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Cultivator 
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Products,  Prices  and  Trade, 
Wholesale  Prices  at  New  York 
Week  ending  Jan.  21,  1916. 
¥  I1V/II7  Means  Profit 
JL-jAJLy  JL.I— a  in  the  Land 
It  costs  just  as  much  to  work  a 
poor  acre  as  it  does  a  good  one. 
Ifyouare  growingweeds  instead  of 
bumper  crops,  it  is  a  sign  that  your 
soil  is  acid  and  the  Land  needs  Lime. 
The  BEST  grade  of  Lime — and  the 
one  that  will  restore  the  farm  to  a  pro¬ 
ductive  state  in  the  quickest  time  is: 
The  commercial  values  of  farm  pro- 
duets  are  what  they  soli  for — not  neces¬ 
sarily  their  food  value  or  what  some  one 
thinks  or  wishes  they  were  worth.  Hence 
representative  sales  rather  than  opinions, 
even  though  unbiased,  are  the  correct 
basis  for  ((notations.  Except  in  cases 
where  quality  is  standardized  by  scoring, 
the  top  grade  refers  to  the  best  on  sale 
at  the  time.  The  best  sheep,  lambs,  ap¬ 
ples,  pears,  etc.,  one  week  may  be  much 
better  or  poorer  than  the  next. 
Live  Stock  and  Dairy  Markets. 
Ml  I,  it. 
The  Borden  contract  prices  for  the  six 
months  beginning  with  October  are  bused 
on  the  fat  content  of  the  milk,  there  being 
a  difference  of  60  cents  per  100  pounds 
between  three  and  five  per  cent.  fat.  The 
price  increases  uniformly  three  cents  per 
100  pounds  for  every  tenth  of  one  per 
cent,  fat  increase.  Following  are  the 
prices  within  the  100-mile  shipping  zone. 
Outside  points  receive  an  agreed  amount 
less. 
3%  ‘1.5 %  4%  4.5#  5#? 
Oct . ,$1.70  $1.85  $2.00  $2.15  $2.30 
Nov .  1.80  1-05  2.10  2.25  2.40 
Dec .  1.80  1.05  2.10  2.25  2.40 
Jan . 1.70  1.S5  2.00  2.15  2.30 
Feb .  1.65  1.80  1.05  2.10  2.25 
March -  1.60  1.75  1.90  2.05  2.20 
IM  ITT  im 
The  market  is  weak  on  creamery 
worth  front  27  to  30  cents,  and  strong 
on  high-scoring  grades.  which  are 
scarce.  There  is  a  considerable  move¬ 
ment  in  storage  creamery,  which  is  pre¬ 
ferred  to  the  medium  grades  of  fresh. 
For  several  weeks  current  make  has  run 
heavily  to  under  grades.  There  are  al¬ 
ways  Winter  defects,  but  they  could  be 
decidedly  lessened  by  dose  co-operation 
with  the  buttermaker.  It  does  very  lit¬ 
tle  good  for  him  to  know  what  the  trou¬ 
ble  is  if  he  is  unable  to  get  the  patrons 
tc  work  with  him,  and  so  the*  make  is 
likely  to  be  discounted  three  or  four  cents. 
Creamery,  best,  above  92  score,  lt> .  33V®  54 
Extra.  92  score  . . .  32'^@  33 
Good  to  Choice  .  30  @  32 
Power  Grades . 23  <a>  28 
Storage  . .  24  ®  31 
State  Dairy,  hest .  30  @  31 
Common  to  Good .  23  @  27 
Ladles  .  18  @  22 
Packing  Stock . . .  16  @  2] 
Process  .  21  <8  24 
Elgin,  111.,  batter  market  31  cents. 
Philadelphia,  western  creamery.  34  cents. 
Boston,  western  creamery,  32. 
CHEESE. 
The  market  on  all  grades  of  both  whole 
mill;  and  skims  is  firm.  Speculators  with 
stocks  of  high  quality  arc  asking  more 
than  current  prices.  The  situation  for 
retail  buyers  is  far  from  satisfactory,  as 
everything  selling  under  25  cents  is  likely 
to  be  inferior,  and  25  to  30  cents  seems  a 
big!)  price  to  pay  for  cheddar  cheese.  It 
is  in  the  power  of  some  of  tin*  larger 
producing  interests  to  increase  consump¬ 
tion  by  establishing  a  retail  price  not 
over  22  cents,  ami  a  great  amount  could 
be  retailed  profitably  at  18  to  20  cents. 
Whole  Milk,  State  specials .  18  @  lgi.f 
Average  fancy  .  l??.i 
Under  grades .  13  @  1(1 
Daisies,  best .  18  @  isH» 
Young  Americas  . .  ]S8s@  19 
Skims,  special .  ..  15  c»  hi 
Fair  to  good .  10  @  13 
1CGG8 
The  widespread  cold  snap  for  the  past 
ID  days  has  had  some  effect  on  produc¬ 
tion.  but  receipts  are  ample  for  current 
needs.  Rather  large  quantities  are  being 
held  under  price  limits  set  by  the  ship¬ 
pers.  This  plan  has  perhaps  lost  more 
money  than  it  has  made  for  producers. 
If  a  dealer  is  honest  and  knows  his  busi¬ 
ness  he  is  a  better  judge  of  the  time  to 
sell  than  the  man  at  a  distance,  and.  if  he 
is  not  well  informed  and  honest,  the  ship¬ 
per  stands  a  poor  chance  anyway.  The 
marker  on  medium  grades  and  storage  is 
dull.  Some  nearby  whites  of  good  size 
have  sold  one  to  two  cents  above  last 
week. 
White,  choice  to  fancy,  large  .  39  @  40 
Medium  to  good .  35  &  38 
Mixed  colors,  best.  , , .  36  @  38 
Common  to  good .  30  (8  35 
Storage,  best.  .  21  <&  22 
Common.  . . . .  ..  15  @  20 
LI  V  IS  POULTRY 
The  market  was  strong  early  in  the 
week  but  weakened  later  on  light  con¬ 
sumptive  trade. 
Chickens,  lb . 15  @  16 
Fowls  . IT  @  Isti 
Roosters . 12  @  13 
Ducks . IT  <8  IS 
Geese . .  14  @  15 
DRESSED  POULTRY. 
There  is  a  strong  demand  for  the 
better  qualities  of  capons  and  chickens. 
Large  fowls  very  scarce.  Only  a  small 
volume  of  business  in  ducks,  geese  and 
t  u  rkej’S. 
Turkeys,  choice,  lb  .  26  @  27 
Common  to  good . 16  @  24 
Chickens  choice  broilers,  lb .  28  @  30 
Broilers,  common  to  good  .  24  @  2i 
Sqtiiih  broilers,  pair . . . T5  @  1  00 
Roasters  . . .  23  @  26 
Capons,  best  . . 29  @  30 
Common  to  good  .  22  @  26 
Fowls . 14  @  19 
Spring  Ducks .  17  @  20 
.Hqimlit.  dm  . 125  @5  50 
Guineas,  Spring,  lb.. .  2S  @  32 
VARIOUS  PRESSED  MEATS. 
Calves  selling  fairly  well,  and  at  a 
half  cent  premium  for  prime.  Lambs 
dull  and  lower,  especially  poor  stock. 
LIMESTONE 
Finely  ground  Lime  is  completely  sol¬ 
uble — Results  arequiek — you  do  not  have 
to  wait  three  or  four  years  for  it  to  act. 
SOLVAY  IS  ground  extremely  flue— you 
pin  i/L'DI7rn  pvt  result*  the  first  year. 
'  OUV  tKlitU  Vs  high  lest— very  pure  grade. 
LI  M  ESTONE  is  cheap  in  price. 
Use  Solvay  Pulverized  Limestone 
and  get  bigger  and  better  crops 
Sand  tmtfty  for  prices  to  vour  ••full on  and  also  ask  for 
too  (rite: »  hooklnt  doalinK  with  Solvay  pulverized 
lihiMlffli^,  It  in  fall  of  InfornmUun  that  you  will  find 
Balanced  Hen  Ration 
fan  you  give  a  balanced  ration  for 
chickens  to  contain  small  potatoes,  skim- 
milk  and  buckwheat?  I  have  been  using 
the  Maine  experiment  station  ration,  but 
wish  to  use  the  above  foods.  Every  Win¬ 
ter  till  this  one  1  have  given  about.  65 
bens  a  mash  of  hot  boiled  potatoes,  about 
three  quarts,  cooled  with  enough  skim- 
milk  to  make  almost  a  12-quart  pail  of 
mash  when  mixed  with  wheat  middlings, 
occasionally  seasoned  with  pepper  and 
salt,  first  thing:  in  the  morning;  at  noon 
three  quarts  mixed  wheat,  oats  and  buck¬ 
wheat;  night,  three  quarts  heated  whole 
corn,  also  giving  them  any  vegetable  food 
I  had,  as  beets  chopped,  cabbage,  etc.  My 
henhouse  is  very  old  and  cold,  but  I  have 
always  bad  good  results  with  my  hens,  T 
do  not  know  how  to  get  a  properly  bal¬ 
anced  ration,  but  I  like  warm  feeds  in 
cold  weather.  I  always  temper  the  water 
according  to  the  weather.  S.  G. 
Connecticut. 
As  potatoes  and  buckwheat  are  both 
highly  fattening  in  their  nature,  you  need 
to  balance  them  with  high  protein  foods 
and  avoid  making  them  the  bulk  of  tin* 
ration  for  laying  bens.  I  would  use  the 
buckwheat  as  part  of  the  whole  grain  ra¬ 
tion,  feeding  it  with  oats,  wheat,  barley 
or  corn  in  proportion  of  not  over  one- 
fourth  to  one-third  of  the  mixture.  For 
the  mash  made  with  skim-milk  and  boiled 
potatoes,  use  wheat  bran  or  middlings 
and  one  or  more  of  the  high  protein  grain 
feeds,  like  gluten  feed,  buckwheat  mid¬ 
dlings  and  distillers’  grains.  Meat  meal 
or  fish  or  beef  scrap  should  also  be  fed  to 
supply  food  of  animal  origin.  These  may 
be  added  to  the  mash.  Equal  parts,  by 
weight,  of  wheat  bran,  middlings,  gluten 
feed  and  beef  scrap  would  make  a  good 
mash  mixture  with  your  skim-milk  and 
boiled  potatoes,  if  corn,  buckwheat  aud 
other  grains  are  fed  whole.  You  cannot 
well  balance  a  ration  for  fowls  as  you 
would  for  cows,  since  hens  cannot  be  fed 
individually  and  will  eat  different  propor¬ 
tions  of  the  foods  given,  but  the  ration  as 
a  whole  can  be  balanced  by  combining  the 
high  and  the  low  protein  foods  in  about 
the  proper  proportions.  Even  if  practica¬ 
ble  to  see  that  each  hen  ate  an  exactly 
balanced  ration,  containing  protein  and 
carbohydrates  in  a  fixed  proportion,  it 
would  not  be  worth  the  effort.  11.  b.  d. 
If  it  doe«  —  how  much  ?  Do  you 
know  ?  Too  much  i9  as  bad  as  not 
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Poor  Laying 
I  have  been  raising  chickens  five  or 
six  years.  For  the  first  four  years  I 
got  very  satisfactory  results  from  my 
three  pens  of  It.  C.  Reds.  The  average 
egg  yield  was  between  59%  and  70%. 
The  last  two  years  they  have  not  done 
well  at  all.  It  may  bo  from  inbreeding, 
because  I  have  used  my  own  cocks  for 
about  three  years,  but  many  poultrymen 
argue  there  is  nothing  in  this.  I  feed  a 
mash  which  is  before  them  all  the  time. 
This  Winter  I  am  giving  sprouted  oats 
every  other  day  and  equal  parts  by  bulk 
of  wheat  and  whole  corn;  shell,  grit, 
charcoal  before  them  always.  Could  you 
suggest  any  element  which  you  think 
would  help?  R.  l.  s. 
Lakewood,  O. 
Inbreeding  alone  should  not  cause  your 
flock  to  deteriorate,  though  if  you  are 
failing  to  select  for  vigor  and  other  de¬ 
sirable  qualities,  the  standard  of  your 
flock  will  not  bo  maintained.  As  you  do 
riot  give  the  composition  of  the  mash 
that  you  are  using,  1  cannot  well  suggest 
any  changes ;  I  should  look  for  lack  of 
meat,  however,  as  one  possible  cause  of 
inferior  production.  Being  expensive, 
meat  is  apt  to  be  cut  down  dispropor¬ 
tionately  in  a  ration  and  the  fowls  giveu 
too  little  of  it  to  stimulate  heavy  laying. 
If  your  mash  does  not  contain  at  least 
one-fifth  port,  by  weight,  of  good  beef 
scrap,  add  enough  to  bring  it  up  to  that 
proportion  and  see  if  production  is  not 
increased-  There  are  so  many  causes  of 
poor  laying  that  only  a  surmise  is  possi¬ 
ble  in  this  ease.  at.  b.  d. 
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Feeding  ;  Worms  in  Fowls 
I  have  25  Leghorn  hens  and  feed  them 
three  pounds  of  scratch  food  a  day  ;  three 
pounds  is  two  quarts.  I  feed  it  in  the 
litter  three  times  a  day,  in  the  morning 
and  at  noon.  I  feed  three-quarters  of  a 
pound  at  each  meal,  and  at  night  one  and 
one-half  pounds.  I  only  feed  at  noon  to 
givt*  them  plenty  of  scratching  in  the 
hay.  I  also  feed  them  mash  in  dry  form 
in  a  hopper.  I  mix  two  pounds  of  mash 
with  one-half  pound  of  meat  scrap;  they 
eat  it  in  two  days.  Am  I  feeding  them 
all  right  or  is  it  too  much?  They  eat 
it  all  up  clean.  1  also  mix  poultry  mus- 
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