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TUB RURAL NliW-YORXER 
February l 
CHOPS 
Canadian Crops. 
The Dominion statistical department, in 
its final crop statement, gives the total 
wheat area as 9.758,400 amcres, yielding 
199,256,000 bushels; oats, 9,216,900 acres, 
501,738,000. bushels; barley, 1.415,000 
acres, 44,014,000 bushels; llax, 1,077,800 
acres, 21,811, 500 bushels. 
Horses $150 to $225 ; milch, cows $40 to 
$75; butter 30 to 35 cents; eggs, retail, 
30, wholesale 25; broilers 16; hens 11; 
geese 75 cents each; turkeys, 17 cents 
per pound. J. T. 
Floyd Co., Ind. 
Clover seed crop was about an average 
if the weather had been more favorable at 
hulling time, but rain was the cause of 
quite a loss of seed. Farmers were paid 
$9 and $10 per bushel for clover seed. 
Most of the seed is out of the farmers' 
hands now. 1 saw a load sell the latter 
part of last week for $10 per bushel. 
Alsikc clover about a dollar a bushel high¬ 
er than lied clover, $10 to $11. Very 
little grass seed raised in the county. 
Albion, Ind. w. T. c. 
It has. been very dry here until about 10 
days ago, and rained slowly but almost 
daily since. Corn 50 cents per bushel; hay, 
$10 to $12 per ton, wholesale; wheat, 
about 90 cents. Cholera pretty well sub¬ 
dued. Its havoc among the hogs was some¬ 
thing great. Eggs, 25; butter (dairy) en¬ 
gaged 30; creamery, 35 to 40; clover seed 
began at $8 and now is $11. Timothy 
seed $3. Milk retails at 30 cents per gal¬ 
lon. This is becoming a great mining re¬ 
gion, though there are some very fine 
lands. The number of accidents in the 
mines is appalling, and damages very un¬ 
certain, and 1 lio lawyers and court ex¬ 
pense oats up much of what is received. 
Eldorado, Ill. c. o. n. 
I live close to the three fall cities and 
the high waters of the Ohio River have 
made thousands of families homeless, caus¬ 
ing much distress and hardship. Many 
farmers have abandoned their- homes and 
escaped with their stock to places of safe¬ 
ty now in midwinter, and in many cases 
destitute of feed. Much hardship and suf¬ 
fering is inevitable before Spring. Good 
hay is $14 to $10 per ton; straw, $0 to 
$8; wheat, 97 to 98 cents; corn, retail. 
60 to 05, wholesale, 50; oats, retail, 35 
to 40, wholesale. 32; mill feed, $1.20 per 
100; potatoes, 00; apples, $1.50 to $3 per 
barrel; cabbage, 75 cents per barrel: let¬ 
tuce, 10 cents per pound; calves, veal. $8 
per 100 pounds; beef, six cents per pound. 
Floyd Knobs, Ind. R. 
We have had three sales of 80-acre farms 
that sold for over $150 per acre; this land 
was bought by farmers, so you can see 
how cheap land is in Walworth County, 
Wis., 40 miles from Milwaukee, and 80 
miles from Chicago. Mill feed, bran or 
middlings, from $20 to $24 per ton; good 
tame hay or Alfalfa, $15 to $20; oats, 
30 to 38; corn, $15 per ton in the ear; 
wheat 80; barley, 50; potatoes, 40. I 
sold mine when 1 dug them for said price ; 
they are worth no more at present. Ilogs, 
seven cents on foot; beef from four to six 
cents on foot. Money on land mortgages 
pays 5 per cent at the bank; we borrow 
all we need at six per cent. Horses, good 
ones, from $150 to $200. Cows, common, 
from $50 to $S0. Purebred, almost any 
price. Land rents here from $4 to $7 per 
acre. m. f. 
Elkhorn, Wis. 
The average price paid for oats at this 
time, 28 cents per bushel; corn, 42; best 
baled Timothy, $12; oat straw, baled. $0; 
rye. 00 ; not much wheat grown. I have just 
sold the shipper some choice Hereford cat¬ 
tle, receiving six cents for cows, heifers, 
seven cents, calves seven cents, aged bull 
five cents. The price paid for average 
shipping cows is four to five cents. Very 
few cattle of any kind on feed and very 
scarce; no gardening crops raised for mar¬ 
ket, some potatoes, for which grocers are 
paying 50 cents per bushel. No special 
effort toward dairying: butter brings 30; 
eggs 20; 200-pound hogs, smooth, $7.15; 
roughs $5.50 to $6. We have had no 
public sales during past two months, but 
several are billing for next month. 
Eastern Grant Co., Ind. l. t. 
Cattle, good feeders, from 5 to 5% 
cents; cows from $40 to $65; butter, 23; 
eggs, 20. There is not much dairying in 
our vicinity. Wheat crop was a failure, it 
is 80 cents per bushel. Corn and oats a 
good crop, corn 02 cents per 100 pounds, 
oats 30 cents per bushel. Ilay from $8 
to $12 per ton. There is no gardening 
done here and not a great deal of fruit 
raised. Apples are selling at 90 cents 
to $1 a bushel. There are a good many 
hogs raised through this section of the 
State. Prices have been good all Fall and 
Winter, from $7 to $7.35 per 100 pounds; 
cholera has been killing a good many in 
the last month. There is also quite a 
lot of poultry raised here; Spring chick¬ 
ens and hens are 10 cents; turkeys, 13; 
ducks, 10; geese, nine. n. u. 
Ft. Recovery, O. 
This is the most open Winter thus far 
that I have ever experienced. Only one 
snow and that on December 24 which 
lasted only a few days. Sleighing was fair¬ 
ly good for a few days, then rains came 
and took the snow away, and we had 
none since. Farmers were often plowing 
during December and January so far. Grain 
fields are in good condition at present, but 
we still hope to get snow to have them 
covered till Spring. More plowing has 
been done this Fall than usual. Many 
have plowed large fields of corn stubble 
for oats and sod for corn. Nearly all 
farmers have the telephone. No ice has 
yet been harvested and people who have ice 
houses are getting a little nervous. More 
calves arc being raised by farmers. All 
cattle are very high, cows run up to $150. 
Horses are high again and horsemen pre¬ 
dict higher prices for horses than ever till 
Spring. Wheat, 97; rye, 70; corn, 00; 
oats, 45; potatoes, 05; eggs, 28; butter 
from 30 to 40 ; hogs, dressed, 10. Good 
prospects for peaches and apples for those 
who spray well, but the scale has been 
worse this Fall than ever before and many 
orchards will be destroyed by those who 
do not spray. C. k. b. 
Bethel, Pa. 
The Great New York Fruit Meeting. 
The recent meeting of the New York 
State Fruit Growers held at Rochester had 
the largest attendance and best display 
of any meeting in its history. The fruit 
display was particularly fine, and much 
credit is due to Mr. Goo. R. Schauber and 
his right hand man, Leslie Tanner, in ar¬ 
ranging the exhibit. The tables, tastefully 
covered on top and sides with green cam¬ 
bric, were placed in quadrangular form 
at each end of the space allotted, with 
the boxed fruit in the center placed at 
an angle facing each way. On one side 
was the Experiment Station display of 
boxed fruit, on the other the large collec¬ 
tions and single plates of individual ex¬ 
hibitors. Upwards of 400 plates were 
shown exclusive of the boxed fruit, and 
competition was keen 
These meetings are steadily growing in 
numbers and popularity, not alone for the 
knowledge to be gained, but for the social 
intercourse attending them. Old acquaint¬ 
ances are renewed, new ones formed. Ex¬ 
periences are interchanged, and all go home 
with new ideas and broadened views. 
Interlaken, N. Y. w. a. b. 
R. N.-Y.—The character of these exhi¬ 
bitions is changing, as is pointed out in 
the regular report. There were really 
three different meetings—one devoted to 
exhibits of spraying and cultivating ma¬ 
chinery, a fruit show and the addresses 
or papers in the hall. All were crowded. 
When you write advertisers mention Thu 
R. N.-Y. aud you’ll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
RAW GROUND LIME 
For use in stable gutters as an absorbent. 
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S T R AWBERRBES 
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Explains why Thoroughbred plants are best. 120 
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FAY & WILDER CURRANT BUSHES 
Very fine. 2 year old, true to name. $i8 per M 
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Strawberry Plants^'“. ';S“"g e “ 
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VFRV r.Hmr.F King, Cuthbert, Kansas and 
VL.U1 VHUlVslj Gregg Raspborry plants, $7.00 
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CHERRY HILL FRUIT FARM. Tsboso, Licking County, Ohio 
Plants fnr < 5alo~ Ear,y ( '-abbage, Tomato, Egg 
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Celery, etc. Also 40 varieties Strawberry plants. 
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^trawhorru Plants— mu VARIETIES— Dunlop, $2.00 : 
Oil Qnucl I J rlallio Warfield, Brandywine, $2.25: 
Gandy, $2.50 ; Poeomoke, $3.00 per 1000. Early ami 
late seed potatoes. Asparagus roots. All as good as 
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FUR LINED OVERCOATS 
Manufacturer's Samples; Gentlemen’s black broadcloth 
Overcoats lined throughout with Australian Mink ; 
large Persian Lamb Collars. Sizes 30 to 48, $30 each. 
These coats have never been worn. Similar garments 
not used as samples, retail at $75. Also few large 
size Fur Robes, plush lined, $15 each. All guaran¬ 
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K. HOItKUTS, Room 24, 160 Wrat 119th Street. New York 
SPRAY TOWER 
That holds extension rod. 
Reaches highest branches. 
No climbing. Operate from wagon bed. Free 
Cat. F. G. HAYES, 231 Onio St., Sharon, Pa. 
READY FiORMAILING 
My new illustrated STRAWBERRY PLANT CATALOG, de¬ 
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WHOLESALE PRICES 
On wortll and up. Strawberry, Raspberry, 
Blackberry, Bush Plants, Grape Vines, and Garden Hoots. 
Kxtra heavy rooted, high grade stock. No better 
plants can be grown. Everything fully guaranteed. 
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Beat Money Value.. Catalog free. 
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Box 48 Tippecanoe Ci.jr, Ohio 
LIME-SULPHUR HYDROMETER ive Fruit-Growers 
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Fruit GnowerxFavorrtePruniii&Saw 
Enables you to save time by pruning: from the ground (no* 
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Fruit Growers Saw Co., 20 Main St„ Scottsville, N. Y. 
DU HEDGED STBAWBKHKY PLANTS—We 
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Our Tomato Seed are front the very best New Stone 
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FRUIT berry bushes, roses 
TRPFQ of a11 fresh dug, choice stock. 
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RIG-FOUR SEED POTATOES FOR SALE —Yielded 700 bushel 
“ por ac.ro, 50 per cent groater yiold than Green 
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Yields 130 bushels to acre. Absolutely rust¬ 
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