1891 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. 
Butler County, Iowa. —We are having 
the nicest winter I have ever seen. Tame 
hay is worth $6 per ton; corn, 38 cents per 
bushel; oats, 40 cents; hogs, $3 per 100 
pounds; potatoes, 80 cents and §1 per 
bushel. w. h. B. 
Polk County, N. C.—Very spring-like. 
Frogs croaking ; daffodils in bloom ; roses 
growing; a large orange-colored butterfly 
seen to day; thermometer, 76 degrees; 
much mud from recent continuous rains. 
Yet the slate colored snow-birds linger. 
E. s. w. 
Chautauqua County, N. Y. — The 
weather continues rainy and unsettled. 
We are having very little cold weather, 
and it seems quite spring-like. A number 
of farmers have tapped their sugar bushes. 
There is some debating among the 
farmers here in regard to the sugar bounty 
and free sugar and its effects on the price 
of maple sugar. Now would be a good 
time to discuss this subject in The Rural. 
Prices of nearly all kinds of farm produce 
are advancing. Potatoes are selling at $1 
to $1.10 per bushel; butter, 24 cents to 26 
cents per pound; apples, $4 to $5 per bar¬ 
rel ; eggs, 18 cents per dozen ; wheat, $1 
per bushel. 
Greenwood County, Kan.— We had a 
hard row to hoe last summer. Not feed 
enough in this county. Corn was a failure 
with nearly every one; some got five bush¬ 
els per acre, some less, Hay is worth $2 to 
$4 per ton ; corn, 40 to 50 cents per bushel; 
potatoes, 90 cents to $1: butter, 11 cents per 
pound; eggs, 8 cents per dozen. In summer 
we only get 5 or 6 cents for butter. Chick¬ 
ens are easily raised, but we get only $1.75 
to $2 50 per dozen for them. Hogs, 3 cents 
per pound at present. Many have died of 
cholera; some lost all they had. Mine got 
sick last summer, and I cured them with 
copperas, sulphur and saltpeter. Cattle 
are plentiful. This is a fine grazing county, 
and plenty of water to back it. About 
75,000 head of cattle were shipped into this 
county last summer; most of them are 
here yet. H. c. 
Anderson County, Kan.— We had a 
very nice winter for outdoor work up to the 
17th of last month. A good deal of plow¬ 
ing 1ms been done, and other preparations 
have been made for spring seeding. Cattle 
have used less feed this winter than for 
many previous winters, many being fed 
but little roughness till Christmas. On 
February 17 about four inches of snow fell 
and on the 18th rain made a thick crust. 
Soon afterwards it became warm and the 
snow soon disappeared. Wheat looks well 
and a larger breadth has been sown than 
usual. Feed is holding out well, and 
should we have an early spring, cattle will 
go on the grass in good condition. A good 
many hogs are dying with the cholera and 
healthy hogs are being shipped as soon as 
they are fat enough to sell. Hogs are 
worth $3 per 100 pounds; wheat, 90 cents 
per bushel; corn, 45 cents; oats, 40 cents; 
potatoes, 80 to 90 cents and apples $1 to 
$1.25. SCOTT ELLIOT. 
Wisconsin Farmers’ Institutes.— The 
success of Wisconsin’s farmers’ institutes 
has been phenomenal. The work has been 
praised by the agricultural press, has been 
copied and its lecturers been sought after 
by various State associations. It has been 
the means of placing the State in the front 
ranks of advanced agriculture. The results 
and benefits to the farmers of the State 
have been even greater than they compre¬ 
hend. It has given them an opportunity 
to compare their methods with those of the 
people who have made the greatest pro¬ 
gress; has enabled them to test their 
ability with that of those who have had 
greater advantages; has made them proud 
of their occupation, and has done much to 
obliterate superstitious prejudices against 
book-farming, or any knowledge gained 
through the experience of others by study, 
reading, discussion and observation—and 
what is knowledge of any kind but accu¬ 
mulated experience ? While practical ex¬ 
perience is necessary to make the best use 
of knowledge in agriculture, the same is 
true of any other occupation. 
In the farming of the future I see no 
place for the slipshod, go-as-you-please 
farmer; it will be only the best acres, the 
best live stock and the best product of any 
kind on which we can depend for a profit. 
We need not fear glutting the markets 
with the best of any crop that is worth 
growing. In farming as in every other 
calling, there is always room at the top 
While diversified farming will prove the 
safest for the general farmer, I believe the 
only chance for great success is by choosing 
such special crops as best suit one’s soil, 
location and individual taste: then he 
should use the best efforts of which he is 
capable through the knowledge he has or 
may acquire, and I know of no better op¬ 
portunity of acquiring knowledge than is 
given us in this institute work. 
DELBERT UTTER. 
Kent County, Del.— Since the first of 
January we have had rather open weather 
with an occasional cold snap and a great 
amount of wet weather: we had all our 
snow and ice before Christmas. The roads 
have been heavy and but little hauling has 
been done. A great amount of farm work 
has been performed and all our thrifty 
farmers are in good shape for spring; some 
have plowed, but most of us have confined 
our work to getting up a supply of wood, 
trimming orchards, hauling manure, clean¬ 
ing up about the farm, etc. Wheat looks 
fine; grass is starting, but the peach buds 
are far too much advanced to make the crop 
one of any certainty. The weather is very 
spring-like at present: every pond or place 
where water is to be found resounds with 
the croaking of the frogs. The grippe has 
been prevalent; some have died, but the 
general health has been good. Stock is 
wintering well. The price of produce has 
been fair : potatoes scarce ; hay pleutiful; 
public sales of farm stock have been numer¬ 
ous and the prices obtained on a credit of 
9 to 12 months have been satisfactory. 
Corn 50 cents, wheat 94 cents, hay $9 to 
$10; hundreds of tons of poultry have been 
put up since last fall: chickens 10 cents ; 
eggs 16 cents; butter 15 to 20 cents; pota¬ 
toes $1.25. Not much money in circula 
tion. A. G. s. 
Genesee County, N. Y. — As usual 
when there is no snow, this weather is 
beginning to make wheat look bad. Pota¬ 
toes are being held for a dollar, but as 
Canada was acommodatingenough to send 
us 200,000 bushels a few days ago, we will 
for a while eat potatoes which have paid a 
heavy duty and let the farmers take less 
for theirs, after holding them all the win¬ 
ter. The time to sell is when we can get a 
good price and the buyers want to buy, 
not when there is no longer a demand. 
With over 20,000,000 bushels of corn in the 
elevators at Buffalo, what is the cause of 
meal being so high ? I hear a number ask. 
The elevator people bought this, I under¬ 
stand, at 30 cents or about that, and will 
make a big profit on it as it is now worth 65 
cents. What is the trouble ? Why can’t 
the Farmers’ Alliance hold the corn be¬ 
longing to its members and make a few 
millions on it ? It would pay as well as 
farming does at present. Having asked a 
number of farmers what their main crops 
will be next season, they reply, potatoes 
and beaus. Those who get a crop of beans 
on the market early next year stand a good 
chance to get a round price. I have not 
heard any one say their hens were laying 
any more eggs on account of the tariff. 
Eggs are low In comparison with the usual 
prices. Butter is about the same as last 
fall, 13 to 20 cents. Some farmers kept 
their hogs for better prices; but prices have 
not improved any. Hay is dull and slow of 
sale. c. F. 
Outagamie County, Wis.— The season of 
1890 was favorable for raising most crops 
in this county and vicinity. Winter wheat 
was a big crop, yielding as high as 30 to 36 
bushels per acre; the average yield must 
have been 24 bushels per acre. As much 
spring wheat as usual was not sown. Hay 
was a large crop and secured in good con 
dition ; oats about an average, and corn 
more; barley and peas good; potatoes half 
rotten, but the half crop will bring more 
money than a full crop in other years. 
Berries, currants and grapes were'full crops 
and yielded a fair income to those who had 
them. Apples, ditto. We get satisfactory 
prices for all kinds of farm produce except 
pork and beef. Farmers in this part of 
Wisconsin have no reason to complain of 
hard times or low prices. We have no 
Farmers’ Alliance and need none. All 
we ask of the government are equal 
and just laws for all men. Let us have a 
little more “self-reliance” and “paddle 
our own canoe.” More than the usual 
acreage of fall wheat was sown last fall; 
so far the season has been favorable for it. 
Our winter has been mild, with just a light 
covering of snow—not enough for sleighing 
but enough to cover the wheat. I like the 
Rural New-Yorker No. 2 Potato. Last 
spring I planted the seed raised from the 
single tuber I got the previous year. My 
crop this last season was about five bush¬ 
els of large, smooth, fine tubers. I lost 
about one-half by rot; the rest I shall 
plant next spring. y. 
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