ZTAe  RURAL.  NEW-YORKER 
955 
i.:  But-  trouble  coring  first  cutting  owing  to  wet 
s.  m.  f.  weather.  All  corn  planted  lute,  wheat 
and  oats  promise  n  very  good  yield. 
?«  oy-w-wl  Almost  all  of  our  oats  nre  Fall  sown,  as 
lo  sown  ^  ^06s  much  better  than  Spring  oats.  Not 
ad  acre-  mac^  produced  for  sale;  have 
r,,i '  creamery  at  nearest  town  paying  .°,1  to 
in'  the  ^3c.  p,'r  lb.  for  butter  fat.  Apples  full 
lolesale  croP  ^nt  not-  many  grown.  Benches, 
ss  sen.l-  white  about  50  per  cent. ;  yellow  not  over 
rtiic'  to  ppr  winter-killed  in  January. 
Barge  acreage  of  tomatoes;  emitters  pay- 
here  as  ’ng  PGr  ton  for  them*  White  potato 
crop  very  good;  just  commenced  to  dig; 
,  H  1  selling  .$5  to  $5.50  per  barrel  in  market. 
‘  Eden,  Aid.  .T.  o.  r. 
u. 
bumper  June  17,  Ilay  of  all  kinds  looks  bet- 
own  in  tpl’  than  for  a  great  many  years;  there  is 
account  abont  150  per  cent,  more  clover  than  I 
Wheat  evpr  remem*ier  seeing,  but  it  is  badly 
season.  anfl  we  shall  lose  a  great  deal  of 
!  is  not  unless. we  have  Utore  favorable  weather 
vberries  f°r  harvest  soon.  Wheat,  rye  and  oats 
]  ernp  are  about  normal,  with  some  little  rust 
vvt  ac-  starting  on  wheat.  Now  grass  came 
7c.’  per  through  the  Winter  in  fine  shape  in  the 
$75  to  majority  of  cases,  and  is  much  heavier 
ier  lb.  than  usual.  As  to  Alfalfa.  I  am  the  only 
us,  80c!  0110  1,1  *1|C  neighborhood  who  has  Alfalfa 
Ri’  u  "  or  vetch,  that  is.  Hairy  vetch.  I  have 
iny  Alfalfa  cut  for  the  first  time  this  sea¬ 
son,  and  part  in  ;  the  rest  is  in  the  field 
heavy  unraked  with  four  days’  rain  on  it,  so 
y  good,  you  know  what  I  have  ahead  of  me. 
catch;  Nearly  half  the  farmers  sell  milk  now, 
•raising,  they  receive  1f!c.  per  gallon  In  Summer, 
in  this  and  18c.  in  Winter,  and  have  to  pay  l^c. 
irs  pin-  per  gallon  freight,  one  cent  per  can  tax, 
which  and  $30  to  $.‘!7  for  feed.  This  is  a  great 
nit.  ex-  canning  section  for  tomatoes  and  sugar 
ut  half  corn.  We  receive  30c.  per  bn.  box  for 
goner-  tomatoes,  and  $12  per  ton  for  sugar  corn, 
selliug  Joppa,  Aid*  w.  j.  m. 
present 
retails  June  10.  Owing  to  the  wet  and  cold 
7< .  peg  Spring  we  are  nearly  a  month  late  with 
farmers  °lir  work.  Oats  sown  late;  potatoes  only 
d  poor  :i.')OUt  one-half  planted  and  corn,  what 
keys.  little  there  is  planted,  is  coming  very 
L.  V.  poorly,  even  when  tested  seed  was  used. 
Wheat  and  rye  having  been  well  pro- 
is  the  tected  by  snow  until  late  Spring  look 
VC  will  well,  especially  where  the  field  was  top- 
e.  look-  dressed.  The  acreage  of  corn  will  be 
'here  is  smaller  tbau  usual  this  year.  If  the 
-  grass  present  weather  continues  and  the  corn 
shape ;  is  not  planted  by  the  25th  of  June,  which 
r  this  is  very  late,  the  ground  will  be  sown  to 
■  of  it.  buckwheat*  No  corn  or  silage  will  mean 
ur.  It  a  dairy  kept  at  a  loss.  The  hay  crop  as 
to  so  a  rule  looks  well.  New  seeding  that  was 
en  wet  limed  (and  lime  is  the  great  need  of 
•on  need  Northeastern  Pennsylvania ) ,  looks  fine, 
butter  as  do  the  fields  of  Timothy  that  follow 
he  loss  clover.  But  let  us  not  forgot  ma- 
about  nure  once  at  least,  during  the  rotation, 
looking  Not  much  Alfalfa  is  grown  on  the  hills, 
minted,  blit  some,  with  good  success  on  the  river 
•p  and  flats.  We  hill  farmers  will  have  to  be 
rr.  l>.  able  to  grow  Rod  clover  with  better  suc¬ 
cess  before  we  go  in  for  Alfalfa.  Dairy- 
nns  of  lng  's  tJi o  main  business  here.  Milk  "is 
»m  $40  handled  by  local  creameries  anrl  shipping 
These  stations  along  the  L.  V.  R,  r.,  mostlv 
•s,  who  Shipps  h>  New  York.  This  Spring  the 
avo  a  Sheffield  Fa  rrns-S  la  wson-Deek  or  Co. 
ilroads  bought  up  several  of  the  local  stations 
l\u[.  and  are  now  building  a  large  plant  at 
c.,  and  Wysox.  They  are  now  paying  2*/>  cents 
ti' acted  Ppr  qnart  for  June  milk.  Hay.  $1S  per 
put  of  ton;  veal,  11c,  per  lb.,  live;  eggs,  21c. 
sam ery  P01'  c‘ox-  '•  butter,*  2Gc,  per  lb.  h.  d.  w. 
I  take  Towanda,  Pa. 
lave  a  June  13.  Beef  cattle,  7  to  7VjC.,  live  : 
IS  Or*1' i  calves,  11  to  12c.,  dressed.  Milch  cows, 
Most  $40  to  $85.  Horses  and  mules,  $450  to 
•cs  tor  $550  per  span,  private  or  auction  sale, 
iirmers  Our  town  market  prices,  butter,  35c,; 
•  gram  rggs.  25c.;  old  potatoes,  $1.10  to  $1.25; 
pcr  no  new  ones  hern  before  August.  Chick - 
dimers  ens,  1<>  to  IS;  dandelions  and  lettuce 
prices.  10c.  lb. ;  radishes.  5  to  10c.  doz. ;  rbu- 
i  t°  .  harb,  5  to  10c.  doz*  Strawberries,  15c., 
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