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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 16 
Live Stock and Dairy 
THE BEEF CATTLE QUESTION. 
Great Shortage Out West. 
Will Keep High.—T he price of beef 
cattle is, I think, at least $1 per 100 
pounds higher than a year ago at this 
time, and my judgment would be that 
we can expect the present prices to be 
maintained, at least until February or 
March next, when a great many cattle 
fattened on this year’s corn crop, will be 
sent to market. These will commence 
going about the first of the year, that is, 
in any great quantities, and It will be 
near the first of February before very 
many heavy shipments commence. 
There is an immense corn crop in the 
West, and the prospect is that 'it will sell 
at a very reasonable price this Fall and 
Winter, that is, from 15 to 20 cents per 
bushel. I am of the opinion that good 
prices for beef cattle will be realized for 
several years. My reasons for thinking 
so are that, for a number of years prior 
to the last two years, nearly all cattle¬ 
men were reducing their herds, and 
sent a great many cows and heifers to 
the market every year. This has about 
ceased, and it is the exception now to 
see a bunch of good cows and heifers on 
the market selling to packers, and the 
inclination of all the breeders seems to 
be to increase their herds of breeding 
cattle. This, of course, reduces the sup¬ 
ply of cattle to go on the market. 
Some Other Causes. —Another reason 
I might give for thinking the present 
prices will be maintained is that the loss 
on the ranges last year was very heavy; 
in some instances, 50 per cent of the 
herds died from the extreme cold, and 
the fact that the ranges were covered 
with snow, and tney could not get any¬ 
thing to eat. 1 think it is a conserva¬ 
tive estimate to say that 25 per cent of 
the range cattle in western Kansas, Col¬ 
orado, northern New Mexico and Wyo¬ 
ming died last Winter. There is, undoubt¬ 
edly, a very great shortage of fancy beef 
cattle; in fact, I do not know of a bunch 
of good prime beef steers in this county 
that are anywhere near ready for mar¬ 
ket, and this county is one of the heav¬ 
iest cattle-feeding counties in the State. 
Another reason for cattle being high 
is that last year there was not a very 
good corn crop, consequently, the price 
was high, and nearly every one that fed 
cattle lost money, as stock cattle were 
very high, and in most cases when feed¬ 
ers came to put their cattle on the mar¬ 
ket, they found that they had done their 
Winter’s work for nothing. After an 
experience of this kind, feeders are a 
little slow to take hold the next year. 
Another reason that is given us in the 
West as to why we are realizing better 
prices for our cattle than in years past 
is that there are more people in the 
country at work, consequently, a greater 
demand for meat. We are told that 
more of the factories in the East are 
running, and that there are few, if any, 
idle men throughout the East. Whether 
this is true of the East or not, it is true 
of the West, that is to say, that no men 
need be idle in this country unless it be 
from choice. There is an abundance of 
work everywhere, and a shortage of men 
to do it. C. A. STANNARD. 
Emporia, Kans. 
ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN COMBINE. 
Milk producers in the vicinity of 
Elgin, Ill., have organized the Fox River 
Valley Dairymen’s Association, and are 
trying to get better prices for their milk. 
Several meetings have been held, and 
local organizations perfected in Elgin, 
Dundee, and Algonquin. The superin¬ 
tendents of the condenseries at these 
points say that they are powerless to 
raise prices, and advise the dairymen 
to appoint committees to come east to 
the headquarters of the Gail Borden 
Condensing Company. Alfred Bros- 
worth, of Elgin, and D. H. Haeger, of 
Dundee, will be among those chosen 
for this eastern conference. 
The dairymen say that it would occa¬ 
sion great hardship to change their style 
of farming. They have expensive 
plants, their immense barns and mills 
and cooling appliances costing thou¬ 
sands of dollars, and yet they are re¬ 
ceiving about 18 cents per can less for 
milk than they got a few years ago. 
Feed and hired help cost more, and now 
the drought, burning up the pastures, 
adds to the gloominess of the outlook. 
On account of the drought there has 
been a great shrinkage in the milk sup¬ 
ply—some farmers say that it amounts 
to over one-half. Hundreds of dairy¬ 
men who last Fall purchased cows have 
not been able to pay for them. Others 
declare they not only will not add to 
their dairies, unless the condensing com¬ 
pany pays more for milk, but they will 
abandon dairying altogether. The high 
price of live stock, too, has caused 
many who have been growing more and 
more dissatisfied for several years to 
turn their thoughts to raising cattle for 
beef purposes. Those farmers who have 
sold milk to the butter factories on the 
cooperative plan have fared better than 
the other milk producers. 
SELLING WOOL IN SMALL QUANTITIES 
How Best Dispose of Limited Lots ? 
How do the farmers in your neighborhood 
dispose of small quantities of wool? Com¬ 
mission merchants in this city do not seem 
to care to bother with small offerings of 
wool, and the large buyers care little, ap¬ 
parently, for handling these small lots. In 
some places, the farmer with only a few 
fleeces of wool seems to have difficulty in 
disposing of them to fair advantage. 
In our district, a traveling dealer, who 
covers a wide area in western New York, 
buys fleeces and skins, shipping them 'in 
quantity to Boston. There are many 
farmers here who only have one or two 
fleeces. There is a woolen mill at 
Jamestown, N. Y.. which buys direct 
from the farmers, and those in that vi¬ 
cinity market their wool with other pro¬ 
duce. gs. s- 
New York. 
While this is essentially a dairy re¬ 
gion, there are for about 30 miles along 
the river (the Susquehanna), a good 
many sheep kept. Two middlemen in 
this town buy from 10,000 to 15,000 
pounds of wool a year. Other towns 
along the line probably receive a similar 
amount. Prices range from 12 cents a 
pound for fine gummy to 25 cents for 
medium washed. Medium unwashed 
brings about 18 cents. Some of this 
purchase goes to dealers in Binghamton, 
but a good deal is shipped to Trenton, 
N. J., and to Philadelphia. There is no 
effort made by farmers to find a market 
outside their immediate vicinity. If 
compelled to look further for a market, 
I am inclined to think I should make 
inquiries in Philadelphia or other places 
in that direction. h. h. l. 
Pennsylvania. 
On Long Island and the suburban ter¬ 
ritory of New York, or that portion 
lying within 30 to 40 miles of the city, 
sheep are kept only in small flocks, and 
nearly always by those farmers who are 
farming for fun. The general way of 
disposing of the wool is to sack it and 
ship it to some New York wool mer¬ 
chant. They do not solicit these small 
lots, but we select a reliable dealer and 
then stick to him. There are commis¬ 
sion dealers in the city who handle 
country produce of all kinds that ‘is sent 
to them, and to these our farmers some¬ 
times ship their wool. Where 25 fleeces 
or more can be had wool merchants will 
send large wool sacks to have the wool 
shipped in, and where it has been for¬ 
warded promptly, we have never been 
charged anything for the use of these 
sacks, but, of course, have paid express 
charges to get them. The expense of 
shipping and selling wool is not heavy. 
This is the only method open to farmers 
who live in a country where but few 
sheep are kept. Where there are enough 
sheep to attract wool buyers, the man 
with a few fleeces can dispose of them 
without much difficulty, for the buyers 
will generally take everything desirable. 
Long Island. e. c. p. 
The two Guernsey calves shown at 
Fig. 246, page 655, are two good speci¬ 
mens of a good breed. The picture is 
from the American Guernsey Herd Reg¬ 
ister. It is evident from the appearance 
of the calves that they are full of life 
and vigor; have good constitutions, and 
that most necessary quality, the ability 
to make the most of the feed they re¬ 
ceive. This is what renders possible 
the great performances of the mature 
animals. No weakling is capable of a 
great record. 
Save the Rowen Crop. —In many 
dairy districts of the East, the heavy 
rains of July and August started up 
quite a vigorous growth of rowen, al¬ 
though the fields were very brown at the 
time the first crop was cut. One field of 
about two acres on the College Farm, 
which was fertilized June 28, just after 
the first crop was removed, with a mix¬ 
ture rich in nitrate of soda and potash, 
will produce nearly one ton of rowen 
per acre. I believe that the fertilizer 
was used at a profit, as it cost less than 
$5 per acre. 
With the uncertainties of weather it is 
quite a problem to know how best to 
handle the rowen crop to get the most 
from it. I believe that it will be wise 
to cure in the cock as much as possible, 
where there is much clover in the crop. 
At the same time, it should not be al¬ 
lowed to sweat, as rowen will become 
musty very readily. The hay should be 
aired often, even Lhough the weather is 
cloudy. Where there is little clover 
present, I would advise waiting for clear 
weather, with northwesterly winds, and 
then drying the crop as rapidly as possi¬ 
ble. Rowen needs more drying than the 
first crop of hay. Rowen of grasses will 
not deteriorate, even though left stand¬ 
ing some time after it seems to have at¬ 
tained full growth. It is wise to wait 
for good weather, unless there is danger 
from frosts. c. s. piielps. 
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RHINE CLIFF, N. Y 
Registered Jersey Cattle 
C3 For Milk and Butter. 
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SHROPSHIRE SHEEP. 
CHESTER WHITE SWINE. 
Good recorded stock. Rams and 
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