Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-06-06
VerE1 ont and New York TziIl< Pre-
duCerS' Association.

The Vermont and New York Milk
Producers Association met at Free Ii
brary Hall in Bennington, Wednesday,
May 20th the President, Lorenzo Shell
don of Rutland, presiding.
After reading of the records Of the
proceedings Of the meeting of the sex-
ecutiye board, remarks were made by J.
B. Hollister and J. e. McNaughton Of
Manchester.
Mr.. McNaughton presented and read
the following
LETTER FROM MOSES Y. TILDEN.
New LEBANON, Nav %.
J. L. MCNAUGHTON, ESQ, My Dear
Sir:-Your letter came duly to hand.
Although the prices of milk are Unsat-
isfactOry. I am not discouraged. | think
| can see the way clear for better prices.
The market is yet in a bad shape, the
best of milk not selling for any more
than swilI Or adulturated milk. All the
spring have been sending the milk of
my Alderney COWS (seven pounds of
which will make a pound of butter
and only received for it the same price
as for ordinary milk.
You viii recOlect that in nv letter
to Won Of Feb. 20. claimed that but for
the adulteratiOn of milk with water
there would be a short supply. This as
sumption is verified by two very inter
esfing articles in the New York Trjbu11e
of the 2lSt and 21th inst, headed,
'.Adultcratcd Milk and Middlcmen's
Frauds the pith of which articles l
hnp' win he copied by every newspaper
/ 0M TN" line of our roads, they explain SO
Uh"rN 20 every 9II'h PI""ecTI Nhslc
/ the ttltHIuItF III me way or obtaining
. fair pricrS LES.
~, s. ,,,.r, wiz find - I;-+ IF o,-pr ono
80 VIZ, '.' - '!4'
. ii'li'i"V l''lk men utItCttV HI i'b'h@
W&itr III their milk. An estimate that
Of ,,or r.n+ of wafer is added. costs
,1 - I..l .ll
w." 49, a. i'4"''.>iN II s't" 9''''''' '7 ''.'F
fsHr Htiii;"ns OF dollars per year tor
y" ;irj sod rs nd!N. I5y the Tree us, OF
WE'"r. -" p8ddiers can always r@g7."'p
t.r' supply aud consequently the price
. FAr estimated average q0ntltY sent -
the city, daily, from all sources. =
ten Thousand cans OF lorty QUARTS ''1.".
I II to thlS be addtd tWentY-llN' lE g. q
o' water, Il VIII be seen that 1'!r taaIr",
. requires IWtlN" thousand HNr H"""i'"
cans for lis regular supply. i"'~ f
H. RI over estimate, as some ""i."'. -..'
p''r nHH, ana those o4yIh- III IL; r.
..H"jt5"2 ilEe hotels can compel MS G.-
"E'FY nue. But grant that only htf't"
d. 'a-T1d cans OF water are used "aliy. n
.- ''.'l" to every undrrstandlnE thaF u
''". "2!"E was ktpt out. IL Wouid frQ'H'
= = ia" h1'N tins ana every other new
1.'1|"r r"'hj supply tor TINS ana lA'.
tvN' wear, ";W tie natural CROWN "l
! population Wid require all the increased
p'.,:d"li'h tG"feaf'rF'
me G2t~iioh l'"u%n'I 'SI-, ga,
tH'S water b' EPpt out: Nan SWIM III"
S.;a IiI@ nc Juitd out: ! thlAh they
"a'! 1t IS n the power OF your "r-all- ~
IA'i"n, aided ny similar organizations :g, on
n';i. ' Unn,2 1,"n 3si .,'' l. is an old
,.ar. fiat What Is cycrvbodv's business
is nobody ys.-particu3arly applicable to
this case. The consumer buying only
Qmrt a day, cannot afford to spend lis
tlac; the man Of wealth Will not spend
his 10 bring the dishonest dealer to Jns-
ttc". 1t IS ASKING too much OF any on"
farmer to undertake the JOB. lie VIII
reason that to enhance the value OF ms
milk, one cent quart, VIII not pay nm
for spending his time for ms nel9hhoES
to reap the beneht OF his Labor 80 II
can only be done by cooperation on all
the producers interested. a small sum
from each, less than we want TO pay 10
see show, Will raise fund sufficient 10
| employ competent agent TO Sp'nd all
his time seeing that the following laws
are enfofcedi .,...