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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 29 
The Agent’s Share! 
The first week of our contest for trial subscriptions is over. Following are 
the names of the senders of the largest three clubs received for the week : 
CHAS. R. FARNUM.Massachusetts. 36 Trial Subscriptions. 
M. DE FREEST.New York . 20 Trial Subscriptions. 
CHAS. P. AUGUR.Connecticut . 10 Trial Subscriptions. 
They have already received their premiums of S3, $2 and $1 respectively. 
Besides this, they have retained 10 cents for each name sent, and every name will 
count September 30 for the five cash premiums which will be given to the senders 
of the largest five clubs received by that date. The cash premiums for Sep¬ 
tember 30 are as follows : 
Largest club, cash ------ $50 
Second largest club, cash - - - - - 30 
Third largest club, cash ----- 20 
Fourth largest club, cash - - - - - 10 
Fifth largest club, cash ..... 5 
In the meantime, $ 3 , $2 and $ | will be sent out every Saturday night 
during this contest to the three agents who send the largest three clubs during 
the week, and three extra premiums of $ 3 , $2 and $ 1 1 will, also, be sent out 
next Saturday night to three agents who have not won any of the premiums 
during this week, and also every following Saturday night during the contest. 
Messrs. Farnum, Be Freest and Augur, who won premiums as above, may 
compete for the first three weekly premiums for the rest of the contest, but they 
will not be eligible to the second set of three weekly premiums, which are reserved 
for those who won no other premiums this season. 
You see just how many names won the premiums last week. Next week, 
you have a better chance, because there will be six premiums instead of three, 
and you have a chance at any one of them, if you did not win last week, and a 
chance at three of them is open for those who have already won. 
Haven’t you made up your mind now that you want that $50 September 30 ? 
In working for that, you are quite sure of several of the weekly premiums. 
We are going to tell you just who wins the six premiums every week, and 
just how many names are sent to secure them. When it is over, we will tell you 
just who won the five cash premiums September 30, and the whole number of 
names sent by each winner. 
We are already receiving a great many names from friends who are not 
competing for any of the premiums. Some of them, however, will be surprised 
when they get premiums. Most of these come in clubs of two or three names 
each, and often only one name at a time. In the aggregate, all these count up 
into large numbers, and we fully and duly appreciate the interest manifested in 
this way by those who have neither the time nor the inclination to compete for 
a premium. 
But, as you see, these prizes are going easy. You can hardly make an effort 
and miss one. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, New York. 
WINTER FEED IN NEW YORK STATE. 
WILL THERE BE A SHORTAGE ? 
The hay crop is very short, but corn and oats 
are looking well with a large acreage; many 
farmers will feed part of the oats unthrashed. A 
number of silos are beingbuilt, some round, some 
square, others octagonal, and all old silos will, 
probably, be used. But little stock is for sale; 
large numbers were sold a year ago very cheap, 
but very few calves or colts were raised this year. 
Herkimer County. J. H. H. 
There are no silos around here, and the hay 
crop is not very good. There is considerable 
millet and fodder corn; I have about nine acres 
of fodder corn myself. As far as I can see, the 
farmers intend to keep the same amount of stock 
as formerly. New milch cows are in great demand; 
the low price of milk does not stop the buying of 
cows. I prefer to raise my own cattle rather than 
buy. t. b. 
Orange County. 
The hay crop is only one-half an average one,but 
is supplemented largely by corn and millet, while 
brewers’ grains have been and are being stored. 
Ensilage has been but sparsely adopted, and no 
new silos are being built. Although farmers are 
short in winter supplies, I think that there will 
be but a small reduction in their stock this 
autumn; they will depend on western ground 
feed, and a favoring Providence to bring them to 
the spring of 1897. D. t. b. 
Orange County. 
Hay is not over one-half of a good crop. With 
a large acreage of corn and millet, farmers are 
better prepared for winter than last year, so I 
think that they will keep as much stock, if not a 
little more. Potatoes are looking well, but do 
not yield very heavy. Apples will be a good crop. 
We have lots of grasshoppers, and they are get¬ 
ting red lice on them. Will it destroy them. Not 
many silos are being built around here—four to 
six, perhaps. h. m. h. 
Chenango County. 
Most farmers in this section are short of fodder; 
some, however, have quite a large amount of 
White-daisy hay, owing to the fact that the grass¬ 
hoppers—which were terrible here last year— 
were unable to kill the daisies. Most meadows 
were plowed, either in the fall and sowed to rye, 
or this spring and put into oats, corn or potatoes. 
A great amount of corn has been put in. I have 
about 23 acres, and am putting up a silo intended 
to hold 200 tons. Many others would build silos, 
but don’t feel able to do so and get the needed 
machinery to fill them properly. Nearly all the 
farmers here will be able to winter what stock 
they have, but we have only about one-half to 
two thirds as many as formerly. I formerly win¬ 
tered about 40 cows and 20 young cattle, besides 
horses. I now have 28 cows and 10 calves, and 
expect to winter all of them except two or three 
of the old ones, which must be turned off. My 
condition fairly represents, in this respect, that 
of my neighbors. M. B. w. 
Wyoming County. 
The hay crop is not more than one-half crop in 
this section; but most farmers prepared for the 
short crop by putting in Hungarian grass and 
sowed corn. There is no demand for silos; no 
new ones are being built. Most farmers sell milk 
to the New York Condensed Milk Company, and 
they will not allow them to use silos. I think 
that most farmers will have enough fodder to 
keep their stock through the winter. D. B. H. 
Dutchess County. 
I find, upon inquiry, that the majority of farm¬ 
ers cut a light crop of hay—less than one-half the 
usual crop. There is a large growth of straw, 
which will be fed, and an unusually large 
amount of corn was put in, the most of which 
has made a large growth. I think that most 
farmers will have fodder enough to carry their 
stock through the winter without selling. The 
demand for silos is not large. I know of three 
being built. F. H. K. 
Oneida County. 
The hay crop is short, about one-half crop. 
Oats are above the average. Corn is looking bet¬ 
ter than usual for the time of year. Live stock 
will be somewhat reduced this fall. Not so much 
grain will be bought and fed this winter as 
usual. The demand for silos is growing; many 
new ones are being built. One large farmer is 
building four new ones, and he has two that he 
has used and learned the value of. Apples are 
very plentiful in this neighborhood. w. s. H. 
Delaware County. 
Hay is the poorest crop for years. Corn fodder 
is a very good crop. Most farmers sold their 
stock last year—from one-quarter to one-half. 
Many will have to reduce their present stock be- 
fore winter, or feed pretty freely on grain, 
which they are not able to buy with butter at 15 
cents per pound and milk at 1*4 cent per quart. 
About one-half the farmers have silos; a few are 
being built this fall, and I think that a number 
will be built next year. L. si. w. 
Delaware County. 
Hay will average 75 per cent of a crop in this 
locality; but there is nearly double the usual 
acreage of corn, besides considerable millet sown 
for fodder. This will make up all deficiency in 
hay, and farmers will be enabled to keep the full 
number of stock. There are few silos, although 
numbers of farmers have what is known here as 
grain cisterns (built on the same principle as a 
silo), in which are stored brewers’ grains. These 
grains are put in during June, July and August, 
and are kept for winter feeding. Some put in as 
much as 100 tons, a few even more, and others 
less, according to the number of stock kept. In 
my immediate neighborhood, and, in fact, for 
from eight to ten miles all around Middletown, 
quite a large proportion of dairymen sell their 
milk to the Anglo-Swiss Condensary, located at 
Middletown, and all who sell to that company 
are not allowed to feed ensilage, grains or any 
sour feeds. I have a near neighbor, who, last 
year, built a silo and filled it; but last spring 
contracted his milk to this company, and will not 
fill his silo this year. I think that ensilage is a 
good feed, and would like to try it; but am sell¬ 
ing my milk to the company—consequently can¬ 
not. I am satisfied that it pays dairymen to 
grow as much corn as can be well cared for, even 
though they do have to feed the stalks dry. Iu 
fact, I think that the corn is of more value than 
the silo. I keep about 30 head of cattle, and last 
winter they did.not get.a forkful of hay until Janu¬ 
ary 1, and I had stalks to feed once a day, for 
six weeks longer. Thanks to those stalks, J have 
about 12 tons of old hay in the bottom of my mow. 
Orange County. d. p. a . 
The hay crop of this section was very short, not 
over half a crop; but a large acreage of fodder 
corn has been sown which is looking very fine, 
also considerable millet; so that I do not think 
that the shortage of fodder will be nearly so great 
as anticipated. This is especially so with those 
of us who have silos, and why there are not more 
of them being built, I cannot understand, as 
those who do not have them will lose a large per 
cent of the fodder they so much need. Most 
farmers, I think, will carry about the usual stock 
through the winter, though there may not be 
quite so many cows bought for wintering, which 
is quite a general practice hereabout. h. ij. l. 
Dutchess County. 
The hay crop here was very light. Last year I 
do not think that hardly two-thirds of an average 
crop of hay was cut in this immediate vicinity, 
and in some parts of Delaware County, the crop 
was even less than that. This year, there was 
no new seeding to speak of, as the dry weather 
and grasshoppers last fall killed it almost com¬ 
pletely, and the old meadows, in many cases, did 
not do as well as they did last year, so that gen¬ 
erally, a lighter crop of hay was cut than last 
year. But, on the other hand, plenty of land was 
plowed last fall and spring, and much of it put 
into corn, which is looking fine, although it has 
been quite dry here lately. The oats are not 
thrashed yet, but the straw, in general, was very 
large. Many cut the oats green, as they were 
afraid that the grasshoppers or army worms 
would take them. The grasshoppers have been 
plentiful all summer, and have done much dam¬ 
age. The army worms destroyed some pieces of 
oats, but they were mostly in the valleys, al¬ 
though, occasionally, they got into a piece on the 
hills. Most of the farmers around here reduced 
their stock last fall, as many car-loads of cows 
were shipped from Delaware County to the West 
and other parts. Some dealers are around buy¬ 
ing cows now, but farmers generally have some 
surplus stock which they wish to dispose of in 
the fall, and I think that the most of them will 
try to winter about the same number as last 
year. Cows sell very well, considering the price 
of butter. 1 have heard of one dealer paying as 
high as $30 for springers. I know of one car-load 
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