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J5 he  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
Crops  and  Farm  Notes 
Corn  not  nil  planted.  Oats  short  but 
rain  will  help:  pasture  short,  to  fair. 
Buyers  are  paying  4  to  8e  for  cattle, 
according  lo  grade  and  8  to  9o  for  hogs, 
h’ggs.  wholesale.  18;  wheat  $1.1.1;  bran 
$1.4.1;  oats.  bn.,  tile;  hominy.  100  lb«.. 
$1.01;  rye.  bn..  $1;  hay,  ton.  $14;  corn, 
bn..  8!e ;  joetatoes.  bu.,  $1.40. 
Bloomington.  I  tad.  u.  K.  u. 
May  2.1,  Corn  planting  completed  and 
is  coming  on  fine,  with  the  wanner 
weather  of  last  few  days.  Stand  good 
and  soil  in  good  shape.  Not  much  oats 
grown  here,  but  fields  sown  arc  very 
good.  Wheat  prospects  for  about  one- 
half  crop.  <1  tic*  to  Winter  freezing.  Much 
white-top  in  wheat  and  meadows.  Some 
milk,  or  rather  cream,  sold  to  creamery 
at  22c  for  hutterfat,  delivered. 
liberty.  Ind.  0.  X.. 
May  2.1.  Farmers  arc  just  beginning  to 
plant,  owing  to  cold  unfavorable  weather. 
Oats  are  two-thirds  sown,  very  few  up; 
outlook  not  very  favorable,  owing  to  late¬ 
ness  of  season.  The  condition  of  grass 
and  clover  is  tine.  Milk  through  this  sec¬ 
tion  is  handled  commercially  mostly, 
though  there  are  some  making  butter  and 
some  selling  cream.  Milk  was  $1.44  per 
cwt.  for  April  and  cream  is  .02  per  point 
wholesale.  No  planting  of  potatoes  ex¬ 
cept  in  gardens  and  a  few  early  potato 
patohes.  The  weather  for  the  past  five 
days  has  been  warm  and  very  favorable 
for  planting  and  vegetation  general k.- 
Rurg  TT ill,  O.  W.  P.  M. 
June  2.  Corn  is  all  planted.  Many 
li-dds  that,  were  planted  with  untested 
seed  and  many  with  two  year-old  seed, 
had  to  he  replanted.  Where  tested  seed 
Was  used  it  is  looking  fine  and  some  were 
enlti voting  first  of  this  week,  (tats  are 
looking  very  well  but  many  fields  are 
weedy.  Wheat  is  looking  fine  but  not. 
much  sown  around  here.  Meadows  start¬ 
ed  late  and  poor  hut  in  the  latter  part  of 
May.  improved  very  fast.  A  great  deal 
of  milk  is  produced  here  and  sells  for 
$1.20  per  8-gallon  can.  delivered  in  Chi¬ 
cago.  or  $1.0.2  per  100  lbs.  at  creamery, 
here.  (5  months  ending  Sept.  20.  Retail 
price  here  7c  per  qt..  Last  year’s  corn 
and  oats  arc  mostly  poor  quality  corn 
45  to  Hoc  per  bu. ;  oats  40  to  loo  at 
elevator  and  0  to  10c  more  at  retail. 
Stores  paying  18c  per  lb.  for  bens  now 
and  20c  for  eggs;  20  to  25c  for  butter, 
lave  hogs  8%  To  9c  at  depot  for  ship- 
pin  g.  t*. 
Crown  Point,  Ind. 
June  8.  The  principal  business 
through  this  section  is  plain  fanning, 
raising  grain,  hay  and  stock.  Farmers 
raise  enough  stock  for  their  own  use  and 
wluit  the  farm  can  afford.  A  large  num¬ 
ber  are  rented  farms  in  this  section  of 
the  country.  The  farmers  keep  from 
seven  to  15  head  of  mil  eh  cows  along 
with  a  few  younger  cattle.  Most  sell 
their  milk  to  the  con  denser  y  located 
about  10  miles  from  here,  and  receive 
$1.20  per  hundred  pounds  for  the  month; 
do  not  have  ro  haul  the  milk,  as  there 
are  milk  trucks  collecting  it  every  day 
right,  at  the  door  with  the  exception  of 
a  few  farmers  who  live  away  from  the 
main  road.  Those  cows  arc  mostly  of 
Holstein  bbtod.  and  sell  hero  for  from 
$90  to  $125  per  head;  that  is.  what  is 
♦'onsidered  a  first-class  cow.  Common 
stock  from  $50  up.  Country  butter  sell¬ 
ing  now  for  22c  j»er  lb. ;  but  reaches  ns 
high  as  25c.  Good  fresh  eggs  19c;  pot a- 
tnes.  which  we  would  call  No.  1.  $  1 . 1  >'> 
per  bn. ;  No.  2.  90o.  Wheat  95c :  com 
80c;  oats  45  and  50c.  Hay  good  straight 
Timothy.  $20  per  ton.  Apples  that  are 
sprayed  and  well  taken  care  of.  first 
grade.  $1  per  bu. ;  apples  of  an  inferior 
quality,  not  sprayed,  from  50c  to  75c  per 
hundred  pounds.  Strawberries  10c  per 
qt.  box;  raspberries  10c;  onions  75c  i*er 
bu. ;  turnips  as  low  as  25c.  Cabbage 
very  low.  Garden  truck  not  nuio  i  ra 'sod. 
and  what  is  raised  is  taken  to  a  small 
market  and  sold  for  whatever  ean  be  got¬ 
ten  for  it.  4.  M.  K. 
Nittauy,  Pa. 
Milk  is  worth  about  $1.40  per  100  lbs., 
creamery  butter  brought  27c  for  the  past 
month,  is  perhaps  a  little  lower  at  pres- 
ent  ;  cheese  is  worth  about  lt*C  l*er  lb. 
The  weather  has  been  too  rainy  for  the 
hcsl  of  grass  and  pasture,  hut  this  is  a 
great  grass  country,  of  good  sc.il  and 
plenty  of  fresh  water  streams  fed  by 
springe.  Small  grain  looks  very  good, 
having  bad  plenty  of  cool,  wet  weather 
to  enable  the  plants  to  stool  well.  Corn 
is  backward  owing  to  weather  conditions 
lint  stand  seems  to  be  good  from  what 
1  have  beard.  Corn  is  our  main  crop 
here,  and  much  of  the  prosperity  <4  the 
country  depends  upon  it.  .t.  n.  w. 
Madison.  Wis. 
June  8.  Corn  planting  was  late,  ow¬ 
ing  to  cold,  wet  Weather.  Planting  not 
all  finished.  Too  much  rain.  Many  fields 
planted  over;  not  a  very  good  stand; 
getting  very  weedy.  Outlook  much  be¬ 
low  normal.  Oats  and  wheat  looking 
fair,  but  not  up  to  last  year’s  crop.  Milk 
is  sold  here  at.  wholesale  at  TV*  per  gal¬ 
lon.  at  retail  14  qts.  for  $1.  The  mar¬ 
ket  js  well  supplied.  At  present  prices 
of  feeds  there  is  no  profit  in  milk.  Fruit 
outlook  poor,  do  cherries  nor  peaches. 
Apples  thin,  although  there  was  abund¬ 
ant  bloom.  Strawberries  and  raspber¬ 
ries  promise  a  good  cron.  Plenty  of  gar¬ 
den  truck  and  market  dull,  cannot  sell 
half  that,  wo  raise.  All  prices  have  a  1- 
vancod  except  the  milkman’s  and  mar¬ 
ket  gardener’s.  k.  i>.  m. 
Pekin.  III. 
June  0.  There  is  some  corn  to  plant 
yet  at  this  late  date.  What  has  been 
planted  long  enough  to  be  lip  came  very 
well:  about  an  average  acreage.  Not 
many  oats  sown,  and  very  short.  Wheat 
hardly  a  half  crop,  very  short.  Grass 
fair,  but  very  weedy.  There  is  not  much 
milk  sold,  as  it  is  skimmed  and  the  ♦•renin 
shipped  or  hauled  to  creameries,  the  hut¬ 
terfat  bringing  from  28  to  20e  per  lh. 
Hogs  from  7  to  9c;  veal  calves  bring 
914c  on  the  farm.  Spring  lantlts  10c; 
wool  25  to  40c  for  the  long  coarse,  and 
28  to  22c  for  fine.  There  are  prospects 
for  some  fruit  of  all  kinds,  though  not; 
a  heavy  crop  through  this  section. 
Franklin  Co..  0.  M.  T. 
Farmers  are  about  a  month  behind  in 
their  work.  Very  little  corn  up;  about 
half  the  ground  planted  and  considerable 
plowing  to  be  done  yet.  Have  been  hav¬ 
ing  wet  warm  weather  for  the  last  10 
days  which  delayed  corn  planting,  hut 
is  making  the  meadmvs  look  better.  All 
meadows  and  oats  very  weedy.  We  had 
a  very  hard  Winter  on  wheat,  and  very 
little  left,  also  on  Alfalfa  and  grass. 
Nearly  all  new*  Alfalfa  seeding,  and 
some  old  stands,  went  out  or  were  badly 
damaged.  Pastures  looking  wadi.  The 
condensery  paid  $1.25  per  1<K)  for  milk 
testing  4  per  cent.  Cream  is  sold  on 
Elgin  quotations  to  a  few  cents  above. 
liellcfontaine.  O.  E.  n.  e, 
Potatoes  are  selling  from  $1.25  to  $1.50 
per  bu..  oats  front  00  to  02c  per  bu. ; 
meal  $1.75  per  cwt.;  bran  $1.40.  Cows 
are  bringing  good  prices  but  seem  to  be 
in  but  small  demand,  prices  ranging  from 
$<»0  to  a  little  over  $100  for  good 
young  grade  stock.  Purebreds  are  in 
more  demand.  Bankers  from  Western 
States  are  in  the  neighborhood  trying  to 
gather  up  15  or  20  carloads,  which  are 
to  be  sold  at  cost  to  farmers  in  Wiscon¬ 
sin.  They  are  paying  from  $90  upward. 
Four-weeks-old  pigs  are  in  steady  demand 
at  $5  each.  G.  j.  m. 
Ohio,  N.  Y. 
May  22.  Strawberries  have  been  rinen- 
ing  for  about  10  days,  and  it  has  been 
dry  and  growers  felt  blue  as  they  were 
not  growing  much,  but  we  are  having  niee 
showers  now  which  will  help  much. 
Other  fruits  are  very  promising  except 
pears  and  peaches,  the  former  had  little 
bloom  and  peaches  mostly  winter-killed 
except  the  early  varieties,  which  are  more 
hardy,  such  as  Carman.  Champion. 
Slappy.  Greensboro.  Hello  of  Georgia,  and 
the  better  and  later  kinds  show  just  an 
occasional  peach,  though  there  are  some 
SaJwnv.  Plums  are  very  full.  Nearly 
all  trees  and  varieties  of  apples  bloomed 
very  full,  and  the  drop  was  heavy  on 
some  kinds,  but  still  there  is  prospn-t  for 
more  (ban  the  average  crop  of  apples,  and 
it  may  be  as  good  as  the  best  we  ever  bad. 
There  is  some  blight  showing,  but  not  a 
tenth  as  much  ns  last  year,  and  insects 
and  fungi  have  not  made  any  noticeable 
appearance;  spraying  has  lieen  general 
and  we  expect  to  keep  it  up  with  lime- 
sulphur  and  arsennle  of  lead  so  sis  to  in¬ 
sure  as  much  perfect  fruit  as  possible  and 
thin,  if  necessary.  The  growers  are  order¬ 
ing  cooperage  now  fearing  it  might  ad¬ 
vance  later  and  have  difficulty  in  getting 
it  mi  time.  IT.  t.  C. 
Prnctorvifle,  <5. 
Potatoes.  $1  to  $1.25.  very  few  to  sell. 
Apples.  (!()  to  70e.  per  bn.*.  Red  kidney 
beans,  $4.25  to  $4.50  per  bu. ;  cucumber 
pickles  we  contract  for  this  season,  $20 
per  ton  ;  cabbage,  contracts  for  $0  ton  ; 
wheat.  $1.10  to  $1.20  Im.;  oats.  45  to 
55c.;  eggs.  20c.  dozen.  Fowls  per  lb,  10c. 
live;  calves,  per  lh.,  10c.  live,  Colombian 
berries  5c.  quart  contract;  strawberries, 
5e.  quart,  that  is  at  our  factory  at  On¬ 
tario.  Timothy  hay.  $20  to  $22.  New 
milch  cows.  $50  to  $70;  horses,  $150  to 
$250.  Tomato  contracts.  $10  per  ton. 
Ontario,  N.  Y.  L  ft* 
.Tuue  5-  Cream  at  1c.  above  Elgin,  gen¬ 
erally.  some  creameries  pay  2e.  above 
Elgin.  Butter  usually  at  Elgin  price. 
Cold  wet  Spring;  grass  just  beginning  to 
grow  right.  Indications  are  for  heavy 
yield.  Small  grains  practically  at  a 
standstill.  Have  not  seen  any  earn  up. 
although  a  lot  has  been  planted.  Many 
who  tried  clover  silage  last  year  have 
dropped  corn  and  will  silage  ♦•lover  again. 
Potato  planting  about  finished.  Dairy 
rows  scarce  and  very  high.  A  number  of 
lumber  companies  and  some  private  own¬ 
ers  have  brought  in  feeders  to  put  on  cut¬ 
over  land.  This  promises  well,  as  grass 
is  generally  abundant  and  water  plenty. 
Aritigo.  Wis.  C.  M. 
.Tune  5.  All  the  milk  in  this  immediate 
section  is  sold  to  Bordens  at  about  2c. 
I*er  qt.  during  the  {summer  monllis.  or  an 
average  of  about.  4e.  or  4 %e.  the  year 
through-  I  keep  about  SO  sheep.  Woo]  is 
25c.  per  lb.  Last:  year  I  sold  my  lambs 
to  local  butcher  at  8c.  He  came  for  them 
and  weighed  them  on  the  farm.  I  fatten 
quite  a  few  calves,  ship  them  to  New 
York  and  get  from  11  to  12c  per  lb.  I 
also  grow  from  10  to  20  acres  of  buck¬ 
wheat  which  1  sell  to  local  mills  at  $1.50 
to  $1.70  per  cwt.  Apples  T  generally 
pack  and  ship  myself,  always  recoiling 
$2  or  more  per  bbl.  clear.  Last  yrai  T 
sold  to  local  dealer  at.  $2.50  packed,  A 
grade.  1  have  set  apples  quite  extensive¬ 
ly  last  few  years,  as  T  think  Ihey  pay  as 
well  as  or  better  thain  anything  on  iho 
farm  if  sprayed  and  taken  care  of.  f.  k. 
Pine  Plains.  N.  V. 
May  27.  Butter  fat.  21c.  per  lb.;  eggs. 
!’0e. ;  bogs.  $9  to  $9.75  per  cwt.;  lav. 
Timothy.  $10  per  ton,  in  mow ;  beef.  5-Se. 
per  lb.  Dorn  planting  just  finished;  that 
already  up  looking  good,  just  a  few  poor 
stands  reported.  Oats  extra  amount: 
sown  ns  wheat  is  badly  winter-killed, 
looking  fair,  some  very  good  fields  and 
others  badly  choked  with  "white-top.*’ 
Potato  planting  is  just  beginning;  the 
acreage  for  this  crop  will  hardly  lie  up  to 
the  average,  as  last  year  was  a  very  poor 
potato  \ieltl  and  seed  is  just  a  little  high. 
Weather  conditions  are  at  present  about 
ideal.  Tin*  prices  given  are  what  the  pro¬ 
ducer  gets.  c.  o.  a. 
Marion,  Ind. 
EVENTS  OF  THE  WEEK 
DOMESTIC.— June  8  a  Third  Avenue 
elevated  local  smashed  into  I  lie  rear  of  a 
stalled  empty  express  train  north  of  the 
1  tilth  Street  station.  New  York  City. 
The  motorum n  of  the  local  train,  who  is 
believed  "to  have  taken  a  chance.”  lost 
bis  life  when  bis  car  telescoped  the  rear 
car  of  the  empty  train,  and  eleven  pas¬ 
sengers  were  injured,  six  so  seriously 
that  they  were  sent  to  hospitals.  The 
collision  caused  a  short  circuit.,  which 
set.  fire  to  the  ears,  and  caused  a  panic 
among  The  passengers  imprisoned  on  the 
elevated  strand  ure. 
Eight  persons  who  burned  flags  of  sev¬ 
eral  nations  at  a  meeting  of  the  "Church 
of  the  Social  Revolution"  in  New  York 
were  held  for  trial  ill  S|*ecial  Sessions,  a 
ninth  offender  being  sent  to  Bellevue 
Hospital  for  mental  observation.  Bouck 
White,  who  burned  the  Failed  States 
flag,  had  been  previously  sentenced  to 
line  and  imprisonment  for  the  offense. 
Falling  on  Santa  Rosa  Island.  Fla,, 
from  a  height  of  probably  2.00,')  feet, 
Lieut.  R.  C.  Saufley.  instructor  in  avia¬ 
tion  at  the  naval  aeronautical  station, 
was  killed,  June  9.  lie  was  trying  to 
break  the  world's  hydronerop]aMHe»riidiir- 
ance  record  and  had  been  in  the  air  for 
eight  hours  when  the  rudder  broke,  caus¬ 
ing  him  to  be  thrown  free  ns  the  ma¬ 
chine  made  a  sudden  dive. 
The  battleship  Pennsylvania,  said  to 
lie  the  most  powerful  sea  lighter  in  the 
world,  was  placed  in  commission  at  Nor¬ 
folk,  Vn.,  June  12.  The  keel  of  the 
Pennsylvania  was  laid  on  October  27, 
1912,  She  was  launched  March  19.  19  W. 
She  is  (108  feet  long,  beam  97*4  feet, 
draught  28  feet  (i  inches,  displacement 
22,000  tons,  horsepower  22.000.  spe«*d  21 
knots.  She  carries  twelve  14-inch  guns 
in  four  turrets,  twenty-two  5-inch  guns 
and  4 -inch  gnus  are  mounted  in  fori"  tur¬ 
rets.  Slic  is  equipped  with  two  armored 
decks  to  protect  her  vital  spots  from  in¬ 
direct  shell  tire.  Her  armor  weighs  s.Of!<| 
tons.  She  will  become  flagship  for  the 
Atlantic  fleet  on  June  20.  and  will  prob¬ 
ably  remain  Imre  until  July  15.  when  she 
xvil  I  go  to  seal  to  give  her  I  fig  guns  their 
first  trial. 
At  least  10  inon  were  killed,  lmiv’v  25 
were  injured,  more  than  $2,000,000  in 
property  w a »  destroyed  and  the  grain  in¬ 
dustry  of  Baltimore,  Mil.,  received  a  sev¬ 
ere  blow.  June  IS,  when  No.  2  elevator 
of  the  Northern  Central  Railway  and  the 
big  ore  pier  at  Canton  were  burned.  Two 
steamships  and  several  schooners  were 
damaged.  Estimates  of  the  actual  loss 
of  life  vary.  Front  best  posted  authori¬ 
ties  it  seems  certain  that  10  men  were 
burned  to  death  in  the  grain  elevator  it¬ 
self  or  died  in  leaps  of  from  150  to  ISO 
feet  to  the  pier  and  water.  Officials  say 
the  fire  was  caused  by  spontaneous  com¬ 
bustion  due  to  the  rapid  luiudling  of  the 
grain.  This  creates  a  dust  which  gen¬ 
erates  gas.  Men  at  work  in  the  neigh¬ 
borhood  insist  it  was  a  bomb  iliat  caused 
the  trouble,  as  the  explosion  blew  out  a 
side  of  the  wall  on  the  fourth  floor  and 
immediately  afterward  flames  shot  out 
of  the  upper  windows. 
1!.  F.  Gintlier.  business  manager  of  the 
I'tiiun  Slur,  a  Socialist  paper,  and  him¬ 
self  a  Socialist  leader,  was  elected  Mayor 
of  the  town  of  P.rookjienl,  Va„  June  12. 
defeating  R.  F.  Connolly,  a  prominent 
merchant.  Hinlker  is  the  first  Socialist 
ever  to  he  elected  to  the  office  of  Mayor 
in  Virginia  and  probably  in  (lie  Smith. 
The  Democrats  elected  the  full  council  of 
six  members. 
FARM  AND  GARDEN.  -The  British 
Columbia  provincial  government  has  de¬ 
cided  to  make  certain  special  grants  for 
the  improvement  of  school  grounds  and 
farm  education  conditional  upon  the  ex¬ 
penditure  of  equal  amounts  by  tile  re¬ 
spective  school  boards.  The  grants  are 
not  for  such  essential  preliminary  work 
as  logging,  slumping,  rough  grading,  ami 
fencing,  but  for  draining  and  tine  grad¬ 
ing  preparatory  to  seeding  and  planting 
the  grounds.  They  may  he  used  in  pur¬ 
chasing  grass  seed,  flower  seeds  and 
plants,  ornamental  shrubs,  vines  and 
trees:  for  top-dressing  ami  fertilizing 
lawns,  for  flower  borders  or  shrubbery, 
and  for  irrigation  if  necessary.  The 
teachers  and  pupils  are  expected  to  co¬ 
operate  with  the  school  boards  in  con¬ 
nection  with  the  planting  and  care  of  the 
grounds. 
Juno  24,  1010. 
Washington.  -Tune  12. — Seneca  Indians 
were  denied  hy  the  Supreme  Court  the 
light  to  fish  and  bunt  without,  regard  to 
State  laws  on  the  1.000dtf)0-acre  estate 
in  Western  New  York  which  their  tribes¬ 
men  ceded  to  the  government  in  1797, 
on  condition  that  they  and  their  heirs  al¬ 
ways  should  be  allowed  fishing  and  hunt¬ 
ing  privileges.  The  case  came  up  on  an 
appeal  by  three  Senecas  convieled  of 
spearing  fish  in  violation  of  a  New  York 
statute.  The  opinion,  prepared  by  Jus¬ 
tice  1  fugli os,  was  announced  by  Chief 
Justice  White. 
An  investigation  Ft  a  the  increasing 
cost  of  meat  is  .ask  'd  for  in  a  petition 
sent  to  B resident  Wilson,  June  12.  by  the 
New  York  State  Association  of  Fnited 
Master  Butchers  of  America.  The  asso¬ 
ciation.  in  annual  convention  at  Syra¬ 
cuse,  declared  that  rim  constant  increase 
was  unwarranted.  The  petition  states 
that  the  price  of  meat  bus  increased  at 
the  rate  of  one-bait"  cent  a  pound  every 
Monday  morning  for  the  past  two  years. 
’The  thirty-sixth  annual  session  of  the 
Farmers’  National  Congress  will  be  held 
in  India  mi polis.  Ind..  October  17th  to 
2<ltb,  inclusive.  The  discussion  of  the 
American  banker  in  relation  to  farm  de¬ 
velopment.  work  will  occupy  a  great  deal 
of  time  at  this  session,  as  will  also  talks 
on  the  subject  of  marketing  and  distribu¬ 
tion  of  farm  products.  The  secretary  of 
the  congress  is  .1.  F.  Griffin.  90S  Rector 
Bldg.,  Chicago. 
"WASHINGTON. — At  the  instance  of 
Senator  Chamberlain  of  Oregon  a  com¬ 
plete  redraft  of  his  supplementary  army 
Dill  providing  for  universal  compulsory 
military  training  has  just  been  com¬ 
pleted  by  Cnpt.  George  Van  Horn  Mose¬ 
ley  of  the  General  Staff  of  the  War  De¬ 
partment.  In  the  new  form  the  bill  sub¬ 
stitutes  for  the  original  requirement  of 
two  months  annual  military  training  for 
young  men  between  the  ages  of  IS  and  21 
a  provision  requiring  every  able  bodied 
male  citizen  of  the  country  to  undertake 
a  six  months  course  of  military  training 
during  the  calendar  yeas-  in  which  he 
reaches  the  ag,-  of  1.8.  tn  the  case  of 
young  men  who  have  attended  mi titary 
academies  approved  hy  the  War  or  Navy 
departments  credits  np  to  a  maximum  of 
two  no  hi  tils  exemption  will  be  allowed 
against  the  six  months  required  course. 
Although  the  measure  does  not  impose 
any  direct  penalties  <>n  young  men  who 
refuse  to  take  the  training,  it  provides 
for  a  fine  or  imprisonment,  or  both,  for 
any  individual,  firm  or  corporation  which 
employs  any  young  man  above  tiv  age 
of  18  w  ho  is  unable  to  show  a  certificate 
from  the  Federal  Government  that  be  has 
taken  the  course  or  has  been  exempted. 
MEXICO. — It  was  reported,  June  9. 
I  bait  anti-America  n  feeling  was  being 
displayed  throughout;  northern  Mexico. 
Advices  from  Saltillo.  Durango.  .Mon¬ 
terey  and  Chihmahiia.  state  that  the  pop¬ 
ulation  is  extremely  hostile  and  that  Car¬ 
ranza  authorities  do  not  discourage,  this 
attitude.  Among  those  most  active  in 
stirring  up  the  anti-American  feeling  is 
De  La  Rosa,  who  recently  was  reported 
heading  for  the  l’dg  Bend  section  of  Texas 
to  make  h  new  raid.  With  numbers  con¬ 
stantly  increasing  l>e  La  Rosa,  aided  by 
another  Mexican  agitator  named  Bczano. 
is  reported  to  be  plundering  all  American 
properties  he  can  find.  .Tunc  12.  1.500 
additional  regular  army  Troops  were  or¬ 
dered  hy  Secretary  Baker  to  proceed  ait. 
once  to  Snn  Antonio.  Tex.,  for  patrol 
service  along  the  border.  Secretary  Lan¬ 
sing  stated  that  the  situation  in  north¬ 
ern  Mexico  was  steadily  growing  worse 
and  that  the  anti-American  doDinustra- 
tioris  a i*e  increasing  in  number.  The  im¬ 
mediate  cause  of  the  orders  for  more 
troops  was  the  receipt  of  an  official  re¬ 
port  hy  the  War  Department  from  Ma¬ 
jor-Gen.  Fu listen  telling  of  the  raid  on 
the  Coleman  winch  near  Hidalgo  and  the 
firing  by  .Mexicans  on  an  America  i  patrol 
near  Now  Hatchet.  N.  ,\L.  in  which  Pri¬ 
vate  Lee  W.  Saunders  of  Troop  K, 
Twelfth  Cavalry,  was  wounded. 
Coming  Farmers’  Meetings 
American  Association  of  Nurserymen, 
Milwaukee,  Wis.,  June  28-20. 
Lni  versify  of  Michigan.  Ann  Arbor, 
Summer  session,  classes  in  botany  and 
landscape  design.  .Tune  20- August  25. 
Summer  Fruit  Growers’  meeting  of 
Monroe  Counts*  Farm  Bureau.  Hilton.  N. 
Y..  July  21. 
1  ntoruatiniml  Apple  Shippers’  Associa¬ 
tion.  New  York.  Aug.  2. 
New  England  Fair.  Worcester.  Mass., 
Sept,  4-7. 
Sixty-seventh  Michigan  State  Fair, 
D  droit.  Sept.  1-12. 
Fanners"  Mutual  Protective  Assoeia- 
ti  n.  Indian  Fields.  X.  Y.,  Sept.  5. 
Solebury  Farmers"  Exhibit,  Deer  Park. 
Sulphury.  Pa.,  Sept.  8-9. 
Northern  Nut  Growers’  Association, 
seventh  annual  convention.  National 
Museum.  Washington,  D.  C,.  Sept.  3-9. 
New  York  State  Fair,  Syracuse,  N.  Y., 
Seil.  11-10. 
National  Dairy  Show.  Springfield, 
MflHEL.  Oct.  12  21. 
Farmers’  National  Congress,  thirty- 
sixth  annual  session.  Imtianapolis.  Ind., 
<  let.  17-20. 
New  Hampshire  Horticultural  Society, 
Keene.  N.  II. ,  Oct.  25-27. 
New  England  Fruit  Show  and  Ver¬ 
mont  State  Horticultural  Society,  joint 
meeting.  City  Hall.  Montpelier,  Vt..  Nov. 
12-18. 
Maine  State  Poultry  Show,  Portland. 
Dee.  12-15. 
