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for  two  weeks :  will  get  about  7 5#  of  a 
crop.  Hay  was  good,  mostly  all  cured 
well;  quite  au  amount  of  Timothy 
thrashed,  yield  fair.  Wheat  averaged 
about  nine  bushels  to  acre.  Oats  not 
good,  20  to  22  bushels  to  the  acre.  A 
lot  of  Alfalfa  dried  out.  so  bay  is  not 
plentiful.  Not  much  milk,  pastures  dry. 
Nearly  all  milk  shipped  to  Chicago,  some 
farmers  deliver  same  with  auto  truck, 
only  22  miles  t<>  loop  from  Crete.  Hogs 
are  scarce,  so  are  cattle.  Mutter  40c. 
Potatoes  were  00  to  75c  a  peek  about  the 
first  of  September.  Peaches  and  pears 
$2  a  Ini. ;  apples  $2.  Michigan  fruit  not. 
in  yet;  may  lie  a  little  cheaper  then. 
Eggs  20c;  chickens  16  to  l$c'lb. 
Crete,  Ill.  u.  j. 
Good  baking  apples,  20c.  half  peck. 
Potatoes, -$1.10  to  $1.20  per  lui. ;  some 
get  $1  hu.  by  the  load;  wheat,  $1.25  per 
bu. ;  mixed  bay.  $18,  clover  and  Tim¬ 
othy;  Timothy,  $20;  wheat  straw.  loose, 
$10;  rye  straw,  $12  per  ton;  fresh  cows 
at.  auction  from  $75  to  *110.  Veal  calves. 
11c.  per  1b.I  mills,  JNc.  per  gal.  to  the  re¬ 
tailers;  producers  arc  trving  to  raise  it  to 
20c.  gal.  by  Oct.  1.  C.  E.  K. 
Methlehem,  Pa. 
The  following  are  about  the  retail 
prices  of  farm  products  in  our  county 
( Lancaster  )  :  Wheat  $1.10  per  1m. ;  corn 
$1  per  hu.:  oats  50c  per  hu.  Lancaster 
is  the  largest  shipping  centre  of  cattle 
in  the  East.  Prices  on  stock  or  feeding 
cattle  are  from  $0.50  to  $7.50  per  hun¬ 
dred  lbs.;  fat  cattle  from  $7.50  to  $S.50 
per  100;  cows  from  $50  t<>  $75;  horses 
from  $150  to  $200.  Hay  $12  to  $10; 
potatoes  from  00c  per  1m.  for  seconds  to 
$1.25  per  hu.  for  No.  1.  Tobacco  is  in 
great  demand  from  14c  to  Iflc  per  ib. 
The  greater  part  is  already  sold.  Vege¬ 
tables  are  fairly  plentiful  hut  remain 
rather  high.  Butter  25c ;  eggs  25c. 
Emit  crop  is  below  normal;  prices  re¬ 
main  firm.  h.  u.  w. 
Bird  in  Hand,  l’a. 
Apples,  peaches,  pears  and  potatoes 
are.  very  scarce  and  prices  high:  not 
enough  for  home  consumption,  due  to 
the  extensive  drought,  (tats  from  5  to 
20  bu.  per  acre,  very  poor.  Wheat  5  to 
10  hu.  per  acre,  very  poor.  Corn  will 
possibly  yield  half  crop.  Ilav  extremely 
good,  not  damaged  by  the  weather,  only  a 
little  short  and  cured  in  good  condition. 
Pasture  at  present  short  owing  to  the 
continued  dry  weather.  This  makes  dairy 
feeding  possible;  the  farm  ofs  of  this 
vicinity  mostly  sell  their  cream.  A  few 
exceptions.  We  make  'butter;  mv  herd 
consists  nf  seven  cows.  From  .Tan.  1, 
l'dlfi,  to  Sept.  7,  these  seven  cows  have 
produced  1120  lbs.  of  butter.  These  sev¬ 
en  cows  are  not  all  milking  at  one  time; 
one  is  dry  now  and  three  ready  to  go 
dry.  u.  E.  r. 
Covington,  O. 
Bark  River.  Mich. — Apples  here  are 
scarce,  and  poor  quality.  a.  d. 
Gowanda,  N.  Y. — The  apple  crop  in 
this  vicinity  is  small.  it.  c.  R. 
Crete,  Ill. — Apples  are  poor  and 
wormy.  II.  J. 
Astoria.  Ill. — Hardly  enough  apples 
here  for  home  demand.  n.  F, 
Edmore,  Mich. — Apples  are  a  short 
crop,  both  early  and  late  varieties. 
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liny  was  a  large  crop  and  was  cured 
in  first,  class  condition,  the  weather  be¬ 
ing  unusually  favorable.  Early  pota¬ 
toes  are  almost  a  total  failure.  The  late 
crop  libs  made  good  vine  growth  and  is 
free  from  blight,  etc.,  but  has  been  ser¬ 
iously  shortened  by  dry  weather.  This  is 
strictly  a  potato  country.  W.  R.  Roach 
&  Go.  have  a  large  canning  plant  here. 
Peas  were  a  good  crop,  and  a  large  pack 
was  secured.  Lima  beaus  are  a  failure 
and  sweet  corn  less  than  half  a  crop. 
Dairying  is  carried  on  largely  ns  a  side 
line,  though  a  large  amount  of  cream  is 
produced.  A  large  creamery  and  cold 
storage  plant  furnishes  a  good  market 
at  Elgin  prices,  though  there  is  some 
slopped  to  other  points.  Prices  prevail 
as  follows;  Wheat  $1.20;  rye  $1.10; 
oats  40c;  potatoes  $1,05;  beans  $4;  but* 
terfst  21c;  eggs  22c.  w.  e.  w. 
Edmore,  Mich. 
The  drought  has  been  broken  by  a 
heavy  rain.  Many  were  not  through 
plowing  for  wheat  and  some  had  scarce¬ 
ly  commenced  when  (lie  rain  fell.  The 
Kiell'er  pear  drop  which  was  almost  a 
failure  this  year  is  being  marketed  at 
prices  ranging  around  IS  cents  per  bas¬ 
ket.  Most  farmers  sold  their  wheat  right 
from  the  thrashing  machine  at  prices 
ranging  from  $1.15  to  $1.25  per  hu,  The 
price  has  risen  considerably  since  thrash¬ 
ing  time.  Corn  is  cared  better  than  for 
several  years.  Farmers  cxiivmely  busy 
saving  fodder,  picking  and  hauling  toma¬ 
toes,  picking  grapes  and  cutting  corn. 
Help  as  usual  very  scarce.  Wages  for 
corn  cutting  $1.75  with  hoard.  Tile  can¬ 
neries  are  all  very  busy  canning  toma¬ 
toes;  the  pack  will  he  heavy,  while  the 
tomato  yield  per  acre  will  be  light.  On 
an  average  the  acreage  is  large.  The 
price  of  canned  goods  has  recently  taken 
a  rise,  and  tomatoes  which  were  not 
contracted  for  are  bringing  from  five  to 
10  cents  more  than  the  contract  price, 
which  was  17  cents  per  basket.  The 
State  Fair  which  was  held  at  Wilming¬ 
ton  was  largely  attended  by  our  Kent 
Go.  farmers.  The  fair  was  a  ’big  suc¬ 
cess.  A  large  crop  of  buckwheat  will  he 
harvested  in  the  lower  part  of  the  State. 
Dover,  Del.  C.  It. 
Old  wheat  $1,40;  new  wheat  $1.25; 
oats  50  and  55c;  corn,  old,  00c.  Buck¬ 
wheat  not  on  the  market  yet,  but  a 
light  crop.  Cream  at  the  door  22c  lb. 
for  hutterfat.  Butter  20c.  Small  cattle 
0e;  large  7  and  7\!>c.  Ilogs  on  foot 
10  and  lie.  Apples  75c  per  100  lbs.  No 
garden  truck  raised  for  sale  in  this  sec¬ 
tion.  c.  A.  K. 
Bedford,  Pa. 
Wc  are  selling  poaches  in  the  orchard 
at  75  to  S5c  per  16-qt.  basket.  Apples, 
Smokehouse.  45  to  60c.  per  ba-ket.  Wheat 
$1.42  per  bu.  T.  c. 
Avondale,  Pa. 
Potatoes  will  be  an  average  yield  of 
good  quality.  Corn  was  very  late,  but 
silage  corn  is  looking  very  good  at  pres¬ 
ent.  The  hay  crop  was  the  largest  ever 
known  in  this  locality,  ami  was  gathered 
in  very  good  condition.  i>.  K.  r.. 
Hale. -Eddy,  N.  Y. 
Potatoes  are  poor.  Too  much  rain  in 
Spring  and  too  dry  during  Summer:  no 
rain  for  nine  weeks,  then  no  rainfall 
five  weeks.  My  potatoes  were  good,  only 
not  as  large  in  size  as  they  should  he. 
Grapes  are  plentiful,  only  a  few  peaches 
and  pears.  All  garden  truck  i-  scarce. 
Corn  will  be  good  if  we  have  no  frost 
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