St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-31
THE DIFFERENCE.

In a recent trip to Trenton, my former
country residence, l remarked the re-
suit of missionary work l had unwit-
tingly done in the interest of good milk.
Four years ago ] established route for
the sale of Jersey milk III Trenton at
two cents a quart above the market
price of ordinary milk. 1t was uphill
work for the first three months, as it
was difficult to make buyers believe
that jersey milk was intrinsically worth
more than ordinary milk. The milk
was delivered in glass jars, and my Gus
toners were requested to note the diff
ference in the quantity of cream Oh
the milk of Jerseys and that from Ordl-
nary cows. 1t is transparent that Jer-
sey milk would produce twice the
amount of cream thrown up by the Or
binary milk, hence | soon found mar
ket for ali the milk of my herd at the
advanced price. A shrewd, pushing
young farmer, suspectiDg that the Sc
cret of my success lay in the merit of
the glass package, procured some glass
Jars and tried to divert my trade to his
wagons by offering what he claimed
was as good milk as mine delivered in
the same condition. My farmer. dis
covering the trick, advised one GUS
toner to test the two kinds of milk for
cream, and the result was my Compel
itOr failed to get any of my trade. One
day meeting the young man, whom l
will call Smith, l said to him it was
folly TO try and hurt my trade
unless he kent Jersey cows,
and advised him to get them as fast as
he could pick them up; there was room
| for both of us at good prices, as l could
not supply the demand. 1t set him to
nd hot / ard n
| other day he evidently has acted on my
suggestion. When l sold my farm at
| Trenton about Two years ago, of course
| | abandoned the milk business. The
| largest milk dealer in Trenton is man
whom will designate by the name of
| Jones. His father was i'll the business
before him, and he has the very best
paying custom of the city, and now to
what | learned as to the effect of my
| introduction of Jersey milk in the
| Trenton market.
A New York gentleman has farm
near Trenton, where he spends the
| summer, we'll stocked with registered
Jerseys. Meeting him, | asked what he
did with his milk product, and he re-
piled that Jones sent to MS farm daily,
three miles from the city hall, to get his
milk, and paid one cent quart above
the regular market price for all he pro-
duced. He said that young Smith (my
old would-be competitOD was selling
Jersey milk and robbing Jones of some
of his best custom; so Jones had to
buy Jersey milk to supply certain
customers. or to mix with ordinary
milk to save his trade. Let me give
another case where grade Jersey milk
brings the producer price above the
market. The milkman who supplies
me at my city residence has thirteen
diaries of grade Jersey milk in Delaware
county, NY, supplied him, and he pays
the farmers for this milk half cent
quart above the regular market price.
He wants more, and think would pay
one cent a quart extra for it. In fact, |
am inclined to believe that these farm
ers could readily get the extra half cent
if they knew how their milk is appre
ciated.
frequently drop in at the milk stores
in New York and talk with the prOprie-
tors about milk. They appreciate the
cannot get it. Several have expressed
the opinion that the time will come
when Jersey milk will be demanded by
the best city custom. | see by adver
tisement that T. E. Havemeyer has just
established depot in New York for
the sale of his registered Jersey
milk, asking Is cents quart for
it delivered in glass bottles, and 10
cents delivered in the usual way. l
have no doubt that he will soon be able
to dispose of his whole product at these
prices. Wherever Jersey milk becomes
known there is sure to be demand for
it. When returned to the old farm at
Cresskill, n. j.. about year ago, Jersey
milk was not at all known to the place,
and now [ cannot supply the demand at
wholesale at cents quart the year
round, and 20 cents for cream.-G. w.
Farlee, of Cresskill, N. j., i'll the Coun-
try Gentleman.