The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
993 
Some Facts About Dried 
Milk 
Can you tell me where I can buy dried 
milk, for stock feeding, and can you tell 
me anything in regard to its nutritive 
value, keeping qualities and safety (from 
disease-infecting standpoint) as compared 
to ordinary good fresh milk? I saw an 
advertisement of dried milk at, I think, 
$7 per 100 lbs. I am assuming that 
“dried milk” for human use will cost 30c, 
50c, or more, per lb., at the drug or gro¬ 
cery store, or wherever one buys it, and 
I cannot understand why dried milk for 
stock is only 7 or Sc per lb., unless the 
milk used is “unfit for human use,” in 
which case I should think it “unfit’.’ for 
animals also, for the reason that milk 
that has not been sterilized is such a 
source of disease, unless it is known to 
be from healthy animals and is handled 
properly. If sterilized, a great part of 
the nutritive value must be destroyed. 
New York. B. r. a. 
Information upon the subject of dry 
milk is, as the State College of Agricul¬ 
ture says, in reply to some of my inquir¬ 
ies, “Scattering, meager and much of it 
inaccurate.”' This has reference, how¬ 
ever, largely to its food properties and 
value. Still, dry milk, as a commercial 
product, is not a familiar substance, and 
it is interesting to know how it is pro¬ 
duced and what its uses are. At first 
thought one would about as quickly think 
of dry water as dry milk, though upon 
further consideration it will be realized 
that milk contains much more solid mat¬ 
ter than any water, unless it is that of 
the Missouri during the Spring freshets. 
A sample of dry milk sent me by one 
of the manufacturers of this rather 
strange food is contained in a tightly 
sealed tin can, and appears as a fluffy 
white powder, odorless and with but a 
slight milky taste. According to the ac¬ 
companying literature, five level table- 
spoonsful added to a glass of water will 
produce milk of ordinary consistency. 
There are two commercial methods of 
producing this substance from liquid 
milk ; in one the milk is poured as a thin 
stream upon the surface of a large, pol- 
ishd steam-heated cylinder. As it spreads 
out over this cylinder, the water in the 
milk is quickly driven off. and a knife, 
pressing against the revolving cylinder at 
another point, peels off a thin sheet of 
dry milk that looks very much like yel¬ 
lowish crepe paper. These sheets are 
then ground into powder. About two 
seconds are required to change the milk 
from a liquid to a dry sheet of solid mat¬ 
ter. In the other process, partly con¬ 
densed milk is sprayed into a heated 
chamber from which the air is being con¬ 
stantly pumped out, and, quickly losing 
its remaining moisture, falls as a powder 
to the floor of the chamber. 
Reports of experiments conducted to 
ascertain what, if any, changes milk un¬ 
dergoes in composition or food value dur¬ 
ing the process of drying are rather con¬ 
tradictory. One, given in the American 
Journal of Public Health, states that dry¬ 
ing is more effective than pasteurization 
in reducing the bacterial content of milk, 
that the food value of dry milk is equal 
to that of pasteurized milk, and that the 
only significant result of either pasteur¬ 
izing or drying is the removal of the vita¬ 
min that prevents scurvy. That this lat¬ 
ter change is produced is denied by some 
manufacturers, but it is interesting to 
note that their directions for feeding in¬ 
fants upon dry milk include instructions 
to include orange juice in the dietary, 
indicating that their confidence in the 
presence of that particular vitamin, un¬ 
impaired, in dry milk is not very strong. 
Dry milk may be kept over a considerable 
period of time, but I find no definite 
statements as to the length of that period. 
It probably varies very considerably with 
the conditions under which the product is 
kept. Dry milk is, of course, not steril¬ 
ized. Neither, for that matter, is pas¬ 
teurized milk. Sterilization means the 
destroying of all germ life, and the heat 
needed to accomplish that would seriously 
impair the food value of milk. Pasteur¬ 
ization and drying bring about a partial 
sterilization, one sufficient to kill all dis¬ 
ease germs that may be in the milk, but 
stopping short of destroying its food 
value. 
It is to be expected that dry milk will 
cost more than an equivalent amount of 
the fluid product, as the cost of manufac¬ 
turing must be added to that of the fluid 
milk, though this might not hold true in 
localities where fluid milk is difficult to 
get. One manufacturer, of whom I made 
inquiries, says: “We do not manufacture 
a dry milk for the feeding of cattle.” 
“Our various grades of dry milk are sold 
for manufacturing purposes to bakers, 
ice cream manufacturers and confection¬ 
ers.” “According to our information, the 
dry milk which is generally used for cattle 
feeding is off-grade or slightly stale.” 
This maker quotes “Strictly fresh” dry 
skimmed milk, packed in 150-lb. barrels, 
at 10%e per lb. One pound of this added 
to five quarts of water produces five 
quarts of milk having the same composi¬ 
tion and food value as five quarts of or¬ 
dinary skim-milk. The same maker 
places a special brand of dry milk for 
infant and invalid feeding upon the mar¬ 
ket, this retailing in 3-lb. tins for $2.25. 
This latter product, it should be noted, 
has had a part of the butterfat removed, 
but is not dry skim-milk. Another manu¬ 
facturer quotes dry skim-milk, “A first 
grade product from pasteurized skim- 
milk,” at 12c per lb. in 200-lb. barrels. 
M. B. D. 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
July 14-15—New York State Vege¬ 
table Growers’ Association, first Summer 
meeting. Mineola, L. I. Secretary, T. II. 
Townsend. 
Aug. 7-S—Summer tour, New Jersey 
State Horticultural Society and Amer¬ 
ican Pomological Society, Bridgeton, N. J. 
Aug. 19-21—Fortieth annual conven¬ 
tion, Society of American Florists and 
Ornamental Horticulturists, Los Angeles, 
Cal. 
Sept. 3-5—Fifteenth annual convention 
of the Northern Nut Growers’ Associa¬ 
tion, Botanical Museum, Bronx Park, 
N. Y. 
Sept. 8-13—New York State Fair, 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
Sept. 22-28—Fifteenth annual Dairy 
Cattle Congress, Waterloo, la. 
Sept. 27-Oct. 4—National Dairy Ex¬ 
position, Milwaukee, Wis. 
Nov. 1-8—Fourteenth annual Pacific 
International Live Stock Exposition, 
Portland, Ore. 
Coming Live Stock Sales 
July 16—Guernseys. Farm of Lowell 
Gable, Paoli, Pa. 
Nov. 11-12—Fond du Lac County 
Holstein Breeders’ sale, Fond du Lac, 
Wis. 
Nov. 19-20 — Ilolsteins. Allegany- 
Steuben annual consignment sale, Hor- 
nell, N. Y.. 
Nov. 20—Fresh cow sale, California 
Breeders’ Pedigree and Sale Company, 
managers, Tulare, Cal. 
Wool Notes 
Recent Boston quotations are: New 
York and Michigan unwashed de¬ 
laine, 46 to 47c; half blood, 47 to 48c; 
quarter blood, 42c. Ohio and Penn¬ 
sylvania. half blood combing, 48 to 49c ; 
three-eighths blood, 45 to 46c. New Eng¬ 
land, half blood, 45 to 46c; quarter blood, 
40 to 41c. Texas, scoured basis. $1.10 to 
$1.25. Oregon, No. 1 staple, $1.25. Mo¬ 
hair, combing, 75 to 80c; carding, 65 to 
70c. 
Retail Prices at New York 
Milk—Grade A. bottled, qt.$0.16 
Grade B, bottled, qt.13 
Grade B, bottled, pt.09 
Grade B, loose, qt.10 
Certified, qt.28 
Certified, pt.17 
Buttermilk, qt.10 
Cream, heavy, % pt.28 
Butter, best .$0.49@$0.50 
Cheese .34@ .38 
Eggs, best, doz.48@ .50 
Gathered.35@ .45 
Fowls .30@ .45 
Chickens, lb.55@ .60 
Turkeys, lb.45@ .50 
N. J. Grain and Feed Prices 
(Supplied by New' Jersey State Department of 
Agriculture, Bureau of Markets.) 
The following quotations show approx¬ 
imate cost of feed per ton and grain per 
bushel in carlots, sight draft basis, de¬ 
livered on tracks at the various stations 
given below. The quotations are based 
on sales for transit and nearby shipments 
.Tune 30, 1924, according to the United 
States Bureau of Agricultural Economics 
co-operating. Feed all in 100-lb. sacks. 
Figures are for Belvidere, Washington, 
Milford, Ilighbridge, Flemington, French- 
town, Passaic, Hackettstown, Lebanon, 
Belle Meade, Califon, Newton, Branch- 
ville, Sussex, Lafayette, Hopewell, New 
Brunswick, Mt. Holley, Dover, Paterson, 
Morristown, Elizabeth, Somerville, Tren¬ 
ton. Newark, Perth Amboy and Mont¬ 
clair : Per bu. 
No. 2 white oats.$0.68% 
No. 3 white oats.65% 
No. 2 yellow corn. 1.14% 
No. 3 yellow corn. 1.12% 
Per ton 
Spring bran . $29.40 
Hard W. W. bran. 29.90 
Spring middlings . 30.90 
Iied-dog flour . 39.90 
White hominy . 40.40 
YLllow hominy . 40.40 
Gluten feed . 43.90 
Ground oats . 45.60 
Dry brewers’ grains. 35.40 
Flour middlings . 34.90 
36% cottonseed meal. 46.90 
43% cottonseed meal. 53.90 
34% linseed meal. 47.15 
SHEEP 
n„„ Merentages. 10Ewes. Lambs. 
Keg. Hampshire Hams c. ?. « m. w bigham, Gettysburg, p>. 
.% MISCELLANEOUS .•« [ 
COWS FOR SALE 
Tuberculin Tested Guernseys andHolsteins 
All young and fine individuals, fresh and springers 
WOODLAWN FARMS, Fishkill, N. Y. 3 miles north of Beacon 
Don’t Pay Exorbitant Prices Sii.cn cows 
100 Federal Tested and Accredited cows for sale. Or wil. 
buy samedirect from farmers on reasonable commission 
Telephone at once, my expense. JOHN F. BENJAMIN, Isrre.Vf 
| GUERNSEYS | 
OAKS FARM GUERNSEYS 
Offers for Sale 
LADDIE BOY OF OAKS FARM No. 
94649—Born Oct. 14. 1923. Light fawn with 
white markings, well grown straight and right, 
t)iis is a real bull. His sire is a grandson 
of Ne Plus Ultra while his dam lias a 
record of 11010 lbs. milk, 556 lbs. of fat at 10 
years old. We are offering this bull for @200, 
delivered, express prepaid to your station. 
Why not breed grade Guernseys when you can 
secure a bull of this quality for such a low 
price? Tuberculin tested and a real one. 
W. S. KERR, Manager, CQHASSET. MASS. 
GUERNSEY MILK 
is bringing 10c and better at the Farm. Or¬ 
dinary milk around 6c. It costs no more to 
keep Guernseys. 
Get started now with a pure bred Guern¬ 
sey bull. 
We have high producing healthy stock, 
at reasonable prices. 
ROUGH WOOD GUERNSEY HERD 
Chestnut Hill, Mass. 
Bull Calves at Bargain Prices 
We offer Farmers and Breeders of Guernseys an op 
portunity to secure exceptionally bred, healthy 
bulls, from a clean, Tuberculin Tested Herd at rea¬ 
sonable prices. King of the May—Dolly Dimple- 
Golden Secret, and Glenwood breeding out of A. R. 
dams or dams that will be tested. Write for sales list 
and Pedigrees. DAIRY FARMS. S. 32d St., Phil*., Pa 
Tuscarora Farms Guernseys 
All ages, both male and female, for sale. May 
Rose. Governor of the Chene and Golden Secret 
Breeding. A. R. stock. Prices reasonable. 
John W. Hollis 102 Main St., Ilornell, N.Y. 
TARBELL FARMS GUERNSEYS 
Bull calves and bulls of serviceable age. A. U. breeding. 
Prices very reasonable. Write for pedigrees. 
SMITHVILLE FLATS Chenango Co. New York 
| JERSEYS 
For Sale 1{ jersey ed Bulls, Cows, Heifers & Calves 
carrying the most popular blood lines. Send me your in¬ 
quiries. I). A. OUKTI8 - Jamecitowii« N.Y. 
MILKING SHORTHORNS | 
JVL i 1 It i 11 g SliortliornH 
Our cow, “ Dairy Maid,” has just made a new Shorthorn 
milk record for the U. S. A., 19,066 lbs. Wo invite inqui¬ 
ries. Walgrove Herd W axlif ngtonvillc, N. V. 
HOLSTE1NS 
Need 6 to 10 Practical Holstein Milkers 
Prefer milk now; must come calf soon. Will pay 
half cash on selection, half after sixty-day retest in 
absolutely clean, isolated barn. Write pedigree, 
age, approximate weight, record if any, and price, 
making first letter do. No fancy prices. 
ALLEN AYERS Reidsvilie, N. C. 
ReJ erenees—Any Reidsvilie Rank. 
Pedigreed HOLS TEIN BULL 
3% years old: very gentle. Price reasonable. 
Paul Miller, Jr, Manurville, L. I., N. Y. 
GOATS 
EXCEPTIONAL OFFER OF 
Pure TOGGENBURG GOATS 
Higli quality mature bucks at @45. 
S. J. SHARPLES Centre Square, Pa. 
ANGORAGOATS 
Long white haired stock. Bred from New York city park 
flock. 25 for sale. Apply BOB ATW000, New Hartford,Conn. 
For Sale-2 Good Milk Goats, 1 Billy, SBO^Tonr 1 
Brooders, new, $15. 150 Barron strain Leghorns, $1 per. 
11IN8BAC1IER - Montvale, N. J. 
Wanted Grade Saanens v 7X^Zuon oeB - 
H. B. SMITH Willard St. Leominster, Mass. 
ForSale- Angora and Milk Goats c.!™ TE N ™ 
SWISS MILK GOATS; also bucks. ENDRES, Westbrook, Conn 
| DOGS 
FOXHOUND PUPPIES- $12.00 and $15.00 
Satisfied customers your guarantee. 
FRANK WARNER • Blairstown, N. J. 
Just Arrived from Canada w "(«i. °8 he ft 
HERDS 1 ever had. I will sell at reduced prices while 
they last. GEORGE BOORMAN Marathon, New York 
COLLIE PUPPIES and Grown Dogs 
Finest Quality. Bred for Brains and Beauty. Registered. 
Priced Low. SHERMAN BOWDEN FARM, Mansfield,Ohio 
AMERICAN SHEPHERD (German Police) PUPPIES 
Male and Female, 8-weeks old. Pedigreed strain. Eli¬ 
gible for register. Immediate shipment. 
GRAY KNAPP Middletown Springs, Vt. 
Scotch Shepard Pups iTal'e 111 ®e! 
Females, 83. E. A. SWEET Smyrna, N. Y. 
Scottish Terrier Puppies s k flLI ^eife'nVbreldl 
ing. Fine quality. Farm raised. @35 and @50. 
INDIAN TRAIL STOCK FARM Jefferson. New York 
White Collie Pup*. Pedigreed. 2 months old, $15 up. 
” Chetola Kennels - Rock Creek, Ohio 
BEAGLE. POLICE AND COLLIE PUPS. 
Meadow Spring Farms - Chalfont, Pa. 
Beautitul Tricolor and Sable Collies s £y h 
Pedigreed Collie Pup*. Thehanrisome and intelligent 
■ kind. Also Fox Terriers. NELSON BROS., (Jrove City, l*a. 
Pedigreed Airedale Puppies 
Males, 815. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
MERIC PHILLIPS Red Creek, N.Y. 
Main AirpHalp<? 8-weeks, 812, 
limits AIIGUdltJb Geo. F. Schmidt North Branch, N.Y. 
Pprfitrrpprf AirpHalpC ’’"PP 1 ® 8 an<1 Frown stock. Low 
rtSUiglBGU AI(BUdlC» prices. EARLE CURTIS, Twin,ton. Conn 
■pall™ 
Leather 
SHOE! 
An honest to goodness 
quality shoe. Biggest 44 
bargain 
offered in 
years. The 
shoes are 
inspected 
and built I 
to stand' 
rigid speci¬ 
fications, Munson toe of ch-rome leather 
uppers, double thick solid leather heels and 
soles, will surely last more thnn six months. 
SEND NO MONEY —Pay postman $2.85 plus postage 
on delivery. Money back if not satisfied. 
All Sizes 
$085 
INTERNATIONAL COMM. HOUSE, Depf. B-295 
433 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 
SWINE 
F#r Attention EASTERN Breeders or Buyers of 
DUROC-JERSEY SWINE 
BRED SOWS AND GILTS 
One year and older. Bred to 
CREST DEFENDER 
Grand Champ. Conn. State Fair 1923. 
and 
ORION CHERRY LAD 
also 
LAST SPRING’S OPEN GILTS 
and 
This Fall’s Boar and Sow Pigs 
All reasonably priced. 
Satisfaction Guaranteed. 
We solicit correspondence. 
The CREST Farm, Millbrook, N. Y. 
AT “THE FOOT HILLS” 
LEXINGTON, MASS. 
380 PIGS FOR SALE — Large type Chester Whiti 
and Yorkshire Cross, pure white pigs, also Berkshire 
and Chester White Cross, « to 7 weeks old, $n j 8 to 10 
weeks old, *5.50 j 10 to 14 weeks old, $6.60; visit our 
modern and odorless piggery and select your own 
pigs, or write us and we will make careful selection 
and ship C O. D. on approval ; personal atiemion 
given to all orders, large or small. GEORGE FREE¬ 
MAN, Manager, 115 Waltham Street, Lexington, Mass.; 
telephone, Lexington 0202 M. 
FEEDING PIGS FOR SALE 
Berkshire and Chester cross and Yorkshire 
and Chester cross. 6 weeks old $5.00, 7 to 8 
weeks old $5.50 each. These are all healthy 
and weaned, all good feeding pigs. I will 
ship any amount C. O. D. on approval up 
to 50 pigs. 
A. M. LUX, 206 Washington St., Woburn, Mass. 
I Orion and Sensation Breed- 
ing. All ages for sale. 
BELGIAN and FLEMISH GIANT RABBITS 
F. M. l’attiiigton & Sou Merrilleld, N. V. 
nilDAFC Voting Gilts and Roars. 
LMJI\Uv/0 Excellent Breeding. Mature Stock. 
Elmwood Farms, P. 0. Box 15, Bradford, NY. 
FEEDING PIGS 
6 Weeks Old, $4.50 Each. 8 Weeks Old. $5.00 Each 
These pigs arc tlie first cross between Yorkshire and 
Berkshire Large Type Swine. Ail healthy and fast 
growing pigs. Sows or Barrows. 
Also Purebred Yorkshire or Berkshire Pigs, 6 to 8 
weeks old, 4*8.OO each. Can furnish sow and unre¬ 
lated boar pigs. All pigs C.O.I). on approval. 
Dr. P. F. WALLINGFORD, M D. V., Box 51, Waltham, Mass. 
CHESTER WHITES 
AND BERKSHIRES 
Dittoes, (i wks. old, $4.50 ea. Pigs are ready to ship. 
Dushore, Pa. 
ROUSE BROS. 
Poland China Service Boars 
by Liberator and Revelation. Sows bred to Colum¬ 
bian Liberator. Others, any age, either sex Buy 
Champions here. Priced to sell Write 
WILVIEW STOCK FARM, P. 0 Box A 262, Wilmington Del. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES 
AT HIGHWOOD 
Service boars, weanling pigs, bred gilts and sows. 
We have bred the leading Grand Champion hoars of 
recent years. These animals are close kin to them. 
H. C. & H. B. HARPENDING Box 15 Dundee, N.Y. 
BERKSHIRE of Size and Quality 
Spring pigs and service hoars of Grand Champion 
breeding. RICHARD E. YVAIS, Lebanon,N. J. 
patmoor Berkshire*. Sows and gilts bred to prize wfn- 
• ning boar. Also young stock. PATMOOR FARMS. Hsrlfield, *.». 
CHESTED WHITE PIGS. 
Meadow Spring Farms 
Registered. 
Chalfont, Pa 
Registered O. I. C. and ChesterWIiite 
Eugene P. Rogers 
Wayvllle, N. Y. 
PIGS 
CHESTER WHITES 
REG. 
BIG TYPE _ 
Service Boars. Gilts, .Spring pigs, ready for ship¬ 
ment. CLYDE B. THOMAS, R No, 3, Boonsboro, Maryland 
HAMPSHIRES 
Bred sow, service boar, Reg. A few Reg. tffit/Jk 
Guernsey cows, Accredited field. 
LOCUST LAWN KAUAI Box R KIv«*i*hoii, I’ii. 
Reg. Chester White Pigs 
now ready for shipping, 10 wks. to 4 mos. old, at 
Farmers’ Prices. Gan be mated in pairs and trios 
not akin. Carefully bred. Come see our pigs and make 
your own selections. EDWARD WALTER. Box 6BR,West Chester, P> 
HORSES 
Two First-Class, Gentle Saddle Horses “SlW* 
fine Bay, one Grey. Account leaving for Europe. 
M. FRENVILLE 217 Ocean Ave. Deal, N. J. 
Seneca Pony Farms f "« Welsh & Shetland Ponies 
Let us know the kind of _ponv you want and for 
what purpose. SALAMANCA, NEW YORK 
