Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-07
An Abundant Rain Means Late
Growth of Pasturage.
WOULD INCREASE SUPPLY
Second Carload of Milk From New
York State Arrives.
PRODUCERS ENTER A PLANT
Declare They Are Still Receiving
Only the Summer Price of Four
teen Cents Gallon.

Local milk dealers hope that the pres
affect large enough area to relieve the
shortage of milk from Maryland and Vir-
ginia farms now felt in Washington.
The drought that has held this section
of the country for more than a month
has parched the pastures until the farm
ers have been compelled to resort to a
mfdwinter course Of hay and grain diet
for their stock q course that has been
responsible for decrease Of 20 per cent
In the milk supply on many dairy farms.
Refreshed pasturage and new herbage.
which is expected to result from the rains
now promised by the weather bureau,
would have substantial effect on the
milk shortage and. possibly, pyeclude the
threatened raise in the retail price on
milk in Washington.
Milk From New York.
Receipts of milk from nearby source.
this morning fell far below normal. TIC
relieve the situation the dealers a day or
two ago ordered a second car Of milk
from CoOperstown, n. Y. The car reach
ed Washington this morning and was ai
once put on the market The car con-
tained go ten-gallon cans. consigned to
various local dealers. Until the receipts
from local sources increase carloads of
milk from New York will be brought here
two or three times each week.
The recent order Of the District health
Office applying the tuberculin test to
into the District has stirred up the pro.
is some talk Of cOntesting in the courts
the authority of the health Office to order
tests of cattle outside the District The
officials at the health Office say that the
authority of that Office to examine cows
in order to protect the public health I'm
the District is undOubted, and the regu-
lation will be carried out. The dairymen
who refuse to allow the test to be applied
to their cows will not be allowed to ship
milk into the District The dairymen
have taken no concerted action in the
matter, but will probably do so later.
Selling at Sumner Prices.
It is asserted by milk producers in
Virginia in the vicinity Of Alexandria
that they are not as yet being paid the
winter rate of % cents per gallon for
milk delivered to the dealers here and
that ting sSdfnmer rate Of IA cents per
SdlIOu IS Stll1 IN 0HcCt. Inc milk
producers some time ago held a meet
ing and fixed upon the 22-cent rate to be-
gin October l. The dealers, 1t Is as
serted. have refused to pay this price
as yet. The producers have the milk
on their hands, and cannot afford to
throw it away. They are still shipping
1T here at the summer rate.
The attention of several dealers in
milk was called to this statement this
morning, and all denied it's correctness
Hearing to Be Held.
The District Commissioners are to take
a hand In the milk question. This was
determined late yesterday afternoon
when an agreement was reached by
which the milk dealers will be given q
hearing as soon as the Commissioners
finish work on the annual estimates. This
will be about October 20.
According to the statements of the
local dairymen their trade lis already
suffering because Of a shortage of milk,
and this condition is being still further
aggravated by the recent order Of Health
Officer Woodward that all cows, even on
farms outside of the District, must tbe
subjected to the tuberculin test before
their milk may be utilized for consump-
tion in Washington.