THE RURAIi NEW-YORKER 
February 15 , 
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We are having an open Winter, not at all 
to the taste of the islanders, who want to 
go fishing and ice boating. ' The ice moves 
up the lake one day and down tlie next, and 
the poor mail boys have a hard and dan¬ 
gerous -time crossing the channels. They 
are carrying baskets and. bundles for the 
parcel post; it is a fine thing for the 
islanders, as we always had an extra boat 
and dockage charge to pay on all express 
packages, even when marked prepaid. 
Middle Bass, O. c. d. h. 
We are having a mild Winter; icemen 
are afraid of no ice. Some farms are 
selling for around $100 an acre. Wheat 
bran, $1.25; gluten, $1.40; oil meal, $1.70; 
cornmeal, $1.20; cotton-seed meal, $1.65; 
hay, $10 to $16 a ton; cows, $50 to $100; 
horses, $100 to $300. Wheat looks good. 
Bucks Co„ Pa. t. s. 
This has been a peculiar Winter so far; 
only a few days’ sleighing, no ice to speak 
of, lots of rain, high water, mud and rough 
roads. Farmers are bothered about hauling 
logs to mill on account of mud and no 
sleighing.' Potatoes, 55 cents at railroad; 
butter, 35; eggs, 22; pork, 10; beef,’ six 
to eight. Farmers’ institutes have just 
been held in Otsego County, beginning at 
Westville January 13 and ending at Wor¬ 
cester January 22. All the meetings were 
well attended, strict attention given and 
many questions were asked, showing that 
the farmers were alive to their interests. 
At Elk Creek a special home-makers’ ses¬ 
sion was held for those interested in making 
a good -home. Nearly all the institutes in 
the county were held in Grange halls or 
in halls furnished by the local Granges. 
Elk Creek, N. Y. v. s. o. 
We certainly have not needed to go South 
or to California, as some have done, to 
find a warm Winter. Some days seem 
like Spring, and in fact are warmer than 
some wo had last July. Farmers are plow¬ 
ing, repairing fences, cleaning up old fence 
rows of * stone, and getting them ready 
for road purposes for next Summer. Some 
stock is pasturing on wood lots, and sheep 
are doing well on cheap cabbage, that w T as 
unharvested last Fall. Cold storage men 
are losers this year: they are taking cab¬ 
bage out at $3 and fine Baldwin apples 
at $1.75. There are and will be a good 
many auctions hold this season, as there is 
considerable change being made in real 
estate. Farmers’ institutes will soon be 
on the docket in this county. The fruit 
growers’ meeting that was held at Roches¬ 
ter was largely attended. Wild geese are 
hibernating here. The following are the 
prices of produce: Hay, $15; wheat, $1; 
oats, 40; barley, 60; corn, 70; veal, 914 ; 
lambs, 8 ; pork. 10; chickens, 12; Red mar¬ 
row beans, $2.25; butter, 30; eggs, 25. 
Good cows are high, as is true of horses; 
they are being shipped in from the West 
and one cannot look at a good team less 
than $500. E. T. B. 
Canandaigua, N. Y. 
We live in a section devoted largely to 
dairying and stock raising; little or no 
gardening or fruit raising, except for home 
consumption. Fresh cows, from $60 to 
$80 : cows fresh in Spring, $40 to $50 ; fat 
cattle, eight to 10 cents; hogs, on foot, 
seven; butter, 36 cents per pound; eggs. 
25 cents a dozen; potatoes, 40 cents a 
bushel. e. w. s. 
Elk Mound, Wis. 
Corn, 38; oats. 29; hay, No. 1 Timothy, 
$9 ; potatoes, 25 cents per bushel of 60 lbs.; 
eggs, fresh laid, 20 cents per dozen ; dairy 
butter, 30, creamery, 35. As to the price of 
cows or other live stock they vary so 
that one cannot give more than an esti¬ 
mate. Milch cow's would probably average 
around $55 per head. Good fat young 
stock or cows are worth from four to five 
cents per pound on open market. Hogs 
that are good butcher stuff about six cents. 
Turtle Lake, Wis. H. E. a. 
Large quantities of onions are raised 
through here, but at present there does 
not seem to be any demand for them. 
Some of the farmers are glad to get rid 
of them at almost any price. Parsnips 
are raised quite extensively, and on account 
of the mild weather which we are having, 
some of the farmers are digging them. 
Local prices as follows: Apples, $1.50 to 
$2.50 per barrel; eggs. 29 to 32; butter, 
30 to 32; Alfalfa hay, $14 to $17 per ton; 
Timothy', $16 to $18. E. N. C. 
North Syracuse, N. Y. 
Horses sell at $150 to $200 each, cows 
from $40 to $80 each; cattle from six to 
seven cents per pound; hogs, seven cents: 
sheep, four to five cents per pound; 
chickens, 10 to 12 : turkeys, 16; eggs, 20 
cents per dozen ; Rutter, 22 to 25 cents 
per pound. Wheat, $1 per bushel; corn, 
50 to 60; oats, 45; hay, $10 to $12 per 
ton ; straw, $6 to $7; potatoes, 60 to 65; 
apples, 75. The Winter has been very mild 
so far. E. a. B. 
Beckett, O. 
Oats, 27 cents per bushel of 32 pounds; 
barley. 56 cents per bushel of 50 pounds. 
We sold second-crop clover hay in the 
sRack at $12 per ton, buyer to do the 
hauling. j. p. o. 
Ripon, Wis. 
Clover and grass seed are selling at 
present at follow'iug prices: Medium Red, 
$10 per bushel: Mammoth, $9.30; Alsike, 
$12.50; Timothy, $2.50; Orchard grass, 
$2.50. Crops poor in this neighborhood 
last Fall: prices are likely to be higher 
soon as the demand begins in February. 
Greensburg, Ind. E. h. c. 
Hay, loose, $15 to $18 per ton; straw, 
wheat. $11 baled, $5 loose. Wheat, $1 ; 
rye, 60; oats, 41 ; corn, 55. shelled ; buck¬ 
wheat, 70; potatoes, 60 to 75; sweets, $1 ; 
apples, 30 to 75 cents per % basket: 
parsnips, 25; spinach, 25; turnips, 15. 
Prospects are none too favorable for fruit 
owing tp the warm w'eather. There are 
some signs of scale but to no. alarming ex¬ 
tent. Farmers have a good chance to prune 
and consequently it w'ill be done in good 
shape this year. d. a. p. 
Dover, Del. 
Draft horses. $150 to $225; fresh cows, 
from $50 to $75 ; veal calves, $5.25 to $5.75 ; 
hogs, seven cents per pound; w'heat. $1 a 
bushel; oats, 40 cents; corn (car), 55 cents, 
delivered; potatoes, 60; apples, 50; hay, 
$10 to $12 per ton on track; butter, 25 
cents per pound.; eggs, 20 cents; chickens, 
12; turkeys, 17. Stock wintering well. 
Frazeysburg, O. j. e. m. 
Hay, $7 to $9.50; butter, 33% cents; 
pork on foot, seven cents. Fresh cows from 
$50 to $75; best veal seven to eight cents; 
good beef, five cents; potatoes, 25 to 30 
cents. Cabbage and onions plenty and no 
sale. c. c. r. 
Augusta, Wis. ~ 
We live near town of 20,000 in anthracite 
coal valley, which is one of the best mar¬ 
kets. About 80 per cent of the produce 
is delivered by the farmer direct to con¬ 
sumer. The rule of the 35-cent dollar is 
reversed; the farmer gets 65. We sell both 
wholesale and retail the named articles ex¬ 
cept milk, which we do not sell. Straw¬ 
berries, wholesale, 10 to 12 % ; retail, 12 
to 15 a quart, August to November, 20 to 
25, retail 25 to 30; bunch beets, onions, 
etc., 36 to 40 ; retail, 60 cents dozen bunch¬ 
es : apples, dull, $1 to $ 2 ; retail, $1.50 to 
$2.50 barrel; potatoes, 65 to 70 ; retail, 75 
to 90 a bushel. Eggs, 25, retail, unsettled, 
30. Chickens firm, 18 to 20; retail, 22 to 
24 cents a pound. Milk four cents, retail, 
eight cents a quart. o. J. u. 
Carbondale, Pa. 
January 6 red snow fell on the Silver- 
etta glacier and other parts of the Voral- 
berg district in Switzerland, and the super¬ 
stitious, who already believe 1913 will be 
an unlucky year, are much troubled by the 
phenomenon, declaring it means a great 
war. However, the omen is due to nothing 
more than a microscopic alga or unicellular 
plant named by science Sphajrella nivalis, 
which in arctic or mountain regions occa¬ 
sionally produces large scarlet patches on 
the snow, so the unscientific observer may 
imagine the snow itself is red. 
COMING FARMERS’ MEETINGS. 
New York State Drainage Association, 
State College of Agriculture, Ithaca, N. 
Y., February 10-11. 
New York State Vegetable Growers’ As¬ 
sociation, College of Agriculture, Ithaca, 
February 11-13, 1913. 
New York State Federation of Floral 
Clubs, College of Agriculture, Ithaca, N. Y., 
February 12. 
Farmers’ Week, N. Y. State College of 
Agriculture, Ithaca, February 10-15. 
Ohio State Dairymen's Association, Co¬ 
lumbus, Ohio, February 13-14. 
Eastern meeting New York State Fruit 
Growers’ Association, Poughkeepsie, Feb¬ 
ruary 20 - 21 . 
Third National Flower Show of the So¬ 
ciety of American Florists, Grand Central 
Palace, New York, April 5-12. 
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