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

| gets under way These are the members OF the
! Pawlng Section; William II. Chapman; presl-
| dent Ira w. loag, secretary; George Whalley,
| I. j. Arnold John l.. liaines, Edwin l.. fOst,
Eli Aldrch: Frank i Smith: Henry PENN, 6.
Townsend SfRhen qsbOTned Perry P Fers Te'
! A. H. Arnold b. F. and c. II. Burr. Peter Dyk
man. George X. Taber, c. Stark, II. Il. Penny,
! Thomas Dennany. Charles Frost, w. ii. Arnold,
| W. II. Osborne, Jerry $. Pearce James Baldwin.
| Oliver Ferris and William II. Ludington
TYPICAL DAIRY FARMS IN DUCHESS
/ A few words descriptive Of the dairy farms Of
some of these men will show what hgh-class
farmers they are. Mr.. Hoag, the secretary has
| 800 acres under high state Of cultivation
! CrOt0n Head, almost among the clouds His farm
| buildings are models of completeness and con-
venience. with a storage capacity for 90 tons Of
hay, besides stalks and straw. and fifty tons of
| bran, while forty cows find shelter in his ample
cOw-barn Mr.. l1Oags liberal outlay of money
| to improve his farm may be inferred from the
| fact that under one field alone he has two and
one-half miles of tile drainage. He sends TO the
| city every year over 100 600 quarts Of milk and
cream. T. j. Arnold's splendid farm is under the
cliff on which stands the huge Mlzzcn Top Hotel,
three miles east of Pawling &r Arnold feeds
ton of grain per head per annum to his herd
nelghborhood are Theodore Wheeler, of the
Dutchess Valley Farm, where on 900 acres, there
grazcs herd of 80 meck-eyed Jerseys. giving
400 quarts of rich milk daily most Of which
goes to the Murray Hill Hotel; David II. Shcr-
man, of the Maybrook Farm, near Armenia. who
sends his milk TO the Wassac condcnsery," and
{. Emery Baker. who. from herd OF sixty COWS
on $50 acres, ships annually 100000 quarts OF
milk TO the city.
Just over the watersheds. east and west Of the
Harlem, In the valleys of the IlouSatOnc and the
Hudson River. the work Of organization Of the
milk producers has also been indGstriously pushed
recently. and strong sections have been formed al
Lake Mahomc Bcckman. StauiordNillc, Pine
Plains and other places IN Dutchcss County. New
England vim has pushed 10 the front III lltchneld
County over the State line. At NcwMiford, +.
/ {. n IA Inn nraG tan q N
J. O. Marsh secretary Of section called the
iousatonc Milk Producers Association, which in
Guides pretty nearly all the producers in the neigh
| borhoOd. At Lime Rock. John l.. owen i prcs-
dent Of tOurishng sect OF forty mcml crS. and
g. /. Jones, secretary. \ section has been formed
al Kent. which embraces thirty out of the thirty
five mllk-shlppcrs from that 81 tt!on. Al New
town the farmers arose as one man. and the arg
est meeting of milk producers ever held there
assembled on December %. and organized sec
ton with H. =. Peck for president and Daniel 6.
Peek for secretary. Thirty-eight names were Ell
| rolled and each man checriuly paid his - inltil-
ton fee. while twenty more are ready 10 follow
suit. T.. L. johnson and j. Il. Wheeler repre-
scnted this section az the recent great meeting Of
milk producers in Goshen.
Columns might be written OF the progress of
this agitation throughout this rcriou. hut enough
has been said to demonstrate that the farmers Of
the milk-producinr territory east OF tie Hudson
River are making common cause with their
brethren west Of the river At the meeting in
Goshen January 9. the delegates from tins re-
gion reported that only one thing vas wanted
here. namely. meeting held in some convenient
place where the producers from east Of the ilui-
son could meet their brethren from west of the
/ river and have an exchange of views.
THE PROBLEM OF CITY DELIVERY.
Perfect organization is now an accomplished
| fact: the far more important work OF adopting
a plan to deliver the milk in Ncw-York City
remains. The Goshen meeting appointed q Plan
Committee TO recommend plan Of delivery 10
the sections This committee has asked for sug-
gcstons and. in general. two plans have been
laid before il. one contcmplatcs the stock com
pany method now in use IN London ana Syracuse,
the farmers delivering the milk themselves Pro
ducers west Of tie Harlem were II
first generally inciincd to favor Tins
the present vast army OF middle men or de- .rr,
IN New-iork City. But on these farms east Of
the river the leaders in the work Of ORGANIZATION
believe that the task Of pcrfcctng arrangements
| To deliver milk in New York, Brooklyn and Jersey
City is too great for the farmers 10 undcrta h.
lightly anG If their purpose OF getting Tho power
! OF making the price can be obtained without
interfering with the dealers in the city or disturb
Ing the present arran cement, tho latter shonl
by all means be let alone.
one of these leaders " Is entirely opposed 10 amy
raid upon the dealers. and Is only iu favor ot
such measures as Will protect tie dealer us well
as the producer. They are fully aware tlat 10 is
the supply Of milk the market cannot Use and
does rot want, the surplus. that j. m King All the
trouble, both with dealers and producers. The
Is the disposal daily OF the milk the demand docs
not call for. This Is varying quantity, ana on
/ account of the extent of the business there must
necessarily he sem 10 the city enough milk To-
meet that VARYING demand OF necessity Their,
must be daily the market more milk THAN can
De sold. Yet the nncty-tve or nlucit eight per
cent Of milk shipped should not as 10 present. Dee
Effected in value ny the two to 1--WE per cent That
may not be wanted
i multitude Of plans have been discussed 10
nroyidc for Ills SURPLUS milk Some farmers
Oh rfelf 4 ID
kept M the railroad platforms where The mls is
uulOadcd from the cars and where the c''lcTe
gather n,g ntly To get Their supplies, the a-cn
business 10 be- 10 make up The surplus into butter.
This plan embraces a proposition 10 have surplus
Fund raised by taxing each can cent or Two.
Out of this Surplus Fund enough shall bee paid -
the shippers 10 make up any deficiency alter the
agent has worked mp the surplus INTO butter ana
sold H. Edgar Knapp. Of Stanfordvlllc, Dutcics~
County. las sent out he clown r,rcnl}lr,
headed The Common Sense Plan, among tie
farmers Of his section;
Tic evils Of the prc-cn, tenn lack . rstm. are
manifold but are principally the sale - commodity not
uniform in quality price and at too high pic" 70 te
consumer and too price the produce tn" not
average price being below tie act1! cost ~ production
Causc-Tst-Thc entire lack - bu-.no-- methods n de-
livcring the milk. Second oversnpply Caused mainly
not entirely by the immense amount 81 poor and aduta'"i
milk put on the market daily. h'e" pHt ~ which is
.,d ~ the very clements essential 20 make 70 pcfoct
food resulting IN fearful loss Of vitality t. al u-rr.
holp4s, Infants children and the Sex tcinr h' r'a''
sufferers by this monstrou' iniquy.
KeIncdc--C Create order from chaos Fist-hy ~ 'An'
attic co.oDerat!on. Secondly preventing surplus.
HOw4
nv organization. FIst-Of all practical farmers who
shin milk into thorough complete union. That "it'i-
z,,ion 70 establish the wholesale price AZ regular interval
p terms Of uavmcnts and b. responsible for ue quality
and condition Of the milk, employing c""-
o,4rt and reliable experts To visit every d'lYman. in-
spcc MI. dairy and facilities and when he"'' "7tu't
ho in the moot approved methods Of caring for th" milk
rv Guarding against every form o. NH and con-
,.nination uable % arcct the product
II f.. impossible for the pfoduc"r to control 'h' supply
the laws o, trade and individual rights preventing livery
,.r.op may choose his own market
,r,,or fine farmers union should have nothing 20 DO