The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-17

Farmer Ryerson. At Howcll's station thcrc is
an average daily shipment OF 10 cans Of farm
es skin Igere is no o cregHm n there but
crate cans. besides these large dealers. there
are Il large number " small shippers who slide
In their can or two day from these and other
On Tho Nrw Jersey Midland which pcnctratos
the same field aud inrrseets several Of thcsc
roads. there il another stronghold. At Middle
ton there are 30 Guns ~ skim shipped daily. At
Mount Hope. Berry ships 80 cans Oi skim. At
West Town, Clark ships - cans of 81 m.
AT Unionvllc Ilaincs ships 80 cans " kim,
besides Variah" quantity ~ hai-anl-lnli
Walling " Dorkertuwn ships 30 cans VI s. Kim.
Bird II Hamburg ships 30 cHns Of skim Wal
ling OF McAico station shifts 2j cans Of skim,
and Livingston u Go. OF the same place shin 20
cans " skim and ~ can-'of hu,f-and- half. most
lyconsigned t. Jackson ~ Co.,. dealers in Jersey
city. The :. Bates ~ Go. creamery, on the
Duchess anh Columbia kairuad. ships 20 cans
ot skim. in cans with green neck ana green
These dairy districts are all in the valleys Of
Orange county. " y. and Sussex county. n. j.
Tho land is well adalted l1r lmsiuraSc ana
within easy urccss of New York. the distance
seldom rN.rcding eighty miles. The diaries on
the Eric KailwHy and branches named above
ipahDut q .2ln lulluns of skim, and $50 gal
Ions Of hulf-aud-hiif daily The average tntnl
daily shipment of milk IN THIS line is 81 .juO
gallons Tho dairies IN IA, Midland ship 2.4uO
gallons Of skim MIX daily ont of nm average
iHiHl shiumrnt of s2OO gallons, The dealers
maintain that these figures are below the a, tual
-hinmcnt OF SKIM milk. as many shippers have
boon ovcrloukcl.
u
never offered for sale unless there IL a short
supply is built up from lls IS Of milk.
The milk spectators at the Erie depot in Jcr-
sey City work of a large quantity Of this milk to
small dealers. the milk being consigned to them
on commission. The principal men in the
trudc ON tho platform are l.. Smell, j. Smell, j.
ng~lev. aud {. nVmarcst, though there are
several small Try. The comm ss on men seldom
havr amy good milk, and frequently when trade
is dull 10 send the milk ~ the Harlem Rail
road drupt for u market. Most OF the large
dealers. like Bates aud others. who have
skinned milk consigned to them. sell the milk
rcalmcnt the retailer then distributes II ~ good
mix.
Many ~ the dealers who sell good milk sug-
I II that the city authorizes license the milk
ulHn and tax -Hrh wagon at least s25 per an
num- the license tu hc revoked If the driver is
detected selling WHtsrrd. skim. or swirl milk.
ani the funl raised hy the license fe to be
used Ia couNiting the criminals detected. and
paving the salaries IL inspc, tors. There ar"
about siN hun rcd milk wagons IN the eitv. AMI
"a 30 tax would create a revenue pf $4,000 per
nunun. The men who run several whg )n- ar
gu" thW such law would not only protect the
puNl' from lad milk hut would nl-o pro-
tet them. Now tnoy are frequently annoyed
hy drivers who tax" a few customers from their
routes. start cut Tor themselves. and huy from
u" spc 'uaturs. They say. also. that a great
many people look upOn the milk business A. the
la-t resort for a man who iail- at every hinl.
else. H. is assisted To- huy broken down horse
ana AN aged harness aud wlg ON. IT. buys from
Spectators and helps to distribute bad milk
thus hrlu-iug tr'sh diS'r"dlt ON IN" bus ine-s.
This .ug4sHs tion, coming from practical mon
engaged IA tho business deserves tne attention
ui the authorities.