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Tihe  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
May  20,  1910. 
Gulf  of  Mexico  and  the  south  Atlantic 
coast  from  Galveston  to  Delaware,  not 
all  of  the  men  at  any  one  place  being  re¬ 
moved. 
EVENTS  OF  THE  WEEK 
Coming  Farmers’  Meetings 
Farmers’  Congress,  Lockport,  N.  Y., 
June  1,  2  and  8.  ... 
Molstein-Friesian  Association  ot  Amer¬ 
ica,  Detroit.  Mich.,  June  6. 
American  Forestry  Association,  Read¬ 
ing,  I’a..  June  26-27. 
American  Association  of  Nurserymen, 
Milwaukee.  Wis..  June  28-30. 
International  Apple  Shippers’  Associa¬ 
tion.  New  York,  Aug.  2. 
Sixty-seventh  Michigan  State  Fair, 
Detroit,  Sept.  4-13. 
Farmers'  Mutual  Protective  Associa¬ 
tion.  Indian  Fields,  N.  Y..  Sept.  5. 
Solehury  Farmers*  Exhibit,  Deer  Park. 
Solebury.  Pa.,  Sept.  8-0. 
New  York  State  Fair.  Syracuse,  N.  Y., 
Sept.  11-16. 
National  Dairy  Show,  Springfield, 
Mass.,  Oct.  12-21. 
The  peach  prospects  here  are  as  fol¬ 
lows:  Elberta,  Oldmixon  Free,  Captain 
Ede,  buds  all  dead ;  Relic  of  Georgia 
nearly  all  dead ;  New  Prolific,  some  live 
buds;  Carman  and  Greensboro,  enough 
buds  for  quarter  of  a  crop;  Iron  Moun¬ 
tain  full  of  live  buds,  but  this  kind  is 
almost  too  late  for  here.  All  these  trees 
were  very  full  last  year.  F.  w. 
Philipsburg,  Pa. 
April  20.  These  prices  are  paid  at 
Fort  Plain:  Hay,  No.  1,  $20;  No.  2, 
$18 ;  No.  3.  $16.  Good  milch  cows  $75 
to  $100.  No  sale  for  straw.  Milk,  Bor¬ 
den.  $1,40  for  lowest  test.  If.  R. 
Nelliston,  N,  Y. 
You  Always  Get  100% 
Value  When  Y ou  Buy 
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5,  in  connection 
umised  to  he  the 
>06.000  in  stocks  April  27.  We  are  in  a  potato  Section ; 
in  jewelry  from  a  dairying  is  carried  on  a  side  line,  or- 
ry  City  ferryboat  eharding  and  gardening  likewise  on  a 
of  February  26.  very  small  scale.  The  prices  of  the  main 
Attorney  Con-  staples  are  as  follows:  Potatoes  $1; 
against  Thomas  wheat  $1.15;  rye  05c;  corn  85c;  oats 
.ouis  Windier,  his  go.  Dairy  cows  $60,  cream,  butterfat 
whom  arc  in  the  $1.38;  butter  34  (homemade).  Bran 
Quigley,  arrested  $1,30;  cottonseed  $160;  Red  dog  $1.80; 
t.000  of  the  soeur-  middlings  $1.65:  Buffalo  feed  $1.40.  We 
g.  The  latter  is  do  not.  have  sale  for  apples  or  garden 
for  removal  here,  produets  and  do  not  raise  much  more 
held  by  Com  mis-  than  for  home  consumption.  E.  A.  d. 
.000  bail,  charged  Lynn  port,  Pa. 
in" the  conspu-acy.  April  27.  Butter  in  Pittsburgh  mar- 
v  get  forty-eight  ket  to  customers  40c  per  lb.:  eggs  Jo. 
•ison  if  convicted.  Eggs  to  retail  groceries  about  20c  per 
Commission  will  doz.  Apples  are  slow,  move  at  from 
ses  in  the  price  $2  to  $3.50  per  bbl.,  according  to  quality, 
ure  which  it  may  A  bad  hailstorm  in  our  section  last  year 
•  are  larger  than  marked  the  apples  badly.  I  sold  quite  a 
increases  in  the  lot  at  75c  per  bu.,  buyers  furnishing  their 
rphn  eiimmissiun’s  own  containers.  Potatoes  selling  on  the 
J  rS  5  S  f a  mi  $1.25  per  bu.  Not.  many  beef  eat- 
rney-General  Greg-  tie  raised  here  ;  dairying  is  the  main 
letter  pointing  out  business  with  those  who  keep  sto*  k.  I 
chorees  the  coal  have  a  couple  of  steers  to  sell  every  year, 
occasions  of  wage  generally  kill  them  and  sell  by  the  quar- 
ion  for  compara-  ter.  Tins  year  frontqnarterslJc.rear 
in  the  price  of  14c  per  lb.  No  trouble  to  get  littsburgh 
quotations  ou  the  hoof.  R.  L  T. 
the  Atlas  Powder  Library,  Pa. 
ind  fifteen  injured  May  5.  Retail  price  at  mills:  Corn 
so  lit  4,500  pounds  pgc  f!,>r  ]Ui. ;  oats  60c;  buckwheat  00c; 
oglycerine  at  the  wheat  $1.20;  hay  $25  per  ton  (Tim- 
npany  in  the  hills  otby  )  ;  clover  hay  $23;  beet  pulp  $30  per 
!  of  Lake  Ifnpat-  tonY  gluten  $31;  middlings  $80;  corn, 
Three  small  build-  ,,ats,  barley,  $33;  wheat  bran  $28;  oil 
are  scattered  over  nioui  $.{0;  cottonseed  meal  $40;  corn  chop 
e.  blown  to  pieces  $33,  \y,,  got  24c  per  gallon,  wholesale, 
and  burned.  Fire-  fot.  n1jnt  delivered  in  Summer.  28c  in 
1  fire  and  most  of  Winter.  J.  H.  L. 
s  spent  the  after-  Loretto,  Pa. 
8  from  other  hulid-  _  .  . 
L  New  Jersey  felt  May  o.  Our  staple  crops  are  Alfalfa 
iws  were  broken  in  hay.  milk  for  New  York,  some  peas  and 
ler  colony  all  along  corn  for  canning  factories;  in  a  limited 
at*  away'  as  Dover,  way  potatoes,  apples,  butter,  poultry, 
,f  the  explosion  is  eggs.  Alfalfa  hay  ranged  from  $10  to 
a.”  The  five  men  $12  at  baru;  mixed  or  timothy  that 
,-ere  all  that  were  would  do  for  horse  hay  $2  to  $4  higher, 
s  which  were  de-  Milk  the  regular  New  York  price  for 
hired  were  cut  bv  this  zone.  Butter,  local  market,  the  past 
rW  panes,  year  30  to  86c;  eggs  in  Winter  50c,  now 
toss  at  Lock  port,  20c.  Potatoes  last  Fall  $1;  apples  $1 ; 
i  be  addressed  by  poultry  12  to  1 4c  live  weight.  Cows, 
eluding  represents-  Holstein  grades,  $70  to  $100.  F.  A.  F. 
‘partineut  of  Agri-  Munnsville,  N.  Y. 
fork  State  Depart-  ^jav  5  Wc  have  no  city  market  near 
here,  so  the  gardening  crops  are  not 
1  hand  Villistas.  grown  here  except,  for  family  use.  There 
forded  the.  Rio  were  very  few  good  cabbages  last  year 
id  about  15  miles,  and  price  so  low  ($.10  per  ton)  that 
settlements  of  Bo-  farmers  fed  them  to  stock.  Potatoes  were 
•ings.  Tex.,  where  mainly  poor  and  have  been  at  $1  per  bu. 
nimnt  of  American  this  Winter.  Seed  ..ats  selling  at  70c  to 
line  men  of  Trqop  $1.20  per  bu.  Buckwheat  scarce  now 
v.  Three  troopers  and  high.  $2  per  100  lbs.  Calves  have 
1  two  cavalrymen  been  9c  live  weight,  hut  now  are  6c  to 
Americans  ‘were  8c.  Hogs  recently  sold  from  here  to 
oquillas.  but  May  Cortland  market  at  1144c  dressed.  Cows 
imeriean  soil  with  at  auction  and  private  sale  have  brought 
as  prisoners.  The  from  $35  to  $75  for  grades,  the  latter 
T'd  choir  guards  price  luring  iibout  (ho  limit.  Hut  tor  bus 
miles  into  the  in-  sold  from  30c  to  40o  in  local  markets, 
u cored ed  in  getting  recently  it  has  been  .15  to  roc.  Eggs  111 
States  without  an  local  market  at  present  are  20c,  have 
er  Americans  arc  been  as  low  as  18c.  Me  just  have  re- 
(•aus  Eleven  com-  turns  from  shipment  to  New  York  l  lty 
tillery.  comprising  of  Apr.  29,  selling  for  24c,  netting  22%c. 
I teries  of  Field  Av-  Nearly  all  milk  here  goes  to  the  cream- 
joy  9  bv  the  War  ery  and  is  made  up  into  butter  and 
‘d  to  the  Mexican  cheese.  Our  prices  this  Winter  for  but- 
ras  t  aken  after  the  terfat  per  lb.  were  as  follows :  Nov.  .483, 
orders  calling  out  Dec.  .48s.  Jan.  .494,  hob.  .*>••••  VLu  1 
'  three  States,  Tex-  dividends  not  Imre  yet.  .Maple  sugar  has 
Mexico,  for  border  sold  from  15c  down  to  10c.  Sugar  that 
mal  regiments  of  would  usually  be  considered  very  poor 
also  ordered  to  the  brings  10c  in  trade  at  local  store.  Maple 
anies  of  Coast  Av-  syrup  $1  per  gallon.  *’•  M.  N. 
•0111  norts  along  the  No.  Pitcher,  N.  1. 
NON-SKID  TIRES 
—  a  full  dollar’s  worth  of  rubber,  fabric, 
careful  and  conscientious  workmanship  and 
mileage  for  every  dollar  you  pay.  Every  Fisk 
Tire  that  leaves  our  factory  has  passed  in¬ 
spection  after  inspection— it  is  an  absolutely 
perfect  product,  and  represents  more  real 
dollar-for-dollar  tire  value  than  you  can  buy 
anywhere.  And  it  is  backed  up  by  the  Fisk 
reputation  for  first  quality  that  has  been  our 
only  standard  for  the  past  17  years. 
Fisk  Non-Skids  have  been  the  tire  value  sen¬ 
sation  of  the  country  ever  since  they  were 
introduced  three  years  ago.  With  their  strong 
and  reliable  non-skid  tread,  ideal  for  country 
road  conditions,  they  cost  less  than  the  plain 
treads  of  several  other  standard  makes.  You 
can’t  buy  a  better  tire. 
35,000  Dealers  and 
More  Than  1 OO  Fisk  Branches 
Are  Ready  to  Serve  You 
Through  your  dealer  you  are  sure  of  the 
promptest  attention  of  the  Fisk  Branch  in 
your  vicinity — and  if  you  are  handy  to  that 
branch  you  can  make  use  of  Fisk  FREE  Ser¬ 
vice  to  motorists.  Dismounting,  inspection, 
air  testing,  inflation,  reassembling,  changing 
tubes  and  casings,  inspecting  your  wheels  for 
alignment  —  all  free  whether  you  use  Fisk 
Tires  or  not.  No  charge  except  for  actual 
repairs  and  supplies. 
Send  for  price  list — or  call  on  nearest  branch. 
Complete  list  of  branches  on  request. 
rFisk  Dealers  Everywhere  —  Fisk  Service 
Branches  in  New  Y'ork,  Broadway  cfc  a 5th  St. — 
Brooklyn ,  Bedj ord  A  vc .  tfc  II a ncoch  St. —  Yonkers,  89 
Warburlon  Ave. — Binghamton,  217  Washington 
St. — Elmira,  101  IF.  Church  St. — Syracuse,  441 
S.  Warren  Si. —  Utica,  510  Charlotte  St. — Roch¬ 
ester,  211  East  Ave. — Buffalo,  71S  Main  St. — 
Scranton,  825 A  darns  Ave.  Erie ,  OlsPeachSt.  — 
Cleveland,  2027  Euclid  Ave .  More  than  100 
Trade  Mailt  Reg.  u  s.  Pat  Off.  Branches  cover  the  United  States— write  for 
Time  to  Re-tire?  complete  list. 
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