Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-04-30
GOOD FOOD PRODUCTS COMMAND
GOOD PRICES.

Central New York dairymen are, fort
unately, solving the important problem
of the sanitary milk supply for New
York city, whose citizens are willing to
pay a good price for good product.
Dairymen who persist in sending bad
products in bad condition must suffer
the just penalty of low and Improbable
prices.
Good milk is the product of healthy
cows, properly kept, cared for, and judi
ciously and generously fed, pastnred,
and housed. Pure water is as essential
for animals yielding meat or milk of the
best quality, as are the rich grasses OF
the pasture and the best and soundest
hay and feed in the clean, well-ventilated
barns in the cold season of the year
Daily exercise in the open air in dry,
clean, sunny yards is also indispensable
for the health and comfort Of the herd
All these combined are essentially neces-
sary for prime milk or meat.
From an extensive experience in the
inspection of hundreds of milk dairies
sending milk to New York and Brook
lyn, regret to be compelled to state
that not one in ten was cleanly or sani-
tary or well managed.
No matter how good a product may
be. if it is badly marketed the price will
be low, and it will be non-paying. But
the p oducer who sends his product to
market in a neat, presentable condition
will soon be rewarded by good prices
and increasing demand.
As an example, refer to the products
g., 1oootol naor Ocwann N v
where the cows are pure bred, and where
perfect sanitation in every minutia is
scrupulously compelled. The pastures
are the best possible, with alternate
changes at intervals; the barns are large,
roomy, and well ventilated; the yards
are covered, clean, and large; the stables
and milking sheds in summer are kept
in neatness; the milk, as soon as drawn,
is removed to be restrained and cooled,
bottled and sent by express in refriger-
ator cars to the neat New York city
depots, whence it is delivered to we'll
satisfied customers at from twelve to
fifteen cents per quart bottle. Butter Of
perfect quality brings from forty to fifty
cents pound in two to six pound neat
packages; and perfectly fresh eggs in
pretty baskets or cases holding from
four to twenty dozens are sold by the
quarters worth at the city depot, bring
ing the highest market prices the year
through.
Dairymen and producers generally
pursuing these admirable plans will al
ways have generous customers. Gus
toners are eagerly seeking first-class
producers, and are willing to pay good
prices. 1t pays to market the finest
products finely. Our producers need to
study and initiate the French in taste
and neatness in marketing goods. In
Paris may be seen neat ingenuity dis
played in putting up all the varied prod
ucts for sale-of fruit, of vegetables, of
meats, and of poultry. For example: A
ham of veal is put into cornucopia of
perforated figured paper, decorated with
roses; leg of lamb is decorated with
fresh green mint; bunch of plucked
fowls is grouped with gold and silver
pheasants; bunch of young radishes is
tied with green ribbon, etc. Or in some
of our own neat stores and markets will
be seen similar tasteful methods, where
the cream of prices are realized for goods
no better than those offered in other
places where no pains are taken to show
them to advantage.