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427 
Weather conditions are unsettled, being 
poor for meadows owing to the slight fall 
of snow. Hay is being sold for about .$14 
per ton. Buckwheat 60 to 70 cents per 
bushel. Eggs 22; butter, 30 to 35 ; cheese, 
20. Not many potatoes raised in this vi¬ 
cinity. Several auctions are being held 
around here and Glen, N. Y. Roads are 
generally blocked with the exception of the 
main ones. Farmers have been hauling 
their hay to Sprakers while the weather 
permitted. Cows are selling for from $50 
to $60 per head. Horses are about $10 
to $15 per head lower than in January. 
Montgomery Co., N. Y. a. w. l. 
For the last few days hay has been 
slowly declining in price. Following are the 
prices being paid to the farmers on the 
city market: Eggs, 25 to 30; chickens, 
dressed, 20 to 22; chickens, live, 18 to 
20; Alfalfa, $12 to $15; Timothy, $14 to 
$16; straw, $11 to $12; potatoes, 70 to 
75; apples, 50 to $1; turnips, 35 to 40; 
cabbage, $3 and $4 per ton ; Winter squash, 
three to four cents per pound; butter, 28 
to 32; onions, 50 cents; carrots, 50 to 
55; pork, 10 and 11% ; veal, 12 to 13; beef, 
eight to nine. E. N. c. 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
Just now, the end of February, the sleigh¬ 
ing is good; several days ago we had a 
good fall of snow followed by several 
hours’ rain; then several inches more of 
snow and again a light rainfall. The snow 
is consequently heavy, and does not drift. 
Farmers ax - e taking advantage of this con¬ 
dition and are getting wood into town as 
fast as possible. Local buyers are paying 
the following prices: Hay, loose, $17 ton ; 
hay, baled, $14; straw, oats, $13; buck¬ 
wheat, 75 ; wheat, $1.10 ; barley, 80 ; corn. 
65; potatoes, 75; oats, 40; wood, four- 
foot lengths, $5 a cord. Oat straw retails 
at 85 cents per 100; hay retails $1 per 
100; wood, retail, four-foot lengths, $6.50 
cord ; wood, one-foot lengths, $2.50 a cord. 
So far, not much wood received, c. l. j. 
Johnstown, N. Y, 
For a few days we had the mercury 
eight degrees below zero, which made the 
ice men smile and gave them a little ice; 
then it soared to 60 and made us think 
that Spring had come. We have a light fall 
of snow to-day but not enough for sleigh¬ 
ing. No logs drawn to the mill as yet. 
Farmers busy cutting wood for year’s sup¬ 
ply, hauling manure, trimming fruit trees. 
Stock is doing very well. Milch cows are 
selling very high at public sales. The 
fair people are indignant in regard to the 
bill in the Legislature to withhold the ap¬ 
propriation for county fairs. I think this 
is a shame, to preach and plead that the 
farmer is so essential and the mainstay 
of the nation, and then deprive him of this 
right he has had for years. If it is with¬ 
held we can have no fairs. Butter, 30 
cents; eggs, 20; pork, 8; veal, 9%; lambs, 
8; potatoes, 60; cabbage, $3; hay, $14. 
Canandaigua, N. Y. e. t. b. 
Hay, $7 per ton; wheat, $1.02; corn, 
45: oats, 30; potatoes, 75; apples, 50; 
butter, 25; eggs, IS; chickens, 12; ducks, 
12; turkeys, 12; .geese, 12. Dairy cows 
are selling from $30 up to $86 at auctions. 
Cardington, O. C. e. m. 
Farmers in this section are all eager 
to start farm work just as soon as the 
present cold wave passes over. There are 
more auctions than usual and consequently 
more moving. Good grade cows are bring¬ 
ing $75 to $100. Horses, $100; good 
horses, $150 to $200; mule teams about 
$400. Potatoes, 80; mixed hay, $16.50; 
good hay, $18; butter, creamery, 40; but¬ 
ter, farmers’, 32; eggs, 20 ; poultry, 16; 
pigs six and eight weeks old, $2.50 to $3. 
Middletown, Del. d. a. p. 
OHIO NOTES. 
The Clark County Fish and Game Pro¬ 
tective Association, started four years ago, 
is the largest organization of its kind iu 
America. Its membership at present is 
1 , 200 . 
Cerebro-spinal meningitis caused the 
highest mortality rate in Ohio during the 
past year according to the figures contained 
in the annual report of the State Board of 
Health. Out of 214 cases reported, death 
resulted in 126, or 58.83 per cent. In¬ 
fantile paralysis claimed 96 victims out 
of 304 cases reported, typhoid fever, 304 
out of 3,042 reported; whooping cough, 96 
out of 4,148 cases reported; measles 
claimed 142 out of 14,024 eases, while 
scarlet fever claimed 241 out of 7,057 
cases. 
The Ohio State Builder's Exchange has 
decided to petition the Legislature for the 
erection of a trade school at the Ohio 
State University. Their action was 
prompted by the marked scarcity of skilled 
mechanics. 
Ohio had two exhibits at the National 
Lorn Exposition, one from the Experiment 
Station and the other from the University. 
Prof. -C. S. Plumb represented the Uni¬ 
versity with his extensive wool and wool 
products exhibit. 
Cold storage interests of the State are 
strongly opposed to the McDermott bill 
which limits the period of storage to 90 
days. 
In 1900 the rural population of Ohio 
was 2,159,163, the city population, 1,998,- 
382. When the decade closed, the rural 
population had decreased 57,185 while the 
urban population increased 650,000. This 
makes now a greater population in the 
cities than in the country. 
In the future the people of Ohio will 
know the day after election the unofficial 
results throughout the State because of the 
passage of the Bernstein bill requiring 
county boards of elections to report re¬ 
turns to the Secretary of State within 24 
hours after the polls close. 
Bulletin 16 of the State Geological Sur¬ 
vey just issued outlines the peat deposits 
of the State, their position and the methods 
by which they can be handled to* get best 
results. G . b. e. 
Ohio. 
THE RURAL* 
PEACH PROSPECTS STILL GOOD. 
At the New Jersey Agricultural Experi¬ 
ment Station at New Brunswick it is as¬ 
serted that many statements which have 
appeared in regard to the advanced condi¬ 
tion of fruit buds and the great danger 
of injury to the coming season’s crop are 
misleading when applied to New Jersey 
conditions. It has been reported that some 
fruit growers have attempted to prevent 
the early blooming of their trees by the ap¬ 
plication of ice to their roots. If these 
reports are true, says the experiment sta¬ 
tion’s statement, such growers are wasting 
their money and efforts because the chill¬ 
ing or actual freezing of the roots will 
not prevent the development of the buds 
if the surrounding air conditions are warm 
enough to promote growth. The statement 
continues : 
“The peach is the only fruit in New Jer¬ 
sey that is in the slightest danger of 
Winter .injury owing to the advanced con¬ 
dition of the buds. Recent examinations of 
buds from Hunterdon and Cumberland 
counties show a small percentage of in¬ 
jured buds upon weak trees and tender 
varieties, but this is not sufficient to af¬ 
fect the crop. Furthermore the buds have 
already successfully resisted temperatures 
as low as nine and 10 degrees Fahrenheit 
since the warm days of January, and it 
seen.s unlikely that lower temperatures 
than this will'now occur within the State. 
The only danger now lies in further ab¬ 
normally warm weather, which may cause 
the buds to bloom unusually early and 
be exposed to frost. The time for spraying 
the trees with lime sulphur to control the 
scale and leaf curl will be at hand as 
NEW-YORKER 
soon as temperatures are above freezing 
throughout the day. Peach growers are 
advised to add milk of lime to their lime 
sulphur mixtures to make the twigs and 
branches of the trees white as this may 
retard blooming somewhat. The State Ex¬ 
periment Station peach orchards have now 
produced three successive crops and the 
prospects for a fourth crop are exceedingly 
good.” _ T. D. H. 
NEW JERSEY FARM BUREAU’S PLANS. 
Mercer County Farm Bureau plans for 
a busy Spring and Summer. The manage¬ 
ment of the organization has planned many 
movements which are calculated to be of 
great help and assistance to farmers. Soil 
improvement 'nil! be taken up first. In 
connection with this subject, a letter has 
been sent by J. H. Ilankinson, agent of 
the bureau, to farmers throughout the 
county. Aside from soil improvement, corn 
growing will also be given much attention. 
The corn clubs formed by school boys last 
year proved successful, and this season it 
is proposed to gpve the boys more en¬ 
couragement. It is planned that four clubs 
be organized in the county. The fathers 
of the boys participating in the contest will 
give their sons an acre of ground for ex¬ 
perimental purposes. Aside from plowing 
the soil, the boys will do all of the work 
in connection with the growing of corn. 
The crop will be judged as follows: 30 
points for yield; 30 points for profit; 20 
points for exhibit, and 20 points for com¬ 
position. Agent Ilankinson, in his letter 
to the farmers says: 
“The cooperative work of the Mercer 
County Farm Bureau this first season will 
be soil improvement. The bureau believes 
that the greatest room for soil improvement 
lies in correcting unfavorable soil condi¬ 
tions through increasing the supply of or¬ 
ganic matter in the soil. This means 
growing heavier sods, more cover crops, 
catch crops and applying manure as soon 
a» made. It means the correction of acid 
conditions so that clover and Alfalfa will 
grow better. In short it means the im¬ 
provement of the digestive powers of the 
soil. To this end farmers in each com¬ 
munity will carry on several field demon¬ 
strations. It is recommended that as many 
as possible join in the work. First— 
Demonstration to show the value of cor¬ 
recting acid soil conditions. Two acres, 
one limed at the rate of 15 bushels of 
stone lime properly slaked and evenly 
spread, or at the rate of 2,000- pounds of 
finely ground limestone. It is recom¬ 
mended that this lime be spread before the 
Spring work begins on sod or grain fields 
which will not be plowed this year. One 
acre unlimed as a check. 
“Second—Demonstration to show the 
value of inoculating red clover with nitro¬ 
gen gathering bacteria. Two acres, one 
acre in which the seed has been inoculated 
and sown on the ground as soon as the 
ground has cracked open and harrowed in 
with a light harrow. One acre uninocu¬ 
lated as a check. 
“Third—Demonstration to show the 
value of top dressing sod, largely grass. 
One acre top-dressed with a fertilizer 
formula containing : 900 pounds nitrate of 
soda, 900 pounds acid phosphate, preferably 
16 per cent., and 200 pounds murite of 
potash. 
“This fertilizer should be applied with a 
drill or by hand as soon as it is possible 
to get on the ground in the Spring, at the 
rate of 300 pounds per acre. This mix¬ 
ture will not work through a drill if it 
is allowed to stand after mixing, unless 
dryer is added.” d. t. h. 
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