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C36<?  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
January  22,  1916. 
=jl  is  made  by  tho  Grange  or  farmers'  oo-  cows  not  much  in  demand  just  now,  only 
operative  creamery  and  shipped  to  New  fresh  milkers,  bringing  at  private  sale  $60 
York  and  Boston,  Mass.  The  farmers  to  $65.  Springers  $35  to  $45,  according 
get  good  results  in  these  factories;  to  age  and  condition.  Lambs  scarce, 
— 1 1  cream  is  gathered  at  the  door.  Some  bringing  good  prices;  sheep  not  in  de¬ 
farmers  are  growing  potatoes  for  seed  mand.  Horses,  good  heavy,  $200  to 
the  purposes  which  are  bringing  them  90c  a  $250.  ^  n.  j.  n. 
ery  bn.  This  year  they  must  be  free  from  Donnemora,  N,  Y. 
lew  disease  and  clean.  They  are  shipped  to  ,Tan.  4.  Hay  $20  to  $22;  straw  $10  to 
;.  the  States  south  There  was  a  farmers  $11.  Oats  65c  bu.;  rye  $1;  corn  90c. 
institute  held  at  Saranac  the  week  of  Cows  $75,  average;  milk,  Borden’s  price. 
Dec.  13,  which  was  well  attended,  and  Apples  $1.25  to  $2  per  bhl. ;  potatoes  $1 ; 
-J*  the  speakers  were  the  cream  ot  the  * '  '  ..  T  m 
V*  State’s  agricultural  men.  Prof.  Barnes  Ghent"  N  Y 
,™r  of  Cornell  was  one  of  the  party.  Farm-  ,  U  •  sc-  „  , 
ers  of  the  county  had  a  good  year,  as  Ar:L,.m£-D ak  ®airy  £°ZS  «  1°  ^  each* 
j;  ali  crops  were  good  with  the  exception  butter  3;>  to  40c;  eggs 
at  of  potatoes  which  were  light  and  n  small  •PCD?5,.*“  :it"  *)arn-  (>ats  . *oc  bu. 
acreage  planted.  They  are  bringing  a  No  fruit  here  this  year  Potatoes  scarce, 
'  good  price;  about  three-quarters  of  the  ‘0c  bu.  IIoi\ses  a  httD  dull,  good  sec- 
on,  crop  is  now  marketed.  Potatoes  at  cars,  end-hand,  $iu  to  $ 1~g ;  No.  1  young 
iry-  05  lbs.,  75e  to  S0o;  seed  90c;  onions  $1;  horaes  to  weight  $160  to  $2o0  each, 
in  turnips  60c;  apples,  per  tiid.,  $3,50  to  freedom,  N.  Y.  .t.  v.  w. 
a  to  $4;  hay,  Timothy,  $20  to  $21;  stock  hay  Dairy  cows.  No.  1  grade  Ilolsteins, 
.of  $16  to  $18;  straw  .$9  to  $10.40;  oats  50  $75  to  $90;  scrubs  $50  to  $65.  Whole- 
ato  to  55c;  beans,  white,  $3.50  to  $4;  cab-  sale  market  price  beef  cuttle,  heifers  and 
ver  bage  75c  ewt.;  butter,  creamery.  36c;  steers,  per  lb.,  10c;  bulls  9c;  veals  13c; 
ion  farm  32;  eggs  45  to  55c;  milk  6  and  bogs  9%c ;  butter,  No.  1  creamery,  36c; 
ind  7c  qt. ;  cream  30  to  35c;  pork,  light.  11  dairy  33c;  potatoes^  per  bu..  90c;  fresh 
ay,  to  12;  heavy  9  to  10;  beef  plenty  and  eggs  45c;  carrots  75c;  rutabaga  60c. 
icb  cheap.  Some  sold  dressed  7c.  Dairy  CorydoU,  Pa.  <J.  K.  C. 
December  was  quite  an  agreeable 
month,  no  very  severe  weather;  have  bad 
but  very  light  Tun  of  sleighing.  The 
roads  have  been  in  good  condition  as  a 
rule.  Farmers  have  taken  advantage  of 
the  fact  and  had  their  corn  shredded  be¬ 
fore  the  roads  were  blocked  with  snow. 
Stock  is  wintering  well  but  no  amount 
being  fattened.  Feeders  of  all  kiuds  were 
too  high  last  Fall.  Pork  has  taken  a 
sudden  drop.  No  potatoes  being  moved 
of  any  amount.  Cold  storage  apples  and 
cabbage  are  not  advancing  very  much. 
Wheat  $1.05;  oats  40;  barley  60;  corn 
80 ;  rye  $1 ;  bran  $26 ;  Timothy  hay  $15 ; 
mixed  bay  $12;  red  kidney  beans  $4.75; 
red  marrows  $4.50;  yellow  eye  85;  pea 
$3.25 ;  potatoes  70c  to  $1  per  bu.  Beef, 
ewt.,  $7  to  $8;  lambs  8y2c;  veal  10; 
pork  5V» ;  fowls  13 ;  chickens  14,  live ; 
butter  28 ;  eggs  32.  K.  T.  is. 
Canandaigua,  N.  Y. 
Beef  7c  lb.;  bogs  7l->  and  8e_;  milch 
cows  from  $50  to  $75.  Corn  75c  bbl. ; 
for  wheat  $1.22;  bran  $1.25  a  hundred. 
Middlings  $1.45;  cornmeal  $2.10;  hay 
$20.  Potatoes  70  to  90c;  eggs  30c. 
Chickens,  per  lb..  12  to  15c;  lard  10  to 
12c  lb. ;  butter  30  to  35.  w.  s. 
Chewsville,  Md. 
This  season  was  a  shortage  on  nearly 
all  products  grown  in  this  section,  but 
a  successful  year,  comparatively  speak¬ 
ing,  to  most  farmers.  Daily  in  the  sea¬ 
son,  the  extreme  changes  in  the  weather 
held  the  farmers  back  from  getting  to 
work  early  in  the  fields,  after  the  period 
of  cold  and  dry  weather.  This  was  fol¬ 
lowed  by  a  long  spell  of  rainy  weather. 
The  farmers  had  a  difficult  bay  season  to 
contend  with,  continual  rains  and  winds 
made  cutting  bad.  consequently  much  of 
it  laid  flat.  Pastures  wore  at  their  best 
this  season,  never  was  there  more  feed 
in  them  before.  Grain  did  not  come  up 
to  expectations.  Sweet  corn  matured 
and  was  a  good  yield.  Yellow  corn  did 
not  do  so  well,  silage  corn  was  unusually 
good.  This  section  Las  fine  herds  of  cat¬ 
tle;  dairying  is  done  mostly  by  farmers 
here,  and  a  silo  can  be  found  on  nearly 
every  farm.  The  potato  crop  was  short, 
but  quality  extra  good,  no  rot  or  scab, 
plenty  of  potato  bouses  in  this  section. 
Prices  at  sidings  $2  to  $2.10  with  pros¬ 
pects  of  higher  prices  in  the  new  year. 
Japanese  and  Hungarian  millet  are  sown 
to  advantage  in  this  section.  The  apple 
crop  very  light,  what  was  gathered  was 
of  a  high  standard,  and  sold  locally,  very 
few  insects.  Gardens  matured  very  bad¬ 
ly,  and  what  could  be  obtained  from 
them  fetched  good  prices.  Sheep  raising 
is  on  the  increase  and  showed  some  im¬ 
provements  in  flocks.  The  poultry  rais¬ 
ers  have  had  a  very  satisfactory  season ; 
early  hatches  did  fairly  well.  Prices 
have  been  high  all  season.  Local  trade 
handles  most  of  this  product.  Horse  rais¬ 
ing  on  the  increase,  mostly  heavy,  raised 
very  few  light  horses.  The  acreage 
plowed  last.  Fall  is  above  the  average. 
Eggs  strictly  fresh  41c  per  doz. ;  hogs  Sc 
lb.;  butter  32c.  llay  (Maine)  $20  to 
$23  pressed.  Potatoes  SOc  per  bu. 
Fowls  16  to  17c  lb.  Milk  at  local  cream¬ 
ery  $1.96  hundred  lbs..  4  per  cent.  test. 
New  cabbage  65c  doz. ;  lard  11c  in  pails. 
Apples  $2  per  bbl.;  cheese,  new,  16c  lb. 
At  the  auction  sale  here  last  week  Hol¬ 
stein  grades  sold  at  $75  to  $100  each, 
that  is  about  the  average  price. 
Piscataquis  Co.,  Me.  w.  11.  a. 
Jan.  4.  Apples  $2.50  per  bbl.  for  best; 
butter  34  to  38c;  eggs  34  to  40;  turnips 
50;  carrots  50;  potatoes  75;  beans  $3.65 
to  $4;  bay  $12  to  $15;  straw  $7  pork 
$10  per  ewt. ;  corn  SO;  buckwheat  85; 
oats  48.  H.  c,.  v. 
Glens  Falls,  N.  Y. 
Clover  seed  $9  to  $10;  wheat,  rod 
$1.17,  white  $1.15;  rye  87c:  oats  36c. 
Yorkers  Oe ;  roughs  4V>c;  beef  cattle  4 
to  5%c;  veal  Oi^c.  Old  roosters  7c; 
hens  and  chickens  11c;  eggs  30o;  butter 
28e.  Potatoes  65c;  bran  $28;  middlings 
$30.  R.  G.  M. 
Hillsdale,  Mich. 
Jan.  3.  Horses  are  not  changing  own¬ 
ers  at  private  sale;  1200  to  1300-lb. 
horses  sell  at  $135  to  $160  at  farm  sales; 
1300  to  1500-lb.  $150  to  $200.  Cows  at 
private  sales  from  $50  to  $65,  at  public 
sales  from  $60  to  $100.  One  creamery 
pays  9c  above  Elgin  quotations  for  but- 
terfat.  It  is  owned  by  a  Pittsburgh  firm. 
Cooperative  creameries  pay  about  the 
same.  For  farm  butter  they  pay  26  to 
28c  at  the  store  and  retail  it  at  30  to 
32c.  Potatoes  are  80  to  85c  per  60  lbs. 
at  the  store,  retail  at  $1.10  to  $1.20. 
Apples  are  50  to  65c  at  stores,  retail  75c 
to  $1.  Chickens  are  12c  per  lb.,  paid 
by  the.  shippers.  Eggs  are  32  to  3Sc. 
Ilogs  are  $5.75  to  $6  per  hundred  to 
ship  to  Pittsburgh ;  $9  to  $10  dressed. 
Euon  Valley,  Pa.  R.  W.  C. 
Beef  cattle  are  worth  $8  to  $10  per 
ewt.;  fat  calves  9c  per  lb.:  good  dairy 
cows  $60  to  $S0  per  head;  chickens,  live, 
14c  to  15c  per  lb.;  dressed  20o  to  22c; 
fowls,  live,  14c  per  lb.,  dressed  lSe  to 
20c.  Milk  sold  to  the  Beaks  Dairy  Co., 
New  York  City,  for  $1.64  per  100  lbs.; 
cheese  15c  to  16c  per  lb. ;  butter  30c  to 
35c;  eggs  38c  to  40c.  Apples  50c  per 
bu.,  choice  $1:  pears  114c  to  2e  per  lb. 
Hay  $18  to  $20  per  tou ;  beans  $4  per 
bu.  ;  potatoes  SOc  to  90c  per  bu. ;  onions 
90c  to  $1  per  bu.  in  November.  On  the 
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The  Flexible  Spring  Pressure  Disc 
MODEL  B — the  only  disc  that  cuts  at  even  depth 
its  entire  width.  It  has  a  patented  spring 
pressure  lever.  With  this  lever,  pressure  can  be 
regulated  at  inner  ends  of  gangs  to  cut  out  dead 
furrows  or  disc  ridges  without  burying  the  harrow. 
The  ModeI"B”does  not  crowd  toward  the  bottom  on 
hillsides  or  in  overlapping.  The  gangs  are  indepen¬ 
dent  of  each  other  and  can  be  given  the  proper  angle 
to  work  right  under  such  conditions. 
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The  Accurate  “Natural  Drop”  Planter 
ACCURATE — because  it  has  the  “Natural-Selec¬ 
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methods. 
Kernels  do  not  have  to  be  tipped  on  edge  to  enter 
the  cells.  Surface  of  hopper  bottom  and  openings 
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A  full — variable  drop  planter.  Plants  two,  three 
or  four  kernels  as  desired — all  you  do  to  change  num¬ 
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Drilling  distances  varied,  and  change  from  hilling 
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All  corn  plates  for  this  planter  have  16  cells.  There¬ 
fore,  the  same  drilling  distances  are  obtained  with  one 
plate  as  can  be  secured  on  other  planters  that  require 
8,  12  and  16  cell  plates. 
The  gears  are  always  in  mesh  and  can  be  shifted  at 
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Steel  Frame— Patent  Auto  Foot  Frame-Shift 
HIGHLY  practical  and  convenient  for  working  soil 
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Auto  foot  frame  shift  works  with  great  exactness. 
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Automatic  horse  lift — no  work  for  operator.  Each 
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Van  Brunt  Fertilizer  Drills 
THEY  plant  any  small  seed,  alfalfa  to  bearded  oats, 
and  distribute  any  standard  fertilizer.  Plant 
seed  only,  distribute  fertilizer  only,  or  handle  both  at 
one  time. 
Amount  sown  per  acre  easily  regulated  merely  by 
shifting  feed  gauge  levers. 
All  the  ground  sown,  because  the  Van  Brunt  adjust¬ 
able  gate  force  feed  compels  seed  to  leave  hopper  in 
even,  continuous  streams — no  bunching  or  choking 
up — and  an  equal  amount  goes  into  each  furrow. 
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An  even  stand  of  grain  is  secured,  because  pressure 
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Van  Brunt  Drills  never  clog  up.  Scrapers  keep  discs 
absolutely  clean. 
The  high  grade  discs  have  bearings  that  are  guar¬ 
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Grass  seeder  attachment  can  be  furnished  which 
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