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We have had a season of it here; ice on 
water, water pipes “busting” and all sorts 
of unheard-of calamities, down to pink eye 
in the stables and four deaths as the re¬ 
sult. Things, however, are looking better 
now after an abundant rain. The grass is 
coming along and the sown cereals are up 
six inches high. We are finishing pruning 
the vineyards, and to-day (January 29), the 
foreman ■will swing out a few two-horse 
teams into plowing the olive and orange 
orchard. We start slowly with this work, 
putting in only 10 teams until the last of 
barley is in the ground. We then have 
the four six-horse teams to put to work 
as two-horse ones. One, of the expenses 
in California orchard and vineyard work 
is the short time we have to do things. 
It takes about 50 horses for 10 weeks and 
then the work drops down to 24 head for 
the rest of the season. Before the autos 
were so common we made a second profit 
by using these mares for colt raising. Here 
even the men that work by the day have 
cheap second-hand cars to go home in at 
night. The peddlers come in cars to sell 
their cheap goods. M. e. s. 
Fresno, Cal. 
Hay $18 to $20 in market; rye straw, 
loose, $11 per ton; baled, $14 per ton ; oat 
straw, $6 per ton, loose. Cows, new milch, 
$40 to $75 ; butter at stores, 35 cents per 
pound, retail, 38 and 40 cents per pound; 
eggs, 25 to 35 cents per dozen; potatoes 
at market, $2.25 to $2.50 per barrel. Apples, 
common, $2 per barrel; oats, 45 cents for 
32 pounds retail; rye per 60 pounds at 
mill 75 cents; buckwheat per 100 pounds 
$1.05. J. K. L. 
Eluora, N. Y. 
Jamestown, N. Y., Feb. G.—A week of 
warm, almost Spring-like weather has been 
followed by severe cold and light snow. 
Sap ran freely during the last 10 days of 
January, and meadows, Winter wheat and 
strawberries suffered severely from alter¬ 
nate freezing and thawing. Eggs and but¬ 
ter have both lowered in price. Eggs can 
be bought in nearby Pennsylvania towns 
for 20 to 22, local prices, 22 to 24, re¬ 
tail prices, 27 and 28 on public market. 
Butter, dairy, 30 to 33, held creamery, 33 
to 35; fresh creamery, 35 to 37. Cheese, 
brings 16 to IS, sells on city market at 21 
and 22 . Milk, Mowhawk and Powdered 
Milk Co. paid $2 in January, and an¬ 
nounce $2 as February price. Merrill 
Soules Co. paid $1.80 to $2.25, on butter 
fat test. Jamestown dealers paying $1.85 
per hundred. Hay, $12 in the barn, grades 
about No. 2. Oats, 40; corn, 50 to 55; 
potatoes, 65 to 70; cabbage, 75 to $1 per 
100; apples, 75 cents to $1 per bushel. 
Dressed pork, 10 to 10% ; four weeks’ 
pigs, $2.50 to $3; dairy cattle, springers, 
auction prices, $45 to $60 and very scarce. 
A. M. I.OOMIS. 
Cabbage was very cheap last Fall; had to 
be very fine to bring three cents a head. 
Potatoes 60 to 75; milk "3% to four cents 
per quart. Butter, 32 to 33; hay $18 to 
$20 per ton. t. s. p. 
Clark's Green, Pa. 
The average prices received by producers 
of the United States on dates indicated, 
are reported by the U. S. Department of 
Agriculture. 
1913 
1912 
Feb. 1 
Feb. 1 
Corn, per bushel. 
Wheat, per bushel. 
$0,646 
. .799 
.904 
Oats, per bushel. 
. .324 
.475 
Barley, per bushel. 
, .514 
.912 
Rye. per bushel. 
. .689 
.844 
Buckwheat, per bushel.. 
.694 
.736 
Flaxseed, per bushel.. 
. 1.062 
1.908 
Potatoes, per bushel... 
, .531 
.944 
Ilay, per ton. 
,11.640 
15.440 
Cotton, per pound.... 
.119 
.090 
Butter, per pound. 
.276 
.290 
Chickens, per pound. . . . 
, .109 
.103 
Eggs, per dozen. 
, .228 
.291 
Jan. 15 
Jan. 15 
1913 
1912 
Hogs, per 100 lbs. 
. 6.77 
5.74 
Beef cattle, per 100 lbs 
. 5.40 
4.46 
Veal valves, per 100 lbs. 7.00 
6.06 
Sheep, per 10O lbs.... 
. 4.35 
3.89 
Lambs, per 100 lbs... 
. 6.03 
5.22 
Cabbage, per 100 lbs. 
. 1.26 
1.89 
Apples, per bushel. 
. .74 
.93 
Beans, per bushel. 
. 2.26 
2.38 
Onions, per bushel. . . 
. .82 
1.17 
Clover seed, per bushel 
. 9.41 
10.89 
Timothy, per bushel. . . 
. 1.79 
6.99 
Alfalfa, per bushel. . . 
. 7.66 
l\ool (unwashed) per lb 
. .186 
.162 
Hops, per lb. 
. .197 
.448 
Peanuts, per pound... 
. .046 
.043 
Coru, 50 cents ; hay, 
•SI 6 baled 
; oats. 40 
cents; wheat, $ 1 . 10 ; 
hugs, $8 
per 100 ; 
beef cattle, $7 ; liens, 14 
Batavia, O. 
: cents. 
J. W. R. 
Wheat is little raised, 90 cents a bushel; 
oats, 30; corn, 42; rye, 60. llay .$11; 
clover hay, $15; clover seed, $12.50; Tim¬ 
othy seed, $ 2 ; hogs, 7% cents a pound; 
cattle three to 8 % ; calves, eight; lambs, 
six; sheep, 3%; butter scarce, 30; cream, 
34; cattle scarce and high; hogs scarce; 
eggs 22; apples, $2.50 a barrel; potatoes, 
<5. MRS. G. W. H. 
Hillsboro, Did. 
the Winter was mild aud dry up 
January 20, since which date plenty 
moisture, both rain and suow, has fall 
and colder weather is now prevailing. Cr 
in general were much better iu the Oz 
country for the year 1912 than for 
previous year. The wheat crop was v 
oght, but other grains, fruits and vc 
i.ioies up to the average. Hay crop be 
aieiago Billings creamery paid 34 ce 
snu ilm ter 1 fa , t for month of Decemt 
aucl will probably pay as much for Jauua 
,!,m S C ml an, ^r,? . receives both cream t 
h.if he liillingH cannery put up ab 
i«t.) a 'ml ." 011 cans of tomatoes season 
Paying the growers 40 cents 
cwt. or $8 a ton for the fruit. The c« 
pany is now making contracts with grow 
for the 1913 crop at $10 a ton. 1 
crop at this price is profitable. Tomatoes 
following a tomato crop rot badly. Most 
growers here select new stump land for 
this crop, but if that is not available, and 
old land is used, many growers add tomato 
fertilizer. We use on old ground 12 loads 
of stable manure an acre. Corn also, fol¬ 
lowing corn, molds and rots. Most farmers 
here follow a four-year rotation : corn, oats, 
wheat and clover or cowpeas. Prices as 
follows: Wheat, 90; corn, 55 ; hay, $15 a 
ton ; butter, 33 ; eggs, 18, locally ; hens, nine 
cents a pound; hogs, six to 6% ; cattle, 
three to five cents. w. 
Christian Co., Mo. 
Owing to the severe weather for the past 
week the city market has not been very 
brisk. There has not been enough hay on 
the market to supply the demand. Eggs 
went up two cents a dozen. Eggs, 30 to 
32; butter, 32 to 35; pork, 10 to 11; po¬ 
tatoes, 65 to 70 ; turnips, 35 to 40 ; Tim¬ 
othy hay, $15 to $16 per ton; Alfalfa 
hay, $14 to $16 per ton. e. n. c. 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
Our local markets run about as follow’s: 
Wheat, $1.05 per bushel; corn, 50; oats, 
35 to 40; hay, $10 to $12 per ton; pork, 
dressed, nine cents per pound; veal, 10 
to 11 ; butter, 25; eggs. 20; potatoes, 40 
to 50. Beef cattle, $5 to $8 per 100 
pounds; milch cows, $40 to $50 each. 
Bridgman, Mich. c. e.~w. 
Winter dairymen in Tioga Co., N. Y., note 
but little change i£ the matter of profits 
from the corresponding season of last year, 
though the prices of both milk and feeds 
liave fluctuated considerably, rilling some¬ 
what lower than in 1911-12. This county 
has shared in the remarkably warm weather 
for the season that the Eastern States 
have enjoyed, the Winter having remained 
open, practically w’ithout snow, and with 
much sunshine up to February 1 ; since 
that date, however, the temperature has 
dropped to within a few degrees of zero, 
and has remained there (February 10). 
This is very satisfactory, not only to the 
ice men, but also to dairymen "who are 
coming to realize that a Winter crop of 
ice will soon be as necessary to their busi¬ 
ness as one of hay in its season. Ordinary 
grade or native cow’s are selling at from 
$40 to $50; first class grade Holsteins 
bring from $60 to $80, and occasional sales 
of particularly fine grade Ilolsteins are 
made at prices approaching $100. Dairy¬ 
men are paying the following prices at 
local feed stores: Wheat bran, $1.25 ($1.50 
in 1912); wheat feed, $1.30 to $1.40; 
Red Dog, $1.76 ; Buffalo gluten, $1.50 ($1.65 
in February, 1912) ; oil meal, $1.90; cotton¬ 
seed meal, $1.70; hominy, $1.40 to $1.50; 
oats, 45 cents and wheat $1.20 per bushel; 
corn and meal, $1.15 ($1.50 in February, 
1912) : buckwheat brings $1.40 per hun¬ 
dred, and potatoes are nominally 50 cents, 
though few are being shipped. Eggs, 22; 
butter 30 locally. Dive pork brings seven 
cents per pound and dressed pork 10 cents. 
Tioga Co., N. Y\ m. b. d. 
Staggers in Shotes. 
What ailed these shotes? They meander 
around in an aimless way, shove their heads 
lip as far as possible when they hit a corner 
in a room, or try to force their heads 
through a crack. The inside of their ears 
is purple, nose dark red, head very hot. 
Before being drenched with salts, two died 
and others don’t seem to mend. They are 
also insensible to pain. I write because 
several different lots have been attacked by 
a similar trouble the past six months, and 
several died out of each lot. Hoping you 
will be able to advise us correctly for 
further treatment. l. f. 
Ohio. 
The symptoms described plainly indicate 
brain disease. In some instances we find 
hogs affected with “hydatid” (cyst) on the 
brain. This is a parasitic, bladder-like object, 
and one of the stages in the life history of 
a tapeworm of a dog. It causes the hog 
to walk with its head held to one side; 
or it may act as if blind and partially 
unconscious. When these “hydatids” affect 
the liver, the hog becomes afflicted with 
dropsy of the abdomen. These conditions 
are incurable. Often, however, symptoms 
such as you describe are merely due to in¬ 
digestion and constipation from improper 
feeding, unsuitable feeds and lack of exer¬ 
cise. Indigestion so caused, or apo¬ 
plexy, which may result in rupture of 
small blood vessels on the brain ; or an 
effusion upon or in the brain tissue, and 
this condition occasions symptoms like those 
of hydatids on the brain. When indiges¬ 
tion is suspected, always put the affected 
hogs upon a simple diet of milk, middlings 
and a little flaxseed meal and add one 
ounce of lime water per quart of slop fed. 
Then make the pigs take abundant exercise 
every day and be careful to regulate the 
bowels by use of laxative or succulent 
feed. a. s. a. 
Suppression of Milk. 
Cow milking 20 quarts a day before 
calving, freshened three weeks ago, nice 
strong calf, but first two weeks she only 
gave about a pint of milk a day. Now is 
increasing and gives about four quarts 
daily. She is five years old, fourth calf. 
What ails here? She is healthy and gets 
good feed, hay, cornfodder, meal, molasses 
feed (mixed), etc. She was dried three 
weeks before calving and was on time. 
Give cause of milk shrinkage, as it is a 
new disorder to me in a milch cow. 
Long Island. c. w. w. 
When a cow that has previously been a 
good milker produces but little milk just 
after calving, the common cause is either 
a possibly unnoticed attack of garget at 
the time of “drying her off,” or a chill 
affecting the udder just after the calf wa s 
born. Cows are peculiarly susceptible to 
the last mentioned cause of congestion and 
therefore should be carefully protected 
against chilling. The moment the condi¬ 
tion is suspected, stimulate free circulation 
of the blood throughout the body by blan¬ 
keting warmly, briskly hand-nibbing the 
udder and milk veins several times a day: 
frequently going through the motion of 
milking and administering copious warm 
draughts of flaxseed tea, well sweetened 
with blackstrap molasses and containing 
strong coffee and alcoholic stimulants. If 
suppression of milk persists, despite this 
treatment, continue the warm drinks, but 
add twice daily two ounces of a mixture 
of equal parts of powdered aniseed and 
fennel seed. a. s. a. 
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