RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
$125  to  $300,  according  to  fiizo ;  Pggs,  23 
tn  25c.  ;  potatoes,  $1.25  and  scarce. 
Way  mart,  Pa.  A.  j.  vr. 
We  had  so  much  rain  iu  April  and 
May  that  oat  seeding  and  corn  planting 
are  very  late.  A  good  many  did  not 
sow  ns  many  acres  as  they  intended  to. 
On  the  Mahoning  Co.  Experiment  Farm 
30  acres  intended  for  oats  have  not  been 
sown  on  account  of  the  ground  being  too 
wet;  quite  a  number  have  treated  their 
oats  for  smut.  The  oats  that  have  been 
sown  two  weeks  or  more  are  up  and 
looking  line-  As  yet  there  is  not  much 
corn  planted  in  this  locality.  Have  not 
seen  any  up  except  a  small  piece.  It 
looked  nice.  We  had  a  very  heavy  rain 
the  afternoon  of  May  2S  that,  did  consid¬ 
erable  damage  to  some  corn  fields  that 
had  just  been  planted,  and  to  newly  made 
gardens.  Meadows  are  looking  fine. 
Wheat  winter-1. illjed  so  badly  that  it 
will  probably  not  yield  more  than  half 
a  crop.  A  good  many  farmers  are  selling 
their  milk  wholesale  to  Youngstown  deal¬ 
ers.  Price  of  milk  per  gallon  in  Sum¬ 
mer  is  14c.  In  Winter  16c.  The  con¬ 
sumer  pays  8c.  a  quart;  others  separate 
their  milk  at  home  and  sell  the  cream,  a 
cream  wagon  coming  to  the.  door  throe 
times  each  week  in  Summer  and  twice,  a 
week  in  Winter.  This  Summer  the  price 
of  sweet  cream  is  one  cent  above  Elgin 
quotations  and  sour  cream  one  cent  be¬ 
low  Elgin.  Prospects  for  nearly  all  kinds 
of  fruit  are  good.  Only  a  few  potatoes  arc 
planted  yet.  J.  it.  R. 
Canfield,  O. 
.Tune  If).  This  section  is  hardly  a  free 
market.  Potatoes  are  a  staple  crop,  but 
the  farmer  must  take,  what  he  gets.  I  lur¬ 
ing  May  and  up  to  the  5th  of  .Tunc  pota¬ 
toes  sold  for  $1  for  65  lbs.  The  market 
is  manipulated  hv  a  few  individuals  who 
require  65  lbs.  for  a  bushel,  and  do  tlieir 
own  weighing,  and  even  if  the  farmer 
looks  on  it  does  no  good.  My  wagon  has 
varied  200  lbs.  on  these  various  scales. 
Clinton  Prison  buys  large  quantities,  and 
paid  $1  for  60  lbs.,  but  it  is  1.000  feet  of 
a  climb  from  the  river  to  get  up  there. 
The  (frange  owns  the  creamery  and 
makes  the  butter  for  the  patrons,  charg¬ 
ing  Me.  a  pound  for  gathering  and  mak¬ 
ing  to  the  nearby  patrons  and  lo.  to  the 
distant  ones.  The  (J range  markets  the 
butter  and  divides  up  the  profits.  At 
present  cream  brings  33c.  per  lb.;  butter 
has  been  selling  for  32e.  to  30c-  per  lb. 
(food  grade  cows  sell  for  $00;  ITolsteins 
up  to  $75.  There  are  no  small  fruits 
raised  for  markets.  Gardening  props  are 
not  all  over  ground  yet.  Veal  calves  bring 
from  $6  to  $12  each.  Lambs  arc  sean-e 
and  very  high,  bringing  $3  to  $4. a  head. 
Dressed  pork,  10c.  lb.  For  a  while  back 
eggs  sold  for  20c.  a  dozen,  but  often  go  to 
60c.  Heavy  horses  sell  for  $200  to  $300 
each ;  light  horses  are  in  poor  demand. 
Potatoes  are  reported  rotting;  some  have 
not  yet  done  their  plaining  owing  to  wet 
ground.  My  corn,  bees,  oats  and  barley 
are  up;  am  plowing  for  buckwheat;  shall 
sow  Ilairy  vetch  with  part  of  it  and 
Sweet  clover  with  the  rest.  Puck  wheat 
sold  for  75  tied  N0-.  all  Winter.  Ilay 
$20;  straw,  $8  to  $10;  oats,  60c. 
Red  ford,  N.  A'.  n.  p.  r. 
For  Sale- 1  1  Shetland  Ponies 
with  beioitifnl  spotted  and  solid  colov  colts  by  side. 
All  are  highly  brad  a  ad  without  a  blemish.  Write 
or  come  and  see  them.  >1.  J.  MALAMFHY, 
Lakewood  Stock  Farm,  Cumberland,  Aid. 
Alfalfa  for  the  Silo 
The  question  of  handling  clover  and 
Alfalfa  is  certainly  a  very  vital  one  this 
year.  A  man  has  a  ehoice  piece  of  Al¬ 
falfa.  First  it  is  desirable  to  make  hay 
of  it  if  possible.  It  conies  time  to  cut 
the  Alfalfa,  the  weather  is  very  poor,  but 
the  tiny  shoots  of  the  second  crop  appear 
at  the  crowns  of  the  plants  and  the  Al¬ 
falfa  must  be  cut  or  the  second  crop  will 
bo  endangered.  A  reasonably  good  day 
comes  and  the  Alfalfa  is  cut.  It  wilts  in 
good  shape  and  is  put  into  heaps  at 
night.  The  sky  becomes  cloudy  and  rain 
is  certain.  What  is  to  be  done?  Ap¬ 
ply  the  hay  caps.  Some  are  inclined  to 
make  light  of  this  hay-cap  proposition, 
but  they  are  entirely  practical  under 
these  conditions  for  such  a  valuable,  crop 
as  Alfalfa,  and  are  coming  more  and 
more  into  use.  The  hay  stays  under 
these  caps  and  sweats  out  until  another 
good  day  eomes  when  caps  are  removed, 
hay  opened  up,  and  put  in  the  barn  by 
night. 
This  same  man  has  a  silo.  The 
weather  is  dull  for  a  week  or  so.  Shall 
lie  put  the  Alfalfa  in  the  silo?  Is  this 
really  the  important  question?  The  Al¬ 
falfa  must  be  cut.  The  question  is  then, 
shall  he  take  a  chance  on  leaving  the 
Alfalfa  down  in  the  rain  and  lose  the 
entire  first  crop  or  shall  he  make  use  of 
that  silo?  The  answer  can  lie  none  other 
than  to  make  use  of  the  silo.  We  do 
not.  have  a  great  fund  of  experimental 
data  or  practical  experience  of  farmers 
on  Alfalfa  silage.  It  is  very  certain, 
however,  that  if  after  every  third  or 
fourth  load  of  Alfalfa  a  load  of  Winter 
rye  is  mixed  in  to  supply  carbohydrate 
material,  the  mixture  will  make  excellent 
silage.  If  this  man  has  a  pile  of  rye 
then  let  him  make  use  of  it  in  this  way. 
I  know  of  at  least  one  very  prominent 
dairyman  who  has  put  Alfalfa  in  alone 
and  had  excellent  results.  We  have  just 
put  a  piece  of  Alfalfa  in  the  silo  trying 
both  methods  with  and  without  the  rye. 
One  of  the  western  experiment  stations 
L-<  -recently  reported  satisfactory  re¬ 
sults  by  mixing  a  hundred  pounds  of 
<  c.ineal  with  every  ton  to  two  tons  of 
silage.  Cure  your  Alfalfa  if  you  can, 
using  hay  caps  if  necessary.  If  unfavor¬ 
able  W'  other  persists  put  it  in  the  §ilo, 
mixing  the  Alfalfa  with  rye  if  you  have 
if;  if  not,  put  the  Alfalfa  in  alone,  and 
try  a  layer  of  corn  meal  as  above  stated. 
TTm  suggestion  of  putting  a  temporary 
roof  over  partly  cured  Alfalfa  until  fav¬ 
orable  conditions  arrive  is,  I  should  say, 
sir.  i  or  to  the  hay-eap  idea  and  probably 
v  uld  lie  satisfactory  if  the  Alfalfa  was 
put  under  cover  before  it  was  rain  d  on. 
If  the  hay  had  been  wet  and  not  had 
a  chance  to  dry  out  prrily  well  I  should 
c:;  *  et  considerable  heat  would  he  caused 
by  putting  it  iu  stacks  and  I  should  be 
afraid  of  spontaneous  combustion.  I 
think  there  will  he  more  Alfalfa  put  in 
the  silo  this  year  than  ever  before.  It 
might  be  interesting  in  the  late  Fall 
when  the  silage  is  being  fed,  to  ask  the 
readers  of  The  R.  X.-Y.  to  stab*  their 
experience  on  the  point. 
Connecticut.  H.  F.  JUDKINS. 
Spring  lambs  and  recommend  others  to 
do  the  same.  Price  of  Spring  lamb  is 
20c.  per  ll>..  mutton  15c..  and  wool  now 
is  33c.  to  37c-  <  >nc  of  the  troubles  is, 
fences  must  be  hotter  for  sheep  than  for 
cows  and  another,  the  men  who  have 
dairies  do  not  own  extra  pastures.  Maine 
farmers  consider  that  the  bother  with 
fences  and  extra  pastures  is  too  much 
inconvenieuce,  or  else  neglect  to  come  to  a 
decision  to  go  into  the  sheep  business,  or 
to  renew  when  flock  is  once  sold  out. 
Maine.  J.  n.  K. 
/^I  P  a  y  s  T  h  e 
lii*een  Freight  & 
Buyers  fare 
otters  more  Stallions  of  service- 
able  age  by  the  $10.0l>0  Champion 
CARNOT  (t'.fifJWil)  than  does  any 
other  breeder  in  America  For 
Peru  herons,  Belgians.  Uolsteln 
Cattle  or  Shetland  Ponies,  write 
forciit.  Prices  right.  Terms  to  Sait. 
A.  W.  CREEN, 
Middleticld.  Olno  It  K.  Station, 
East  Orwell,  O.  on  Peium.  K.  R. 
Milk  and  Crop  News 
Following  arc  the  prices  paid  farmers 
in  this  vicinity :  Wheat.  f)4-96c.  bn. ; 
corn,  80c.;  oats.  40c.;  No.  2  Trnothy  hay, 
$22;  No.  1  mixed  hay.  $20:  eggs,  20c. 
dozen  ;  old  chickens,  15c.  lb-  ;  broilers, 
25e.  lb.  Dairy  cows,  fresh  grades  Ilol- 
steins,  $75  to  $00  each ;  other  breeds 
fresh.  $55  to  $65.  Live  veals,  good.  10c. 
lb.;  butter  (roll),  22c.  lb.;  milk  (stan¬ 
dard  3.8),  April.  $1.55  per  160  lbs. 
Nottingham,  Pa.  T.  ir.  N. 
Farming  is  not.  carried  on  very  exten¬ 
sively  here.  No  grain  raised  here  to 
speak  of.  Meal,  $1.55  cwt. ;  mixed  feed, 
$1.85;  corn,  $1.55  cwt. ;  eggs,’ 25c.  :  pota¬ 
toes,  $1.25.  Creameries  paid  M7!/4c.  for 
butter  fat  in  April.  It  is  very  wet.  cold 
and  backward,  not  much  planting  done. 
Cows,  $35  to  $75;  dressed  pork.  11c. 
There  are  a  great  many  abandoned  farms 
here;  there  are  16  within  a  radius  of  two 
miles.  -W.  F*  J. 
Halifax,  Vt. 
.Tune  18-  Our  main  product  is  butter 
which  we  sell  in  Schenectady  direct  to 
families  at  38c.  for  Winter ;  at  present 
Moc. ;  eggs,  30c.  Milk  producers  get  about 
3  Vj  and  4o.  per  quart,  delivered  at  Rex- 
ford.  No  sale  for  dairy  cows  now,  every¬ 
body  has  plenty  of  milk.  Reef  stock  is 
all  sold  by  lump  from  about  $M(>  to  $100 
per  head ;  good  calves.  10c.  per  lb.  live 
weight.  Best  hay  in  Schenectady  mar¬ 
ket.  $25  to  $26  (loose  hay)  ;  potatoes 
have  been  sold  this  Spring  for  $4  per  bid. 
Rexford,  N,  Y,  H.  T. 
Spring  work  is  two  weeks  later  than 
usual,  on  account  of  the  long  spell  of 
rainy  weather  grass  looks  fine  and  there 
is  prospects  of  a  good  hay  harvest.  Other 
crops  that  arc  up  are  doing  nicely.  A 
larger  acreage  of  potatoes  than  usual 
have  been  planted  in  Clinton  County. 
Feed  good  in  pastures  and  cows  are  milk¬ 
ing  well.  Stock  very  high ;  dry  cows 
from  $50  to  $75  each ;  calves,  5%e.  to  6c. 
per  pound  alive:  eggs,  21c.  per  dozen; 
potatoes,  $1  per  bushel.  H.  T.  J. 
Clinton  Co.,  N.  Y. 
■Tune  10.  Not  over  one-half  of  the  corn 
in  Cayuga  Co.  planted  on  account  of  ex¬ 
cessive  rains;  some  corn  lip,  blit  so  wet 
we  cannot  cultivate.  Too  wet  for  oats 
and  barb’y.  newly  seeded  meadows  are 
looking  fine,  old  meadows  are  generally 
light.  TV  inter  wheat  is  looking  poor,  not 
much  sown  hist  Fall  on  account  of  the 
wot  weather.  Eggs  bring  2Me. ;  butter, 
.'.(>  to  35c. :  milch  cows.  $60  to  $80  each. 
Horses,  $200  to  $250  each  for  first  class 
farm  horses.  Not  much  fruit  grown  in 
this  section  ;  not  much  spraying  done  this 
FOR  PURE  BRED  TAMWORTH  SWINE 
write  ov  visit  1VKSTVI!  IV  STOCK  FAKM.K. 
F.  IJ.  No.  I,  WiuSlon-SiUem.  Nortli  Carolina 
HEI.DON  FARM  HEOISTEKED  D liROCS 
Pigs  of  hotli  sex.  H  1-0(1  sows.  .Service  hoars, 
ost  of  brooding.  C.  K.  BA RXES, Ox  f or<l,  N.Y . 
air.  Farm  for  sale 
I  0  WEEKS.  Oe  Graff.  0 
DUROC  PIGS-s|« 
honk  Duroc-Jersey  Swine  Asso."”®^ 
East  Tor  registered  stock  of  all  ages.  Best 
-dine  Free  from  disease. 
PALMKR,  Nec’y-Treas.,  VaJalie,  N.  Y. 
Berkshire  and  O.  I.  C •  Swine 
We  niter  for  sal-  one  Berkshire  boar,  old  enough  for 
service.  Perl, slice  gilts,  bred  and  open,  and  pigs 
of  both  breed*.  Good  individuals:  cxcollont  breed* 
in cr :  satisfaction  guaranteed.  Prices  reasonable 
TARIIKLL  FARMS,  Sinithville  Flats,  N.  Y. 
LARGE  BERKSHIRES  AT  HIGHWOOD 
Fall  bow  weighing  son  and  better.  Unrelated  sows  bred 
ur  open.  If  you  w-mt  the  undersized  Berkshire,  at  cheap 
prices,  don't  come  hero.  If  you  are  after  the  big  bone,  big 
litler  kind.  lit  fair  prices,  we  can  m  ike  a  permanent 
rU5tr.moi*bf  yen.  H.  C.  S  H  B  HARPEMOINC,  Bot  IS,  Dundee,  HJ. 
SpringbaokHerd  of  Berkshires 
April,  tnili,  weaned  shotes.  One  3-yeaV-Old  SOW.  far¬ 
rows, Inly  16.  Charmer's  Champion  5th,  No  2118200, 
at  head,  o'  Herd.  J  E  WATSON,  Proo.,  Marbledale,  Ct. 
CUIDCO  Bred  sows,  sen-ice  l.oars  and  spring 
u ll l ilk u  pigs  of  Book woods  Champion  lireed- 
RICHAK1)  E.  WAIS,  Lebanon,  N.  ,J. 
Purebred  Berkshires  * 
Feeders  cheaper.  CLOVERDALE  FARM.  Charlotte.  N  Y. 
REG.  B 
H.  GRIHSHAVY 
North  East,  Pa, 
1  1  ’  — Tho  Xc.v  York  Farmers' 
l  ihPShirPS  hog  We  have  some  very 
UaiLOUU  bo  ni,.0  young  gilts  ready  to 
breed  and  we  are  now  hooking  orders  for  pigs  for 
spring  delivery.  For  particulars  address  The  Denart- 
nient  o(  Animal  Kushandry,  Cornell  University,  Ithaca.  N.  Y. 
Prize  0. 1.  C.’s  Bred  at  Greenbraes 
Ten-weeks-old  pigs,  either  sex.  sired  by  Colonel 
Lee.  prize  boar  Prolific,  healthy  stock  raised  by 
up-to-dato  methods.  Prices  very  reasonable.  Ab¬ 
solute  satisfrc-iiou  guaranteed. 
(IRKHMIHAES  FARM  -  Monroe,  N.  Y. 
REGISTERED  0. 1.  C.  AND  CHESTER  WHITE  PIGS 
bred  from  best  stock  obtainable,  lit  fanners'  prices. 
KV6SNK  F.KOtiERS  -  Wayville,  N.  Y. 
Of  OYX7T1KT17  choice  ilJareh  and 
.  1 .  O  W  liNL  A  pvd  pigs.  Pairs  and 
trios  no  a  k  i  n,  at 
Farmers'  prices.  Clover  Leaf  Stock  Farm,  Munree.Mich. 
Service-boars 
and  gilts  bred 
STONE  KIOGE.  N  1 
IUDGELY  MANOR  FARM  Chester  Whites 
to  son  of  “  Wildwood  Prince  "  No.  jtfoKl, 
Tiik  Eudora  Yens  tolls  the  story  of 
the  saving  old  couple  who  had  a  gaudily 
furnished  lint  little  used  parlor.  Missing 
her  husband  one  day  the  wife  called  out, 
“Joseph,  where  are  you?"  “I'm  resting 
in  the  parlor.”  “What,  on  the  sofy?” 
“No,  on  the  floor.”  "Not  on  that  grand 
carpet.?1*  “No,  I  rolled  it  up.” — Kansas 
City  Star. 
Rpcriclpreri  6  I  ft  »I  weeks  obi.  tired  from  large, 
negisiereau.l.  0.  S  i^.  otnv.  prolific.  Stock.  Satis¬ 
faction  guaranteed.  Nelson  M.  Alexander.  Hardman.  N  Y 
Phpclpr  W  '9  and  fl  I  ft  '<>  SERVICE  BOARS.  BROOD 
onesier  n.  s  anuu.i.h.  s  sowsandpigs.  Rug. tree. 
ENTERPRISE  DAIRY  FARM.  Julia  L.  V:,n  Hum.  Pmp..  Troy.  Pa. 
$3 each.  <i.  E. Smith 
Castile,  Me  W  York 
Registered  Cheshire  April  Pigs 
-The  intelligent  kind.  Write 
Nelson  liros.,  Grove  City.  Pa. 
COLLIE  PUPS 
Get  our  prices  before  selling.  Wrile  us,  slating  the 
quantity  you  have,  with  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. 
<  hatnpioii  blood 
W  helped  April  2, 
.Micfdletmry,  Vt, 
Thoroughbred  Airedale  Pups 
W.  II.  MOW  &  SOW 
Airedale  Puppy  tor  Sale 
Full  of  life  and  health.  F.  M.  PEASLEY.  Cheshire,  Conn! 
TilHIC  DANUIC — Choice  lot  ready  t'orservice, 
I  y  Rid  ItAUYlO  Also  M  ule.  foot.  Hogs. 
Write  for  literatnreandprici  s 
to  J.  N.  McPherson.  Pres.  A.  T  S.  B.  Assn.,  Scollsville,  N.Y. 
Rid  your  place  of  Chucks,  Rats, Skunks 
with  a  good  tori  ier,  I  hnvo  them.  Airedales:  Irish 
ami  Scotch.  Registered  and  trained  puppies. $20  and 
up.  wnri)i  double.  ALLSTDNE  KENNELS.  Bouml  Brook.  N.J 
Shropshire  and  Southdowu  Rams 
reasonable  prices.  Niagara  Slock  Farm,  Lewiston.  N.  Y. 
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Secure  the  highest  prices  and  K3ve  feed  and  labor.  You  can  accomplish  all  this  by 
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