American Agriculturist, September 1,1923 
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September League Prices 
$2.98 For Class 1—Milk Market Active 
T HE Dairymen’s League Cooperative 
Association, Inc., announces that the 
■following prices have been voted for 
the month of September, quotations 
being given for milk produced in the 
basic zone of 201-210 mile zone from 
New York City for 3 per cent milk: 
Class 1—For milk that goes into fluid 
consumption, $2.98. 
Class 2a—For milk going into the 
manufacture of cream, $2.05 per 100 
pounds. There will be differentials of 
from 20c to 35c per hundred added to 
the price, depending upon the disposal 
of the skimmilk. These differentials 
hold throughout where the disposal of 
by-products are concerned. 
Class 2b—For milk going into the 
manufacture of plain condensed milk, 
ice cream and cheeses other than men¬ 
tioned in Class 2c and 4b, $2.40 per 
100 pounds. 
Class 2c—For milk going into the 
manufacture of soft cheeses, $2.35 per 
100 pounds. 
Class 3—For milk going into the 
manufacture of powdered, condensed 
and evaporated milk and hard cheeses, 
$2.25 per 100 pounds. 
Class 4a—For milk going into the 
manufacture of butter, the price will 
be determined by average New York 
quotations of that commodity of 92 
score. 
Class 4b—For milk going into the 
manufacture of American cheese, the 
price will be determined by average 
New York market quotations. 
The price of $2.98 for class one milk 
is the highest September price with the 
exception of 1919 and 1920. It does 
not equal cost of production, but comes 
nearer to it than the general price 
level of the past. Present conditions 
in the field have made the increase 
necessary. 
The League reports that present in¬ 
dications are that the New York City 
fluid milk market will be active. 
DIRECTOR OF LONG ISLAND 
FARM SCHOOL RESIGNS 
G. A. Bricker, recently appointed 
acting director of the New York State 
Institute of Applied Agriculture at 
Farmingdale, Long Island, has sub¬ 
mitted his resignation, which the Board 
of Trustees immediately accepted. Mr. 
Bricker apparently was not extremely 
popular with the farmers of Long Is¬ 
land or the Board. At least this is 
indicated in a statement of one of the 
Board members, E. R. Lupton, who is 
a prominent Suffolk County farmer and 
president of the Farm Bureau. Mr. 
Lupton said that the acceptance of the 
resignation represented the general 
sentiment of the Board. 
Mr. Bricker was appointed in April 
to succeed A. A. Johnson, who resigned 
as a culmination of many attacks on 
his # administration, ending in a strike 
of the student body. It is said that it 
seemed to be the faculty of both Mr. 
Johnson and Mr. Bricker, as well, to go 
out of their way to antagonize the 
farmers of the Island. 
LONG NEWS IN SHORT 
PARAGRAPHS 
At this writing the coal miners and 
operators have just broken off the con¬ 
ference which they have been holding 
at Atlantic City, N. J., in an endeavor 
to reach an agreement on which to con¬ 
tinue on September 1. Neither side 
seems willing to give an inch, with the 
result that there is a big chance of an¬ 
other coal strike. American Agricul¬ 
turist has constantly advised its peo¬ 
ple to lay in their winter supply of 
coal. Now there is more reason for 
that advice than ever. 
* if * 
Plans are now under way to conduct 
a State-wide poultry marketing survey 
m New^ York State. The New York 
State College of Agriculture, Ithaca, 
and the State Farm Bureau Federation 
are cooperating in the study which is 
expected to reveal many facts of vital 
interest and importance to poultrymen 
of the State. The survey has already 
been started in Suffolk County, under 
the supervision of the county agricul- 
i J 
tural agent. A list of all poultrymen 
in the county having flocks of 75 birds 
or more, has been compiled, and ques¬ 
tionnaires are being sent to each name 
appearing on the list. Summarization 
of the questionnaires revealing specific 
marketing information will be made by 
the poultry department of the State 
College of Agriculture. 3ased on the 
information received, it is expected that 
an adequate poultry marketing pro¬ 
gram for the State can be prepared. 
* * * 
The Government’s crop 'reports now 
estimate that the Nation’s potato crop 
will be 379,558,000 bushels. The earlier 
estimates were larger. In the last few 
weeks potatoes in several of the States 
have not done so well and some shrink¬ 
age is indicated in the States of Min¬ 
nesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Colo¬ 
rado and Utah. Last year’s crop was 
451,185,000 bushels. 
* * * 
Overproduction is the seat of our 
troubles. One way to cut down produc¬ 
tion profitably is to pasture more of 
the poorer meadows. 
* * * 
Over two million farms in the South 
are devoted chiefly to the production 
of cotton. On the average, there are 
thirteen million bales of cotton pro¬ 
duced yearly between Albermarle 
Sound and the Rio Grande River. This 
is double the amount grown in all the 
rest of < the world, and is the basis 
for the' old slogan that “Cotton Is 
King.” Despite this fact, the cotton 
farmers are nearly always distressing¬ 
ly poor. The American Farm Bureau 
Federation is authority for the state¬ 
ment that every year a million chil¬ 
dren are robbed of their birthright of 
school and opportunity because they 
have to work in the cotton fields to 
eke out the pitiful subsistance of their 
people. The standard of living among 
cotton growers is the lowest among 
any class of farmers in the United 
States. There are two reasons for 
this; one is the one-crop system, which 
is the lowest form of farming, being 
nothing more than a high-class gamble; 
and the other reason is the lack of 
any protective selling methods or co¬ 
operation among the cotton producers. 
More diversified farming, coupled with 
cooperative marketing, is now develop¬ 
ing in the South, which will in time 
surely bring about better days in 
Dixie. 
Ducks By the Acre 
(Continued from page 145) 
After the ducklings are thoroughly 
chilled, they are weighed and packed 
in barrels, placing alternate layers of 
ducks and cracked ice. On the top of 
the barrel a good header of cracked 
ice is heaped and this is held in place 
by a piece of burlap tacked to the 
sides. The barrels of dressed duck¬ 
lings are shipped to New York City 
either by a night train or by an au¬ 
tomobile truck which makes the trip 
at night.” 
Long Island duck farmers have not 
been content to raise ducks efficiently: 
they have also undertaken to insure 
their sale to the best advantage. To 
accomplish this they have formed a co¬ 
operative association, which maintains 
its own place of business in New York 
City and which receives the dressed 
ducklings and negotiates their sale. 
When the receipts are in excess of the 
market demand at a fair price, the 
surplus is placed in storage and later 
drawn upon for use when receipts are 
light. In this way a continuous supply 
of Long Island ducklings is assured 
for the market and at the same time 
the general level of prices is main¬ 
tained at a price more favorable to 
the growers. 
Many of these old Long Island 
duck farmers began business in a small 
way with little more in the way of 
assets than a thoroughly practical 
knowledge of duck raising gained by 
experience on other duck plants. From 
these humble beginnings they have 
built up businesses which represent in¬ 
vestments of from $20,000 to $50,000 
or more. Ducks alone did it. 
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CATTLE BREEDERS 
GUERNSEYS 
young cows and 
vIlUlLc heifers for sale 
GORDON HALL 
OSCEOLA FARMS CRANFORD, N. J. 
HOLSTEIN BULLS FOR SALE 
Sons of 
DUTCHLAND COLANTHA SIR INKA 
FISHKILL FARMS, Hopewell Junction, N. Y. 
HENRY MORGENTHAU. Jr.. Owner 
H0LSTEINS and GUERNSEYS 
Fresh cows and springers, 100 head of the finest 
quality to select from. Address 
A. F. SAUNDERS, CORTLAND, N. Y. 
HOLSTEINS 
Two car loads high-class grade springers. The 
kind that please. One car load registered females. 
Well bred, strictly high-class. Several registered 
service bulls. J. A. LEACH, CORTLAND, N. Y. 
HIGH-GRADE HOLSTEIN COWS 
fresh and close by large and heavy producers. 
Pure bred registered Holsteins all ages; your 
inquiry will receive our best attention. 
Browncroft Farm McGRAW New York 
SWINE BREEDERS 
142-PIGS FOR SALE-142 
Yorkshire and Chester White Crosses: Chester and 
Berkshire Cross Pigs, 6 to 7 weeks old. £4 each; 7 to 
8 weeks old, £4.50 each; 8 to 9 weeks, $5 each. Pure 
Chester White Pigs, 6 to 7 weeks old, £5.50 each. 
Pure Black Berkshires, 7 to 8 weeks old, £5.50 each. 
Pure Breed Boars, $7 each. I will ship any part of 
the above lots C. O. D.on approval. 1 will guarantee 
safe delivery as far as the Agriculturist goes. 
WALTER LUX, 388 Salem St., WOBURN, MASS. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES AT HIGHWOOD 
Grand champion breeding. Largest herd in America. Free booklet. 
HARPENDING Box 10 DUNDEE, N.Y. 
CHESTER WHITE PIGS 
VIVAN OSMUN 
Registered free, 
$10 each. 
Black Creek, N. Y. 
Big Type Chester Whites 
Prepaid. GEO. F. GRIFFIE, R. 8, NEWVILLE, PA. 
Registered 0.1. C. Pigs 
H. E. OBEB 
$ 10.00 f .o.b. station 
Sebee Station, Maine 
RFflNTFRFn 0 I P AND Chester white pigs. 
mjUlUlL.nL.IS IS. 1. U E . p. ROGERS, WAYVII.LE, N. Y. 
SHEEP BREEDERS 
SNOWCROFT HAMPSHIRES 
All desirable ages. Some unusually good two-year-old 
rams to head pure bred flocks. 
Dr. S. F. SNOW 
713 University Block SYRACUSE, N.Y 
is offering an Advanced Registry 
Hampshire Ram. Also yearling 
and lamb rams. 
EARL D. BROWN ILION, N. Y., R. No. 2 
Fairhoime 
BABY CHICKS 
f BABY CHICKS 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds, 
i Barred Rocks, 
S. C. W. Leghorns, . . 
_ Mixed or Off Color, . . 
12c each 
11c each 
9c each 
7c each 
These chicks are all hatched from free range stock. 
Safe delivery and satisfaction guaranteed. Descriptive 
booklet free. 
W- A. LAUVER. _ McALISTERVILLE, PA. 
600 White Leghorn Breeders, one year old, 
$1.00 each. 10 Weeks’ Old Pullets, Aug. 10th 
delivery, $1.00 each and up. Thousands ready. 
HUMMER’S POULTRY FARM 
FRENCHTOWN, N. J., R. 1 
TOM BARRON PEDIGREE STRAIN 
S. C. White Leghorns exclusively. Nice, healthy pullets 
and cockerels, 10 weeks old, $1.00:12 weeks old, $1.25 each. 
FEEK’S WHITE LEGHORN FARM, C LYDE. N. Y. 
PULLETS—PULLETS 
LARGE TYPE ENGLISH S. C. WHITE LEGHORN 
12 weeks old pullets, long-bodied, pure bred, healthy 
birds from pedigreed matings. Immediate ship¬ 
ment. $1.25 each, $1.20 each in lots of ten or more. 
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