The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-17
SKINNED MILK LOOKED AT.
uUFvCE SOME or TT CONES dND VINO
IHE MEN ARE UHO SEND III.
o,,v sixty Per cent. OF the Min shipped over
the Erie Road Pure The Crcsmerics
one phase OF Grnnacrism-some Names aud
risurc.-Mhat Honest VI ilkmcu Want.

Tliruiain line uf the Erie Railway between
,.r-,y cry and Port Jervis is dotted with milk
.,,ron-. and spur roads penetrate the dairy
I-,r t4 Every branch road sends one or two
cars daily 10 be- attached to the milk trains ON
e.. main linz In distance ~ eighty miles
fines. form two large trains. which carry u daily
oy.ralr ui li. 900 gallons Of milk to New York
city, Twenty per cent. OF this amount is skim
nuIa much moro is half skim and half good
mix mixed.
The trade in skinned milk has been ncrcas-
ins rap.diy for several years. ON account OF
tbeerout demand for cream. Ten years ago "a
uNaman who sold few quarts Of cream
thought he was doing good business. Now
the daily receipts ON the Erie Railway alone are
over one thousand gallons. and to produce that
quantity seven or eight thousand gallons Of
mix skinned. the change Of season making
,h variation. The cream brings such "A large
price that it is more profitable 90 ship il than To
ell the pure milk. thus saving the freight,
when. ut sixty cents per can. would average
$50 for the unskmmcd milk required 10 pro-
duec one can OF cream.
There are largo number ~ creameries, rs
these dairies are eallsl sutt rel through the
dairy districts. som. of thom make choose
from skinned milk. and only use the skim to
exc out their milk Wien the yield fails below
t4s average quantity demanded BY their city
tr ile These are the exceptions. Ten years
ago the farmers sent their milk direct To- the
c.ty drAlcrs and trusted to good fortune and
ti, nilku.us honesty lOr their monthly re-
turns. AT that time cream dairies were scarce.
Tno cream man had hard wurA 90 secure a
sufficient supply AMI ran after tho farmer.
BIttie lu .rea-c of freight which has gone up
from ~ l1 Gn cents per can, made Il an obyc't
I. -.t ihe product 20 market in ~ condensed
fsu a. possible. The deialcltion OF city milk
u.u made holes in the profits the fixed hours
flr-lippius on trains were often inconvenieut.
the dairymen lived on the ground. Were
responsible. AMI had To pay promptly All these
III us- HVuspired To- turn the trade into tho now
c.lnu'h The farm RS VINO wtnt into tho husi-
l. - re usually the -hrewlv-t. most CA, r.
\ ti' ncn IN the ueishourhood. ana they pros
Many farmers became Jealous Of their pros
Ienie. and when the Grans.r movement
sirai among farmers, Granger dairies became
feature ni lis daN.lupu'n'. \ prominent
Granger. who owns a DAIRY farm. in "Npuiuinl.
ti- matter yesterday. said. The farmers
w-lt INTO the dairy business denoun in. tho
nllidl- Il. and would not hile - hV-.uea~ man
: ttu the business In, dair1e9 Mer az
] Wei 10 run thems Ives. and. like everything
tnat runs tsrlf. they ran down hul. : lac ~
IL farmers san 10 increase tnclr share cd. the
J. on hy watering their mix. Inru others
4 el i. too; AMI nnul!y they water Il each
cher out' Among the dairi,s that failed To-
roa'Un a." hopes which secured ia" uri-inal
contributions were tho-- at Amity MarwicA
a4I WashnstonNlle. Tho farmers railvd at
. shlu-nlilN dealers, and accused taem of
trlking dnwu the price paid 10 the producers
VII ID frequently g"r- down to "a cents pr
quart ndt, as >',Nn ~ tu'} 'orntd hsso'iAl 'hS.
t"s SKINNED clos' than any one else ~ thrlr
a. re- ior profit. Even whrrc their asso,.,.-
~ have suecumlvd io thelr own " aAn"-,.
q rummrf ial mllk knoNn - Btli- hr.d"i
ma, or Farmers skim, IL nuturiOusy the
tAnne-t milk sold.
lne demand from hotels aud ero,cr- in tone
Scanned mix To- run OIL IN. The gro ,r- supply
! ple wnO are Dor judges OF milk; and TO
In hotel men are attract by luW prices for
lrdnirrd milk, aud MAJ. contra Is with ne
Wa, 4uald report the bad milk arr paid no, to
e 70. and humorous cu-Hs have been known
wnrge ioUr quarts were taken from etch oi ia.
olAs 90 make eleven, and thc driver ron-lrrd
WA ia" hotel emp.VSec IN cheating both pro-
D.r-. quantity ~ good milk j. sent - the
et,..nI ln = me as = -u b a. Turner'S. NJ H.
- mi Chester stations pn The Ere. there docs
/ -..rm o. h,. any -kinlni-l milk -rui The
D. ~.urr'- of Slammed mi . are ou ID" sIi1r
b.. iA. Pine istnl nrtu'n 'ui- TWO cars
q .F. the Warwick hrin'h sends 'lref rar-;
{ NdlNul hrin h sends tNr H.I4- AMI 90
Quart und Nv lt-A hr.I ne ~.Hi- "u'
-'ir ~ ear r'nes'n.n lie "'""i TOUR W.'r
=. The most "a t.' s>im t. "nn. -n". To-
" pl--al- dealers. uri -l.i hy i.'ni eIiA. iit
ar dep'ts or ou tA- railroad PLATFORM. Tho
/ lu's by wli'u 1t - Al 'wu arr 10 simply to
: wts tniliar name. ami ru" from tl"
{ tilar thr lids oi the cau, We're paip'ed r''d tp
T. i to ,euttr o. in tel graz al< !ur -4p-
J ~- Ia" drivers c"nn."nb @A a. IT,
lI-"Nul -rt the hl~lu-~, tt~re l- uu .nli- .u.
Ntf't 100 l'' Wn- "ii ~ h'" 80 rt -i-.'lN
arlrartn. |a tu tnr iui.t Hi.r~. t." marks nav
'''n hr'r'd IA % greet many n-iau '-s. SOM,
4fIus % string OF r!@ Rect around the mock y
e ''l-. o,n"r- h'yn- r.f; ,.rd N "te han
,". Dr tgtn. Hec'fd l4- 20 the tasl- 10 tht i'r-
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