New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-20

T. ,s understood th,t the reputable mid 'le
men Of NcN-l orl are not opt Wiling h't ar"
cl.cr 90 unite with tie union ll 'Hr c'SN-ou-
tbr.platform plan. They themselves suncr To n
cons. dcrihlc extent from the competition oi
rcdlrfs VINO, because they rob the pr ducrrs 10y
noi paying MIN for their wik. ar cnA'''d 70
cat prices and still make "a proiit me ma WHO
.f,.is Ii. milk can certainly sell ~ cheaper
than the man who buys 10 az % lar price. i.'
honest dealers would like 10 drive these as
honest connections out of the business and thc
yav To- do 10 Is 10 loin with the union and re
4uire them 10 pay cash Tor their s.pPhes
WITH The cash question comes mp TIE question
of Tie surplus II may De a good plan 10 keep
lie Treasury vaults filed with gold and silver
surplus. for gold and silver VIII not spoil, pdt
the milk surplus must hc looked ai'er III
diseased Of What NcwIork cannot drink
must 20 into butter or cheese. lie farmers NOT
being prepared individually 10 undertake. the
manufacture II either butter or cheese. must
combine 10 establish dreamer - on t1c co-opcro-
live plan. where they can dispose Of. their sur
r ''S 'i, - ms win require tie expenditure
81 o. nsiocrihlc money. but 1T appears To De tte
surrluss only salvation.
dliryman t. the writer. that there are hNc
(ruilic, in OTAn-c County who make butter.
An astonishing statement Goshen butter.
Gf,rcr ,rd twenty Yeas ago. had a world VIDE
rcp..a'. D. 10 the butcrm, kcrs of other States
aud otu,t counties Goshen was considered "a para
disc And row. no butter.
Yesterday isIe writer had dinner with family
living nitc miles from Goshen. Tie table was
suppl.cd with butter of excellent quality.
You made this, OF course - ne rcmarhcd 10
'~ No. indeed. She replied 40 butter is made
i'm Orange County now. We get all our butter
from Delaware and Chenanso counties. Tons
Said the farmer: b" would rather sell milk
at p cents a quart than butter at 20, and
THAT'S about the price we'd get for butter II we
How many quarts on the average do you
allow To pound OF butter?
Twelve quarts at . - cents would make
tbirfv cents Then by selling the milk the
farmers wife gets rid of all the trouble and
bother of hut'cr-makine or course ~ Twelve
quarts 10 the pound there r. no butter IN orange
Cnunty II would he throwing money away, n
thing no farmer can afford to do. u an the cows
wcrr Jerseys there might be butter, nut WIN an
excess of liolsicins- Delaware COUNTY butter
10 good enough for orange county d"irSheh L"
eat -
The only profit. then. that can be derived from
buttcr-making will arise from saving OF tie
surplus milk To save IL there must be cream
cries. not private establishments, for they bring
the DAIRY nou into dsreputc. but cooperative
crcamcrics owned 10y farmers ana operated Nv
men hired for the purp"S'. ,l.
Honest farmers often suffer great h'rdShips
through the faulty operation "l the laws govern
ing the testing OF milk. whereas under ne Same
laws dishonest creamery men thrive. MIX must
analvzc 3 per cent of fats and Il per cent OF
solids I'm order to save The producer from fine or
imprisonment some MIX VIII a,'o" P'' WV
of fats and - per cent OF solids. and. on tie
other hand milk lust as pure will show less than
the chemical test calls for. The law against
the sale Of SKINNED milk is very
strict. hut il is asserted that certain
crr,ucr,lncu have found way Of
dodginr the statute. Instead Of allowing the
cream 10 rise on a full can Of uhlk-forty quarts
and then removing that which woul1 render
them liable 10 punishment They put only thirty
five quarts in q can and when the cream has
risen. pour in five quarts Of blue, or SKINNED
milk 10 make oat the forty qu"rs. Now, tech
uicnllv speaking, they have not SKINNED the milk
in such cans Vet their offence * the same as il
they had done The producers. aware Of this
evasion Of the law which indirectly brings them
into trouble with the consumers in NcW-NOrk.
want 10 have the milk test law So amended rs 10
rive the Dairy Commissioner power 10 subpoena
creamery employees for the purpose Of getting at
the facts Of such adutcratinn
The present method of analvzing milk is tedious.
anyway, md the producers are in favor of using
O new instrument called lactcidc, by which.