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E7><?  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
January  15,  191G. 
Crops  and  Farm  Notes 
There  are  very  few  cattle  raised  in 
Bucks  County.  We  have  to  depend  al¬ 
most  entirely  on  cattle  shipped  from  the 
western  part  of  our  State,  and  from  ad¬ 
joining  States.  The  price  of  cows  at  the 
present  time  ranges  from  $50  to  $110,  ac¬ 
cording  to  size,  condition  and  so  forth. 
Most  of  the  farmers  ship  their  milk  to  the 
Philadelphia  market,  realizing  at  pres¬ 
ent  time  414  cents  net  per  quart.  I  at¬ 
tend  the  Philadelphia  market,  where  we 
sell  butter  from  40  to  45  cents  per  pound, 
that  is  good  fresh  print  butter;  eggs  from 
45  to  50  cents  per  dozen  retail.  Potatoes 
are  retailing  at  .$1  per  bushel.  Apples, 
not  many  grown  here,  are  worth  from  75 
cents  to  $1  per  "'s-bu,  basket.  Roasting 
chickens,  122  to  24c.  retail;  ducks.  22  to 
24c.  Turkeys  comparatively  none  raised 
here:  they  have  been  selling  in  the  market 
for  MO  to  M5c.  Hogs,  10c.  per  pound 
dressed :  shotes  weighing  from  40  to  00 
pounds,  12c.  per  pound;  sausage,  22c.; 
scrapple,  10c.  per  pound.  Hams,  green, 
sliced,  22e.  per  pound.  H.  it.  at. 
("hal font,  I'a. 
Bran.  $20  per  ton:  middlings.  $35; 
corn  chop.  $M5 ;  pork,  7c.  per  pound,  live 
weight  ;  dressed.  9  to  10c.  Beef,  dressed, 
10c-.;  front,  12c.,  hind  quarter.  Fresh 
cows.  $00  to  $100.  Turkeys,  good  de¬ 
mand,  supply  short,  prices,  24  to  25c. 
dressed.  J.  L.  C. 
Fraukstown,  Pa. 
Dec.  18.  Milk,  wholesale,  $1.80  per 
ewt, ;  retail.  5c  a  qt.  Veal  calves  $10 
per  ewt. ;  cows  $75  to  $100.  Apples 
$2  to  $M  a  bbl. ;  potatoes  80c  a  bu. ;  hay 
$16  to  $18  a  ton;  corn  70c  for  72  lbs.; 
wheat.  $1.10  a  bu.  E.  A.  r. 
Chatham,  Pa. 
Potatoes  $1  bu.;  apples  75c;  beans 
$4.50:  eggs  40c  per  doz.  at  the  stores. 
Cattle,  new  milch  rows,  fresh.  $80  to 
$100  pel  head.  Milk  sold  by  the  butter- 
fat  test.*  Cabbage  from  $3  to  $4  per  ton 
delivered  at  car.  C.  w.  L. 
East  Hamilton,  N.  Y. 
Potatoes,  75e.  wholesale.  $1  retail ; 
butter.  .35  to  40;  cheese.  10;  eggs.  Xo.  1 
fancy,  52;  hay.  Xo.  .3  in  New  York  mar¬ 
ket.  $19.50.  Milk  testing  not  less  than  4.2 
fur  December.  $1.95  net  at  the  door,  pro¬ 
vided  producer  has  an  A  grade  barn  ;  if 
not.  10c.  less.  Live  hogs.  514  ;  dressed 
beef.  10c.  for  the  front  quarter  and  11c. 
for  the  hind  quarter.  E.  W. 
East  Otto.  X.  Y. 
Dec.  28.  Fat  cattle,  weight  1.000  to 
1.100  lbs.,  per  ewt.,  $0.50;  weight.  1.300 
to  1.500.  ewt..  $8.  Milch  cows,  $40  to 
$00:  veal  calves,  1214  to  13c.  per  lb.; 
dressed  pork.  10  to  lie.;  eight- weeks-old 
pigs.  $8  to  $10  per  pair.  Hood  work 
horses,  $150  to  $200.  Milk  delivered  to 
customers,  10c  per  quart  ;  blitter,  10c. 
lb.  Strictly  fresh  eggs.  40c.  doz.  Poultry, 
live  liens  or  Spring  chickens.  Me.  per  lb. 
Apples,  per  bu..  $1  ;  potatoes,  $1  ;  cab¬ 
bage.  one  cent  per  lb.  ;  onions.  $1  per  bn. 
Wheat.  $1  per  bu.  ;  new  ear  corn,  $1.20 
per  barrel  of  three  bushels :  oats,  45c. ; 
rye,  SOc.  Timothy  hay,  loose.  $18;  baled, 
$20.  T.  li.  s. 
Dunbar,  Ta. 
Dealers  are  offering  prices  given  below 
here.  There  has  not  been  a  carload  of 
potatoes  shipped  from  Horn  ell.  Webbs, 
Arkport.  Burns  or  the  Glen  Station.  This 
is  tlie  first  year  to  my  knowledge  that 
they  have  not  shipped  anywhere  from 
100  to  200  carloads  from  any  one  single 
station  that  I  have  named.  I  do  not 
know  of  any  one  farmer  who  has  more 
than  from  500  to  800  bushels  to  sell ; 
there  are  more  farmers  who  will  have  to 
buy  potatoes  than  those  who  have  any  to 
sell.  Dealers  are  offering  00  to  75c.  per 
bn.  for  them,  and  storing  them,  but  do  not 
think  that  they  have  received  many  at 
that  price,  most  farmers  holding  for  $1. 
Dealers  are  paying  $1  per  bu.  for, wheat, 
40e.  pier  bu.  for  oats;  butchers  pay  8e. 
lb.  for  dressed  hogs.  Beef,  dull,  as  a  lot 
has  been  put  on  the  market;  as  farmers 
have  no  potatoes  to  sell  they  have  to  sell 
their  meat,  and  go  without  it  themselves. 
I  lorn  ell,  AT.  Yr.  E.  II.  8. 
This  is  a  dairy  section  ;  farmers  do  not 
have  much  to  sell,  except  cattle,  butter. 
Cheese  and  milk.  The  following  prices 
arc  wholesale:  The  cattle  market  is  very 
dull,  not  much  market,  except  for  milk¬ 
ers.  winch  are  worth  from  $80  to  $100; 
beef  rattle,  from  $35  to  $40;  common 
stock  from  $20  to  $30.  Butter  from  34c. 
to  35c.  per  pound ;  cheese,  from  16c.  t  o 
l(>44c. ;  milk,  from  $1.60  to  $1.80  per 
hundred  pounds.  Fork,  very  dull,  from 
914c.  to  10c.  per  pound.  Poultry  in  good 
demand,  with  prices  rather  irregular, 
from  14c.  to  18c,  per  pound  live  weight. 
Eggs  are  very  scarce,  worth  from  50c.  to 
60c.  s.  p.  l. 
Frankfort.  X.  Y. 
Jan.  1.  Damp  rainy  weather;  rain, 
sleet  and  snow  and  then  more  rain  has 
been  the  weather  conditions  for  three  or 
four  weeks;  the  high  waters  lias  done 
considerable  damage  to  the, low  lands,  in¬ 
juring  wheat  and  meadows.  Fine  time 
for  stripping  tobacco,  and  most  farmers 
have  taken  advantage  of  the  weather  and 
arc  getting  their  crops  off.  The  prices 
are  not  up  to  what  they  have  been  pre¬ 
vious  rears,  ranging  from  $1  to  $6.25. 
Corn,  75c:  wheat.  $1.15;  oats,  50c.; 
lings.  6c. ;  calves,  .So. :  fowls.  10c.  :  tur¬ 
keys.  15c.;  ducks.  9c.;  geese.  8c.;  eggs. 
25c. ;  butter,  16c.  to  25c. ;  potatoes,  S0e. ; 
hay.  $10  to  $12;  clover,  $8  to  $10.  As  a 
whole,  farmers  are  in  worse  condition 
than  for  some  time,  owing  to  crop  fail¬ 
ures,  too  many  buying  feed  saifif  instead 
of  having  it  to  sell,  hut  if  there  is  any¬ 
thing  in  the  old  adage,  “A  black  Christ¬ 
mas  for  a  good  crop  year.”  we  will  cer¬ 
tainly  have  some  crops  this  coining  sea¬ 
son.  r.  s.  K. 
Warrick  Co.,  Ind. 
Dee.  31.  Cows.  live.  5^4c. ;  calves,  live. 
1014c.  ;  sheep,  live,  914c.;  pork,  dressed. 
9 ]/4 c. ;  fowls,  live,  l4e. ;  butter,  25c. ; 
eggs.  36c. ;  hay.  ton,  $22.  There  art  no 
gardening  crops  raised  in  this  vicinity  for 
family  use.  This  county  produces  con¬ 
siderable  fruit,  especially  apples,  pears, 
and  strawberries.  The  apple  crop  was  all 
sold  early  to  brokers  and  I  think  the 
price  obtained  was  about  $2.75  per  bar¬ 
rel.  F.  O.  B.  cars,  average  for  (A)  grade. 
There  are  none  held  here  now,  as  we  have 
no  storage  facilities.  S.  w.  L. 
Germantown.  X.  Y. 
Chickens,  live,  per  lb.,  15  to  18c. ; 
ducks,  live,  15  to  17c.:  geese,  live,  16  to 
48o. ;  turkeys,  live.  23  to  25c. ;  eggs,  per 
doz.,  45  to  50c.  ;  blitter.  30  to  35c.:  pork, 
dressed,  per  lb.,  8  to  10c.:  beef,  dressed, 
i  to  Sc. ;  apples,  per  bu..  50c.  to  $1.25 ; 
beets,  per  bu.,  3o  to  40c. ;  cabbage,  per 
doz..  25  to  40c. ;  potatoes,  per  bu.,  90c.  to 
$1  ;  Hubbard  squash,  per  lb.,  2  to  3c. 
Fayetteville,  X.  Y.  F.  P.  E. 
This  part  is  given  mostly  to  milk  pro¬ 
ducing.  Veal  calves,  $12  to  $14  per  ewt.; 
tresb  cows,  $75  to  $100;  bologna  cmvs, 
8'_.i  to  $35;  well-fed  cows,  $45  to  $55. 
Heavy  weight  pigs.  10c.  a  pound  in  the 
butcher  shops;  light,  12c.  Milk.  $2.10 
per  100  pounds;  apples.  $1.75  to  $2.25  a 
barrel  ;  cabbage,  3c.  a  head  :  potatoes,  85c. 
to  $1  bushel.  p  w 
Fair  Oaks,  X.  Y. 
.Tan.  Winter  set  in  December  1.  first 
break  on  January  1.  Some  corn  still  out, 
roads  better  than  formerly.  Public  sales 
last  Fall  brought  high  prices  for  live 
.stock ,  except  horses.  lousiness  picking  up 
and  conditions  better  for  future.  Farm¬ 
ers  are  through  with  Fall  work;  nianv  of 
"in-  young  men  off  to  cities;  more  than 
ever  to  agricultural  colleges.  Xot  much 
prospect  for  better  labor  conditions  on 
the  tanns  and  not  much  plowing  done  in 
laH.  Hay,  $T8-$20 ;  straw,  $8-$10; 
oats,  50c. ;  rye,  75c. ;  buckwheat,  $1.40 ; 
no  wheat  for  sale.  Dressed  hogs  l”o  ■ 
chickens,  15c. :  butter,  30c.  ;  eggs,  35c. 
1'  armors  will  resent  proposed  increase  in 
price  of  oil  and  gasolene  and  proposed 
tax  on  gas  engines.  The  blacksmiths 
have  announced  a  rise  in  prices  of  horse¬ 
shoeing  on  account  of  new  compensation 
law,  D.  E.  K. 
Ebeushurg,  Pa. 
Dec.  28.  The  following  arc  prices  ob¬ 
tained  for  Christmas  market  at  Erie,  Pa.  ■ 
Butter,  35c. ;  eggs,  50c.  ;  dressed  ducks! 
-o  and  28c.  per  lb.;  chickens,  20c.:  tur¬ 
keys.  .joc.  ;  apples,  $1  to  $1.25  per  bu.  or 
by  the  basket  40c.  to  50c.  Potatoes.  85c. 
to  90c.  per  bu.  The  above  wen*  actual 
prices  for  stuff  sold  to  consumers.  The 
grocers  in  our  local  town  arc  paying  35c. 
tor  eggs  and  26c.  for  butter.  At  a  public 
sale  yesterday  cmvs  brought  from  $.37.50 
to  $48.50;  oats.  45]/4e. ;  hay,  $9.90  per 
ton.  “  c>  j  G‘ 
Cranesvillc,  Pa. 
Dec.  28.  We  are  having  real  Winter 
weather  here  in  central  Pennsylvania  just 
now.  There  are  hundreds  of  bushels  of 
eorn  around  here  to  husk  vet,  and  almost 
one-third  of  the  fodder  yet  to  haul  in.  It 
has  rained  and  snowed  and  sleeted  to¬ 
gether,  so  everything  is  icy.  Help  is 
Very  scarce  around  hero.  v  n  it 
Mexico,  Pa. 
ITay  from  60  to  S5c.  per  100  lbs.,  at 
ha.v  presses  at  Perkasie  or  Dovlesfown, 
six  miles  from  here.  Wheat,  $1.10  to  $1.12 
per  bu.,  the  same  places;  rvo,  95c.  to  $1. 
Horn  brings  at  the  sales  $17-$18.50  per 
tun  on  cob.  Potatoes.  75c.  per  bu,  I  sold 
some  potatoes,  Xo,  2  size  at  a  sale,  re¬ 
ceived  58c.  per  bu. ;  also  apples  at  50c. 
per  bn.  From  storekeepers  J  received 
to  to  80c.  for  X’o.  1  apples.  Eggs.  42c. 
duz.  paid  by  commission  men  who  collect 
them  at  the  farms.  Butter  at  our  co¬ 
operative  j-reamer.v.  40c.  per  pound.  We 
received  50c.  for  butterfat  for  the  two 
weeks  in  December.  Gabbage,  3— ic.  per 
head.,  llogs,  10c.  per  pound  dressed,  but 
bed  is  very  high  and  I  cannot  see  where 
is  our  pa.v  for  the  work  we  have  to  do. 
AA  e  must  buy  lots  of  feed  this  year,  as  w« 
hare  only  a  half  crop  of  corn.  A  storm 
ruined  it.  and  some  farmers  lost  75  per 
cent.  <d  oats  also.  The  potato  crop  was 
only  pne-half  and  I  dug  only  a  little  ovm* 
100  bushels  from  the  same  field,  where 
three  years  ago  I  got  over  700  bushels, 
and  used  more  fertilizer,  better  seed  and 
sprayed  more,  so  I  lost:  money  on  corn 
and  potatoes.  Farm  help  very  scarce; 
farmers’  boys  and  farm  hands  all  g<>  to 
Bethlehem  and  work  at  steel  works;  they 
make  from  $3.50  to  $5  per  day.  a.  r. 
Dublin,  Pa. 
Coming  Farmers’  Meetings 
Peninsular  Horticultural  Society,  Eas¬ 
ton.  Md..  Jan.  11-14. 
Chenango  Valley  Poultry  and  Pet 
Stock  Association,  annual  show,  Oxford, 
X.  Y..  Jan.  11-14. 
Boston  Poultry  Show,  Boston,  Mass., 
Jan.  11-15. 
DEMING 
Virginia  State  Horticultural  Society, 
twentieth  annual  meeting  and  fruit  ex¬ 
hibit,  Charlottesville,  Ya.,  Jan.  12-13. 
Ayrshire  Breeders’  Association,  annual 
meeting.  Hotel  Adelphia,  Philadelphia, 
Pa.,  Jan.  13. 
Xew  York  State  Agricultural  Society, 
annual  convention,  Albany,  X.  Y.,  Jan. 
18-19. 
Pennsylvnaia  Horticultural  Associa¬ 
tion,  Reading,  Pa.,  Jan.  18-20. 
Pennsylvania  Vegetable  Growers’  Asso¬ 
ciation.  Reading,  Pa.,  Jan.  18-20. 
Vermont  State  Poultry  Association  an¬ 
nual  show,  St,  Albans.  Vt.,  Jan.  18-21. 
Steuben  Alleghany  Poultry  Show  Ilor- 
nell,  X.  Y.,  Jan.  17-21. 
Xew  York  State  Agricultural  Society, 
Albany,  .Tan,  19. 
Xew  York  State  Association  of  County 
Agricultural  Societies,  Albany,  A*.  Y., 
Jan.  20. 
Xational  Western  Stock  Show,  Den¬ 
ver,  Colo.,  Jan.  17-22. 
Amherst  Poultry  Association  second 
annual  show.  Amherst,  Mass.,  Jan.  18- 
19. 
Montana  State  Horticultural  Society, 
annual  meeting  and  apple  show.  Hill¬ 
ings,  Mont.,  Jan.  20-22. 
First  annual  farmers’  week.  Delhi 
Agricultural  School,  Delhi,  X.  Y..  Jan. 
Acid  Soils 
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Greater  Newark  Poultry  and  Pigeon 
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National  Poland-China  Record  Asso¬ 
ciation,  Dayton.  O.,  Jan.  26. 
Pennsylvania  State  Board  of  Agricul¬ 
ture,  Harrisburg,  Jan.  26. 
Western  X.  Y.  Horticultural  Society, 
Rochester,  ,Tan.  26-28. 
X.  Y.  Stale  Tobacco  Growers’  Associa¬ 
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Connecticut  Bornological  Society  and 
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3-4.^ 
Farmers’  Week,  Ohio  State  University, 
Columbus,  ()..  .Tan.  31-Feb.  1-4. 
Ohio  State  Dairymen's  Association  an¬ 
nual  meeting.  Ohio  State  University 
Campus,  Columbus.  Feb.  2-4. 
Ohio  State  Coin  Show.  Ohio  State 
University  Campus,  Columbus,  Jan.  .33- 
Ueb.  3-4. 
Ohio  State  Vegetable  Growers’  Asso¬ 
ciation.  Ohio  State  University,  Colum¬ 
bus,  Feb.  3. 
State  Round-Up  Farmers’  Institute 
Workers,  <  >hio  State  University,  Colum¬ 
bus,  O.,  Feb.  1. 
Now  Jersey  State  Board  of  Agricul¬ 
ture.  Trenton,  Feb.  2-4. 
Farmers’  Week.  X’.  Y.  College  of  Agri¬ 
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Xew  York  Vegetable  Growers’  Asso¬ 
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Farmers’  Week.  State  School  of  Agri- 
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llolsteiii-Friesian  Club  of  Xew  York 
State,  Syracuse.  N.  Y..  March  1. 
National  Feeders’  and  Breeders'  Show, 
Fort  Worth,  Tex.,  March  11-17. 
American  Jersey  Cattle  Club,  annual 
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Holstein-Friesian  Association  of  Amer¬ 
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American  Association  of  Nursery  men. 
Milwaukee,  AVis.,  June  28-30. 
International  Apple  Shippers’- Associa¬ 
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that  repair  cost  is  small;  that  it  does  all  claimed  for  it. 
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Drill  for  Every  Need 
Investigate  the  merits  of  the  Farmers’  Favorite  Plowfur  Single  Disc; 
opens  an  extra  wide  seed  furrow;  scatters  the  seed  evenly  the  entire  width ; 
more  plants  to  the  row ;  less  waste  space  between  rows ;  a  better  stand  and 
fewer  weeds. 
v  :>%  ^  Send  for  the  Farmers’  Favorite 
(Tk  Catalogue.  Bead  it  and  then  go  to 
your  local  implement  dealer  and  in- 
'  on  seeing  the  Farmers’  Favor- 
'j-f *  )  :jtji  ite  Drill.  Remember  that  this  drill 
•T!  y  3X1%'  ,  y%.  \  is  sold  under  the  strongest  possible  war- 
#*• P-'  j&wms  ranty  and  must  be  and  doALL  we  claim. 
The  American  Seeding-Machine  Co.,  Inc. 
