Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-31
Milk Producers Meet.
Local Shippers Turn Out In
Big Numbers.

'In Union there is Strength, and the
strength of the MARYLAND Milk Producers
Association is alarming great if all local
associations attend meetings as the men,
bers of the Thurmont Association did on
Monday evening of this week when
meeting was held in the High School
Building.
Mr.. David G. Zentz, president of the
local organization, announced last week
that meeting would be held, and that
Mr.. D. G. Harry, President of the Milk
Producers Association of Maryland, and
Mr.. |. W. Heaps, Secretary and General
Manager, would be present to address
the milk men.
Sixtyfive shippers were present and
listened attentively to what Mr.. Harry
had to say regarding the organization of
the milk kmen, the difficulty encountered
in obtaining recognition by the Baltimore
City dealers, and the much hard work yet
to be done to show the people generally
what it costs the farmer to produce milk
and to educate the public to use more
milk-the cheapest food product on the
market considering it's food value.
Mr.. Harry also told of the difficulties
shippers experienced in havin5 their milk
cans returned. He told of an instance
where dealer in Baltimore had the yard
in the rear of his premises piled full Of
milk cans, and how he was ordered to get
them to their proper place. A milk can
at present costs about 81 and the loss of
several soon cuts deep into the profits of
the farmer. He says that the railroad
officials have started to investigate the
loss of cans and have promised to do all
they can to reduce the loss to minimum.
Through the efforts of the officers of
the Associatio prices for milk will be so
regulated that every shipper will get
paid according to the per cent. of butter
fat his milk tests, the tests to be made
by firm that speciaizes in such work.
1t is hoped this will be the means of the
doing away with mixed herds of cattle on
the farm. Some cows give large guam
tity of milk and lack butter fat while
others produce less milk but greater
per cent of butter fat.
The matter of feeds was discussed by
both gentlemen, Mr.. Heaps especially
showing by diagrams and figures what
was best to feed at certain periods of the
year and urged the Importance of feeding
the COW during short pasture period in
order to keep her milk production nor
NAL.
Feeds of all kinds are high in price at
present, the latest quotation on cotton
seed meal being $98. 90 per ton, and the
supply very limited Other dairy feeds
are high in proportion, and it is the high
price of feed and labor that forces the
milk producers to advance the price of
this article.
1t was stated that more than two
thousand permits have been issued farm
ers to ship milk to Baltimore city, and
of this number 1900 now are members of
the Milk Producers Association. Several
farmers became members of the associa-
tion before the close of the meeting
Monday evening, and according to Mr..
Zentz, almost every shipper in this com
munity and points east on the Western
MARYLAND has affiliated with the organ
ization.
Mr.. P. A. Hauver, county agent, was
present and made few remarks in be-
half of the producers and organization.
A point emphasized was that the farm
er should get all the water into the cow
she desired and let her put the water in
the milk and not put water in the milk
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