The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1859 
Annual Meeting, of the Dairymen’s League 
AN IMPORTANT GATHERING.—The writer has 
attended meetings of one kind or another during the 
past 40 years, ranging from newsboys’ to bankers’ 
conventions, but he never in all these years attended 
a more representative assembly of men, nor of a 
more important industry, than the annual convention 
of the Dairymen’s League, which was held at a 
casino in Jersey City, just across the river from New 
York City, on December 9. We do not like even to 
seem to flatter the masculine sex individually on 
appearance. We suspect that the convention would 
have gained in the elements of personal beauty if the 
delegates had sent their wives instead of making the 
trip themselves, but, to be serious, no more intelli¬ 
gent or progressive looking body of citizens ever 
faced a convention rostrum within the range of our 
observation. One who has so long shared in the 
progress of agriculture could not restrain a feeling 
of pride in the sturdy forms and intelligent faces of 
that audience. 
DISTRICT REPRESENTATION.—The convention 
opened about 11 a. m. It was announced that the 
director districts would remain the same as last year, 
but Center and Monroe counties, Pennsylvania, which 
had been organized during the year, were added to 
their adjacent districts, and Yates County, N. Y., 
was treated in the same way. It was also announced 
that the railroad fare, including Pullman expenses 
and an allowance of $5 for hotel expenses, would be 
allowed each delegate. Each district appointed a 
member of the resolutions committee. 
PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS.—The president’s re¬ 
port reviewed the proceedings of the past. year. lie 
said that milk prices have been too low during the 
Fall, and not sufficient to cover the cost of produc¬ 
tion, but expected that a new plan of computation 
would increase prices about 13c a hundred over the 
old methods of figuring. He thought the prices, how¬ 
ever, were higher than they would have been if fig¬ 
ured on the Warren formula. He said the present, 
plans of the League could not be permanently suc¬ 
cessful, and thought the co-operative organizatibn 
plan proposed last Spring, or something on that line, 
would be necessary. 
TREASURER’S REPORT.—Treasurer Davison 
made a very comprehensive report of the finauces of 
the organization. It was the most complete financial 
report yet issued. 
INCOME 
Milk Commissions. ..$270,695.26 
interest . 3,514.47 
Discount . 23.7S 
Advertising. D.L.N... 19,919.13 
Subscriptions. D.L.N. 121 .SO 
- $294,274.44 
General— 
Office Salaries.... 
Stationery & l*tg.. 
Telegraph & Tele. 
Postage & Express 
Legal . 
Rent . 
Taxes . 
Local Branch. 
Auditing & Actg... 
Dairymen’s L. N.. 
Miscellaneous .... 
Stockholder’s Mtg. 
Advertising . 
Exchange . 
Co-operative Dept. 
Mass meeting. 
Co-operative Assn. 
Nat. M’k Pro. Assn. 
Co-op. Assn. Organ 
EXPENSE 
$34,964.97 
4.809.32 
7.447.14 
6.561.07 
26.4S3.17 
5.580.80 
5,421.61 
5,192.25 
1,353.30 
46.916.63 
3.971.80 
21,022.12 
21,675.74 
10.16 
9.610 67 
12.784.64 
4.426.06 
3.750.00 
2,612.99 
ranch Office— 
Buffalo . 
$7,051.68 
Rochester . 
4.112.21 
Syracuse . 
2.310.45 
Albany . 
078.79 
14,133.13 
Local Sales Committee— 
Milton . 
$30.03 
Syracuse . 
367.89 
Utica . 
154.04 
Kingston . 
43 13 
Scranton . 
581.44 
Albany . 
307.79 
-- 1.4S4.34 
Officers and Directors— 
Officers, salaries.. $23,231.43 
Officers, expense.. 2,609.58 
Directors, per diem 5,828.12 
Directors, expense. 14.000 30 
Co. Pres, salaries. 1,738 50 
Co. Pres, expense. 5.178.52 
-- 52,646.45 
Organization— 
Organization 
Field . 
$16,888.17 
34.733.07 
- 51.621.24 
- 344,499.60 
Excess of expense over income. $50,225.16 
Furn. & Fixtures. .. 
Branch Office. 
Farmers’ Nat. Bank. 
Bonds . 
Accts.'Rec. 
Cash . 
ASSETS 
Increase Decrease 
$4,843.42 
300.00 
$31,322.10 
304.00 
1,2,80.00 
16,883.19 
$22,026.61 $32,906.10 
Net decrease . 
$10,879.49 
LIABILITIES 
Increase Decrease 
Capital Stock . $39,845.67 
Surplus. $50,725.16 
Net decrease . $10,879.49 
Total assets. Nov. 30, 1918.$161,982.70 
Total assets, Nov. 30, 1919. 151,103.21 
Net decrease . $10,879.49 
SECRETARY’S REPORT.—Secretary Manning re¬ 
ported 1,070 branches, 79,224 members, and 846,840 
cows. This was a gain for the year of 116 branches, 
18,218 members and 163,908 cows. The increase came 
largely from territory that had already been organ¬ 
ized. The League has employed 53 persons; 44 of 
these are in the New York office. 
THE SOCIAL SIDE.—Director D. M. Kilpatrick 
of Delaware County enlivened the proceedings by 
leading in several well-chosen songs at the opening 
of both the morning and afternoon sessions. This 
added a relieving feature to the otherwise routine 
work of the meeting. 
SPEECHES AND RESOLUTIONS.—Mr. Milo D. 
Campbell, who made the address last year and also 
the year previous, spoke in the afternoon. Mr. 
Campbell is a popular speaker. He always punctu¬ 
ates his speeches with homely illustrations that 
never fail to tickle the sense of humor of his audi¬ 
ence. Both Mr. Campbell and Vice-President John 
D. Miller, who followed him. made sti'ong pleas for 
the retention of the executive officers and for the 
Capper-Hirschfield congressional bill. There was no 
time given to the development of progressive eco¬ 
nomic policies, which would seem to be the need now 
rather than the propaganda work that necessarily 
absorbed the early days of the organization. The 
general tone of the delegates, however, clearly indi¬ 
cated that the old 1916 policy of economic city dis¬ 
tribution had been revived. While no measure was 
suggested for lowering the cost of distribution, it 
was the general sentiment that unreasonable prices 
to the consumer decrease consumption and demand 
for milk and are a danger to the dairy industry. 
The following resolutions were adopted: 
1. That the Board of Directors of the Co-opera¬ 
tive Association and the Dairymen’s League be the 
same. 
2. Approval of the Congressional Capper-Hirsch¬ 
field bill to exempt farm organizations from Federal 
anti-trust laws. 
3. To extend thanks to Farm Bureaus and Farm 
Bureau managers for their help and support. 
4. To create a committee to help producers to get 
a square deal in the prices charged for feed. 
5. To put sanitary regulation of milk in the hands 
of the State Board of Health instead of as now in 
local boards of health, to the end that the regula¬ 
tions be uniform throughout the State. 
A resolution to limit payments to directors to 
services in attending meetings of the board, except 
president, secretary and treasurer, executive com¬ 
mittee and attorney, was laid on the table. 
A resolution recommended by the executive com¬ 
mittee to increase the revenue by collecting 2c per 
100 lbs., instead of 1c per 100 lbs., as now, was also 
laid on the table. 
The following directors were elected: L. M. Hardin, 
Sussex, N. J.; Harry Culver, Auienia, Dutchess Co., 
N. Y.; John S. Petteys, Greenwich, N. Y.; Harry Bull, 
Campbell Hall, N. Y.; Martin Eger, Livingston Manor, 
N. Y.; B. M. Kilpatrick, Delhi. N. Y.: J. D. Beardslee, 
New Berlin, N. Y.; R. D. Cooper, Little Falls, N. Y.; 
John F. Fallon, Constable, N. Y.; A. F. Spooner, Rich- 
ville. N. Y.; L. II. Putnam, Black River, N. Y.; Fred 
H. Sexauer, Auburn, R. D. 3, N. Y.; F. II. Thomson, 
Holland Patent, N. Y.; C. M. Coe, Bouckville, N. Y.; 
II. ,T. Kershaw, Sherburne, N. Y.; N. F. Webb, Cort¬ 
land. N. Y.; Paul Smith. Newark Valley, N. Y.; W. IT. 
Rixford, Wellsville, N. Y.; C. M. Drake, Arcade, N. Y.; 
George S. Pickens, North Collins, N. Y.; J. C. Griffith. 
Salamanca, N. Y.; J. D. Miller, Susquehanna. Pa.; 
,T. Iv. Campbell, Wellsboro, Pa.; George W. Slocum, 
Milton. Pa. 
At the directors’ meeting the following officers were 
elected: President. R. D. Cooper; vice-president. J. D. 
Miller; secretary, Albert Manning; treasurer, B. W. 
Kilpatrick. 
AN ORGANIZED INDUSTRY.—The feature of 
the meeting to one who got his first inspiration of 
farm co-operation 50 years ago in the crude self- 
help organizations of that time, and who has since 
unfalteringly followed it in fascination and hope 
through temporary success and frequent disaster, 
was the unmistakable evidence that farm organi¬ 
zation work is at last a part of our industrial sys¬ 
tem. Whether we know it or not, we are working 
a great industrial revolution. Food distribution is 
the great industrial and social problem of the world. 
The League is not yet organized co-operatively, but 
it will be, and when the history of the great eco¬ 
nomic peace revolution that followed the great world 
war is written, it cannot help but reflect the influ¬ 
ence of this organization in the great evolution of 
farm economics that is yet to rejuvenate the world. 
J. J. D. 
Give the Name of the Buyer 
At a farm meeting in my locality we discused the 
question as to how we could protect our farm shipments 
without creating another class of middlemen, or station 
buyers. We suggested a petition to the New York 
Legislature for the enactment of a law to require com¬ 
mission merchants to write the names and addresses of 
purchasers on account sales. We ask The R. N.-Y. 
kindly to help us in this necessary law to protect 
growers. M. P. 
New Jersey. 
For 15 years we worked for a bill to regulate the 
sale of farm produce through commission dealers, 
with a provision to require that the name and ad¬ 
dress of buyer be given with returns for the sales. 
For all those 15 years the measure was defeated, and 
finally when a bill was passed it did not contain 
this important feature, so that in many cases it is 
\ irtually impossible to trace the sale beyond the 
commission dealer. Attempts have since been made 
to amend the law so as to include this provision, 
but they have always failed. The R. N.-Y. will 
cheerfully support any new move in that direction 
in the future, as it has in the past. 
Fresh vs. Cold Storage Eggs 
We have an argument, here regarding what is a fresh 
or cold storage egg. Some insist that any egg that is 
in cold storage must be sold labeled “Cold Storage.” 
Others are under the impression that an egg can be held 
in storage for a definite length of time before being 
classed as cold storage. Who is correct? w. e. ii. 
New York. 
The statute law in New York State simply requires 
that eggs put in storage must he marked to 
show the date they are put into cold storage, and 
also marked the day they are taken out. "Cold 
storage’* is defined to mean the storage of food at or 
below a temperature of 45 degrees, Fahrenheit, in 
establishments using refrigerating machinery or ice. 
Once taken out of cold storage, the food, including 
eggs, may not legally be returned to it. 
In the regulations for enforcement of the law, 
which originally rested with the State Commission 
of Health, but now with the Department of Farms 
and Markets, it. is provided that the proprietor of 
a cold-storage warehouse may store articles for tem¬ 
porary protection provided he files with the depar- 
meut a designation of the rooms in the plant to be 
used for that purpose. Articles maj be stored for 
not to exceed 30 days, and need not be marked “cold 
storage,” but must have the date of receipt at storage 
rooms. No “cold-storage” goods are to be held in 
this room for temporary protection, but if the articles 
are held in it for protection longer than 30 days, 
they are to go to the regular “cold-storage” room and 
be marked as such. 
In New York State, then, eggs may be placed in a 
special cold-storage room, and if removed within 30 
days the}' are at least not marked cold storage. If, 
however, eggs are put in regular storage with the 
intention of leaving them there for some months, and 
afterwards the owner changes his mind and takes 
them out in 30 days, they are marked “cold storage.” 
The marking is now required only on the cases 
and containers. The eggs in the original cases go 
to candling rooms, and are repacked after being 
sorted. Probably not less than 90 per cent of the 
sound eggs are sold as fresh eggs, and now at 20c 
to 30c above a legitimate price for them. The de¬ 
ception practiced on the city consumer of eggs, the 
open defiance of the fresh eggs producer and the 
shameless waste of State money in the pretense of 
regulating the traffic are a scandal to the State that 
no man has yet had the courage publicly to palliate 
or defend. 
