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New  York  State  N^ws 
Chautauqua  Fruit  Growers. — The 
annual  meeting  of  the  Chautauqua  aud 
Lake  Erie  Fruit  Growers’  Association  is 
scheduled  for  Jan.  ’-’2  at  IJroekton.  At 
this  meeting  there  will  be  an  address  by 
Dr.  W,  H.  Jordan  of  the  State  Experi¬ 
ment  Station  on  Conditions  Essential  to 
Agricultural  Success.  The  chairman  of 
the  markets  and  marketing  committee 
will  give  a  statistical  report  on  flip  quan¬ 
tity  of  the  grape  product  the  past  year, 
tlm  tonnage  devoted  to  wine  and  grape 
juice,  prices  received,  etc.  In  view  of 
the  fact  that  the  past  season  has  been 
one  of  the  worst  in  many  years  as  to 
marketing  currants,  gooseberries,  cher¬ 
ries.  etc.,  the  paper  of  I.  A.  Wilcox  of 
Portland  on  the  small  fruit  situation 
promises  much  of  interest. 
Holstein  Breeders  at  Randolph. - 
The  annual  meeting  of  the  Holstein 
Breeders’  Association  of  Southwestern 
New  York  was  hold  at  Randolph  Jan,  K. 
All  the  old  officers  except  Chns.  1),  Os¬ 
trander  of  Gerry,  were  re-elected,  he  be¬ 
ing  the  new  third  vice-president.  James 
Phelan,  of  Forrestville,  is  president,  and 
R.  H.  Taylor,  of  Randolph,  recording  sec¬ 
retary.  An  amendment  to  the  constitu¬ 
tion  adopted  at  this  meeting  permits  any 
member  to  name  one  of  the  vice-presi¬ 
dents  as  his  proxy  at  any  meeting.  Ad¬ 
dresses  were  made  by  Mr.  Phelan  and  II. 
E.  Babcock,  of  Ithaca.  The  meeting  was 
well  attended. 
Onondaga  Farm  Bureau. — One  of 
the  most  efficient  farm  bureau  organiza¬ 
tions  of  the  State  is  that,  of  Onondaga 
County  which  now  has  a  membership  of 
450,  E.  A.  Powell  was  elected  president 
at  tie  recent,  annual  meeting.  Stanley 
A.  Martin  is  manager  of  the  bureau.  The 
Alfalfa  growers’  association  is  an  efficient 
auxiliary  organization.  Last  year  it 
shipped  820  tons  of  Alfalfa  which  at  an 
average  price  for  nil  grades  of  $18.12 
per  ton  made  gross  sales  amount  to  $14.- 
850,25.  There  are  520  stockholders  in 
this  association  which  controls  the  ten 
pressing  gangs. 
State  Forestry  Association. — This 
organization  will  hold  its  annual  meet¬ 
ing  on  Jan.  21  in  Syracuse.  Among  the 
speakers  are  Prof.  A.  E.  Recknagall,  of 
Cornell;  Prof.  E.  L.  McCarlton,  of  the 
Stare  Ranger  School ;  \Y.  S.  Carpenter, 
of  the  conservation  commission  ;  Bristow 
Adams,  of  Cornell;  (’.  R.  Pettis,  super¬ 
intendent  of  the  State  forests ;  Dr.  II.  P. 
Baker,  of  the  State  forestry  college;  ,T. 
R.  Burnham,  of  the  State  game,  fish  and 
forest  league. 
Forestry  College  Wants  $245,500. 
— Action  will  be  taken  by  tin*  present 
Legislature  on  a  proposed  appropriation 
<d'  $245,504  for  the  State  college  of  for¬ 
estry,  This  is  approximately  $100,000 
more  than  was  granted  the  institution 
last  year.  The  largest  single  item  in  the 
budget  is  $78,420  for  salaries. 
State  Grange  Purchasing  Agency. 
-  -The  Granges  of  the  State  have  in  their 
Siate  Grange  Purchasing  Agency  a 
money  -saving  institution.  A  large  mint- 
biT  of  Granges  are  affiliated  with  this 
agency  and  one  of  them  has  purchased 
tin-  past  year  farm  supplies  amounting 
to  $75,000.  There  are  several  whose  pur¬ 
chases  range  from  $20,000  to  $50,000  and 
a  still  larger  number  whose  dealings  fig¬ 
ure  between  $5,000  and  $10,000.  The. 
agency  has  handled  the  past  year  over 
10.000  tons  of  fertilizers,  about  0,000  tuns 
of  feed,  about  4,500  barrels  of  Hour.  1 75,- 
085  pounds  of  seeds,  1,825  tons  of  coal, 
450  tons  of  lime  and  other  large  quanti¬ 
ties  of  things  needed  on  the  farm. 
J.  w.  D. 
Another  Egg-laying  Contest 
The  "Independent  Agricultural  School” 
uf  Essex  Go,,  Mass.,  has  starred  an  egg- 
laying  contest  opeu  only  to  citizens  of 
Essex  County.  The  hoys  at  the  school 
have  built  the  houses,  made  the  trap- 
nests.  drinking  stands,  etc.,  and  Dec.  1st 
the  contest  began  with  20  pens  of  10 
birds  each.  Thirteen  towns  are  repre¬ 
sented  in  the  contest.  Dr.  N.  W.  Sun¬ 
burn,  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Stale 
Poultry  Association,  inspected  the  birds, 
classifying  them,  A,  B,  G,  D.  according 
to  quality.  He  was  surprised  at  the 
quality  of  the  birds,  not  a  "D”  bird 
was  found,  and  but  one  “0.”  F.  A. 
Smith  is  the  director.  Mr.  Carver  is  the 
poultry  instructor  and  Mr.  Graves  of 
Storrs  College  will  have  charge  of  the 
contest,  which  is  to  run  for  one  year. 
There  are  five  pens  of  R.  I.  Reds,  one 
pen  of  White  Favorolles,  four  pens  of 
White  Leghorns,  five  pens  of  White  P. 
1  locks,  two  pens  of  Barred  Rocks,  and 
throe  pens  of  White  Wyandottes.  Up  to 
Dee.  21,  three  weeks,  a  pen  of  R.  I.  Reds 
from  Beverly  had  laid  94,  and  a  pen  of 
same  breed  from  Danvers  had  laid  93. 
A  pen  of  Leghorns  from  Lynn  was  third 
with  a  score  of  71  ;  847  eggs  had  been 
laid  in  the  three  weeks  by  the  200  birds. 
The  enterprise  of  this  school  in  start¬ 
ing  a  contest  of  this  kind  to  be  carried 
ini  fur  the  entire  year,  is  worthy  of  note. 
The  students  will  have  a  chnuee  to  com* 
pare  breeds,  learn  how  to  feed  properly 
and  to  keep  records,  not  front  books,  but 
by  actually  doing  the  work,  or  seeing  it 
done.  c.  a.  c. 
Buffalo  Markets 
Butter  has  dropped  off,  but  potatoes 
are  higher.  Butter  prices  are  very  un¬ 
steady.  Best  creamery  is  not  quoted 
above  35  cents,  but  grocers  are  still  ask¬ 
ing  as  high  as  42  cents,  with  country 
merchants  offering  28  to  35  cents.  Farm¬ 
ers  are  now  getting  70  cents  for  potatoes 
and  the  price  to  retailers  in  the  city  is 
$1.20.  New  Bermudas  are  $0  to  $8  per 
bbl.  wholesale,  and  Jersey  sweets  are 
$1.20  per  hamper. 
Apples  are  in  only  fair  supply  and 
bring  from  $1  a  bushel  for  seconds, 
greenings,  to  $4.50  for  best  reds.  The 
Western  apple  supply  is  fair,  but  this 
fruit  is  not  sold  to  consumers  much  here, 
except  in  small  measures  at  about  12 
cents  a  dozen.  The  quality  of  apples  jp 
better  than  it  used  to  he.  probably  on  ac- 
count  of  Western  competition.  The 
State  packing  law  is  also  said  to  have 
had  the  same  effect.  Vegetables  are  firm 
and  not  very  plenty  except  celery  and 
Brussels  sprouts.  There  is  California  cel¬ 
ery  here  at  $5  per  crate,  with  home-grown 
at  40  to  75  cents  per  bunch.  Brussels 
grouts  still  retail  at  15  cents  a  quart. 
Green  beans  are  $4.50  to  $5.50  per  ham¬ 
per.  cabbage  75  cents  per  bbl. ;  lettuce 
$1.50  to  $2.50  per  hamper;  squash  $1.50 
ro  $2  per  bbl. ;  yellow  turnips  90  cents 
per  bbl.;  hothouse  cucumbers  $1  per  doz¬ 
en  ;  tomatoes  $4  per  carrier. 
Cranberries  wholesale  at  $7  to  $9  per 
bbl,  and  sell  to  consumers  at  12  cents 
per  quart  for  fancy.  California  grapes 
are  plenty,  but  good  bunches  are  retailing 
at  20  cents  a  pound.  Malagas  wholesale 
at  $5  to  $9  per  keg.  Beaus  continue  as 
the  highest  farm  crop,  farmers  getting 
$4.75  for  red  kidneys  and  $3.50  for  me¬ 
dium.  <  luions  are  $1.75  wholesale  for 
fancy  yellow  and  $1.50  for  small  crate 
Spanish.  Poultry  is  active  and  firm  at 
25  to  20  cents  for  fancy  dressed  turkey, 
17  cents  for  fancy  fowl,  18  to  19  cents 
for  fancy  chicken,  20  cents  for  duck  and 
17  emits  for  geese.  Live  poultry  is  about 
2  or  3  cents  lower  than  dressed.  Eggs 
are  steady  at  40  cents  for  fancy  white, 
with  most  sales  at  30  cents  to  consumers 
of  best  storage,  j.  w.  c. 
Coming  Farmers’  Meetings 
Chautauqua  and  Lake  Erie  Fruit 
Growers'  Association,  annual  meeting, 
Brocton,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  22. 
Montana  State  Horticultural  Society, 
annual  meeting  and  apple  show,  Bill¬ 
ings.  Mont.,  Jan.  20-22. 
First  annual  farmers’  week,  Delhi 
Agricultural  School,  Delhi,  X.  Y.,  .Inn, 
24-27. 
Annual  Convention  Tennessee  State 
Floral  Association,  Nashville,  Jan.  24; 
Tenn.  State  Fruit  Growers’  Asso¬ 
ciation  Jan.  25;  State  Nurserymen’s  As¬ 
sociation  Jan.  20;  State  Beekeepers’  As¬ 
sociation  Jan.  27. 
Madison  •Chenango  Counties  Holstein- 
Fricsian  Club,  Slate  School  of  Agricul¬ 
ture,  Morrisville,  N.  Y..  .Tan,  27. 
Greater  Newark  Poultry  and  Pigeon 
Association,  annual  show.  Coliseum, 
Newark,  N.  J.,  Jan.  24-29. 
Connecticut  Dairymen’s  Association 
annual  meeting,  Unity  Hall,  Hartford, 
Conn.,  Jan.  25-27. 
National  Poland-China  Record  Asso¬ 
ciation.  Dayton,  O.,  Jan.  26. 
Pennsylvania  State  Board  of  Agricul¬ 
ture.  Harrisburg.  Jan.  20. 
Western  N.  Y.  Horticultural  Society, 
Rochester,  .Tau.  20-28. 
N.  Y.  State  Tobacco  Growers’  Associa¬ 
tion,  BaldwinRville,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  29. 
Connecticut  Bornological  Society  and 
Connecticut  Vegetable  Growers’  Assm-ia- 
tion,  Hartford.  Conn.,  Feb.  1-3. 
N.  Y.  State  Grange,  Jamestown.  Feb. 
1-4. 
Farmers’  Week,  Ohio  State  University, 
Columbus,  O.,  Jan.  31-Fob.  1-4. 
Ohio  State  Dairymen’s  Association  an¬ 
imal  meeting,  Ohio  State  University 
Campus,  Columbus,  Feb.  2-4. 
Ohio  State  Corn  Show,  Ohio  State 
University  Campus,  Columbus,  Jan.  31- 
Feb.  1-4. 
Ohio  State  Vegetable  Growers'  Asso¬ 
ciation  Ohio  State  University,  Colum¬ 
bus,  Feb.  3. 
State  Round-Up  Farmers'  Institute 
Workers.  Ohio  State  University,  Colum¬ 
bus,  O.,  Feb.  1. 
New  Jersey  State  Board  of  Agricul¬ 
ture,  Trenton.  Feb.  2-4. 
Fanners*  Week,  N.  Y.  College  of  Agri¬ 
culture,  Ithaca,  Feb.  7-12. 
New  York  Vegetable  Growers’  Asso¬ 
ciation,  Ithaca,  N.  Y„  Feb.  8-11. 
Farmers’  Week,  State  School  of  Agri¬ 
culture,  Alfred  Fuiversitv,  Alfred,  N.  Y.. 
Feb.  22-25. 
1  loIstein-Friesian  Club  of  Now  York 
State,  Syracuse.  N.  Y.,  March  1. 
National  Feeders’  and  Breeders’  Show, 
Fort  Worth,  Tex.,  March  11-17. 
American  Jersey  Cattle  Club,  annual 
meeting.  New  York,  May  3. 
Holstein-Friesian  Association  of  Amer¬ 
ica.  Detroit,  Mich.,  June  0. 
American  Association  of  Nurserymen, 
Milwaukee,  Wis.,  June  28-30. 
International  Apple  Shippers’  Associa¬ 
tion,  New  York,  Aug.  2. 
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