The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-09
SWILL MILK Is STILL SOLD.
or GfLLONs OFTT SHIPPED
many TO CITY DEALERS.
xyhnt Z. Fed TO the Cows mt Some Country
pnirics The Trade In Grains Sights In
Forty.etxhth street Who the buyers Are.

The Board OF Health fancics that II has
Killed the swill milk trade and stopped the sale
Of poisoned milk in the city. AS matter OF
fact the effort to suppress the trade has only |
forced it to change it's quarters. We now re-
c.ivc our swill milk direct from the country
darics principally from those at stations on |
M Harlem Railroad. This road il favored be-
cause the depot at Lexington avenue and For
ty.cighih street is near the majority of the |
lrrwcrics and thus the cost ~ carriage is saved.
s. great is the demand for this class Of feed
HAT the farmers are frequently unable to pro-
: eur, as much ~ they want, and are thus COM
ton'd TO feed the cows honestly.
The hnst point in the city to obtain n notion Of
The extent II the traffic in brewery refuse.
known in the trade ~ barley grains. is the east
prn end of tho For,y-cghth street bridge.
There the ears are loaded. and the daily ship
mcnts run from fifty to seventy tons. The
spectator can look down into the freight yard
mil both SEQ and smell. while the tcamstcis
mr. loading the long line Of cars constructed
specially for the TRADE.
Soon after the use of dis'illory refuse was
stopped in the city limits. tn" milkm'n noticed
ihc falling or in quality in tn" country milk
mud learning the cause. procured thr passage
Of "a bill prohibiting the sale OF TINS peculiar
feed. hut the railroad interests were So potent
thnt Gov. Dix vetoed the bill. Most OF the re-
.pecfahc dealers refused TO buy from diaries
where IT was used. hut the low price at which 1t
cnn be- sold makes il very tempting a. the dairy
mon Besides. q cow ted ON grains VIII yield
two quarts moro at n milking than one lea on
honest food. and they are MIXED twice day
Themilk is much thinner than good milk. and
has "a different smell which can 10" detected 10y II
d.ul.r M. moment hr removes the lid from the
rnn When a can has stood for time IN the
tuu.o or in % warm place. the smell OF swil milk
s. very offensive.
The coi.raia,iyc cost Of feed az the dnircs
aud the competition of the miikmcn, l"i"r
many to u-r " grains who would not do IT II
ilrr urt.hhois dbl not. Very few OF the l9rn-
Ua have land enough o. support "a" nerds ol
,-.tiin ,hev keep. AMI the nearer the city. the
rr,at.r the Discrepancy Every can Of milk rep
ia.b cow viii com-ume daily onc-fifth OF
m-hcl of feed composed Of bran. onts and
rnal besides the may during the winter s"a-on.
Al present prices. this feed costs al out live times
n nu IA ~ grains. with one-guartsr less mix
produced. TIL" grains can be bought Tor about
tiN cents per hushcl'or about ~ - per ton, IN
NV York. and the freight varies rom slo 10
i3brer mr. ,ontnning trn tons. The average
meal rs. OF Oat-. s32; ana ui Whctt brdn. wv
Th" .11l ,lnirir- have no grains and the scale
d.-.,nl- Jon prOulrtiun tp the amount OF grains
substituted tor non. - feed.
Tine trade in grains las grown unul now 2
ri -- nf mid it mon contract Tor th' proiu't ol
lhr lr"w rios. and suppl tie farmers. one OF
lie lars ~ irm- OF msltcm'n IN thi- tlrm II
seventh sire. Mr.. KINNEY WIS formerly the
r,lroui shipping agent at the # pot III III citN;
NN
p attentions 90 the grains trad" ana sur"f-"l ~
900. since then bee has ALMOST money lilH'. ]
huge dealers NJ the city. Local sre 'uuior-
81 many OF ihe stations lHy IN larsr -t'h- ana
y 49, farms are moro than i've miles from the
- ilnn- '.-r grains. ~ the t"amimg enhances
nfuut twenty ms daily tho frr ght above thai
t..ut exceeding tl9 per ear. IN" stations he
/. out thirty tons daily. and the heaviest trad
l. divided between Mount kisco Bedford Ma
NH and T. POINTS on me naS@ n"V whi
iAins and Mlllerton grains have hcen deiiy
tr,l during the past ten days. thouLh The tr"p
l. slack ~ present IN" farmers usualiy hy u
supply during July august, an Srppnl ,;'
lhey put down in vaults for winter use
Thr vaults. or riis, ar tney are caIled' nay .
with the ground. The only opening Is IN lh
! ..ropi, AMI a stairway leading from II enmahlr
I'll ton j. removed from ny me SMoll Is IN
fuferahr. Tn" 'ars containing the grain ar
llal.d in the open air. and tn Hes ana othc
insects hover over Them lhry remain on sll
in.,- while tn. teams arr unloading them, an
n. . suit ni this exposure j. seen IN milllor
9 maggois which lrfe'i anu slllrm NJ me plls
IAc grains shipped in dry, warm weather dfai|
ore and weigh i'ss ihnn NOS shlpped IN coz
IT, vermin moro pl"nty-in warm weather. Tn
grains forment in the pits To n"ticchhl" "N
I ~, and That is the causr oil ihe sihlr Zee
smell which rises from them; ENret p lev
ca-,s they are not regularly fed out while pas
ture ana fodder ar. cheap ana alnhdaht !
grains are mix .d with the fresh iced To- inrreas
quantity IT, iurrca-ed. until scarcely any othe
to9t Is given. tn, quantity given rls ,,-., t
~. lows become fat and round on the fee,
lat lose strength, and would be covered VII
res II the summer feed did not tone them u
again. The injury To the cow l. caused ~ IN
oIureit-at -timulant which ms more -tr"ngi
trn / -unuld have Tor the bulk. and. It is a'
,i.I destroys the alhum' n in the blood,
lNroouloi-od milk ia tories nj lurdy : an
I,.w-i.r' = stations on the Harlem roai hay
lIff %
shipped over the road for New York consumi
1000 gallons of milk. viii rh exceeds the ainoui
Iuiih sut,iy i, surroscA To- hc good Tho ira,
IN condrn-ei milk has been injured by ba
mix. however, IL u considerable quantity
milk has been returned rom cltrs on u
southern -eahOnrd during the past year.
id spollcd-a thins unknown ia the carrie
fhe grains nave been traced from the Harle
Railroad depot. in a number q Instances, to Y
d.drymen who bought them. The marks on u
cans were watched AT the milk depot, and q
nihmen who received them recorded. A nur
used a. we'll as II milk shipped to the city W
small were omitted. Tho ilrst station visit
Wa Puriy's fOrty-six miles from New lor
The prinr ipal dealer in grains there Is T.
brady. who has a very large farm. ne bu
il pays about $50 FOR each ear load and tls I
to lie c iye every ,' day "" Tho cans
%sfESa ;. b + and 4Ts a.liyS G,S a !, /
Depot 10 Blossom Btl OF IWrnl}-lllu sire
bciween Second ana Third avenues.
At katnnah, forty-two miles from the 81
v W N jy pays Sysf 81. a9p per 2@ as O. Of
slj is Tor freight and sends Il daily average
Ni6%w6ich are d"iiyered to 1innfret. dea
at Sevcuty-iiith street and First avenue.
Charles ridd, at Somer's Centre on the In
Mahopac Railroad. forty seven miles from
CITY feeds grains regularly. His freight If
per car He sends 4 1qly average of twe
signed TO Ellis 4 McCabe Of Forty-"ighth str'
This firm does not deliver milk, hut sells FRI
the platform in the depot They are known
The trade AS speculators.' and sell 10 groe
AMI small dealers. ~
At bedford. thirty nine miles out Stephcr
Sutton does "a large trade in grains. lie I
qurnily receives as much as two cars per y
- or twenty tons. though he only pits from lO'
I2Jf. MS own use: the balance he soils y
noslhois His grains co7t him about i3oo
TN. the freight heing Sl5 per car. he sci
nlput 100 gallons daily TO the city. in 81
marked :. C. s., 10 which are dehv"r"l y
u. Eiu., Nam. Sr, OF SlNty-Nltl street, DEW
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