1913. 
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THE) RUKAL, NEW-YORKER 
That Ohio Potato Crop. 
A notice on page 68 W. A. E. of Massa¬ 
chusetts gives his version as to the proba¬ 
ble cause of my failure in attempttag to 
grow a profitable crop of potatoes. 
Although I know the advice is well meant, 
and as such duly appreciated, I must say 
that he has the situation v sized. up wrong, 
which would tend to show that your 
opinion was well put in stating that an 
outsider could hardly do more than guess 
as to the actual reason. In summing up 
his diagnosis of my problem, he says that 
the fertilizer used was a very unbalanced 
one; that the amount of application of 
25 tons of stable manure the first year 
was rather light, as my corn crop showed. 
In this he failed to consider that this soil 
of mine is naturally fertile, that has never 
been abused by irrational cropping, but one 
that has had good care and is of a strength 
that will in a fair year grow a 75-bushel 
crop of corn, and which has seldom run 
less than 30 bushels of wheat and often 
better, without using fertilizer or manure. 
The reason of only a fair crop of corn the 
year mentioned, was caused by seed of 
poor germination and unseasonable weather 
conditions. Then he holds the fitting of 
the field with the use of the Acme harrow 
rather cheap. His opinion of this I think 
he would have changed had he seen the 
field at planting time, as I do not aim to 
plow my ground when it would be neces¬ 
sary to harrow to the extent of my getting 
tired, a job for which I have neither in¬ 
clination nor time. His formula for a 
suitable fertilizer is good, but I believe the 
one which I shall use this season is some¬ 
what better in that the availability of 
nitrogen is such that part will be ready 
for use at once and practically all of it 
during the growth of the crop. I also 
believe that his method of application and 
the amount to be used is right, when the 
soil is deficient in plant food, but in my 
case would be excessive from a profitable 
viewpoint. As to liming, I would not think 
of applying same direct to a potato crop 
for fear of scab, which, I think, would 
also have an injurious effect on the fertil¬ 
izer used. As to time of planting, he for¬ 
gets the latitude of our;respective locali¬ 
ties, and that early potatoes are my 
specialty, the planting of which we try 
to have completed by the middle of April 
if possible, as we begin digging by the 
last of June in a favorable season. 
As far as I can see at present, the main 
essential factor wanted, is a form of nitro¬ 
gen that would crowd the growth ahead 
even if the season was unfavorable. I 
shall give crop close attention and report 
results, as there might be others that face 
a similar predicament, joiin hageman. 
Ohio. 
Cattle, cows, dry, four to five cents per 
pound; butcher cattle, five to six; hogs, 
seven; butter, country, 20; eggs, 20. 
Van Buren, Iud. A. B. 
Most of the hay through this section is 
sold at retail in Syracuse, very little of it 
being baled. It brings from $18 to $22 a 
ton. Following are some of the Syracuse 
wholesale market prices: Pork, 10 to 11; 
eggs 35 to 38; butter, 32 to 35 ; corn, 75 
to 80 ; oats, 45 to 50 ; potatoes, 65 to 75 ; 
onions, $1 per 100 pounds; Alfalfa, $15 
to $16 per ton; Timothy, $15 to $18; wool, 
18 to 22 cents per pound ; honey, 14 to 18 
cents per pound ; straw, $10 to $12 per ton ; 
apples, 50 to 75 cents per bushel; chickens, 
live, 17 cents per pound ; dressed 20 ; tur¬ 
keys, live, 21 ; turkeys, dressed, 2S. 
Syracuse, N. Y, e. n. c. 
At the market here potatoes which are 
one of the staple products, are 27 cents 
per bushel; eggs, 28 ; butter, 30 ; oats, 27 ; 
corn, 35 to 38; onions, 50 cents per 100. 
Albertsville, Wis. a. m. f. 
Butter 34 to 38; potatoes 65 to 80; 
eggs 38; pork, dressed, 10; beef, 9; cows, 
$35 to $50; hay, $14 to $18; apples, $1.25 
to $2 per barrel. We are having an open 
Winter, not any snow yet; are having a 
lot of rain for this time of year. e. w. 
Petersburg, N. Y. 
Cabbage and apples owned by farmers 
possessing storage are being held for bet¬ 
ter prices. Kidney beans have dropped 
from $2.50 to $2; barley does not bring 
near as much as it did last season and as 
a rule very little produce is being handled. 
Sheep and cattle are selling at an ex¬ 
ceptionally good price. c. m. h. 
Rushville, N. Y. 
Wheat, No. 2, 97; corn, 48; clover hay, 
$14 per ton; Timothy, $16; clover feed, 
$8.50 to $9.50 a bushel; eggs, 22; but¬ 
ter, 20 to 25; potatoes, 54; onions, 55; 
apples, $1 to $1.50; milch cows, $40 to 
$80 ; best steers about $6 to $6.50 per 100 ; 
veals, $5.50 to $6; common steers and 
heifers, $4 to $5. g. r. s. 
Owensville, Ind. 
This part of Illinois (along the Wabash 
River) is a rich farming country, but the 
hog plague has been prevalent for some 
years. Large herds cannot be kept with 
any degree of success. This has also had 
its effect on the cattle industry, cattle 
raisers saying there is nothing in cattle 
without hogs to run with them. I think, 
from reading this is largely the prevailing 
condition through the corn belt, and is a 
prominent factor in the high price of meat. 
Palestine, Ill. c. r. 
We do not have buyers through this part, 
almost all hauled to towns and sold to stores 
and private families. At present potatoes 
retail at 20 cents a peek, 75 cents a bushel. 
Apples 20 and 25 cents a peck ; choice $1.25 
a bushel. Onions about $1 a bushel, but 
some places higher. Corn shelled 70 to 80 
cents; wheat $1.15 to $1.25; buckwheat, 
75 cents a bushel; cabbage about 80 cents 
per 100 at present; oats 50 cents per 
bushel; chop from $1.60 to $1.80 per 100; 
hay about $16 per ton; oat straw $11 de¬ 
livered ; fresh milch cows $45 and up, owing 
to quality; veals 10 cents a pound. Pork 
about 10 cents dressed by the whole hog. 
In the Autumn young pigs ranged from 
$4 to $5 a pair, none sold at present. 
Brandy Camp, Pa. a. S. 
Below I give you the prices we get for 
things we sell off the farm. Good apples, 
$1 to $1.25; potatoes, 60 cents a bushel; 
butter, 25 cents a pound; eggs strictly 
fresh. 28 cents a dozen ; poultry, 10 to 
12 cents a pound. Good steers, seven to 
eight cents a pound ; heifers, five to seven 
cents; choice cows, five to 6 cents; hogs, 
from seven to eight cents; good Timothy 
hay, $13; clover hay, $12; straw, $5 a 
ton. No. 2 wheat, $1.07; corn, new, 70 
pounds 45 cents; oats, 30 cents a bushel. 
Horses are selling for $75 to $100, $25 
for common; good horses as high as $150 
to $200. Good milch cows from $50 to 
$100. Farmers as a general thing are sell¬ 
ing their milk and cream to the creamery, 
and get all the butter they use in ex¬ 
change from the creamery. That saves the 
women folks from the hard work of tak¬ 
ing care of the milk and churning and sell¬ 
ing the butter. One of my neighbors told 
me five years ago he had three cows and 
was churning the butter and selling to 
private families all he could, the balance 
he took to the grocery and would get seven 
and eight cents less than his private cus¬ 
tomers were giving him for the same. He 
fed the skim-milk and found it paid, so 
he bought three cows, two more brood 
sows, and a good separator, and now sells 
his cream to the creamery and feeds the 
milk to his hogs. Last year he told me 
he had made over $400 out of his hogs 
alone. Farmers around here are learning 
how to make the most out of everything 
they have to sell. They were the under 
dog in the fight. Now they are getting 
on top and intend to stay there. J. h. f. 
Marion, Ind. 
Creameries are paying $1.91 per 100 
pounds here for milk. Local buyers give 
four cents a quart. Dressed pork, the 
best, 10 cents a pound; best hay, $18 
from barn; beans, $2 a bushel. Dry rot 
of potatoes grows from bad to worse 
through this section, but as the potato 
crop is always small, farmers raising only 
enough for their own use as rule, the loss 
therefrom does not mean so much as it 
would in western New Ydrk. c. p, j. 
Little Falls, N. Y. 
Lumbermen in this vicinity are waiting 
patiently for snow to enable them to get 
the lumber which they have been cutting 
for the past two months, out of the woods. 
It has been estimated that if the recent 
rainfalls had come in the form of snow 
there would be at least five feet of snow 
on the level through this section of the 
States. There has been some hog cholera 
here this Fall and dry rot in potatoes is 
prevalent. Very few potatoes are mar- 
eted here however, most farmers raising 
only enough for their own use. This be¬ 
ing, to a large extent, a dairy section of 
New York State, milk is the principal 
product sold. It seems to be the general 
opinion among dairymen here that, at the 
present_ varying milk prices, there is no 
money in Winter milk. Dairymen who are 
selling milk to local buyers have received 
four cents a quart for the past five months. 
Some are selling at present at $2 per 
liundred._ Farmers here are getting for po¬ 
tatoes 55 to 60 cents bushel; dressed pork, 
10 to 10% cents a pound ; hay, from barn, 
$16 to $18; straw, $10 to $12; oats, 40 
to 43 cents a bushel. c. l. j. 
Little Falls, N. Y'. 
Tanning Deerskins.—A reader wanted 
a recipe for tanning deerskins. Here is 
a good one. Remove all flesh and fat. 
Dissolve in two quarts of hot water eight 
ounces salt, eight ounces alum and one 
ounce borax. When cool enough stir in 
enough rye meal to make a thick paste. 
Spread thoroughly over skin, fold and leave 
two weeks in a cool, airy place. Remove 
paste, wash and dry skin. When nearly 
dry, must be worked and pulled and scraped 
with a piece of hard wood. c. z. g. 
Cold Brook, N. Y. 
Pulse of Sick Horse. —“The normal 
pulse of a horse may vary from 28 to 40 
pulsations a minute,” says a veterinary 
science lecture report being prepared for 
the short course at the Oregon Agricultural 
College. “The best place to take the pulse 
of the _ horse is at the point where the 
submaxillary or facial artery, in company 
wtih the vein of the same name and Sten- 
son’s duct, turn around the edge of the in¬ 
ferior maxilla or lower jaw bone, in other 
words, on the lower border of the jaw 
bone, about four inches in front of the 
throat-latch.” 
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