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THE RURAt NEW*YORKER 
June 21, 
CROPS 
OHIO OUTLOOK. 
Ohio Department of Agriculture on the 
condition pf crops and live stock, June 
1 1913. 
’ The following report made by the Ohio 
Department of Agriculture: 
Wheat, compared with normal yield, 
97 per cent.; wheat, original area seeded, 
1,669,656 acres; wheat, abandoned this 
Spring, 1 per cent.; wheat, remaining 
for harvest, 1,054,497 acres. Oats, com¬ 
pared with normal yield, 89 per cent.; 
rye. compared with normal yield, 90 per 
cent.; Winter barley, compared with nor¬ 
mal yield, 90 per cent. ; Spring barley, 
compared with normal yield, 88 per cent.; 
clover, compared with normal yield. 90 
per cent.; Timothy, compared nor¬ 
mal yield, 85 per cent.; hogs, fed for 
Summer markets, 51 per cent.; hogs, 
condition compared with an average, 96 
per cent; Spring pigs, number saved 
compared Avith an average, 89 per cent.; 
sheep, condition compared Avith an aver¬ 
age, 90 per cent.; lambs, number saved 
compared with an average, 93 per cent.; 
fruit, compared Avith normal yield, 52 per 
cent. Average prices, per bushel: Wheat, 
$1.02; corn, 59; barley, 64; oats, 3!); 
rye. 74; potatoes, 59; hay, $10.61 per 
ton. 
June 2. I do not expect more than 
half of last year’s crop, but think there 
will be many more peaches in this county 
than last year. B. L. 
Ottawa Co., O. 
June 7. Old Elberta trees have but 
few peaches, while the young orchards 
have a fair crop. Salways have plenty ; 
also Lemon Free; not many Smock. 
Danbury, O. E. m 
May 31. Wheat and oafs look well. 
Corn not all planted The hay outlook 
was never better at this time of year. 
Butter, 28 cents; eggs, 15; poultry, 15 
cents per pound. Not much stock of any 
kind kept here. L. M. P. 
Oak Hill. O. 
Strawberries, half crop No fruit to 
speak of on Ioav ground. Apples, about 
one-half crop on high grounds or above 
frost line; very feAV peaches. Wheat, 
75 per cent, of average crop; hurt some 
by frost; rye, hardly one-half crop; 
clover, small acreage, and heading out 
short. Timothy good on bottom laud but 
very short on hill ground. L. F. B. 
Coshocton Co., O. 
June 7. Wheat acreage small in this 
section, heading out nicely. Grass 
rather light but of good quality. Oat 
crop splendid; corn and potatoes doing 
well. Hay, Timothy. $10 to $13; straw. 
$9 to $11; corn, 70 cents per bushel; 
oats. 45 to 50 cents; hogs, live Aveight, 
$7 to $8; Spring pigs, $12 to $15 pair; 
poultry, live, 18 to 20 cents; eggs, strictly 
fresh. 19 cents; butter, pound, 19 to 20; 
wheat, per bushel, $1.10. w. A. c. 
Columbiana Co., O. 
June 3. Most of the old apple orchax*ds 
in poor shape, some improvement made 
in some orchards last two or three years, 
promising a fair crop on trees that have 
been cared for. Not many old peach 
trees left; feAV of these are well loaded 
with fruit. A very large industry is 
promising in Gen«wa in peach growing. A 
great number of young trees been 
planted in three years, and they are look¬ 
ing Avell. Wheat rather thin on the 
ground. Oats looking well. Meadows 
fairly good. G. K, 
Ashtabula Co., O. 
June 6. At a meeting of the Peninsula 
Fruit Co. a few days since a show of 
hands of all who would have 75 per cent, 
of last year’s crop brought up one hand. 
On the question of a 50 per cent, crop, 
10 hands were raised. For a 25 to 50 
per cent, crop all others hands went up. 
This fairly represents the situation here 
Lemon and Salway are abundant. The 
falling off is Avith Smock and Elberta. 
Fine prospect for pears and apples. 
Plums, one-fourth to one-half a crop. 
S. B. G. 
Port Clinton, Ottawa Co., O. 
June 7. Corn is starting poorly. Wet 
weather has hindered planting. Some 
potatoes looking fairly well. Wheat doing 
Avell. The fruit prospects along the lake are 
encouraging; a little complaint of peaches 
falling off. Small fruits will be plentiful, 
excepting strawberries. The first home¬ 
grown began to come into the market 
this Aveek. Prices ranged from 12 to 15 
cents per quart, wholesale. Cherries 
Avill be a week to ten days later than 
usual and a normal production near the 
lake, to from 50 to 60 per cent, inland. 
Wheat,98 cents; corn. 56; oats, 36; hay, 
$12 to $16; butter, 20; eggs, 18. A. B. 
Lorain Co., O. 
May 31. Wheat will be short on ac¬ 
count of recent dry weather. Hay also 
aauII be short. Some corn up, Avhile 
others are still planting. Fruit about 
one-half crop on account of frosts. Farm 
hands are scarce, causing many farmers 
to do less than they could Avith sufficient 
help. Have had several days of rain 
this Aveek, but may be too late to help 
the hay crop .much. This- county has 
good markets. Akron being the market 
center. Hay running from $12 to $15 
loose ; baled, $18 to $20. Eggs, 20 cents; 
butter, 35; corn, 40. Many of the pro¬ 
ducers retail direct to the consumer, thus 
getting far better prices than they could 
at the stores. L. c. C. 
Summit Co., O. 
May 31. Ashtabula County has 
had a Avet and backAvard Spring 
Avith several bad frosts, yet Tim¬ 
othy and clover meadows seldom 
have looked more promising than now. 
Rye, of which there is a large acreage, 
is looking 100 per cent, bettter; heads 
long, good stand on the ground. Wheat, 
fine prospects. Some early pieces are 
beginning to head. Oats, large acreage 
and while the cold weather has held the 
color somewhat in check, on the Avhole the 
prospect is more than good. Corn, some 
pieces up and cultivated, others just 
planting. Germination seems to have 
been good. Early potatoes looking fine, 
late ones just going in. Pastures haA’e 
been backward but coming on now and 
cows and young stock are looking well. 
The fruit crop back from the lake was 
badly hurt by the late frosts. In one 
pear orchard I could not find a live pear 
and early apples in that neighborhood 
Avill be scarce. Home grown strawberries 
are on the market at sixteen cents per 
quart, retail. u. M. 
Ashtabula Co., O. 
MICHIGAN OUTLOOK. 
A large bloom; Aveather conditions bad. 
Baldwins not recovered from 1911-12 
Winter; probably 60 per cent, of crop 
set. No other fruit for market. 
Hillsdale Co., Mich. w. s. P. 
May 26. Locally Ave shall have a full 
crop of all kinds of fruit. Our apple 
orchards are full, all varieties; think 
same must be true of the county. The 
thermometer only registered 32 at Te- 
cuinseh. J. B. K. 
Tecumseh, Mich. 
June 2. Prospects in this A’icinity 
seems good for most fruits except cher¬ 
ries. Some other fruits had buds killed 
by frosts in the early part of May. 
Early blooming strawberries had most 
of the early blossoms killed. Some people 
complain of grapes, apples and peaches 
being injured by the frosts. So far as 
my observation extends, many of them 
are still overloaded. E. At'. A. 
Lenawee Co., Mich. 
June 2. We are having a backward 
Spring. Fruit trees of all kinds have 
been in blossom about two weeks. Early 
apples, 75 per cent.; Winter apples, 50 
per cent.; peaches, 80 per cent; cherries, 
50 per cent; plums, 65 per cent. 
Grand Traverse Co., Mich. N. b. g. 
June 7. Apples, strawberries, peaches 
and grapes Avere damaged by the frost. 
Kalamazoo Co., Mich. J. w. 
May 24. The weather has been so 
cold that even the honey bee did not 
Avork on the blossoms. We had an over 
supply of all fruit blossoms; as far as I 
have examined apples, 65 per cent, for 
present outlook; peaches, 30; plums, 25; 
cherries, 40; Bartlett pears, 80. The 
above is for present outlook. The drop is 
yet to thin the thin crop; after June drop 
can tell better. I am doing thorough 
spraying. D. woodavabd. 
Lenawee Co., Mich. 
May 29. Dairy butter, wholesale, 30 
cents; retail, 35 cents. Eggs, wholesale, 
23; retail, 25. Cows, $40 to $75; veal 
calves, hog-dressed, 13 cents per pound. 
These are the prevailing prices at this 
date. G. H. B. 
Bradford, Pa. 
June 3. The frost on May 17-18 fin¬ 
ished killing all the fruit that withstood 
the late freezes in all this county except 
a narrow strip in the northern part, 
where there is perhaps one-fourth crop 
of apples and a very small portion of 
the smaller fruits. Our orchards had 
not missed a crop for five years, but we 
do not have a single apple or any other 
fruit. E. s. H. 
Taylor Co., IV. Ya. 
The grass is looking good, pastures 
are exceedingly good. Old hay is selling 
from $12 to $15 per ton in the barn; 
oats looking good, but the hard frosts 
have killed nearly all of the apples, 
pears, cherries and plums, and early 
strawberries. The heavy rains we have 
had lately makes it look like a heavy 
hay crop for 1913. Old potatoes are 
selling at 50 cents per bushel. Pigs are 
very scarce this Spring, selling from $5 
to $6 apiece. F. H. W. 
Broome Co., N. Y. 
On June 6 we had a heavy rain that 
Avill do the crops a lot of good; the 
nights are cool and all crops are groAV- 
ing slowly, but looking rather good for 
such a backward Spring. The farmers 
are not in the best of spirits on ac¬ 
count of late Spring and severe late 
frost. Fruit is dropping in some sections 
badly, but it looks good to me, Avhen 
the time comes I think there will be 
plenty left. Of course Bahhvin apples, 
plums, early cherries and strawberries 
will be short at the best, but I have seen 
more money out of a medium crop of 
fruit with less labor than Avhen every¬ 
thing was overloaded and prices low 
The farmers are getting $13 for hay: 
$1.02 for wheat, potatoes. 60, oats, 45: 
butter, 25; eggs, 18. Ncav potatoes are 
selling for 50 cents per peck. Dressed 
pork $11 per 100 pounds; veal calves, 
$10 per 100; cows from $60 to $80 per 
head and scarce at that. Horses are 
high, bringing $500 for good heavy pairs, 
and often more, and every day some one 
is looking for horses and coavs. 
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