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XHE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 11, 
CROPS 
i his has been a disastrous season for 
the part of Nebraska in which I reside. 
The lirst part of the season was very 
favorable, and a fine crop of wheat, oats 
and Alfalfa was harvested- On June 
23 we had our last rain that did any 
good up to the present time, consequently 
all late crops are a total failure. This 
includes corn, late potatoes, beans, and 
all garden truck of every kind, pastures 
and fruit. Apples showed up well early 
in the season, but the drought, with the 
blistering heat, ruined them, and there 
will be no good apples in this county. 
As to prices, corn shipped in from Omaha. 
SO cents per bushel; wheat, 75; oats, 
45; Alfalfa hay, $12 per ton; prairie 
hay, $9; milch cows, $50 to $S0; butch¬ 
er’s cattle (dry cows and heifers), six 
cents per pound live weight; fat hogs, 
eight cents per pound. Country butter, 
30; creamery butter. 35; sweet cream, 
35; churning cream, 30: eggs, IS; chick¬ 
ens, 10 and 12. There is no fruit except 
the poor apples at $1 per bushel. Pota¬ 
toes planted early are fair crop and are 
selling at $1. There are absolutely no 
garden vegetables whatever. H. m. r. 
Fairbury, Neb. 
CROPS IN ASHTABULA CO., OHIO. 
A heavy frost which, covering a wide 
area, played havoc with corn in Ashta¬ 
bula County, Ohio, the middle of Sep¬ 
tember. Farmers at once began harvest¬ 
ing the crop. Oats thrashed well, many 
farmers reporting yields of from 40 to 50 
bushels to the acre. The acreage of oats 
in the county was perhaps 10 per cent 
greater than last year. The acreage of 
buckwheat was smaller than previously. 
Wheat was quite spotted, some farmers 
reporting good yields, while others con¬ 
sidered their crop a partial failure. There 
is being sown this Fall two-thirds as 
large acreage as last year. The acreage 
of corn this year is perhaps 15 per cent 
greater than last year, and although in¬ 
jured by frost, the corn crop is good and 
much better than anticipated. Milk 
prices in the county are much better than 
heretofore. There is more competition 
among concerns to secure the product. 
The cheese factories of the county paid 
from $1 to $1.25 and returned whey; 
$1.50 is anticipated from the cheese fac¬ 
tories for September. A large milk con¬ 
cern operating several factories in the 
county, paid as high as $1.30 during the 
Summer. The farmers of the county are 
increasing their dairy herds. The bovine 
population this year was perhaps 10 per 
cent greater than last year, and there will 
be a substantial increase in the number 
of cows each year. Farmers are taking 
keen interest in purebred stock and are 
offering $75 for registered Holstein 
calves. The Holstein cow is the popular 
breed in the county, although some farm¬ 
ers are turning to Guernseys and many 
good herds of Jerseys. There are but 
few beef cattle raised in the county. It 
would be impossible to secure a car of 
beef stock in the county. A quarter of a 
century ago the beef animals were to be 
found on every farm. The hog popula¬ 
tion of the county is probably 20 per cent 
greater than last year. Many farmers 
coming from Western Ohio and from In¬ 
diana are stimulating interest in pork 
production. They find that clover grows 
luxuriantly, and they are generally satis¬ 
fied with corn production. For these 
reasons they are fencing their farms to 
hold hogs, and are practicing pasturing, 
and some are “hogging” corn. 
Aside from the lake shore there is little 
interest in fruit in the county. Occa¬ 
sionally a farmer has sprayed his fruit i 
and in good locations has a good perceu- | 
tage of a crop this year. On the lake | 
shore there is a good crop of peaches. 
Grapes are part of a crop in the Geneva I 
district. Apples are but part of a crop 
along the lake shore. New orchards are 
being established in the northern part of 
the county. Over 60.000 peaeh trees 
have been set out around Geneva this 
year. The grape acreage is diminishing 
each year, and this is also true outside 
of the county toward ('Ieveland, many 
of the vineyards are neglected, a smaller 
number each year are receiving efficient 
care. Some vineyards have been planted 
in hds for residence purposes. 
There have been built about 20 per 
cent more silos this year than the total 
number of silos previously used. Farm 
machinery men report the greatest sale 
of farm implements in the history of the 
county. The acreage enclosed in sub¬ 
stantial woven wire fences the past 
Spring over that of the year before is 
double. The introduction of a number 
of purebred draft stallions has been in¬ 
valuable to improving horses in the 
county. Horses of the trotting type were 
popular a quarter of a century ago, when 
many well-known racing horses were pro¬ 
duced. The farm horse of the county de¬ 
scended from this trotting stock, but at¬ 
tention is being turned to the type adapt¬ 
ed to farm service. The largest flow of 
honey in years has been reported by bee¬ 
keepers. Edgar Williams, one of the lead¬ 
ing bee-keepers of the county secured, be¬ 
tween eight and 10 tons of honey previous 
to the buckwheat flow. < )ther keepers are 
reporting a great honey flow. More farm¬ 
ers than heretofore are realizing the pos¬ 
sibilities of liming the soil. Twice the 
amount of lime is being used this Fall 
as lias been used previous years, although 
the acreage of wheat sown is smaller. 
r JT • county has suffered but little from 
the dry weather. W. J. 
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