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THE RURAt NEW-YORKER 
September 21, 
CROPS 
A carload of beef sold in Chicago Sep¬ 
tember 11 for $10.90 on the hoof. This is 
15 cents above previous top figures. 
At present farmers are getting 40 cents 
for oats; corn. 90; wheat, 95; potatoes, 
50, rye, 75 ; buckwheat, 75. J. A. R. 
Elizabethville, Pa. 
A thunderstorm, with severe hail, did 
$100,000 damage in the tobacco section of 
Connecticut September 11. A dozen build¬ 
ings were burned by lightning. 
There is a big crop of hay, some second 
grade being sold at $16. Oats, generally 
poor crop. Corn will be fair if frost holds 
off. Potatoes are fairly good. Cows are 
selling from $50 to $60. Pork, dressed, 
heavy. 9% cents. Bull beef, six cents; 
cows, seven cents. j. c. w. 
Sackett’s Harbor, N. T. 
Potatoes, 75 cents a bushel; cabbage, 
four to five cents a head; tomatoes, 50 
cents a bushel; apples, 60 to 80 cents a 
bushel ; peaches, 75 cents a basket; plums. 
$1..)0 a bushel; corn, sweet, 10 cents a 
dozen : corn. old. 90 cents a bushel; oats. 
45 cents; bay, Timothy, $12 per ton; cows. 
to $ 60 * horses, from $200 to 
$.100; pigs, four to six weeks old, 86; 
poultry, lo to 20 cents per pound. Grain 
is only raised for home use. We are 
living in the coal regions, so the market is 
convement and middling fair. f d 
S chuylkill Co., Pa. 
It is, indeed as you say a very busy 
time for the farmer just now. We have 
thrashed 300 bushels of oats, about half 
of our crop. The remainder is still in the 
field waiting for a dry spell. The corn 
crop in our neighborhood is very good, in 
spite ol the fact that at the beginning of 
the season everyone predicted a failure. Po¬ 
tatoes are looking good and apples in our 
section will yield a fair crop. Most of the 
farmers in this section send their milk to 
Borden s, but with the price of feed soaring 
higher along with other expenses attached 
f 0 * 11 ® production of milk there is but little 
left for the farmer. g p d 
Honesdale, Pa. 
Little doing outside of fruit growing in 
this neighborhood. Auction prices in Spring 
milkers, $50 to $80; horses, $175 to 
iTo ’ lay ’ Present prices .for hay, 
$12 to $15; corn, 85 cents; wheat, *$i; 
oats. 50 to 60 cents; beans (pea and 
medium), $2.35; straw, $10; buckwheat, 
$3 ; butter, 27 cents; eggs, 22 cents; milk 
(retail), seven cents. Fruit growers have 
become largely shippers and Buffalo prices 
control our local market. Growers are put¬ 
ting up a much better pack than formerly 
« n a the best packers are getting close to 
Buffalo Quotations. Most growers are more 
or less buyers of hay, and aim when prac- 
r e ^uy direct from the meadow 
Little or no manure changes hands here, 
borne growers have tried shipping in bv the 
car at about $30 f. o. b. Buffalo, but find 
it a sort of gamble, as the quality varies 
KlUCll. E. M M 
Oleott, N. T. 
Thrashing commenced August 25, but 
was delayed on account of rain. Crops are 
all fine except some Winter wheat, which 
was thin, only made 18 to 20 bushels. 
Hundreds of acres of Timothv were cut for 
seed; will make from 300 to 600 pounds 
per acre, price 3% cents per pound. Po¬ 
tatoes light crop ; potato beetles have made 
their appearance here and done some dam¬ 
age. 1 ruit of all kinds good; cherries 
■went to waste. Over eight tons were 
shipped from our station at three cents 
per pound to producer. Wheat. 65 cents 
a bushel; oats, $1.00 per 100; barlev. 
90 cents per 100; flax, $1.40 a bushel. 
Dairying is getting a hold here; good 
cows, $40 to $75. Horses are high, 1,300 
to 1,400 pound horses*. $150 to $225. 
Hogs, $7.75 live weight and still going! 
Butter,_ 30 cents; butter fat, 28 cents; 
eggs, 25 cents. Chickens, good, two pound, 
50 cents each. n. T 
Gifford. Idaho. 
It is early for a general statement of 
prices for farm produce, though of course 
there is something going into market at 
all seasons. Hay and grain are the staples 
in this section, and most farmers are en¬ 
gaged in dairying to some extent in con¬ 
nection with other farm work, either sell¬ 
ing milk at the shipping station or making 
butter. Considerable fruit is grown; quite 
a large acreage being devoted exclusivelv 
to the cultivation of peach, apple and 
cherry orchards. Most of these orchards 
are of only a few years’ growth, and 
with the exception of the peaches, will 
not bear for some time to come. Nothing 
is done m the way of market gardening 
in this vicinity. A large part of the hav 
crop has been sold already at $15 per ton 
for No. 1 Timothy. Some wheat has been 
sold at 95 cents per bushel and- now $1 
is offered. No sales of cattle at this 
season, but good milch cows are worth 
$40 to $50; the cull stock is used by 
local butchers at three to 3% cents per 
pound. Dairy butter brings 28 cents at 
the stores and the product is used to sup¬ 
ply the local trade. Creamery butter is 
worth about 32 cents at the factory. Deal¬ 
ers pay 22 cents for eggs, while fresh 
laid white eggs will net the producer about 
30 cents per dozen shipoed to New York. 
Buyers offer 25 cents per bushel for Fall 
apples, 60 cents for Bartlett pears, and 
peaches are selling for $1.50 to $1.75 per 
basket for firsts. Potatoes are worth 60 
cents for home trade; no early ootatocs 
grown for shipment. These prices where 
the produce is used for local consumption 
are better than can usually be obtained 
for shipments to city markets. 
Trumansburg, N. Y! j. h. 
GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT. 
The indications are that the crop of all 
grains will total 133,016,000 tons, 20 per 
cent more than last year. Potatoes prom¬ 
ise 36 per cent and hay 31 per cent above 
1911. The revised estimate gives apples 
67.9 per cent, which is 11.7 above last 
year and 14.1 more than the 10-year aver¬ 
age. The outlook for corn is 82.1 per 
cent, which is 11.8 above last year. States 
with an outlook of 85 per cent or over are : 
Iowa, 93; Kentucky and South Dakota, 
87; Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, 85. Oats 
are 92.3 per cent, 27.8 above last year. 
WORCESTER, MASS., FAIR. 
The agricultural fair at Worcester, 
while handicapped by several days of bad 
■weather, was fairly successful in all ways. 
Its educational features were good. The 
implement and farm machine departments 
were excellent, showing in operation the 
many different machines needed to-day to 
carry on a successful farm business. The 
cattle exhibit while not large was of best 
quality. The Ayrshire exhibit was large 
and showed the general tendency toward 
these cattle by many farmers as the breed 
best adapted for Massachusetts farmers. 
A nice herd of Dexters, those sleek little 
black cattle which I believe originally 
came from Ireland, attracted much com¬ 
ment and attention; they were owned by 
the Howard Gould estate of Long Island. 
The sheep were good and the many pens 
of these showed that they are gaining 
ground in this State in place of dairying 
by some. The hogs were mostly scrubs, 
a few good ones being exhibited but fell 
as the general rule below expectations. 
Good horses were much in evidence and 
showed that the interest in these is not 
declining as the stand-by of farm and 
other lines of business. The fruit and 
vegetable show was excellent, also the 
flower, food and domestic department were 
good. The poultry and pigeon show was 
very good with not so many poor birds 
on show as I have seen other times. The 
entertainment features of the fair were 
many and excellent, and were fully appre¬ 
ciated by the large attendance. Side shows 
of the midway did not seem to attract 
very much attention although these people 
tried hard to rope in the curious and get 
some of their coin in exchange for fake 
shows and other tomfoolery. When these 
fakers learn the rural people are not such 
easy marks as they have heard, but are 
getting educated on these humbugs, they 
will decrease or disappear as an attraction 
at our country fairs, and this can come 
to pass none too soon. 
Hopkinton, Mass. a. e. p. 
BOSTON MARKETS. 
The green food market of Boston the 
past week has been fairly satisfactory on 
many' things. Apples, pears, peaches, etc., 
have sold for fair prices and moved read¬ 
ily most of the time. Good Gravensteins 
went at $1 to $1.50 quite readily. Por¬ 
ter, Pippin and Rivers at 50 and 75 cents 
per box. Pears in demand at from $1 to 
$2 per box for almost any kind. Peaches. 
$1.50 per crate, and $1 to $1.25 per 
basket. Southern watermelons, $20 per 
hundred wholesale. Blueberries, 12 cents 
per quart wholesale. Muskmelons, $1 to 
$2.50 per crate. Onions. 75 cents a bushel. 
Potatoes, $1.50 to $1.65 per bag for car 
stock; natives, 85 to 90 cents if good. 
Sweets. $2.25 per barrel. Cabbage, 75 
cents per barrel, with slow sales. Squash. 
$1.25 per barrel. Tomatoes, $1 down per 
bushel. Corn varies from day to day from 
35 cents if in heavy supply to $1 and 
better when short per bushel. Cauliflower. 
$1 per bushel box if fancy; if not any 
offer is taken. Celery, 75 cents per box. 
Cucumbers slow and dragging at 40 cents to 
$1. Turnips, 50 to 75 cents per bushel. 
Beets, 50 to 60 cents per bushel; carrots, 
75 cents per bushel; eggplant, $1.50 per 
long box. Eggs, 33 cents, 35 if fancy 
fresh ; others, 25 to 30 cents, according to 
class. Butter. 31 cents for best, good, 
27 to 30 cents, cooking, 22 to 25 cents. 
Cheese, best. 18 cents, other grades 16 
to 17 cents per pound. lave poultry is 
easier; hens 1% chickens 15 and 10|. 
roosters 10, ducks 15 cents per pound. 
Dressed fowl. 15 to 18; good broilers, 21 ; 
ducks, 20 cents per pound. Best beef 
sides, 15; hindquarters, 18, fores, 12% 
cents per pound. Hogs. 10 to 14 cents 
dressed, live about 10 cents is the average. 
Lamb. 12 to 16 cents for best, others 8 
to 12 cents per pound wholesale. Veal, 
live, about eight cents for common stock, 
dressed 12 to 15 cents. Hay, best old. 
$27 per ton ; new, $24 and $25 for best, 
other grades $16 to $22. Corn 90 cents 
per bushel. Oats. 40 to 42 cents per 
bushel. Cotton-seed meal. $30 per ton; 
mixed feed, $30 per ton; bran, $25 per 
ton. A. K. P. 
COMING FARMERS’ MEETINGS. 
Detroit, Mich.. Fair. September 16-21. 
White River Junction. Vt., Fair, Septem¬ 
ber 17-20. 
Illinois Fair, Springfield, October 4-12. 
Hagerstown. Md.. Fair, October 15-18. 
International Dry Farming Congress. 
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Congress of 
Farm Women, week beginning October 21. 
Eighteenth annual meeting of the New 
Hampslr're Horticultural Society, Alton, 
N. II., October 23-25. 
Massachusetts Fruit Show, under aus¬ 
pices of State Board of Agriculture and 
Massachusetts Fruit Growers’ Association. 
Horticultural Hall, Boston, Mass., Novem¬ 
ber 7-10. 
Annual meeting of the American Associa¬ 
tion of Farmers’ Institute Workers, At¬ 
lanta. Ga., November 11-13. 
Annual meeting of the Association of 
American Agricultural Colleges and Experi¬ 
ment Stations, Atlanta, Ga., November 
11-13. 
Annual meeting of the Maine State Po- 
mological Society, City Hall, Portland, Me., 
November 12-14. 
National Dairy Show, Chicago, October 
24-November 2. 
Indiana Apple Show, Lafayette, Novem¬ 
ber 13-19; secretary, C. G. Woodbury, La¬ 
fayette, Ind. 
Twin City Poultry and Pigeon Associa¬ 
tion. annual pigeon and poultry show, 
Spring City, Pa., November 27-30. 
International Live Stock, Chicago, No¬ 
vember 30-December 7. 
New Jersey State Horticultural Society. 
New Brunswick, N. J.. December 9, 10, 11. 
Auction sales are not a fair basis to figure 
on, as there is time given and buyers will 
pay more a good many times than every¬ 
thing is worth. Hay $24 to $30 per ton ; 
cows each $35 to $80 ; fat steers $6 to $7 
per 100; hens as high as $1.25 each. Deal¬ 
ers here pay four cents per quart for milk. 
Farmers here do not have silage or manure 
for sale; village people get $1 per load 
for manure. i>. c. 
Eagle Harbor, N. Y. 
THE BUFFALO MARKET REVIEW. 
The market situation in Buffalo now 
turns largely on the handling of home¬ 
grown peaches. The crop is large and fine, 
and that the profits will not be great 
to the farmer unless he has a very full 
yield is shown by the fact that full baskets 
are now selling at retail for 75 cents, which 
is pretty nearly the lower limit except at 
times when there is a great over-supply. 
It is noticed that the standard of excel¬ 
lence is still the Early Crawford. Any 
peach that favors that variety very much 
in appearance is much more likely to sell 
than if it is of the lighter Sweetwater com¬ 
plexion or something of that sort. 
I would like to ask market people whether 
retailers or producers, if they have of late 
years made the most of sweet corn. It ap¬ 
pears here that there is more money in it 
than is possible to most sorts of produce. 
This may be an exceptional year, as it 
surely is in most crops, for sweet corn is 
making a record here, selling at retail for 
more than two cents an ear by the dozen, 
commonly 26 cents a dozen. A farmer, who 
confesses that he seldom sells sweet corn, 
agrees that it can be raised practically any 
season. With the field crop of corn still 
an uncertainty in this section he has a big 
yield of special favorite variety of sweet 
corn that he planted as late as June 20. 
being able to carry it through the many 
unfavorable changes of weather. It seems 
to me that sweet corn ought to be put for¬ 
ward in to first rank as a money maker. 
1 saw a small lot of it this week with a 
fine crop of white turnips coming up in it 
What the cultivator was not doing though, 
was to cut out the stalks of corn just as 
soon as the ears were picked, so that the 
turnips could have the field. This was es¬ 
pecially needed, as the corn had been 
planted close and was leafy. 
I have just received the promised opin¬ 
ion of Corporation Counsel Hammond of 
Buffalo on the huckster ordinance, from 
which it appears that no attention has been 
paid to the status of the seller of produce 
about the streets. He may raise his own 
stuff or not. so far as the city cares, but 
"if the orders for provisions are given to 
the farmer on one day, to be delivered on 
the next, or any later period, then in my 
opinion a huckster’s license would not be 
necessary." This ought to be a hint to the 
farmer to establish a regular trade with 
consumers and then follow it up just as 
closely as the trade will warrant, even if 
he has to buy of his neighbors now and 
then. I know of few families that would 
not buy liberally in that way. giving their 
orders when he goes home aiid letting him 
fill them on his return next day. The Cor¬ 
poration Counsel defends the constitution¬ 
ality of the ordinance, quoting the “case 
of the City against Goodman, recently tried 
in the City of Buffalo” in which “the 
ordinance was held to be valid and reason¬ 
able. and upon an appeal to the special 
term of the Supreme Court of Erie County, 
the decision of the lower court was 
affirmed.” John w. Chamberlin. 
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