Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1916 — Feeding Milk to Pigs Rather Than Sell It to Chicago Distributors. [ARTICLE]

Feeding Milk to Pigs Rather Than Sell It to Chicago Distributors.

Aurora, 111., April 2. —Dairymen of Kane, McHenry and Will 'counties are feeding more than half a million quarts of milk a day to the pigs on their farms since the strike of the milk producers was declared. George H. Keller of Batavia, secretary of the Kane County Milk Producers’ association, said today the cream is being separated from the milk and shipped to Chicago, and rather than sell the milk at the price offered by the various milk distributors the dairymen are feeding it to the swine. “A milk shortage will be felt in Chicago about Tuesday or Wednesday,’’ Secretary Keller said today. “The distributors have a surplus on hand which is keeping the city supplied, but in another day it will be used up. At the present time less than half the u.sual amount is being shipped into Chicago from this district. I expect the sti.ke to last at least a week,” At the Kee & Chappel plant in Batavia only 4,000 pounds of milk was delivered today. The usual daily delivery is 25,000. There was no trouble at the distributing plants in this territory today.