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Oie  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
August  2fi,  1010. 
before,  gave  us  every  plum  perfect 
after  two  sprayings  of  lime-sulphur  so¬ 
lution  ami  arsenate  of  lead — -the  latter 
for  the  tent  caterpillar,  which  has  been 
a  troublesome  pest  for  several  years. 
New  York.  mbs.  g.  w.  knight. 
August  1.  Fanners  in  ('linton  County, 
X,  Y„  have  their  haying  nearly  com¬ 
pleted  and  a  fine  crop  has  been  harvested. 
Potatoes  and  corn  are  coming  on  nicely, 
considering  the  lateness  of  planting.  Po¬ 
tato  bugs  were  never  more  numerous,  and 
farmers  are  having  a  hard  oat  tie  to  keep 
them  from  destroying  the  vines.  Cows 
are  commencing  to  shrink  in  their  milk 
flow.  Butter,  20  c. ;  eggs.  2tJc. ;  old  pota¬ 
toes.  $1  per  bu.,  new,  $1.60  per  bu. 
Clinton  Co.,  XT.  Y.  H.  t.  J. 
This  has  not  been  a  good  season  here ; 
in  all  the  first  part  of  the  Summer  it  was 
dry ;  farmers  who  did  not  plant  their  cot¬ 
ton  in  the  lirst  part  of  April  did  nof  get 
it  up  till  the  middle  of  June;  then  it  be¬ 
gan  raining  and  has  kept  it  up.  It  has 
rained  somewhere  every  day  within  10 
miles  of  Augusta  Ga.,  for  the  last  eight 
weeks,  there  has  been  lots  of  cotton, 
thrown  away,  some  plowed  up  and  peas 
planted  firr  hay.  Some  fields  of  corn  are 
good  ;  there  has  been  so  much  rain 
there  has  been  but  little  hay  made  iu 
the  river  swamps.  Milk,  retails  for 
10  to  12  cents  a  quart;  butter,  25  to 
40  cents  per  pound.  w.  u.  N.,  jb. 
Richmond  County,  Ga. 
The  I*.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture 
reports  the  onion  crop  below  an  average 
except  in  the  Northwest,  whore  reports 
are  favorable.  The  New  York  reports 
show  considerable  complaint.  While  the 
Northern  and  Western  sections  of  the 
State  have  been  without  much  rain,  the 
Southern  and  Eastern  sections  have,  been 
nearly  Hooded.  Cabbage  transplanting 
was  from  two  to  three  weeks  late,  but  it 
is  understood  the  new  plants  took  root 
well  and  appear  to  be  in  fair  condition. 
Onions  in  Orange  County  suffered  from 
heavy  rains  the  latter  part  of  the  past 
month.  Much  complaint  is  heard  con¬ 
cerning  the  lack  of  available  labor  to  cul¬ 
tivate  the  various  crops.  Much  of  the 
labor  usually  employed  in  the  cultivation 
of  onions  and  cabbage,  etc.,  has  been  at- 
traeted  by  high  wages  to  the  industrial 
centers  and  the  crops  have  suffered 
thereby. 
August  15.  Through  Southwestern 
Monroe  County  we  need  rain  badly  for 
late  beans  and  potatoes.  Oats  just  about 
all  in  the  barn;  some  have  thrashed 
wheat,  yield  about  25*  bushels  on  the  av¬ 
erage.  Rather  large  hay  crop  but  clover 
long  and  very  coarse;  all  gathered  in 
good  condition.  Some  peas  raised  for 
Bergen  canning  factory,  but  a  pour  crop 
this  year.  Apples  will  not  he  a  third  of  a 
crop.  Full  bloom  and  fair  set,  but.  second 
drop  got  most,  quality  second.  Corn.  50 
per  cent-  crop.  Potatoes,  CO  per  cent, 
crop.  Nearly  20  per  cent,  of  land  that 
would  have  gone  into  Spring  crops  was 
not  plowed  because,  of  rain  in  Spring 
season  and  later-  baked,  or  other  work 
kept,  farmers  from  it.  Many  farmers 
have  cut  and  burned  the  growth  of  weeds. 
State*  road  from  Clinrebville  to  Mumfcrd 
nearly  finished;  only  10  feet  road  bed 
and  three  feet  shoulders,  much  too  nar¬ 
row.  w.  A. 
Cburchville  N.  Y. 
A  summary  of  the  reports  on  the  con¬ 
dition  of  the  fruit  crop  In  Iowa,  August  1 
is  as  follows:  Summer  apples,  22  per 
More  Pioneers  for  New  York 
An  interesting  article  “Pi, oncers  in 
New  York,”  on  page  1171,  of  September, 
1015,  was  undoubtedly  a  surprise  to 
many  of  the  Tompkins  County  readers 
not  aware  of  the  number  of  Finns  lo¬ 
cated  west  and  southwest  of  Ithaca  in 
the  township  of  Newfield,  although  it  is 
doubtful  if  any  have  as  yet  become  land¬ 
ed  citizens  over  the  line  in  the  county  of 
Schuyler.  Some  200  families  have  lo¬ 
cated  in  this  section  since  the  advent  of 
Americana  plums,  .!<  per  cent.;  nornos- 
tica  plums,  22  per  cent. :  Japanese  plums, 
9  pet  cent. ;  grapes.  52  per  cent,  of  a  full 
crop.  The  average  for  all  fruitsris  21  per 
cent.,  or  10  per  cent,  below  the  average 
for  the  last  15  years  for  August.  The 
grape  crop  is  light  in  Eastern  Iowa,  but 
nearly  normal  in  the  Western  section  ; 
the  quality  will  be  better  than  last  year. 
Apple  crop  about  one-half  of  what  it  was 
last  year.  Sprayed  orchards  will  yield 
20  t«i  00  per  cent,  of  a  full  crop,  while 
neglected  orchards  will  not  produce  more 
than  5  to  25  per  cent,  of  marketable 
fruit.  It  pays  to  take  care  of  an  orchard. 
WESLEY  GREENE. 
Sec.  Iowa  State  Hort,  Society. 
The  bean  crop  in  Monroe  Go.,  N.  Y., 
will  be  almost  a  failure  this  year,  arror.l- 
ing  to  Lewis  A.  Toan,  manager  of  the 
Monroe  County  Farm  Bureau.  Two  dis¬ 
tinct  hoan  diseases  are  affecting  the  roots 
in  the  bean-growing  sections  of  New 
York,  and  for  two  years  past  the  farmers 
of  Wyoming  and  Genesee  counties  have 
financed  investigations*  into  these  dis¬ 
eases.  As  the  trouble  is  widespread,  it 
is  felt  that  a  State  appropriation  is  now 
necessary.  Tbe  growers’  loss  from  these 
diseases  is  estimated  at  five  to  10  bushels 
per  acre.  More  than  110.000  acres  of 
beans  are  grow*u  in  New  Y ork  State,  of 
which  10,000  acres  are  located  in  Monroe 
County. 
Old  wheat,  $1  per  bu. ;  oats,  5Se. ; 
corn,  75c. ;  rye,  90c. ;  potatoes,  .$1  ;  toma¬ 
toes,  from  $1  per  basket  down  to  as  low 
as  15c.  later  in  the  season.  Cows  from 
$50  to  $100,  according  to  grade.  Milk, 
8c.  quart;  eggs,  20c.  per  dozen. 
Rock  Glen  Pa.  G.  ir.  s. 
As  near  as  can  be  estimated  the  fruit 
crop  for  Vermont  this  year  will  he  as 
follows :  Apples,  70  per  cent. ;  pears,  40 
per  cent.;  plums,  20  per  cent.;  straw- 
finding  land  adapted  to  general  farming 
or  to  stock  raising,  paying  not  more  than 
$20* per  acre  for  land  from  three  to  five 
miles  from  conveniently  located  railway 
stations.  These  pioneers  claim  that  there 
are  more  Finns  to  come,  and  directly 
from  the  home  land.  The  last  one  came 
in  Summer  (1915)  just  before  the  clos¬ 
ing  of  the  North  Sea,  and  others  must 
await  the  end  of  the  European  conflict. 
Twenty-five  dollars  was  paid  an  acre  for 
a  home-farm  by  this  lucky  alien  who 
without  doubt  will  join  the  others  in 
saying  “We  will  never  go  back.”  It.  is 
evident  that  the  era  of  deserted  farms 
(productive  and  tillable  land)  in  west¬ 
ern  Tompkins  County  is  nearing  its 
terminus. 
Among  the  large  tracts  there  is  one 
on  what,  is  called  Barnes  Hill,  that  illus¬ 
trates  the  typical  deserted  farm,  although 
it  is  only  four  miles  from  the  State 
road  leading  to  Ithaca,  home  of  Cornell 
University.  Years  ago  a  Frenchman 
recognizing  the  possibilities  of  a  plateau 
farm  with  four  good  wells  and  three 
large  never-failing  springs  of  water,  and 
some  50  acres  of  wood  lot  (fuel,  fence 
and  building  material)  purchased  five 
adjoining  farms,  a  total  of  200  acres,  and 
with  such  natural  advantages  engaged  in 
general  improvements  and  stock  farming, 
then  sold  out  and  returned  to  France. 
Afterwards  the  farm  changed  ownership 
many  times,  and  after  the  burning  of  the 
third  large  barn,  i,t  was  deserted  and 
listed  with  Teal  estate  agencies,  and  for 
years  has  served  non-resident  owners  as 
a  medium  of  exchange  in  their  real  es¬ 
tate  deals  with  more  or  less  indifference 
as  to  its  real  vulue  as  tillable  land. 
Two  seasons  ago  not  a  furrow  was 
turned,  and  at  least  50  tons  of  bay  re¬ 
turned  to  the  soil.  East  year,  the  pres¬ 
ent  owner  did  somewhat  better,  inasmuch 
as  30  acres  were  tilled,  and  nil  the  hay 
was  secured  that  was  possible  between 
cent. ;  gooseberries  and  currants,  50  per  wet  harvest  time. 
cent,  eaeh ;  blackberries,  70  per  cent.  No  matter  what  causes  of  the  past 
The  general  verdict  is  that,  the  quality  is  have  resulted  in  the  deserted  farms  now 
good,  especially  is  this  true  of  the  classes  owned  by  the  Fi,nns,  their  coming  is  a 
of  small  fruits,  and  among  orchard  fruits  material  gain  and  a  gain  in  good  citi- 
where  the  trees  have  been  carefully  Zenship  to  Tompkins  County  and  the 
sprayed.  In  unsprayed  orchards  there  is  State  of  New  York.  These  sturdy  men 
much  scab,  and  evidence  of  much  harm  and  women  do  not  come  as  day  laborers, 
from  insects.  The  New  England  Fruit  as  competitors  in  any  line,  to  shift  about 
Show  meets  with  the  Vermont.  State  Ilor-  from  place  to  place,  from  job  to  job;  iu- 
ticultural  Society  in  November  at  Mont-  stead  they  come  with  the  cherished  desire 
pelier  under  the  auspices  of  the  Mont-  for  their  own  Tooftree  and  with  faith 
pelier  Board  of  Trade.  There  will  be  Mother  Earth.  The  children  are 
premiums  in  excess  of  $1,000;  a  four-  learning  the  English  language  in  the 
day  lecture  and  demonstration  program.  rural  schools  and  taking  it.  home  to  their 
M.  b.  c.  mothers,  and  both  children  and  mothers 
are  passing  it  along  to  the  fathers. 
Your  paper  is  an  old  friend  of  the  There  is  no  danger  that  these  children 
family,  and  is  quoted  very  often,  not  only  will  ever  face  real  want  and  be  found 
in  town  but  also  at  our  Summer  home.  iu  the  bread-lines  in  the  big  cities,  un- 
Iudeed,  one  of  the  farmers  contended  a  less  they  get  foolish  and  desert  the 
point with  me  last  Summer  in  regard  to  hearthstones  of  their  pioneer  ancestors 
spraying,  and  quoted  The  R.  N.-Y.  an  iu  New  York.  me  DORA  CORBETT. 
authority,  which  was  rather  amusing,  an  _ 
I  was  making  my  contention  based  on  the 
same  authority.  Perhaps  you  will  be  in-  Bertib<  “Papa,  do  they  have  doctors 
terested  to  know,  that  following  the  nd-  to  treat  pigs?”  Papa :  "Yes,  my  son; 
vice  you  sent  me  after  submitting  «am-  only  they  are  not  called  doctors,  but  vet- 
pies  of  brown  rot  on  plum  tree,  the  ,ree  crinary  surgeons.  Why  do  you  ask?” 
which  bad  failed  to  yield  a  single  plum  Bertie:  ‘T  was  just  wondering  who  cured 
was  not  affected  with  the  blight  the  year  bacon?” — Credit  Lost. 
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Crops  and  Farm  Notes 
