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cream, milk and batter prices at win
Another is the continued dearth of
, suitable farm help. The weu-known
lure of the city for The young men
huskies, while not so powerful as be-
fore the war, exists today, and hired
help demand $50 to $50 per month and
have their bags always packed
Caledonia county farmers have
taken the Initiative in a well-conceiy-
cd nan to. ge more money for their
product, and likewise make it possible
for consumers to purchase cream and
butter at greatly lowered prices in
big city markets.
George 7. Ruggles, admittedly one
Of the best informed dairymcn in this
sec ion and proprietor of one of the
largest dairy farms had this TO say
today: I have wcnderinl dairy
farm here on Pudding Hill feed 40
head of milch COWS, including many
high-grade Jerseys and Holsteins. My
butter and cream may be seen on
the tables of big Boston hotels, in
Guiding the Hotel Touraine. must
have help, more help than ever his
year. ] will add many head to my
herd il conditions warrant this
spring. But il ! can't set sufficient
help, especially in haying season, I'll
sell all ny cows, or perhaps keep just
e few.
Now as regards that much-moot
ed question of markets and The mar
gin between what we get ard what
the consumer pays There is q condi
ton which should Immediately be
adjusted if the farmer is to go on, if
high costs must come down.
MIX up here in ihiB country sells
for nino and quarter cents per
quart and understand that in Bos.
ton good milk brings the retailers 10
Gems a quart. The margin on butter
is proportionately the sans.
Farmers OF ST. Johnsbury Center.
Danville North Danyllle Concord
Waterford and other nearby towns
and villages hadl their milk to the
creamery down the valley. Their
monthly creamery checks range from
$50 to $500
( Now these farmers are about 20
take over the creamery with It's cost
" buildings and apparatus. They will
attempt to operate the creamery on
cooperative basis and | sincerely
hcpe thIt DO h the farmers and the ul
innate consumers in Boston and 9th
er New England cities may benefit
You don't see or hear OF any New
England farmermiilionaires or pluto
Gratis. Yet down in Boston The big
retail concerns are ms itatiops Of
power and wealth.
Yes, to he sure, We farmeys-not
all-own our own automobiles and
are equipped with the latest farm de
vices. In these days without ih~m We
are lost Save labor! save abort is
our cry. or we viii soon. be driven out
of our loved hills and valleys.
Some relief for he farmer who
produces besides dairy stuffs grain
and perishable produce might come
with the establishment, say Of farm
er5' exchange in the city market
places, where retailers might come
and buy to exclusion Of the johber
and middleman and to The mutual
benef of the producer and enc sell
ing agent the grocer or peddlor," Rug
giles declared.
We are not pessimists about the
future rather are we extremely op
timistic, for we are sure that the time
is near when the men OF the city
viii join hands with us will sustain
lis in our effots 10 right things. We
are not radicals nor apostles of the
death to capital class he added
'T. f. Brewer. an 'old-timer' said
Feeds pretty durn high. Cos's me
SS.49 a hundred pounds, ana ! feed
about &c pounds day, and mines
on'y a small herd of cattle Cot Q big
place here, huff ia carry many more
head. Too oil now, though l am