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Crops  and  Farm  Notes 
hnttcrfat.  One  creamery  paid  50  and 
some  40c,  and  one  creamery  paid  only 
42c.  Eggs  some  places  pay  ISc  and 
other  dealers  pay  20c.  Farmers  have  to 
pay  at  the  mill  for  feed:  Bran  $25  a 
ton ;  rye  middlings  $24.  and  middlings 
$30.  Young  pigs  are  scarce  and  shot  os 
are  high.  Farmers  sell  milk  to  town 
wholesale,  4c*  <|t.,  and  retail  6  to  7c. 
Maeungie,  Pa.  j.  ix.  o. 
May  15.  The  season  is  about  10  days 
late.  The  work  is  well  and  thoroughly 
done,  more  so  than  ever  before.  The 
outlook  for  peaches  and  apples  suggests 
that  peaches  from  present  indications 
will  he  in  my  estimation  about  75%  of 
a  crop,  apples  about  00%.  g.  w.  b. 
Adams  Ha  sin,  X,  Y. 
Several  farmers  have  had  to  buy  hay 
for  their  stock  for  Sit)  or  $12  per  ton  at 
the  barn.  A  few  have  turned  stock  out 
to  pasture.  The  maple  sugar  season  was 
short  and  sweet.  Syrup  $1.25  gal.,  sugar 
15  to  20  cents  per  lb.  All  Spring  work 
is  very  backward,  only  a  few  oats  sown 
yet.  Potatoes  $1  per  bn.  Butter  30  to 
35c  lb.  Eggs  20c  dosi.  Cows  $50  to 
$75.  Some  farmers  and  villagers  are 
buying  new  autos  this  Spring,  v.  s.  e. 
Elk  Creek.  X.  Y. 
This  has  been  rather  a  backward 
Spring  in  Clinton  Co.,  N.  Y.  A  very 
small  acreage  of  grain  has  been  sown 
as  yet.  A  good  many  farmers  are  using 
lime  on  th'-ir  Spring  seeding.  Cows 
have  been  turned  to  pasture  hut  most 
farmers  are  still  feeding  at  the  barns. 
Potatoes  S5e  per  bn.;  butter  33c;  eggs 
21c :  oats  50c  per  bn.  H.  T.  j. 
Clinton  Co.,  X.  Y. 
Fruit  and  Spraying  Notes 
May  12.  The  season  lias  been  very 
late,  and  during  the  last  two  weeks  it 
has  been  rainy  or  the  wind  has  blown  so 
hard  that  it  has  been  almost  impossible 
to  spray.  I  think  that  the  other  work  is 
SO  pressing  now  that  the  spraying  will 
not  be  as  thoroughly  done  as  in  former 
seasons.  The  outlook  for  a  crop  of 
peaches  is  very  poor:  apple  trees  look  as 
though  they  would  blossom  quite  full,  hut 
it  is  too  early  to  estimate  what  the  crop 
will  be.  R.  c.  I*. 
Honeoye  Falls.  X.  Y'. 
May  33.  On  account  of  the  cold  and 
very  wet  Spring  I  am  sure  that  spray¬ 
ing  has  not  been  as  well  done  as  usual 
so  far  this  year,  hut  am  looking  for  an 
extra  amount,  of  it  being  done  after  the 
blossoms  fall.  We  have  the  promise  of 
the  largest  fruit  crop  in  this  section  this 
year  we  have  ever  had.  Including  peach¬ 
es,  apples,  pears,  cherries,  plums,  prunes 
and  strawberries,  hut  blackberries  are 
badly  killed.  On  this  date  the  apple  blos¬ 
soms  are  just  showing  pink.  Sweet  cher¬ 
ries  and  pears  are  coming  in t< •  full  bloom. 
The  next  10  or  12  days  will  tell  the  story 
here.  f.  e.  y. 
Charlotte,  X.  Y’. 
May  10.  Dormant  spray  applied  very 
late,  with  result  that  some  orchards  re¬ 
ceived  very  little  if  any.  Prospects  are 
that  after-the-blossom  spraying  will  be 
more  thoroughly  done.  The  peach  crop 
in  this  vicinity  will  he  very  light,  due  to 
winter-killing  of  buds.  Prospects  for  ap¬ 
ples  seem  fair  to  good  according  to  va¬ 
riety.  ( .  a.  b. 
Kend&ia,  X.  Y. 
I  find  that  apples  promise  a  full  bloom 
although  one  large  orchard  shows  little 
promise  of  Greenings.  Early  apples  are 
budding  full;  bloom  delayed  by  cold 
weather.  Elberta  peaches  almost  a  fail¬ 
ure.  Wagoner  and  early  varieties  prom¬ 
ise  a  fair  bloom.  Spraying  is  delayed, 
and  as  other  farm  work  is  very  pressing 
there  will  probably  not  he  as  much  done 
as  usual.  Farmers  are  just  getting  oats 
sown  this  week,  with  plowing  for  corn 
and  beans  pressing  them  hard.  I  have 
based  my  apple  and  peach  report  <>n  in¬ 
quiries  from  several  men,  who  have  good- 
sized  orchards.  j.  w.  R. 
Holcomb,  X,  Y. 
May  10.  On  account  of  the  late 
Spring  the  spraying  in  this  vicinity  has 
been  greatly  hindered  and  delayed.  On 
many  orchards  the  ground  was  so  wet. 
that  it  was  impossible  to  apply  the  dorm¬ 
ant  spray.  The  first  scab  spray  is  now 
being  given,  although  the  f refluent  rains 
interfere  with  tlie  work.  Apple  and 
pear  trees  are  in  healthy  condition,  well 
covered  with  fruit  buds,  but  the  indica¬ 
tions  are  that  fruit  on  peach  and  plum 
trees  will  he  a  failure.  The  warm  weath¬ 
er  in  January  so  forwarded  their  fruit 
buds,  that  when  the  later  zero  weather 
came,  it  apparently  ruined  them. 
Batavia,  N.  1'.  j.  c.  J. 
It  is  a  very  wet.  cold  Spring  here,  as 
well  as  in  most  of  the  country.  Very 
few  oats  in  and  other  work  away  behind, 
but  thank  our  stars  all  our  brush  is 
burned  early  on  a  brush  burner,  and 
now  when  I  ride  through  the  country  and 
see  the  ground  in  the  orchards  covered 
with  brush  and  spraying  being  attempted 
over  the  brush,  again  I  say.  “thank  you” 
for  a  brush  burner.  I  think  ours  was 
one  of  the  first.  CLARK  ALLIS. 
Orleans  Co..  X.  Y. 
May  15.  Sea  sou  is  very  late,  no  really 
warm  days;  frequent  rains  have  delayed 
spraying.  Dormant  spray  generally 
given.  Peaches  and  apples  promise  very 
well;  the  latter  are  not  in  bloom  yet, 
but  buds  are  plentiful.  Peaches  are 
nearer  to  the  lake  and  hence  are  later 
in  blooming,  but  prospects  good. 
Ontario  Centre,  N.  Y.  B.  m.  r. 
The  dormant  spray  of  fruit  trees  in 
this  locality  has  not  been  as  thoroughly 
done  this  season  b.v  growers  generally, 
owing  to  wet  conditions  of  orchards  and 
large  amount  of  work  which  had  to  be 
done  in  a  short  time.  My  opinion  is  that 
the  most  progressive  growers  here  suc¬ 
ceeded  in  having  their  spraying  done  well 
and  in  season.  As  far  as  I  know  the 
prospect  for  apples  and  pears  is  good. 
Some  peach  buds  killed,  but  think  there 
is  enough  left  for  fair  crop.  F.  T. 
Geneva.  X.  Y. 
May  10.  The  conditions  are  very  un¬ 
favorable  so  far  this  year  for  crops. 
Thousands  of  acres  of  wheat  is  dead  or 
so  poor  it  was  plowed  up,  ours  among 
them.  Xo  snows  or  rains  t"  count  since 
September,  except  a  little  in  April,  which 
the  sun  and  winds  dried  up  long  ago. 
The  rest  of  wheat  will  go  if  rain  does 
not  come  soon.  Yesterday  it  was  92  deg. 
in  the  shade;  this  morning  it  was  3(5 
deg.  with  a  gale  blowing  from  the  North 
Pole,  it  seemed.  Nine  miles  north  of  us 
where  the  wheat  was  little  better  it  is 
tireing  at  the  roots.  Grass  is  not  high 
enough  for  pasture  yet.  MRS.  F.  c.  j. 
Washington  Co,,  Col. 
May  35.  Cows  sell  at  auction  from 
$40  to  $350;  horses  from  $20  to  $250; 
dressed  hogs  12c  per  lb.;  chickens,  live, 
from  12  to  10c;  butter  in  prints  pays 
34c  for  fanners;  the  creameries  paid  for 
the  month  of  April  from  42  to  50c  for 
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EVENTS  OF  THE  WEEK 
DOMESTIC —Charles  Good  of  Elyria, 
Ohio,  student  aviator,  and  Louis  Krantz, 
a  mechanician  attached  to  the  Atlantic 
Coast  Aeronautical  Station  at  Newport 
News,  were  drowned  and  three  other  men 
narrowly  escaped  losing  their  lives  when 
tim  large  Curtis  hydroaeroplane  which 
flew  to  Washington  front  Newport  News, 
May  S.  fell  into  the  Potomac  River  near 
Bryan’s  Point.  Md.,  May  11.  The  hydro¬ 
aeroplane  with  its  crew  of  four  and  a 
passenger  was  making  the  return  trip  to 
Newport  News. 
It  is  planned  to  employ  at  least  500 
State  prisoners  in  repairing  good  roads 
within  a  large  radius  of  the  various  New 
York  State  prisons  during  the  coining 
Summer  and  Fall,  according  to  State 
Superintendent  Carter.  The  short  term 
men  will  he  utilized  for  this  work,  as 
there  would  be  few  attempts  to  escape. 
Carl  Limberg  was  instantly  killed  and 
his  mechanician.  It.  Pallet ti,  was  so  bad¬ 
ly  injured  that  he  died  within  a  few  min¬ 
utes.  in  the  thirtieth  mile  of  the  Metro¬ 
politan  Trophy  race  of  150  miles  at  the 
Sheepshead  Bay  Speedway,  N.  Y.,  May 
lo. 
The  “Preparedness”  parade  in  New 
York  City.  May  13.  included  142.000 
marchers,  who  were  watched  by  approx¬ 
imately  1.009.000  spectators. 
Two  incendiary  tires  occurred  at  Fort 
Bliss,  Tex..  May  14,  destroyed  three  cav¬ 
alry  stables,  a  storehouse,  three  horses 
and  some  tents.  The  storehouse  where 
the  first  fire  occurred  contained  machine 
guns.  Other  fires  of  a  suspicious  na¬ 
ture  have  occurred  at  El  Paso  and  Co¬ 
lumbus,  Tex. 
Nine  persons  were  crushed  to  death 
and  twenty-six  were  injured,  many  prob¬ 
ably  mortally.  May  15.  in  the  collapse  of 
the  Crystal  Restaurant  building,  filled 
with  diners,  at  Main  and  Quarry  Streets. 
Akron.  O.  A  blast  of  dynamite  in  the 
excavation  for  a  new  building  adjoining 
the  restaurant  caused  the  collapse. 
Eleven  workmen  were  killed,  two  miss¬ 
ing  are  supposed  to  he  dead  and  30  at 
least  were  injured.  May  15.  iu  the  heav¬ 
iest  explosion  that  has  occurred  at  the 
Repaunn  Chemical  Works  of  the  Du  Pont 
Powder  Company  since  the  plant  was  put 
in  operation  at  Gibbstown,  N.  J.,  over 
thirty-five  years  ago.  The  explosion  oc¬ 
curred  in  the  trinitrotoluol  nitrating 
houses  and  the  flames  communicated  to 
the  nitm  benzol  house.  With  a  grinding 
roar  which  was  heard  25  miles  away  the 
buildings  disappeared  in  great  volume  of 
yellow  smoke.  Both  buildings  were  of 
frame  construction  and  the  debris  took 
tire.  The  force  of  the  explosion  blew 
down  two  brick  buildings  used  in  the 
manufacture  of  hexite.  situated  about  <50 
feet  away,  and  these  falling  walls  caused 
many  of  the  deaths  and  injuries. 
In  formation  was  received.  May  13.  at 
the  headquarters  of  Gen.  George  Bell.  ,Tr., 
commanding  the  border  patrol  forces  of 
the  Fnited  States  army  of  the  robbery 
of  the  telegraph  office  at  Fort  Iluachucu, 
Ariz..  and  the  theft  of  the  army  code 
hooks  in  the  place.  Tlie  thieves  took  a 
large  amount,  hut  appeared  to  have 
searched  carefully  and  a  long  time  for  tlie 
code  books.  Officers  of  the  Government 
do  not  know  who  is  responsible  for  the 
robbery,  but  they  are  confident  the  prim¬ 
ary  object  of  the  search  was  to  secure 
the  code  books.  The  army  in  Mexico 
uses  code  to  handle  its  messages  to  the 
border.  There  are  wireless  stations  in 
Bon  ora  capable  of  “picking  up”  the  code 
wireless  messages  of  the  American  army 
in  Chihuhua  if  they  were  of  any  value. 
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Bennett  Wallboard  $24  per  M  feet 
all  wood  fibre — takes  paint — dur¬ 
able — shipped  crated.  Cheaper  than 
lath  and  plaster. 
Bennett  Gypsum  Plaster  Board 
16c  per  sheet  8  square  feet 
Better  than  wood  or  metal  lath. 
Not  a  substitute  for  lath  and  plas¬ 
ter — it  is  1'1-ASTER  in  ready-to- 
apply  form.  Makes  a  real  plaster 
wall  without  troubling  with  mix¬ 
ing  and  applying.  Fire-retarding 
and  non-inflammable  material. 
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Hundreds  of  splendid  values — all 
best  first  quality  goods.  We  sell 
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cash  you  ran  pay  and  we  will  send  you  a  oarefntly 
prepared  U>t  of  just  such  places.  CENTRAL  OFFICE: 
THE  FARM  BROKERS'  ASSOCIATION.  Inc  .  Oneitla,  New  York 
Other  offices  throughout  the  State. 
Wanted  Hides  and  Skins  "lcL  ^iNiD|iTs0tL  ”  Les 
and  references.  Rogers’  Tannery,  Farminodale.N.  J. 
Get  our  prices  before  selling.  Write  us,  staling  the 
quantity  you  have,  w  ith  the  grade,  and  we  will  quote 
you  price  delivered  on  cars  your  shipping  point. 
H.  A.  PERKINS  &  CO.,  Wool  Merchants 
8  Railroad  Row,  White  River  Junction,  Vt. 
May  27,  1916. 
With  a  code  hook,  such  messages  would 
be  of  great  value. 
'Pile  opposition  to  tlie  Argetsinger  bill, 
introduced  in  the  New  York  Legislature, 
which  would  give  canneries  the  right  to 
employ  women  twelve  hours  a  day  during 
the  rush  season  is  so  great  that  Gov. 
Whitman  will  veto  it. 
FARM  AND  GARDEN.— The  thirty- 
first  annual  meeting  of  the  Holstein- 
Friesian  Association  of  America  will  be 
hold  at  the  Hotel  St&tlor,  Detroit,  Mich., 
June  7. 
The  management  of  the  Eastern  States 
Agricultural  and  Industrial  Exposition 
announces  that  the  National  Dairy  Show 
Association  has  appointed  the  following 
special  breed  days  at  the  National  Show, 
which  will  he  held  this'  year  at.  Spring- 
field.  Muss. :  Monday,  October  1(5.  Guern¬ 
sey  Day;  Tuesday,  October  17,  Holstein 
Day ;  Wednesday.  October  18,  Ayrshire 
Da.v;  Thursday,  October  19,  Jersey  Day. 
The  Certified  Milk  Producers'  Associa¬ 
tion  of  America  will  hold  its  ninth  an¬ 
nual  convention  at  Hotel  Nassau,  Long 
Beach.  Long  Island,  N.  Y.,  June  1-2, 
1916.  The  secretary  is  Harry  B.  Win¬ 
ters.  Albany,  N.  Y'. 
MEXICO. — Another  raid  by  a  band  of 
Mexicans  over  the  Texas  line  is  reported 
south  of  Maratlmn.  The  bandits  raided 
several  ranches  on  the  Texas  side  and 
drove  off  horses  and  stock,  takiug  them 
back  into  Mexico.  The  raid  was  made 
four  miles  north  of  Boqnillas.  at  an  ore 
terminal  station,  and  directly  behind  Ma¬ 
jor  Langhorne’s  column,  which  up  to  that 
time  had  not  crossed  info  Mexico.  After 
a  short  skirmish  the  bandits  fled.  John 
Woodson,  a  rancher,  and  William  Harris 
and  F.  Ballsworth.  peddlers,  of  the  Bo- 
quillas  district  have  been  missing  since 
the  Glenn  Springs  raid,  and  it  is  feared 
they  were  killed  by  raiders.  .  .  .  An 
attempt.  May  12,  by  a  party  of  Mexican 
horsemen  to  capture  horses  from  the  farm 
of  Ambrose  Johnson.  18  miles  northwest 
of  Laredo,  was  frustrated  by  the  ranch 
foreman,  who  opened  fire  on  the  mar¬ 
auders.  The  party  fled  toward  tile  Rio 
Grande.  One  hour  later  a  sehoolhouse  a 
mile  from  the  ranch  was  discovered  in 
flames.  The  building  was  partially  de¬ 
stroyed.  .  .  .  President  Wilson  and 
his  Cabinet  decided,  May  Hi,  that,  there 
would  be  no  change  in  the  Mexican  pol¬ 
icy  at  present  with  respect  to  the  border 
situation.  Gen.  Scott  reported  that  al¬ 
though  no  agreement  was  signed  at  his 
conference  with  Gen.  Obregon,  they  had 
a  tacit  understanding  on  the  protection 
of  the  border  from  bandits.  Arizona  has 
appealed  to  Senator  Ashurst  to  send 
troops  to  guard  200  miles  of  the  State’s 
border,  where  2.500  residents  are  said  to 
be  in  peril.  American  troops  have  ad¬ 
vanced  north  from  San  Antonio,  Mexico, 
and  Carranza  troops  have  taken  their 
place. 
WASHINGTON.— By  a  vote  of  295 
to  10  the  House  passed.  May  15,  its 
substitute  for  the  Senate  rural  credits 
hill  making  certain  the  establishment  of 
a  system  of  farm  credits.  In  general 
features  the  House  and  Senate  bills  are 
similar,  but  the  measure  in  the  final 
form  in  which  it  will  be  submitted  to 
both  chambers  will  be  largely  rewritten 
by  the  conference  committee.  These  are 
tin*  ten  who  voted  against  the  bill: 
Browning.  New  Jersey  •  Dale,  Vermont; 
Dunn.  New  York;  Gardner,  Massachu¬ 
setts;  Gillette.  Massachusetts;  Kennedy. 
Rhode  Island;  Oakley.  Connecticut; 
Walsh.  Massachusetts :  Madden.  Illinois, 
and  Freeman.  Connecticut.  The  rural 
credits  bill  was  considered  largely  along 
rum-partisan  lines  in  the  House,  although 
the  Republicans  were  less  sanguine  of  the 
successful  operation  of  the  plan  than  the 
Democrats  who  framed  it.  In  the  House 
bill  the  provision  is  for  the  establish¬ 
ment  of  twelve  Federal  land  banks  with 
a  minimum  capital  of  $750,000  each.  The 
management  of  the  entire  system  is  en¬ 
trusted  to  a  farm  loan  hoard  of  three 
members  and  each  of  tin  banks  is  to  be  in 
charge  of  nine  directors,  three  of  whom 
arc  to  he  selected  by  the  farm  loan  board 
and  six  by  the  national  farm  loan  asso¬ 
ciations.  The  banks  are  to  make  loans 
to  farmers  through  local  associations  of 
borrowers,  ten  or  more  of  whom  may 
form  an  association.  When  a  farmer  de¬ 
sires  to  make  a  loan  he  enters  into  mem¬ 
bership  of  a  local  association.  His  loan 
is  passed  on  by  the  loan  committee  of  the 
association  and  must  be  approved  by  the 
local  board  of  directors,  a  land  bank  ap¬ 
praiser  and  the  land  hank  directors. 
Coming  Farmers’  Meetings 
Certified  Milk  Producers’  Asociation  <>f 
America,  ninth  annual  convention.  Hotel 
Nassau.  Long  Beach.  1..  I.,  June  1-2. 
Farmers’  Congress,  Lock  port,  N.  Y., 
June  1.  2  and  3. 
Holstein-Fi  iesian  Association  of  Amer¬ 
ica.  Detroit.  Mich..  June  7. 
American  Forestry  Association,  Read¬ 
ing.  Pa..  June  2(5-27. 
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. 
Solebury  Farmers’  Exhibit,  Deer  Park, 
Solebury,  I’a..  Sept.  8-9. 
New  York  State  Fair,  Syracuse,  N.  Y., 
Sept,  11-10. 
National  Dairy  Show,  Springfield 
Mass.,  Oct.  12-21. 
