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Vol. LXXVII. 
I’uljllslipil W'M'klv l)y Tlio Tlural IMiliIiKhiiie Co. 
'J \V. aotli Hf.. Now Volk. I’ricd Oiio Dollar a Year 
MOW VOIIK. OCTOr.Kll 11». lOlS. 
Kiitcrcd aa .Seeoiiil-Class Matter, .lime 20. 1870. at the Tost 
Oniee at New York. N. Y.. iiiuler the Aet of Mareh 8. 1870. 
No. 4r,{y.i. 
New Plan For Can Transportation 
The Trip of a Milk Truck 
L <)AI)IN(! VI’. — Yes, il, \vjis ii milk truck from tlic 
city, ioiidcd witli empty milk caii.s, tliut drew 
up ill front id' the writer'.^ liome. iiiid liucked round 
Mild liendt'd towurd.s tin* city. Wlmt did it iiieMii? 
d'lie m‘\Y i>Mvemciit 
M'Ms Imrdly dry. Iml 
i( meMiil M paved road 
into till' cil.\', 25 milc.'^ 
distant. Soon farmers' 
milk riys lie^aii to 
arrive. draw up aloii.ir- 
side tlu' truck and 
the cans of milk wen' 
hoisted onto tlu* truck ; 
llieii another and still 
another, until .".d Id- 
(piart cans has ht'cn 
loaded. lOach farmer 
tcave a 2d-cent ticket 
for each can, for which 
tlui truck was to de- 
livt'r to an.\ address in 
the city this jiarticiilar 
farmers' milk. . 'I’his 
was four cents a can 
l(*.ss than the railwa.v 
haul. 'I'lie n(‘.\t niorn- 
iiiir this was repeated, 
and a^ain and iik^ain. 
now for si'veral weeks, 
usually on time to the 
d(d. ‘AN’ould you not 
like* to ride in some 
mornin;; and see the 
routine of colh*ction 
and delivery, and lea rn 
how M'(> do this I rick Y' 
was the truckman's in¬ 
vitation. “('t*rlainly." 
and when the last can 
was )ml on at our 
lioiiK*, I went aboard 
the* truck with its cah 
and storm ti.Ntnres. 
and was soon off to 
the ne.xt loading jilace. 
where eijiht farnier.s' 
ri^s w(*r(' drawn nii 
and .‘)5 cans were 
(inickl.v on hoard, and 
we started for the 
next place* of loadin.i;. 
W II A T II !•: Y 
M'AVKVn AI’.OVT.— 
At all eif the* loaeliiif,' 
jihices there* is a close 
similarity in all of the 
talk, iiossihly some¬ 
thing ahoul some* 
farmer who had sold 
a cow for a price* 
aremnel J);15P and some? 
yeiarliiifr heife?rs at 
Ij^lOO (*:ich, and erne 
farmer had Just iiure-hase'd 10 cows out of a ne*i; 4 h- 
bor’s he*rd iit .'SloO e-acli,’ .$1,500 for the* hunch, uii'el 
a staneliiij' edfer eif .$.50 e*:ich for eve*ry he*ifer calf 
at live ela.vs e»lel fremi the*ni: anel so eni, hut the* 
Kreiate-r part eif the* talk was about lU'csent milk 
]>rice*s, aue,l uluit it would be* for Se*ple*mher. “What 
1 rie-e* will the* elove'rnmcnt a,k,'e*iit se*l V" ••What eloe*.s 
he kimw ahont what the* fiirmer shemlel have';'” 
‘‘What will the trust stanel feir, anel will the (!ov- 
e-rnment let the trust jait up city prie-es a neit her 
note h eir twai?” ‘‘AVe*!!, what is the I’roteectivc Asso- 
eiathiii eleiiii;; feir ns. anyway?” “I think the*y are* 
eloin^: all lhe*y can feir us, but tlu'.v have* to take 
Diiilii Worh' tif (I hitDiitdrii Ihiiiji Wdi/nc, III. Fi(/. r>iil 
what the! inspe*e-lor says.” “We? yol an An.u'iist raise 
e*f six e-e'iits, lint the; e*ity e|e*ale*rs we*re‘ neit alleiwe*el 
to raise* the*ir priceis, Avere the*y?” ‘•Well, if we* eloirt 
fiCt liette*r pi-ices Vll se*ll e*ve*r.\- hist e'ow ami kfo to 
work in the slmll mill.” ‘‘We*!!, if we* elon'l stay b.v 
eacli other, solid front, and show whut it does cost 
to make* milk, we*'ll .soon f^e*t neithiiif^.” “Wluit Avemlel 
yem fellows who are han^iny back have ^eit for your 
milk if yeiu were* sellinj^ your own milk, Avltlienit 
the as.se}ciatieiii'/” ‘‘AAdien beifore did yem eve*r ;ie*t 
oiKbt cents a epiart feir milk, at the platfeirm, cve*n 
if fee*el is irn'hV” Of e'onrse*, no one e*ve*r hael, nor 
coiilel anyenie* exiilain why e*ows wore selling' so ]ii,;;h. 
if elair.vin^^ Avas sne-h a 
leisin;,' hnsiimss. 'I’lie*!! 
Ihe*y talke*d about the 
.leine's boy Avho has 
yeil over tei Vraiie-e*; 
the* ne*xt draft, anel 
the*n we; eire iiwa.y for 
another enilk jioint, 
anel he*re‘ the; t rue*kman 
te*lls a fanner that eine* 
eif his cans the day lie*- 
feire* was sour, anel 
what he* said Avas not 
ple*asant. 
I’KOSI’MIUTY AM) 
11 All!) WOKK.— Vnr- 
the*r ein Ave* elrive* into 
a yarel by the; milkin;: 
barn. beslele; Avhie-h 
Wiis a e*e*ment bhie*k 
milk-heiuse and 10 cans 
of milk on the; jilat 
feii'in, whie-h the elrive*r 
transferreel to the* 
truck. ’riie Avoniaii 
.says the;y’ll yive; in the* 
tie*ket.s teimeirreiw; as 
we* {po on, we Ke*t a 
ylimpse; eif the; stahlcs. 
anel the*ir (•are*, to 
.jnelye* Avhether the* 
farme*i's are* uii tei the* 
reiepiiremcnts as to 
siinit.-ition, and liml 
that .so far as conijiari- 
son Koes, the; barns an* 
he*tter keijit than meist 
of the city milk ‘‘eh*- 
jiot.s.” Here are; .some 
te*ams Avith cans. In 
the he*iKht of the* sea- 
sein this farnie*r brint's 
in a leinel of itself. 
<ifte*n more than 20 
e*ans a djey. Tn a fe*w 
ela.vs, whe*n meire; ceiws 
freshen, he; Avill briny 
in .$00 weirth eif milk a 
elay, ami last ye*;ir. 
Avith the; leiw ]irie*e*s, 
eive*r .$S,0(K) Avorth. lie* 
i.s now the; eiwne*r eif 
much land, tine* barns 
anel Iieinses anel lie*rels. 
ye;t *25 ye*ar.s a.yo In¬ 
ca me tei this ceiuntry 
Avith less than .$50. 
'l'he*n niore milk at 
eithe-r ]>oints anel at 
last jiast the ]iretty 
lake;, the eiyhtie*lh e*an is put eni, the* ,yre*at e-anvas 
is drawn eive*r the* true-k, niakiny it leiok like* an army 
van iiiele*ed, anel now we* are; off feir the* e-ity, IS mile*s 
awa.A'. Kveryeme* kneiws the elriver; he* eloe*.s little* 
e*rranels for some* eif them. Now we* retrace einr 
Sitepy back to the city, but by another route that Avill 
