RURAL NEW-YORKER 
963 
Contrast Between Argument and Abuse 
The Dair'!midi’s Lcof/uc Xcics for August, in adcli- 
fon to a long personal attack which cannot possihly 
help in the League, prints the following; 
It is cxpoctecl. of course, that The Rt'K.\L Xew- 
Yor.KKR will now bo more bitter than ever because the 
League has explained the reasons for the relationship 
between itself and Mr. ])illon. An effort will no doubt 
he made to show that Mr. Dillon is in the right and 
tiie League in the wrong. If possible the readers' of 
The ItuiiAT, Xew-Yorker will be made to feel that Mr. 
Dillon is a martyr. 
All that the League asks of its members is their 
good judgment and careful thought on the whole situa¬ 
tion before coming to any conclusion. 
We do not know which one of the T.eague poli¬ 
ticians wrote this, hut ])resuinahly it was !Mr. Cooper. 
"Whoever wrote it betrayed his fear, and showed 
tnat in his heart he knew that he stood on 
shifting sand. "SYhen any man anticipates trouble 
of this sort he shows that he is afraid of 
it The politician will he disappointea. for there is 
no reason Avhy The R. X.-Y. should show bitterness 
or try to manufacture martyrs. We do not have 
to. for we know that the “good judgment and care¬ 
ful thought” of farmers will tiring out the vital 
point in this discussion as clear as the sunlight, 
dust consider it for a moment. The R. X.-Y. has 
come forward with a clear and definite statement 
economically and in the interest of each and every 
one of its memhei’s alike. 
Feeding Wheat to Poultry 
Ts there a law at the present time prohibiting the 
fei'ding of wheat to poultry? If I sell my wheat I can 
get only ?2.()7 per bushel for it. besides paying to get 
it thrashed. Then I will have to buy scratch feed 
(which is almost entirely corn and oats), and pay 
per 100 pormds for it. The scratch feed is not as good 
as the wheat and at the same time I will lose con¬ 
siderable money by selling my wheat and buying the 
scratch feed. My plan was to store the uivthrashed 
V, heat upstairs in my hwge chicken house, and to throw 
down a few bundles each morning through a flue. In 
this way the hens would always some fresh straw t<i 
scratch in and would save my thrashing hill and at the 
same time the wheat and straw would have to be 
handled only once. However, my local miller tells me 
that I will get in trouble if T feed my own wheat to 
my chickens. So I wrote to my State Food Admini.s- 
trator. asking him if there existed a law prohibiting 
the feeding of wheat to poultry. In his answer he did 
not say whether there was such a law or not. but 
simply said I should sell my wheat and he patriotic 
and not look at fi-mn a financial point. However, if I 
ever get so patriotic that 1 neglect to look at farming 
from a financial standpoint I will soon have to retire 
from the business of food prt>duction and work at 
.something at which I can make a living and at which I 
REGIONAL COMMERCIAL APPLE REPORT. 
of what the policy of the Dairymen’.s League ought 
to he. Til company with a majority of League mem¬ 
bers. we do not believe that the pre.sent policy or the 
present organization is as broad and big as the tre¬ 
mendous milk ])roblems of the future demand. "iYe 
have never said one word against the League as an 
organization, but we have fairly criticized some of 
Ihe things the pioliticians now in control have done. 
A\e have not waited until it was too late to jmt the 
management on higher and safer ground, hut we 
speak openly now. rvhen it is iiossihle for the idain 
men who must ever provide the power of the League 
to control its affairs and make it what it should be. 
I.very thinking farmer knows that the charge we 
are trying to injure the League is the poorest sort 
of camouflage on the jiart of men who fear to make 
I'ublic their financial record, or to explain all lhat 
tliey have done. Farmers are usually .strong party 
men. and there is not one of them who has not 
in times ])ast denounced certain politicians in his 
l.arty. That did not mean that they were trying 
to injure the party, and they know how to sepiarate 
a ci-it:cism of official a.cts from an attack upon the 
' <-ague. What we ivant to make clear is that The 
R. X.-Y. has offered constructive criticism; our jiro- 
gram for a better and stronger League is endorsed 
in whole or in part by a majority of League mem¬ 
bers. Do you realize that Dir. Cooper and the poli¬ 
ticians have-- presented no argument whatever 
against this jirogram? They have simply .spent tliou- 
sands of dollars of League money in circulating jier- 
sonal abuse, much of it false, and all of it injurious 
to the League. They cannot defend their record 
by argument and financial reiiorts. You may not 
I'.ave thought of this contrast before, but a little re¬ 
flection Avill .show you that these statements are 
true. We stand for a sti'onger, better and bigger 
Teague, and we come out oi»enl.v and say so. Dir. 
(’ooper and the politicians will not argue on broad 
g''onnds. hut simply throw mud. 
Milk Deduction for May and June 
DYhen the Borden's Company sent out its milk 
checks July 1.1th it deducted .11 cents per 100 pounds 
from non-Lea.gue meml»ers. stating that the deduc¬ 
tion was to cover losses they sustained on surplus 
Coihrticrcial crop 
(barrels). 
Region, 
Western New York... 
New England Baldwin belt (Maine, New 
Hampshire, and Massachusetts). 
Hudson Valley.... 
Champlain district of New York and Ver¬ 
mont. 
Shenandoah, Cumtieriand district. 
Hedmont district,of Virginia.... 
Western Michigan.... 
Soutlicrnand western Illinois. 
Southern Ohio, Rome Beauty district. 
Ozarks (northwestern Arkansas and south¬ 
ern Missouri. 
Missouri River region... 
Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, 
Idaho, and Montana). 
Colorado.,.. 
Oah fornia 
Total, barreled apple producing States. 
Total, boxed apple producing States*. 
Total, United States... 
1918 
1917 
5,320,000 
1,118,000 
651,000 
826,000 
7.50,000 
1,074,000 
174,000 
1,973,000 
371,000 
756,000 
936,000 
258,000 
120,000 
1,898,000 
485,000 
350,000 
1,320,000 
122,000 
546,000 
882,000 
793,000 
1,239,000 
‘ 5,098,000 
‘6.50,000 
‘ 1,055,000 
‘6,313,000 
‘701,000 
1 1,174,000 
18,601,000 
7,110,000 
13,8.56,000 
8,563,000 
25,711,000 
22,419,000 
From, the Gorrriniiriit Crop Jicport. 
TABLE OF NEW WHEAT PRICES, JULY 1. 1918. 
Chicago. 
Kansas City, Omaha. 
St. Louis. 
Minneapolis. 
Buluth. 
Baltimore, Newport News. 
Philadelphia. 
New York. 
Northern spring, hard 
■winter, red winter, 
durum, hard white; 
2.383 
2.35} 
2.39 
2.36 
No. 1. 
No. 2. 
2.26 
2.23 
2.18 
2.15 
2.24 
2.21 
2.2U 
2.18i 
2.224 
2.19* 
2.394 
2.8^ 
No. 3. 
Bark hard, dark nor- 
2.19 
2.11 
2.17 
2. Hi 
2.154 
2.313 
• 
2.32 
2.324 
them spring, amber 
2.403 
2.41 
durum: No. 1.. 
2.28 
2.2c 
2.26 
2.23i 
2.244 
2.41< 
Yellow hard, soft white: 
No. 1. 
2.24 
2.16 
2.22 
2.19i 
2.204 
2.363 
2.37 
2.37J 
No. 2. 
2.21 
2.13 
2.19 
2.164 
.2.174 
2,33-3 
2.34 
2.344 
No. 3. 
2.09 
2.15 
2.124 
2.134 
2.293 
2,28 
2.304 
Red spring: 
No. 1. 
2.21 
2.13 
2.19 
2.164 
2.174 
2.3S3 
2.34 
2.344 
No. 2.;.. 
2.18 
2.10 
2.16 
2.134 
2.144 
2.323 
2.31 
2.314 
No. 3... 
2.14 
2.06 
2.12 
2.104 
2.114 
2.27} 
2.27 
2.274 
Red duruiri, red Walla: 
No. 1. 
2.19 
2.11 
2.17 
2.144 
2.154 
2.313 
2.32 
2.324 
No. 2. 
No, 3. 
2.16 
2.12 
2.08 
2.04 
2.14 
2.10 
2.1U 
2.074 
2.124 
2.084 
2.28} 
2.21- 
2.29 
2.25 
2.294 
2.254 
White club: 
No. 1. 
2.22 
2.14 
2.20 
2.174 
2.184 
2.34; 
2..3c 
2.35; 
No. 2. 
2.19 
2.11 
2.17 
2.144 
2.15) 
2.313 
2.273 
2.32 
2.32. 
No. 3.. 
2.15 
2.07 
2.13 
2.104 
2.114 
2.2!; 
2.28i 
milk. In some ctuses, this deduction timounfod to 
From the (loreniment (h-op Report. 
The Milk Situation 
The June irritiition seems to luwe stirred mut¬ 
ters up a hit for the good. Word Avent" out from the 
League that the next terms would he better or wo 
would have a liglit. Producers were ready for it. 
iiud when commi.ssioiiers and dealers got up against 
a strong determination milk prices took a jump. 
The iirice was fixed for two mouths. August .$2.70 
and September $2.90 per 100 pounds for .S per cent 
milk, Avith the usual increase for hutterfat. 
The prices to cit.v consumers for the tAvo months 
have also been fixed by the Federal Commission as 
follows: 
Rottled Dlilk. Retail. 
Aug. Sept. 
Cr.ade A. quarts. lOc lOe 
(Jrado A. pints. 9e 9c 
Hrade B, quarts. 14c 14(* 
(trade B, pints. Sc Sc 
Bottled Dlilk, Stores. 
Grade B. qmirts. 12J4o 13c 
Grade B. pints. 7c 7c 
Bottled Dlilk. by Stores. 
Grade B. qn.arts. 13e 14(* 
Grade B. jiints. Sc Sc 
Loose Dlilk, to Stores. 
Grade B, quarts. 9 14 c 10^40 
Ivoose Dlilk, by Stores. 
Grade B, quarts. 10c 11c 
Loose Dlilk, DDdiolesulc. 
Grade B, 10 gallons, or oA’er, to res- 
tiuirants. hotels, ioe cream parlors, 
ehihs. etc. lO^^c 
Grade B, under 10 gallons. 10c lOj^c 
The June domoustr.afioii has evidently inllueuced 
a doAVUAA-ard trend on the deliA'ory of loose milk. Tlu' 
dealers yet get eight cents for the delivery of B grade^ 
milk in bottles. Tavo cents a (piart difference Iic- 
tAA’een loose milk and bottled milk AA’ould be sufli- 
cient. The alloAvance hero is four cents. The 
reduction of this delivery cost is the one great 
lU'ohlem yet to he .solved. 
Up-State Farm Notes 
FAIR PRIZES OX A XEW BASIS.—The Cortland 
County Agricultural Society has an original and prac¬ 
tical idea in its war prizes for farm crops this year. 
They Avill be aAvarded on the basis of the largest acreage 
in pi'oportiou to the size of the farm—this to count 
eighty points, Avith tAventy points for quality. Each 
sample of a grain must be taken from four square yards, 
cut in the presence of a Farm Bureau representative, 
and is to be accompanied by a written statc'ment of the 
size of the farm and the number of acres of that par¬ 
ticular crop groAvn. The prizes are: Oats, first prize, 
.$1; second prize, .$3. Spring Avheat, first prize, $10; 
second prize. $1. Potatoes, first prize, $1; second prize, 
$.3 (one-half bushel). Husking corn for grain, first 
prize, $10; second prize, $.1 (sample of 20 stalks). 
DIAYOR’S COXFEREXCE COXSIDERS DIILK.— 
)Y. P. Capes of Albany, secret.ary of the St.ate Confer¬ 
ence of Dlayor.s and other city officials, Avas in Syracuse 
this week to confer Avith Dlayor Stone on fuel que.stions 
and the_ price of milk. Certain Granges have reported 
the retail price of milk in up-State cities, many of Avhich 
charged 12c in .Tune for milk Avhich cost them about 4c, 
aud the mayors are beginning to see that if farmers 
cannot make anything on the present retail prices, hiit 
must sell or kill their herds, as many are doing, some 
one else must be iirotiteering to a shameful extent. In 
Cortland during June the retail ])rice Avas 12c. while in 
DIcGraA\% a thriving factory village but four miles Avay, 
Avith all delivery expenses aud cost prices practically 
the same, the jieddlers charged hut 7c a quart and 
found a reasonable profit in so doing. Tlie people are 
helpless, and do not know hoAV to act effectively, and 
must go on paying the Imrden.some prices charged and 
deny their children tluur most A'uhiahle food. And 
f:\rmers must produce milk for less than cost and labor 
night and day to make np the lo.sses elsewht're that tie' 
grec'diness of a few dealers may be pandered to. Let 
e\u'ry Grange in tlie country investigate retail milk 
prici's in its home cities and report conditions to Dir. 
Capes, to their County, State, and Federal Food Com¬ 
missioners and to !ill local Avomen’s clubs interested in 
public welfare Avork, and discuss the matter iii tlie cid- 
umns of their_ local dailies, and Ave Avill soon be able 
to have a public sentiment that Avill not he so duped. 
iiioro than 20 per cent of the hill. Producers in 
several parts of tlie State placed the iiiattiu- Avith 
their attorneys. A deinand Avas made for the amount 
deducted ; aud in some cases reiiorted the Bordeirs 
('ompaiiy, after only slight delay, notified the at¬ 
torneys that cliecks Avould he sent the dairymen for 
the amounts Avithheld. This Avill probably he done 
in all cases, Avhere deductions have been made. Ac¬ 
cording to the Borden’s statement the surplus loss 
f('r Dlay aud .Tune is assumed by the League under 
the agreement. The League proposed to collect it 
Irom the uoii-memhers. Having failed in this, the 
final disposition seems to rest hetAveeu Borden’s aud 
l!ie League. 
Dlaiiy of these producers say they have been pay- 
iipf the one cent a Imndred to the League aud as¬ 
sumed that this qualified them as members. Techni¬ 
cally they are members only Avheii they become 
stockholders in the coiupany. Every milk producer 
certainly should become a member of the I.eague. 
As individuals they never did aud never can hold 
iheir oavu Avith organized forces. They liuA-e demon¬ 
strated that by organization it can he done. Let 
e\ ery producer become a member and then use his 
influence to see that it is conducted efficiently, 
Avill not he supposed to AVork for loss than nothiug. 
\ (>ur opinion in this matter will be mueh appreciated. 
I'ennessee. W. II. 
DVe have had a uiimher of (piestions like the above. 
Farmers Avho have, for the first time, grown a small 
acreage of Avheat liUA'e been told that they cannot 
use it for flour or for feeding. In order to .scftle 
the matter Ave have obtained the following definite 
statement from the Food Administration. 
While the rules and regulations prohibit the feeding 
of Avheat or rye fit for human consumption, this nde 
does not extend to producers. You Avill remember, 
under the Food Goutrol Act, producers arc exempt 
from this proA'ision. In other Avords, producers are not 
subject to license' and all regulations arc therefore for 
the control of licensees. A producer may do Avhat lie 
pleases Avith the grain he raises. A patriotic producer, 
however, is supposed to follow the suggestions of the 
Food Administration even wliere the regulations do not 
control him. D'our correspondent, therefore, is out¬ 
side the regulation aud it Avould he no violation of any 
rule or Iuav for him to feed the Avheat Avhich lie actually 
has produced. DVe should say also that it Avould not 
bo unpatriotic for him to feed the Avlieat Avhich he has 
rai.sed in this manner to chickens, relying upon his 
•statement that would cost more to thrash the Avheat 
and get it in shape for human consumption than it 
would actually be worth. watson s. jioore, 
Secretary. 
Food Administration Grain Corporation. 
FRUIT ASHOCIATIOX’S DIIDSUDIDIFR RE¬ 
PORT.—Tlie midsummer crop report of the Xoav York 
Fruit GroAvers’ As.sociation, as amioiinccd by its secre¬ 
tary, E. C. Gilbert, sIioavs u good outlook on apples. 
Tlie average forJ‘'aU apples this year is 07 per cent, 
as compared to 53 per cent last year; DD'inter apples 
average 04 per cent, as compared to 44 per cent last 
■Inly; (IsAvego, DV^ayiie, Dlonroe, Orleans and Xiagara 
counties report 71 per cent, as against only 19 iier cent 
at this time last year. Peaches are very poor, shoAving 
but 20 per cent, as against SO per cent of last year’s 
estimate. DDhiyne County, Avhere usually many peaches 
are grown, reports but a 1 per cent yield. The grniie 
average is 00 per cent, as against 92 per cent a year 
ago; pears 31 per cent, against last year’s 4S per cent; 
plums 30 per cent, against 03 per cent last year; 
quiiu-es S2 per cent, with 73 per cent last season ; cher¬ 
ries 02 per cent, Avith 48 per cent last year. 
CROP XOTES.—All grain is ripening very fast. 
'Phe harvesting of Avheat and rye has begun. The sec¬ 
ond cuttings of Alfalfa are ready in some sections, Avith 
a heavy crop. The Aveather has been favorable for the 
sjirayiiig of grapes, and this crop is doing Avell. Some 
^fields of beaus are shoAving root disease in DVesteru 
DL'av Y'ork, particularly iu DV'yoming County. Early 
apples are iu the market, and are a big crop. Potato 
siiraying for hugs and blight has been carried on Avith 
favorable weather conditions. Oats aud barley will be 
(ut beginning about the first of August, and big yields 
are expected. The hay crop Avas much below that 
of 1917, and Avas even less than anticipated in Dlay. 
’Phe cut Ava.s especially light in northern aud eastern 
(•('Unties. Canning peas show the effects of the recent 
dry weather, but corn is doing Avell. M. G. F. 
