif? of New Engliind milk pro- 
(liicers in Pmstoii. .Fail. 10-11. was (ho out- 
f'oino of ooiisi(l(*raF)lo worlc am! itropara- 
tioii. it had two objocts in view: first to 
oomiiloto the reorganization, and second 
to consider tin’ future jirice of milk. 
About 200 delegates w<^re present; these 
delegates coining from local organiza¬ 
tions all over New England where meet¬ 
ings have been hold in every county of 
this section during the past thrci’ weeks. 
The new assorlation rc'tains (he (dd 
name, but instead of Ix’ing for P>oston 
market prodncei’s only, it org.-inizes all 
the milk jirodnoers. There are local organ¬ 
izations around the stations from which 
milk is shipjied. I)<‘lcgates from (li- 
locals form county organizations, and 
these in turn send delegates to the centra! 
association which is to meet in Eoston 
ev(‘ry year to elect f)fficcrs and to con¬ 
sider tlie milk price and other important 
(piestions. ^’he fh’iitral Association 
would he comjiosed of the county pn’si- 
dents. and delegates for each ”00 mem¬ 
bers of the locals not belonging to a 
county association. Tims the locals may 
he connected with the central association 
in (wo ways, through county associations 
of locals, and through market associa¬ 
tions of which it is e.xiieoted one will be 
formed for each of the cities to which 
milk is shipped, and these market organi¬ 
zations are to send deh’gates to the cen¬ 
tral association, one delegate for each 200 
members. This rather complicated plan 
.seems to be a compromise between the 
two factions, one of which preferred 
local and cy^iinty organization while the 
other preferred that the local should be 
connected with the general organization 
by means of organization of shippers to 
tlic various citit’.s. The plan adopted gives 
ii place for hotli organizations. 
Tlie warmth of the oc<'asion centered 
around the question of milk jirice.s. Since 
this question was considered the cost of 
production has gone np in a sensational 
manner, and the producers feel them¬ 
selves worst off than ever so far as con¬ 
cerns profit. The andienee seemed to think 
favorably of the in-oposition submitted by 
Prof. J. W. Sanborn of New Hampshire 
demanding the same price for milk in 
Slimmer as in "Winter. Said the speaker: 
“There are only a couple of months in 
the Spring when gra.ss is really a rich feed, 
after three months at most the cows be¬ 
gin to lose weight, dropping fully I.IO 
Ihs. per cow, and this loss must be made 
nj) later at great expense for feed. It 
takes 11 jionnds of feed to add one iiound 
weight to a dairy cow, and the lo.'^s in fod¬ 
der alone is nearly l.SOO iioiinds each 
Summer. The idea that grazing co.sts 
nothing is false at best. The ))astnres 
are continually depreciating and a charge 
on this account imfst he added to the 
cost. The rich grazing does not last the 
whole Summer, and the loss in the last 
three months offsets the gain in the first 
two or three months, so that it costs the 
farmer just as nineh one sea.son as an¬ 
other.” The loss of 140.000 cows in 
England in 10 years was the subject of 
comment by W. .T. Thompson, Master of 
the Maine State Grange. The Maine pro¬ 
ducers, he said, favored anything that 
would insure Maine milk for Poston in¬ 
stead of ('anadian. Agent Potts of the 
I'l’deral Purcau of Markets, advised that 
the association Ix’ incoriiorated and tlnit 
one of its aims should he to bring about 
saving in cost of jirodnction and market¬ 
ing. Along the same lind Sumner P. 
Park(‘r of the Massachusetts Extension 
Service, advised getting after the. farmer 
■who sells his milk below cost, and urging 
him to keep accounts. “It is not merely 
another cent for their milk that the far¬ 
mers want,” .said Andrew Eelker. Agri¬ 
cultural Commissioner of New Hamp¬ 
shire. “They are organizing for general 
improvement, and expect that other farm 
lines will share the greater jirosiierity of 
the dairy industry.” The jirosiiect of at¬ 
tempts at new legislation along milk 
market lines was considered by ex-Sena- 
tor Roger Sln’rman Hoar, who declared 
that a bill was in sight which will “make 
the farmers sit down and gasp.” “You 
can’t argue with jieople who reason that 
way.” he contimied. “They seem to have 
no idea that ix-rhaps the producers and 
consumers may he working for the same 
end. They have no idea of moderation 
or a lmi»py medium in tlieir hills. The 
only way to fight them is thi'ough organi¬ 
zation.” 
The association rc-(’h’c(ed tlu’ old offi¬ 
cials, including Presidc’iit E. O. Colby, 
"Whitefield. N. Hj Secretary Piohard 
I’attee, Eaconia, N. 11. Six directors rep¬ 
resenting New England States were 
Erank S. Adams, of P.owdoinham, Maine; 
Erank ’ Northnp. Endlow, A’crinont; E. 
Rogers, Moridi’u, X. 11.: Elnn’r M. 
Poole. North Dartmouth, Mass.: C. W. 
Tinkham. "NA'arren. R. I.; C. I. Stoddard. 
Woodhridge. Conn. These otlicials are 
more or less ti’inporary, tlie annual elec¬ 
tion F)(‘ing scln’fluh’d for Eehrnary 22. 
G. li. F. 
Boston Produce Markets 
I.O( AI. Al’I’I.K Sl I’l’I.Y IXCIiKASJiS AXU 
i'l!icp:s WKAKK.N SUGHII.Y. 
'I'lic mild weatlu’r cornhinod with a 
shoving I'M in the demand for exjioi-t has 
Weakened the apjile situation slightly for 
the time being. Of late years every spell 
of mild weather in Winter is the signal 
for a descent of box apples which come 
on motor trucks from a distance o fifty 
miles or less ' in all directions. 'Flu’ 
(inantity of these box ajiples is enough 
to check the market at a time when de¬ 
mand is only fairly active at best. 
young man wlio brought in a load from 
2.'5 miles out. his ajipies fairly represent¬ 
ing the general average of box fruit, 
found that S.hc was the best he could do. 
The aiqilcs were good except the color 
was not (|nite bright and clear. Such 
a|)ples are plenty this year. Potter ones 
would have In-onght .$1 to .iJl.2."). hnt the 
great bulk of arrivals are off color. 
Even this griuh' would have brought .SI 
a few Weeks ago. In a g( ■•il way th - 
range is T.lc to .$1.2.‘» for standard Win- 
t<’r kinds, i-anging from windfalls to 
large bright clear fruit. Parrel fruit 
of standard kinds is .$4 to .S.j for extra. 
S:; to S4 for No. I and .$2 to S.” for nn- 
gradf’d and No. 2. 4'here is not much 
difference in the varieties, excejit that 
tliere are few if any Russets or Pen 
Havis that would bring top prices, and 
the (pmutity of these kinds on the mar¬ 
ket is too small as yet to be imiiortant. 
("in the other Imnd there are some Sides 
and Kings that are fancy enough to 
bring ahfive the top prices quoted. Cran¬ 
berries are as draggy as ever with the 
range .$.5 to ifT. An occasional box of 
pears is seen at .$3 to $4 for Pose. Elor- 
ida strawberries are 2.1 to .‘Lie a box. 
VEGETAIii.ES VEKY SCARCE. 
The iK’i'sistent shortage in leading 
Winter vegetables is a .source of won¬ 
der even to market veterans. Prices 
seem beyond all reason in some lines, 
yet the demand persists. A farmer who 
brought in a load of cabbages said: “I 
never saw them so hungry for anything; 
they would jiay me almost any jiriee for 
good cabbages. I got $.1..10 per bhl. 
easy, and think I might have got $0 if 
I had known how scarce they were.” 
Dealers say they are paying $.S5 a ton 
for cabbages in New York State by the 
carload. The markets are almost bare in 
the towns near Poston, yet retailers re¬ 
port cabbages very hard to sell even at 
close to the wholesale in-ice, because 
most consumers seemed to have decided 
they cannot afford to eat them In 
squashes and onions conditions are miieh 
the same a.s with cabbages; supply is 
extremely light while the demand has 
been greatly cheeked by the high prices. 
S<iimshes iire $!)0 per ton, and onions 
.'jt.1..10 per ]00-lb. hag. Dealers report 
an unusual demand for <-heaper grades. 
Peddlers find a great demand for .some¬ 
thing at lower prices, and they are pick¬ 
ing nj) small and spotted squashes or 
under-sized onions at prices that would 
usually seem high, although 2.1 to 40% 
below the regular market. Celery is 
.$1..10 to .$2.10 doz.; fancy cucumbers 
.$S..10 to $0 per box, and .$1.50 t<2 •$2.‘25 
for No. 2’s; lettuce 71c to $1.11: tur¬ 
nips .$1.10 to $1.71; beets .$2 to .$‘2.10; 
carrots $1.10 to $1.71; parsnips .$1..10 
to .$1.71: radishes $2 jior box; sprouts 
10c to 20c per qt.; Swede turnips .$2 to 
$2.21 per 110-lh. hag; cabbages .$1 to $0 
per bhl.: iiotatoes .$1.S1 per hn. in bulk 
iiy the carload, or $3.00 to .$4 per 2-hu. 
hag. 
BUTTER AIARKET XAKUOW. 
A rediietion in both supply and de¬ 
mand make it a narrow market with nut 
much activity and nu^ special <'liange in 
values. It is .something of a deadlock. 
No great increase in supply is to be ex¬ 
pected for some time to come. Dn the 
other hand, the reduced rate at which 
Initter is being taken out of cold storage 
indicates that tliere is le.ss demand as 
compared with the corresponding time of 
last year. Withdrawals the past month 
were only about one-half tho.se of tin’ 
eorri’.siionding time last year. If sncli 
conditions persist, dealers will have to 
out prices .soon or later to clear out 
their storage stock. On the other lunid 
there is roiiorti’d presence of English 
buyers re,.dy to pick up bargains, al¬ 
though they are hampered by the diffi¬ 
culty of getting steamer siiace. It ai»- 
pears that with many of onr products 
thc' real difficulty in export is not lack 
of demand, hnt lack of freight accommo¬ 
dations. Stock in Poston storage is 
about 20.000 packages less than^ at cor¬ 
responding time last year. Wholesale 
jirices are on a basis of 30e still for 
northern creamery tub extras. .lobbing 
jirioes are 40i/^ to 41c. First sell le 
below extras, while box and print but¬ 
ter sells about lc above tub 
RAPID IXCREASE OF EGG SUPFLY. 
The milder weather seems to have 
started the pnllet.s, resulting in a big 
increase of reeeipts and a corresjxnnling 
drop in jn'ices. The weakness includes 
both western and nearby stock, and as 
usually happens late in Winter the 
l)rices' of western and eastern eggs are 
(Irawing nearer _ together. The dei'line 
being quiti’ rapid in eastern and hen¬ 
nery stock. Even now total supiilies are 
only moderate, and the situation remains 
largely a matter of the weather. A sliglit 
reduction in output and a little hcttoi- 
demand (piickly stiffens the market at 
this season. The situation is strong re¬ 
garding storage eggs because these are 
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