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Oie  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
January  20,  1916. 
$50.  Milk  prioi's  for  the  ensuing  six  $11.  Fat  steers.  per  owt„  $S ;  fat  hogs 
months  the  same  ns  Bordens',  sliding  $9  per  ewt.,  dressed.  Fresh  rows  from 
scale  and  harn  score  included.  Hay  about  about  $t10  to  $S(),  few  exceptions  more. 
$10  per  ton,  none  selling  ns  yet.  Dressed  Milk  for  month  of  .Tan.  $1.05  per  cvvt. ; 
pork,  beef,  about  10c.,  a  difference  of  2  Feb.  $1.00;  Mar.  $1.70;  Apr.  $1.55;  May 
to  9  lbs.,  in  fore  nml  hind  quarters.  Veal,  $1.30;  June  $!.<>(),  Milk  is  mostly 
S  to  9c.,  live  weight.  Apples,  $1  per  bu. ;  shipped  by  trolley  to  the  Ilershey  Choc- 
aim  ost  failure.  Potatoes,  $1  per  bu.,  half  olute  Co.,  at  Ilershey,  Pa.,  about  35  miles 
crop.  Maple  sugar,  per  gallon,  $1  to  from  here.  The  prices  given  for  milk 
$1.15,  according  to  quality.  In  fact,  tiomi  are  always  published  and  gun  ran  teetl  six 
to  be  had  at  any  price.  Eggs  are  most  months  ahead,  so  wo  always  know  the 
all  shipped  to  New  York  City  cominis-  price  in  advance.  Butter,  per  lb..  50c ; 
sion  men  from  this  locality,  and  generally  eggs,  per  do/,..  35c;  white  comb  Inmev. 
bring  top  price.  Most  every  farmer  ships  per  lb.,  IS  to  25c.  Potatoes,  per  bu., 
Ilia  own  eggs.  I  keep  S.  C.  W.  Leg-  75c.  not  many  to  sell.  Apples  from  80c 
horns,  and  my  eggs  almost  always  top  to  $1  bu.  For  fancy  Stay  man  Win, -sap. 
the  market.  Dairy  and  creamery  butter  wrapped  and  packed  in  standard  box  of 
is  sold  here  for  just  about  the  same  as  %-bu.,  1  am  receiving  $1.25  per  box. 
the  New  York  City  market  quotations.  Also  the  same  for  Fall  and  Winter 
No  other  staple  is  produced  in  Chenango  Smokehouse,  but  am  about  sold  out.  Live 
County  farms  in  any  large  amount,  al-  poultry  brings  12c  per  lb.  Turkeys  lutrd- 
t.hough  in  Chenango  Valley  some  cabbage  ]y  any  raised.  Tobacco,  of  which  lots  is 
is  raised.  I  paid  5c.  per  head  for  my  raised  in  Lancaster  Co.,  sells  for  10  and 
own  Winter  supply.  A.  a.  13  per  11).,  several  lots  a  little  more. 
Guilford,  N.  Y.  '  Ephrata,  Pa.  r.  it.  s. 
Jan.  4.  Following  are  the  prices  we  Jan.  10.  Ilay,  from  $11  to  $12  for  No. 
are  receiving  on  the  farm  at  present:  2;  butter.  35c.  lb.;  milk,  $1.05  at  the 
Wheat,  per  lui.,  $1.15;  corn  ( on  the  milk  plant  at  Arcade.  Veals,  9  to  10c, 
ear)  bu.  70;  oats,  per  bu..  15;  Timothy  Cows,  from  $30  to  $50.  c.  a. 
hay,  per  ton,  $22;  clover  hay  $20;  straw  Farmersville,  N.  Y. 
Crops  and  Farm  Notes 
I  have  been  asked  to  write  on  the  mar¬ 
ket  outlook  the  South  Jersey  truck  far¬ 
mer  has  to  face  the  coming  scasou.  Most 
prophets  sooner  or  later  come  to  grief. 
However,  1  have  no  objections  to  express¬ 
ing  an  opinion. 
Briefly,  I  believe  we  shall  have  no  trou¬ 
ble  to  dispose  of  practically  all  of  the 
truck  we  can  grow  next  season  at  good 
prices.  Last  year  was  one  of  big  yields 
and  low  prices.  The  South  had  more 
truck  that  usual.  1  have  it.  from  several 
sources  that  the  amount  planted  the  coin¬ 
ing  season  will  not  be  so  great.  There 
will  then  be  less  competition  from  that 
source.  The  low  prices  of  last  year  will 
naturally  reduce  production  here  in  1916. 
Last  season  was  one  of  great  rainfall. 
This  meant  lost  and  wasted  fertility,  and 
should  count  somewhat,  against  heavy 
yields  the  coming  season. 
Last  year  was  perhaps  the  greatest 
.Tau.  10.  Grade  Holstein  cows,  fresh 
and  coming  fresh  soon.  $50  to  75;  heifers, 
two  or  three  years  old,  coming  in,  $35  to 
peach  year  on  record.  Vegetables  had  to 
compete  with  them  on  praetineally  all 
markets.  It  is  hardly  likely  there  will 
another  year  be  as  much  competition  from 
this  source. 
All  present  indications  point  to  a  very 
serious  shortage  of  farm  labor.  This  will 
also  have  a  great  effect  in  cutting  down 
production. 
Along  with  all  this  we  find  practically 
every  good  man  in  our  large  market  cen¬ 
ters  busy  at  some  kind  of  work  and  re¬ 
ceiving  good  wages.  This  should  greatly 
increase  the  buying  power  of  the  consum¬ 
ers  of  our  products.  I  may  be  wrong  in 
these  conclusions,  but  altogether  1  feel 
the  market  outlook  for  truck  crops  the 
coming  season  is  bright.  trucker,  >jr. 
Jan.  10.  We  have  had  a  very  mild 
Winter  so  far;  had  a  few  cold  nights  and 
then  a  break  of  smith  winds  and  warmer. 
The  ieo  harvest  has  begun  on  Lake 
Switzerland.  They  cut  and  load  it  in 
sleigh  for  GO  cents  per  load  of  H/j  tons. 
Farm  produce  is  higher  than  years  be¬ 
fore.  Botutous,  $1.25  to  $1.10  per  bu. ; 
apples.  $1  to  $1.50  per  bid. ;  eggs,  40c. ; 
butter.  .32  to  35c. ;  turkeys,  25c.  dressed, 
20c.  live;  hens,  15c.;  geese,  18c,;  dressed, 
Tie.  live  weight.  Hay.  $15  to  $22;  oats, 
60c.  t>er  bu.  Buckwheat,  $1  per  bu.  of  48 
lbs.  There  is  not  much  grain  raised  here 
by  the  farmers;  they  buy  it  mostly  from 
the  West.  We  pay  7c  for  grade  A  milk. 
New  milch  cows  bring  from  $50  to  $80; 
pork,  from  100  to  150  lbs.  each,  12  to 
1.3c.  pr  lb.;  beef,  dressed.  10  to  12c. 
Flcicbmanns  is  a  Summer  resort.  The 
Van  Brunt  Fertilizer  Drills 
THEY  plant  any  small  seed,  alfalfa  to  bearded  oats, 
and  distribute  any  standnrd  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. 
And  fertilizer  is  distributed  just  as  evenly.  Finger- 
type  plates  prevent  its  choking  up  in  the  hopper. 
John  Deere  Two-Way  Plow 
Steel  Frame  -  Patent  Auto  Foot  Frame-Shift 
HIGHLY  practical  and  convenient  for  working  soil 
all  in  onedirection  on  hillsidesorelsewhere.  Also 
adapted  for  plowing  irregular  shaped  pieces  of  land 
or  any  other  kind  of  plowing. 
Auto  foot  frame  shift  works  with  great  exactness. 
Slight  foot  pressure  swings  frame  and  moves  work¬ 
ing  plow  the  degree  required.  Patented. 
Automatic  horse  lift — no  work  for  operator.  Each 
plow  independent  of  other  each  has  own  depth 
regulating  lever  and  lifting  device. 
Write  for  booklet. 
last  census  showed  about  700  people,  but 
we  have  :i  good  many  large  hoarding 
houses  and  Summer  residences  of  New 
York  people,  and  also  have  a  good  many 
good  farmers  surrounding  this  village, 
who  in  Summer  make  money  out  of  their 
farm  products  as  there  is  market  for  any¬ 
thing  they  have  to  sell  at  a  good  price, 
for  demand  is  what  makes  the  prices. 
Floichrnanns,  N.  Y.  (I.  n.  s. 
Jan.  13,  Milk  here  goes  to  cheese  fac¬ 
tory  and  shipping  station,  $1.70  per  hun¬ 
dred  at  factory,  (’lieose,  Munster,  16c.; 
American,  36c.  Butter  from  whey,  30c. 
Not  many  cows,  only  culls  sold  at  $20 
to  .$$.30 ;  good  milkers,  $50  to  75.  Hay, 
$10.  Pork  in  hog  shipping,  9  down  to 
7e.  Not  much  doing  in  potatoes,  crop 
light,  price,  $1.  per  bu.  Oats.  50c  at 
mill;  bran,  $26;  cormncal,  $31;  unicorn, 
$34;  ajax,  $.34;  wlu-at  feed,  $30;  Buffalo 
gluten,  $31;  oil  meal,  $4.3;  cottonseed 
meal,  $40.  Flour.  $7  per  bbl.  Eggs  in 
trade  at  store,  .30  to  32c.  (’ow  beef, 
per  quarter,  S  to  10c.  per  lb.  F.  V. 
G  leu  field,  N.  Y. 
Jan.  12.  Potatoes,  $1  per  bu.  Beef, 
9c.  front  quarter.  10c.  bind  quarter.  But¬ 
ter,  28c.  per  lb.  Eggs  I  ship  to  New 
York  market,  get  about  the  highest  quo¬ 
tation.  Fowls,  15c.  per  lb.  Cows,  $20 
to  $.30,  strippers;  new  milkers,  $50  to 
$00.  Oxen,  heavy  broke,  $200.  Pork, 
lightweight,  10c.  per  lb.;  heavyweight, 
9c,  Apples,  first  class,  $1.50  per  bbl.; 
pears,  Winter,  50e.  per  bu.  A.  M. 
Oiahamsville,  N.  V. 
Jan.  11.  Good  cows  arc  selling  for 
from  $60  to  $80;  calves,  hog-dressed,  $15 
cut.;  hogs,  $10  per  cut.  Hay,  $18; 
buckwheat  flour,  $4  per  owl  ;  potatoes, 
$1  per  bu. ;  fresh  eggs.  52c.;  butter,  32  to 
40c.  O.  E. 
Glovcrsvillc,  N.  Y. 
Jan.  8.  This  has  hp.cn  a  poor  year  for 
farmers  in  this  section,  due  to  the  ex¬ 
cessive  rains  experienced  throughout  the 
season  of  1915.  The  potato  crop  was  a 
poor  yield,  30  per  cent,  about  the  aver¬ 
age,  less  planted  than  last  year;  some 
fields  not  worth  digging,  and  crops  suf¬ 
fered  from  blight  n  great  deal.  Brice  at 
sidings  earlier  in  I  lie  week,  $2.75,  but 
went  to  $3  (per  bushel)  later  in  tin-  week 
and  are  firm  at  that  price.  Few  potato 
houses  in  this  section.  Hay  crop  very 
poor  and  short,  and  many  farmers  are 
buying  hay  to  carry  them  over  until  next 
season.  Bnstures  were  at  their  best. 
Grain  yielded  well,  and  was  housed  in 
fine  condition.  Beans  were  a  poor  crop, 
and  considered  a  failure.  Factory  corn 
did  not  mature  very  well;  yield  very 
light.  Corn  seems  to  be  the  main  crop  l 
for  the  silo.  No  apples  to  speak  of,  yield 
never  so  short  before;  not  much  apple 
pa'-'  •  done  in  this  section.  Gardens 
K.  &  V.  engines 
Dependable  Farm  Power 
OH  O  \/”  Triumph — always  develops  rated 
T\  (X  V  horse  power — made  in  1,  li,  2),  4,  f, 
8, 10, 12, 16  and  20  H.  P.  sizes,  stationary  and  portable. 
Easily  started;  perfect  speed  control  (speed  can  bo 
varied  40  per  cent  without  stopping  engine).  Complies 
with  insurance  regulations.  Hopper  cooled — a 
simple,  efficient  system  that  does  not  require  long 
pipes  and  numerous  fittings. 
High  grade  throughout.  Inspect  the  extra  guard 
ring  over  piston  pin  to  prevent  possibility  of  scoring 
cylinder.  Ask  about  the  “R  &  V”  oscillating  mag¬ 
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An  even  stand  of  grain  is  secured,  because  pressure 
springs  compel  all  the  discs  to  cut  furrows  of  equal 
depth,  and  the  forward  closed  delivery  places  seed  at 
bottom  of  these  furrows. 
Van  Brunt  Drills  nover  clog  up.  Scrapers  keep  discs 
absolutely  clean. 
The  high  grade  discs  have  bearings  that  are  guar¬ 
anteed  to  last  lifetime  of  drill. 
Crass  seeder  attachment  can  be  furnished  which 
will  drill  or  sow  broadcast  as  desired. 
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The  Accurate  “Natural  Drop”  Planter 
ACCURATE — because  it  has  the  “Natural-Selec¬ 
tion”  drop — an  improvement  over  all  other 
methods. 
Kernels  do  not  have  to  be  tipped  on  edge  to  enter 
the  cells.  Surface  of  hopper  bottom  and  openings 
to  seed  cells  are  oblique,  or  sloping.  The  kernels 
naturally  move  toward  and  fill  the  cells. 
A  full — variable  drop  planter.  Plants  two,  three 
or  four  kernels  as  desired — all  you  do  to  change  num¬ 
ber  in  the  hill  is  to  move  foot  lever. 
Drilling  distances  varied,  and  change  from  hilling 
to  drilling  or  back  to  hilling  made  just  as  easily. 
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The  Plows  with  Perfect  Fitting  Parts 
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 
any  time  (even  when  in  operation)  to  change  drop  or 
drilling  distances. 
SYRACUSE  chilled  shares  fit  perfectly — the  extra 
shares  go  on  easily.  A  smooth  joint  is  formed 
between  share  and  moldboard  and  share  draws  up 
snugly  to  its  place. 
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