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.Tan.  31.  The  first  of  January  \ve  had  a 
few  clays  of  zero  weather;  since  then  and 
up  to  the  present  we  are  having  consider¬ 
able  wet  weather.  Corn  not.  all  gathered 
and  ground  too  soft  to  allow  teams  in  the 
field.  Corn  at  elevator  selling  at  08<*.  per 
1m. :  oats,  46c.j  wheat.  $1,20;  middlings, 
$2,S  per  ton  to  the  farmers;  wheat  bran, 
$26 ;  hogs,  $7.25  on  foot  in  the  country  ; 
horses,  teams,  $500  to  $550;  cows,  $35- 
$70  each.  J.  o. 
Potomac,  Ill. 
Feh,  1.  Good  work  horses,  $175  to 
$250  each,  with  poor  and  old  horses 
cheaper  than  ever;  no  price;  cows,  $00  to 
$75;  some  were  sold  at  sales  as  high  as 
$00.  Wheat,  $1.50;  rye.  00c.;  corn,  78e. ; 
oats.  50c.;  buckwheat.  70c.  ;  hand  picked 
white  beans,  $3.75;  hay,  $14  to  $10; 
bran,  $27;  middlings,  $2S;  coarse  meal, 
$20;  oil  meal,  $57  per  ton;  No.  1  honey, 
I7e. ;  fresh  eggs.  20  and  30c. ;  creamery 
butter,  33c.;  dairy  butter,  21c.;  potatoes, 
SO.  Factory  price*  on  sugar  beets,  $0 
per  Ion ;  pickles,  00c  per  bu. :  canning 
factory  prices,  fruit  and  vegetables, 
strawberries,  75c.  per  crate  of  10  qts. ; 
red  raspberries,  $1.50  per  crate;  black 
raspberries,  $1;  blackberries.  00c.;  cher¬ 
ries  and  gooseberries,  3e.  per  pound ; 
plums,  OOo.  per  bu. ;  wax  bonus,  $35  per 
ton.  Chicago  can  be  considered  the  poul¬ 
try  market  for  this  part  of  Michigan,  as 
farmers  are  in  the  habit  of  making  their 
own  shipments  and  have  had  no  com¬ 
plaint  of  unfair  treatment.  D.  II.  c. 
Ottawa  Co.,  Mich. 
Cows,  fresh,  from  $00  to  $80;  beef, 
11c.  per  lb.;  pork,  lOV-jC.,  dressed;  bay, 
$13  to  $15.  according  to  quality;  straw, 
$0.50  (rye).  Hops,  25e.,  1015  crop; 
1014  crop,  14  to  18c.  Blitter.  32c.; 
oats.  50c.  per  bu.;  wheat  $1  ;  buckwheat, 
90c.;  potatoes.  75c.;  growers  not  anxious 
to  sell.  Apples,  choice.  $2.50  per  hbl. 
Eggs.  30c.  A.  m.  s. 
Howe  Cave,  N.  Y. 
Jan.  20.  "Wheat,  $1.20  per  bu.  from 
farmer  to  dealer;  rye.  90c.;  rye  in  sheaf, 
$15  per  ton ;  oats,  55c.  per  bu. ;  corn, 
85c..  Mixed  hay,  Timothy  and  clover, 
$20  per  ton,  large  hales.  Rye  straw 
baled.  $11  per  ton.  Potatoes,  $1  to  $1.05 
per  bu.  to  dealers.  Apples,  from  $1.50 
to  $2.00  per  hbl.  to  dealer.  Onions, 
$2,25  per  bid. ;  very  few  grown.  Eggs 
from  30  to  30e.  to  dealers.  Good  cows 
will  sell  to  dealers  for  from  $75  to  $125 
per  head;  no  old  cows  in  this  section. 
Butchers  keep  them  all  gathered  up  at 
good  prices.  Horses  are  high  to  farm¬ 
ers  from  dealers,  at  $200  to  $300  per 
head.  Farmers  are  buying  more  mules 
every  year;  a  few  this  Winter  have 
bought  tractors,  thinking  them  cheaper 
than  horses.  Chickens  are  selling,  alive, 
to  dealers  at  15  to  17c.  per  lb.  Pork 
has  been  very  cheap,  10c.  now  for  light, 
dressed  pork.  Weather  fine;  very  warm. 
Farmers  plowing  for  potatoes.  Good 
crop  of  ice  gathered  earlier  in  January. 
Englishtown,  N.  J.  w.  c.  M. 
This  is  quite  a  large  grape-growing 
section,  also  berries  and  some  fruit. 
Hav  is  an  export  also.  It  was  a  hard 
season  to  harvest  crops,  due  to  the  long 
rainy  spell  of  July  and  August.  Most 
farms  eut  a  second  crop  of  hay.  The 
wet  season  did  not  injure  the  grape 
and  berry  crops,  and  they  were  fine  in 
quality.  There  is  no  dairying  done  in 
this  section,  except  for  domestic  use. 
Grapes,  per  5-lb.  basket,  8  to  10c. ;  per 
ton.  in  bulk,  $25  to  $30;  Blackcap  rasp¬ 
berries,  per  quart,  8  to  12c. ;  dried,  per 
lb.,  22  to  24c. ;  cherries,  per  quart,  8  to 
10c. ;  apples,  for  canning,  per  100  lbs., 
$1  ;  evaporator,  per  100  lbs.,  35  to  40c ; 
A  grade,  packed,  per  bbl.,  $1.75  to  $3, 
No.  1  Timothy  bay,  per  ton,  $15  to  $10; 
mixed  hay,  $11  to  $14;  clover  hay,  $9 
to  $10;  wheat,  per  bu.,  $1.15;  corn. 
Stale,  per  bu.,  75c.;  oats,  10c.;  potatoes, 
per  bu.,  $1  to  $1.15.  Eggs,  28c. ;  butter, 
per  lb.,  24  to  26c.  Pork,  dressed,  per 
lh„  8  to  $y>c.  Veal  calves  per  lb.,  alive, 
0c  to  10c.  Spring  chickens,  alive, 
per  lb.,  12  to  12*4c.  Ducks,  live,  per 
lb.,  12c.  c.  F.  o. 
Ilimrod,  N.  Y. 
Jan.  24.  At  a  public  auction  sale  of 
Ilolstein-Friesinn  cattle  at  this  place 
hold  iii  the  sales  pavilion  of  the  Madison- 
Ghenango  Co.,  Breeders’  Club,  117  head 
of  cattle  brought  $18,935,  or  an  average 
of  $100  apiece — classes  as  follows :  First 
class,  young  stock,  1  mouth  to  17  of  age, 
40  head  brought.  $5,535 ;  average,  $113. 
Second  class,  heifers  in  milk  from  two  to 
six  years  old  ;  54  bead  brought  $10,710. 
average  $200;  third  class,  cows  over 
seven  years  of  age,  13  head  hrought 
$2,450,  average  $180;  one  herd  bull,  three 
years.  $210:  117  head  brought  $18,055. 
average  $100.  Another  sale  will  be  held 
here  in  March.  j.  it.  f. 
Earlville,  N.  Y. 
Fresh  cows,  at  private  sale,  good,  $75; 
springers,  $00.  Veal  calves,  10c.,  live; 
pork,  dressed,  9c.;  lambs,  good,  9c.; 
sheep,  7tq  potatoes  $3.10  at  car,  ISO 
lbs.  Nothing  moving  in  the  apple  line, 
ilay  sells  for  about  $10  at  the  barn; 
delivered  to  the  village,  $20  for  good. 
1  here  is  quite  a  lot  of  rowen  for  sale. 
Ry<'  straw.  $8;  oats.  $8;  loose  buck¬ 
wheat,  $1.80  per  100  lbs.  Eggs,  31c.  at 
the  stores.  Part  of  the  farmers  here 
take  their  milk  to  the  local  creamery, 
the  milk  is  separated  and  the  eream 
shipped  to  the  eity.  In  December  it 
netted  42c.  per  lb.  for  butter  fat.  Some 
of  the  farmers  ship  their  whole  milk  l<> 
Hoods.  They  pay  $1.93  per  100  lbs.  if 
tin1  milk  is  cared  for  under  sanitary 
conditions  and  tests  4  per  cent  fat.  Veal 
is  so  high  that  the  temptation  is  great 
for  the  farmer  to  sell  in  place  of  rais¬ 
ing  his  calves,  and  buyers  are  semiring 
the  country,  buying  springers  and  fresh 
cows.  Cows  that  formerly  sold  for  $40 
five  years  ago  arc  $75  to-day.  w.  o.  w. 
Iloosick.  N.  Y. 
This  is  essentially  a  hay,  rye  and  a  ti¬ 
lde  section.  Rye,  $1  per  bu. ;  straw.  $11 
at  railroad  stations.  Hay,  $15  to  $22  at 
Albany  or  stations.  Oafs  all  fed  on 
farms;  oat  straw,  ton.  $10.  Very  little 
wheat  raised,  selling  at  $1.40  per  bu; 
wheat  straw.  $9.  Apples  sold  in  Fall 
at  $2  to  $2.25.  Now  selling  in  Albany, 
where  all  stored  fruit  sells  $2.  unless  for 
a  few  fancy  Spy  or  Spitz.  I  have  sold 
my  own  crop  from  store  in  Albany  for 
years;  10-mile  haul.  Good,  adufpl  young 
horses,  four  to  five  years  old.  $225  to 
$275;  yearlings  and  twos,  $75  to  $140. 
Good,  big.  fresh  cows  or  near  springers 
selling  $75  to  $100.  Two-year-olds,  com¬ 
ing  fresh,  $35  to  $50.  Veal  calves,  11c., 
live  weight;  heavy  hogs,  9c.:  light.  12c., 
dressed;  good  sheep,  $10  per  head.  There 
is  not  much  small  fruit  grown.  No  corn 
raised  for  sale:  some  buckwheat  selling 
$1  per  bu.  Butter,  35c.  lb. :  eggs,  fresh, 
in  Albany,  40e. ;  fowls,  17c.  lb.  Some 
fine  poultry  plants  here.  »Store  hogs 
mostly  disposed  of ;  grain  too  high  to  feed 
them.  Not  enough  potatoes  raised  to 
supply  home  demand;  selling  at  $3.75 
bbl.  Beans,  $4.50  bn.;  small  crop. 
Indian  Fields,  N,  V.  ,r.  w.  c. 
Jan.  11.  In  this  part;  of  Livingston 
County  there  is  not  much  dairying.  A 
few  ship  their  cream  to  Buffalo.  Most 
that  is  raised  around  here  is  wheat  and 
beans.  Present  price  for  wheat.  $1.10; 
marrow  beans,  $4.  Cows  are  being  sold 
around  lie  re  at  auction,  from  $00  to 
$125.  Apples  around  50c.  per  bu.  As 
for  gardening  crops,  there  is  very  little 
raised  a  round  here  for  sale.  ,T.  B, 
Grovel  and,  N.  Y. 
Butter  45c;  eggs  40c;  milk  7c  qt. ; 
dressed  poultry  20c;  live  14c;  pork  9*4c, 
sold  to  butchers ;  beef  4  V  to  6c;  pota¬ 
toes  $1.20  bn.;  apples  $2  to  $3  bbl.; 
corn  85c  bu.;  90e  at  public  sales  when 
credit  is  allowed.  Wheat  $1.20;  oats  55c; 
Timothy  hay  $22,  baled;  mixed  $18; 
wheat  straw  $10;  rye  straw  $14.  But- 
terfat  at  creameries  46c  per  lb, 
Frick’s  Lock,  Pa.  K.  w. 
The  following  are  the  prices  at  Clean, 
Bolivar  and  Shingle  House.  These  towns 
are  connected  by  a  trolley  line  and  most 
of  the  produce  in  this  vicinity  is  sold 
according  to  the  prices  given  in  such 
towns.  I  reside  in  the  northern  part  of 
Pennsylvania,  about  three-quarters  of  a 
mile  from  the  New  York  State  line.  Mv 
postoffiee  is  in  New  York.  Hay  is  being 
sold  at  $12  per  ton  in  the  barn  loose,  but 
there  is  a  very  limited  amount  for  sale 
owing  to  a  very  had  season.  Potatoes 
•  retailed  at  $1 ;  the  farmers  are  getting 
Kde  per  bu.  at  present.  There  are  no 
apples  in  this  vicinity  to  sell,  but  they 
are  being  shipped  in  and  retailing  at 
$3.50  to  $4  per  barrel.  Oats,  which  were 
a  Aery  good  crop,  bring  40  to  45c  at  the 
mills.  Buckwheat,  which  was  a  fair 
crop,  is  bringing  $1.05  per  100  lbs.; 
buckwheat  flour  sells  at  the  mills  at 
$3.60  iwr  100  lbs.  This  is  not  ft  wheat 
country  and  there  is  very  little  raised; 
very  little  corn  is  sold  from  the  farms. 
Tt  is  retailed  at  the  mill  at  $1.50  per 
100  lbs.  at  present.  Butter,  good  dairy, 
brings  40c  iu  Olean  at.  Ihe  sales  which 
have  been  held  twice  a  week.  In  Shingle 
llnuso,  our  nearest  towu.  butter  only 
brings  the  farmers  27 e.  Eggs  are  40c 
at  the  country  stores,  and  they  bring  50c 
at  the  public  sales  in  Glean.  There  is 
very  little  gardening  Imre.  Mostly  dairy 
farms.  A  good  many  of  the  farmers  have 
patronized  the  sales  in  Olean  and  have 
received  good  prices.  I.  w.  T. 
McKean  Go.,  I'a. 
J »ii .  29.  Prices  in  coal  fields,  hay 
$18;  milk  4c  to  farmer,  8c  to  consumer. 
Potatoes  $1.05  and  $1.50;  cows  $60  to 
$70;  cabbage  2,  3  and  5c;  eggs  40c. 
Meats  high;  too  many  horses;  grain  is 
dear.  n.  c.  K. 
Lackawanna  Co.,  Fa. 
Prices  for  good  dairy  cows  from  $50 
to  $75  at  private  sale,  not  many  auc¬ 
tions  yet  this  year.  Butterfnt  at  co¬ 
operative  creamery  for  December  4Se  per 
lb.;  eggs  at  local  market  30c  per  doz. ; 
no  truck  gardening  here,  too  far  from  a 
good  market,  raise  only  fruit  enough  for 
home  use.  h.  vi, 
Hamden,  N.  Y. 
Cows,  from  $35  to  $60.  Butter,  30c. 
per  lb.;  milk,  Oe.  per  qt;  eggs,  30c.; 
potatoes.  70c.  per  hu :  buckwheat,  90c. 
per  bu.  •  oats,  45  to  50c. ;  corn,  to  to 
45c.;  hay.  $12  to  $10;  pork,  $10  per 
Cows,  from  $35  to  $60.  Butter,  30e. 
per  lb.;  milk,  Oc.  per  qt;  eggs,  30c.; 
potatoes,  70c.  per  hu ;  buckwheat,  90c. 
per  bu.  •  oats,  45  to  50c. ;  corn,  to  to 
45c.;  hay,  $12  to  $10;  pork,  $10  per 
cwt,  for  light ;  pork,  $9  par  cwt.  for 
heavy..  At  a  sale  last  Winter  one  cow 
was  sold  for  $89  and  went  to  a  sale  the 
other  day  and  this  same  cow  was  sold  for 
$47.  and  other  prices  the  same  way, 
Hagedorn’s  Mill;  N.  Y.  c.  n .  r. 
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