Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-22
MILK PRODUCERS.
Five States Association Organizes In New
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The plan upon which the Five States
Milk Producers association began its
work Of organization at the meeting in
New York city was:
First. The producers at each ship
ping station to be organized into local
associations, uniting in route associa-
tions along each railroad system, with
delegates on an equitable basis Of repre-
sentation in central association
Second Local associations to take
care Of local interests and carry out
plans of route and central associations;
route associations to have charge of
matters specially affecting their routes;
the general management Of the whole
organization to be vested in the central
association.
Third. When five or more local as
sociations on each of the principal milk
routes are organized by the executive
committee, the first annual meeting to
complete the final organization of the
central association shall be held, and
upon the election and qualification of
its officials this committees duties and
powers shall close.
Fourth. Each member of local as
sociation shall pay as dues to the cen
trail association Covering the period up
to the close of said first annual meeting)
the sum of 81 if during December his
production of milk averaged cans daily
or less, 81 so if it was to 10 cans,
So if it was II cans or more The
finances are thereafter to be adjusted as
the central association may decide.
Fifth. That committees be appoint
ed i'll every township at this meeting or
later towork up local associations under
the executive committee. The associa-
ton should employ an agent or general
manager to give his time to the work.
Sixth. When the association is thor
oughly organized, its object should be
not only to fix the price of milk in CO.
operation with the buyers Of milk, but
its objects should also be to furnish any
necessary supply of milk from existing
milk shipping territory, to mitigate the
evils of the surplus to the utmost, to in
sure better care by peddlers in distribu-
ton of milk, to cooperate with reliable
dealers and peddlers so that the city end
of the business may be put in better
condition and to take such further ac-
ton as circumstances may demand 1t
is also proposed that the association
shall cooperate with the health authori-
ties to prevent adulteration and to in
sure absolutely pure milk to consumers.
1t is believed that with certain reforms
in the trade that may be the outgrowth
of this movement consumers will be as
sured Of an abundance of good and pure
milk without any increase in price to
the consumer, but some of the expenses
and losses between the consumer and the
farmer can be curtailed SO that the pro-
Queer may get somewhat better price
for milk than has been the case of late,
The farmers have no idea at present of
attempting to change the present sys-
tenn of wholesalers and peddlers, but
instead to cooperate with them to the
exclusion of irresponsible dealers and
adulterators and to the mutual benefit
of consumers, producers and the trade
Remember the Icehouse.
An icehouse should be upon every
farm, and it should not be given over to
the chickens after a few years either.
What is a greater luxury in hot weather
than ice cream and other frozen dainties
made possible by its use? We just
couldn't do without it for this reason if
no other. Then, no che can make good
butter in bet weather without some
cooling agent, and VIC should all put it
in store for this use if fer no other. The
women folks Go not have any too many
conveniences to work with, and this is
one which every farmer ought to pro-
vide.
Dairy and Creamery.
The New York State Dairymen's as
ISOLATION has had the good sense to re-
fuse to ask the legislature to make an
appropriation for the purpose Of stamp
ing out tuberculosis, whereupon re-
porter of the Philadelphia Ledger very
truthfully remarks, "No appropriation,
no tuberculosis. y Exactly so. Many
veterinarians and government officials
have feathered their nests and made a
reputation out Of the tuberculosis scare.
When they do not get well paid for their
work, they will no longer find so much
tuberculosis, which is well. Nine-tenths
Of this disease was pure scare and the
desire to make either money OF sensa-
ton or both. The dairyman who ties
his COW up in stable the year round
and gorges her will be sure in time to
have beautiful case of tuberculosis on
his hands The dairyman, on the cen
trary, who lets his cows out i'll the air
and sunshine as often as possible, even
in the winter, SO that they may stretch
their muscles and get some of the earth s
electricity, who at the same time, while
feeding the animals all they can digest
comfortably, does not gorge them to ex-
cess, who keeps their stables perfectly
clean and gives them only pure water
to drink, is not going to have consump-
tion break out among his cows, and you
just mind that.
Ex-Governor Hoard may have the sat
isfaction of knowing that thousands of
practical farmers, live stock men and
dairymen petitioned for his appointment
as secretary Of agriculture. How he
would have made things hum up there
in the dull official atmosphere Of Wash
ington
Skimmilk is worth 10 cents a hun
dred pounds as fertilizer and % cents
hundred for feeding poultry and ami
mails
Remember what Major Alvord says:
"a can of milk, Lox CT cheese CT tub of
butter has a purchasing power today
more nearly that of the good old times
people SO often refer to than has either
a bushel of wheat, a barrel of flour,
of beef or pork, bale of cotton
or cask of tobacco. 2
Butter charmed at a high temperature
seems somehow TO have its fat globules
either burst or they are changed in some
way, and they lose the natural butter
color
Purify
And Enrich