794. 
June 28, 
CROPS 
GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT. 
The outlook for hay, exclusive of Al¬ 
falfa. is 87.5 per cent, 2.3 less than last 
year. States running 90 per cent or over 
are: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, 
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecti¬ 
cut. Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, South 
Dakota, Nebraska, Mississippi, Louisiana, 
Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, 
Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Washington and 
Oregon. New York is rated 86, Pennsyl¬ 
vania 87, and Ohio, S4. 
Alfalfa for the whole country is 93, 
Iowa and Nebraska leading with 100 and 
102 per cent. New York stands 95 and 
Ohio 92. 
The apple outlook June 1 was 67.1 per 
cent, one per cent above the 10-year aver¬ 
age. The following States are reported 
over 90. Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Min¬ 
nesota, Iowa, South Dakota, Nebraska, 
Montana, Utah. Idaho and Washington. 
Maine is S3; New York, 65; Pennsyl¬ 
vania, 50; Ohio. 45; Michigan, 75; Mis¬ 
souri. 72; Illinois, 83. 
Poaches promise 55. <♦ or 2.8 less than 
the 10-year average. States running 75 
per cent or more are: Connecticut, Illi¬ 
nois, Missouri, Iowa, Washington and 
Oregon. New York is rated 6S and 
Ohio 37. 
CANADIAN CROPS. 
The area under wheat in Canada is 
9,816.300 acres, nearly 58,000 acres more 
than last vear. In oats there are 9,216,- 
900 acres 1 rye, 126,500; barley, l,4‘_o,- 
200; hay and clover, 7,475,000. As a 
whole, throughout the Dominion, the crop 
outlook is favorable. Expressed in per¬ 
centage of the usual standard of 100, ta¬ 
ken as representing the promise of a full 
crop, the conditions on May 31 for the 
Dominion was as follows: Fall wheat. 
80.62; Spring wheat, 91.55 ; oats, 91.72; 
barley, 91.19; rye, 87.70; peas, 8S.24; 
mixed grains, 90.15; hay and clover, 
81.12; pastures, 85.08; Alfalfa, 77. At 
the corresponding date last year the con¬ 
dition of Fall wheat was only 71.46; all 
the other crops were then above 90 ex¬ 
cepting rye, 87.24; peas, 83.85, and 
mixed grains, 87.72. The poor condi¬ 
tions this year of Alfalfa is due to the 
effects of the Winter and cold Spring. 
NOTES FROM NORTHERN OHIO.: 
Owing to the extreme coolness of the 
weather, the growing season is fully a 
month later than usual. Many of the 
early vegetables were killed by the May 
frosts and now the cool nights are seri¬ 
ously retarding the later ones. The 
temperature during the day is tolerably 
favorable, but during the night, with 
few exceptions, the mercury has been 
hovering in the forties. The prospects 
for a good fruit crop in this section are 
far from being encouraging. The early 
fruits and berries sustained inestimable 
damage from belated frosts and as there 
was a heavy crop of apples and plums 
last year, a full bearing of these import¬ 
ant items is not expected this season. 
Reports from some of the larger orchards, 
however, are to the effect that an average 
yield of apples is promised. 
As soon as the paeonies have ceased 
blooming the strength of the plants is 
directed to the formation of seed pods. 
This process is detrimental to the vigor 
of the pseony and can be prevented by 
removing the seed pods as soon as they 
appear. 
Second to none in popularity as a 
porch decoration is the porch-box. The 
dimensions are governed by the size of 
the veranda, but whatever the size, they 
should be filled almost to the point of 
crowding for best results, from the stand¬ 
point, of course, of that of ornament. 
The plants employed for the purpose are 
a matter of taste, but periwinkle, ivy, 
Dracaenas, ferns and geraniums are in¬ 
dispensable in the makeup of a nice box. 
A common fatal mistake in this work is 
the failure to provide adequate drainage 
for the plants by boring several holes 
in the bottom of the box. Without this 
provision, much water will accumulate 
in the lower part and under these con¬ 
dition no plants can thrive. 
If continuous blooming is expected of 
the pansies the faded llowers should be 
kept picked from the plants. The cool 
nights at present are favorable for a 
goodly yield of pansy seed. It will be 
noticed that the pods on ripening turn 
their noses to the light, which is an 
indication that the time for picking has 
arrived, lest owing to the bursting of the 
pod, much of the seed might be wasted. 
While the May frosts damaged the dif¬ 
ferent varieties of fruit to a great extent, 
the grain outlook is exceptionally good; 
all indications point to a bumper crop of 
wheat, the stand being very thick and 
heading nicely. Wheat growers say 
there will be an enormous crop, even 
though many farmers who were dis¬ 
heartened by the failure of wheat last 
year did not put out as large an acreage 
this season. Corn is now several inches 
high, notwithstanding the cold nights, 
which have interfered with the growing 
to some extent. Timothy, grass and 
clover fields are about normal. Prices 
are as follows: Wheat, 98 cents; corn, 
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50; oats, 35; hay, No. 1 Timothy, $8.50; 
No. 1 mixed, $7.50; No. 1 clover, $7.50; 
straw, $6 to $7; potatoes, 40 to 45; 
onions. 25; lard. 11; butter, 22; eggs, 
18; broilers, 18; dressed poultry, 10; 
turkeys, live, 13; ducks, 10; geese, 9; 
hogs. 8 to 8^4 ; wool, 16 to 18. 
Wayne Co., Ohio. w. L. p. 
This county is small, and from au agri¬ 
cultural standpoint divided into two sec¬ 
tions. The eastern half is comparatively 
level with poor land, adapted to vege¬ 
table. fruit and hay growing if proper 
methods are used. The western half is 
a much liillier section but limestone land, 
which furnishes abundant Blue grass for 
stock pasturage. The greatest farm prob¬ 
lem is to keep the boys and girls on the 
farm on account of the demand for min¬ 
ers and railroad men. A number of the 
wealthier farmers are solving this prob¬ 
lem by buying automobiles and motor¬ 
cycles. The 35-eent dollar does not 
trouble us here, as all products are sold 
direct to consumer in the mining towns 
and the city of Grafton. Many farmers 
are progressive when it comes to labor- 
saving machinery, but are shy of new 
methods of handling the soil, and will not 
organize. Several old families are gone, 
and new men from other sections have 
moved in. but with it all it is lonesome 
for the college man or the boy who has 
spent some time in the city. It often 
seems to the writer that it is easily un¬ 
derstood why more agricultural graduates 
do not return to the farm. Often the 
graduate does not have money to buy 
a ear; there is so little social life without 
one that he does not feel like asking “her” 
to go with him into the isolated district. 
Therefore he turns professor when he 
would prefer the practical work. College, 
except in a few places, unfits a man for 
practical farm work, because he cannot 
find in many farming communities that 
refined, cultured social life to which he 
has been accustomed in college. Then, 
too, the conservative father keeps him 
tied down to methods which he knows do 
not pay; then he loses interest in his 
work. We want to see more letters on 
the father and son problem and experi¬ 
ences of college men on the farm, for 
they are vitally interesting to the writer, 
who is both a son and a college man, 
though having a father who is open to 
conviction on all matters. G. G. M. 
Grafton, W. Ya. 
Cold, backward weather, oats looking 
well; prospect for hay good; butter, 25; 
eggs, 20; potatoes, 40; oats, 50; hay, 
$12; cows, $75 to $125; horses, $250 to 
$300 each; day wages, $2 to $2.50; 
month wages. $35 to $40 and board. 
Mellen, Wis. J. s. 
Produce on our markets sells as fol¬ 
lows: Eggs, 15 to 18; butter, 25; pota¬ 
toes, 30; hay, $8 to $10 per ton ; wheat, 
90; oats, 32; barley, $2 per hundred; 
beans, $1.S5; corn, 55 to 60; cattle on 
foot from five to 6% per pound; hogs, 
6% to 7i/ 2 . The outlook for hay crop 
looks poor, old meadows not worth cut¬ 
ting, wheat looks fair. u. c. at. 
Byron, Mich. 
The outlook here for the farmer is not 
very encouraging. Meadows will not be 
over half as good as last year. No fruit 
of any kind ; potatoes not doing very well. 
Corn injured by cold weather of last 
week. AVool, 18, washed 21; sheep al¬ 
most any price, everybody wants to sell 
out. Cattle, 6 to 8; cows, dairy, $50 
that. Cream at the 
month, 26 cents per 
eggs, 18; hens, 12; 
No truck gardening 
One acre of strawber-; 
ries produced 15 crates this year, better 
than almost any others did. F. A. w. 
Alice, O. 
Peaches light crop, some sections not 
any; pears set heavily. Baldwins light 
crop, all other varieties very heavy. No 
aphis to speak of, and apples large for 
this time of year. W. n. A. 
So. Greece, N, Y. 
The writer has just returned from 
Randolph County where he had charge 
of the planting of 1,636 apple trees for 
the Davis Colliery Co. This is the be¬ 
ginning of a projected 1,000 acre orchard. 
Fruit all froze, including small fruit and 
potatoes in this section of West A'irginia. 
Majority of apples planted in this sec¬ 
tion this Spring were Rome and Stayman. 
Corn is looking well, as are also oats. 
The farmers here are not now organized, 
but sell their products direct to con¬ 
sumer in Grafton at good prices. Andrew 
Miller, a -well known dairyman of 
Barbour Co., has installed an up-to-date 
milk pasteurizer and sanitary plant in 
Grafton. Milk here sells 8 to 10 cents 
per quart; all goes to the producer too. 
Several farmers are buying automobiles 
this Spring. This is a prosperous and 
up-to-date county with fairly good roads. 
Grafton, W. Va. G. G. M. 
Oats in this county are looking well. 
Corn is small on account of late plant¬ 
ing ; first too dry, then a rainy week. 
Generally a good stand, but cool weather 
and light frosts of the past week have 
not been conducive to great growth. 
Acreage of both above crops compares 
favorably with last year. A warm rain is 
needed to start crops growing and soften 
the crust. Hay crop will be fair; clover 
looking well. This is no dairy county; 
very little wheat sown last year. Some 
sugar beets grown, as we have a sugar 
factory in our county. Hired help scarce 
and liigh priced; very little fruit this 
year. E. k. 
Paulding Co., O. 
to $100. scarce at 
farmer’s door last 
pound butter fat; 
hogs, 7y> to eight, 
done around here. 
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inches; made of extra refined Jessup steel; hand-forged, the forging 
marks being discernible in the blade. It can be used as a small 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 333 West 30th Street, New York 
