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THIS RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 22, 
OUTLOOK FOR DAIRYMLN. STARTING AN EGG FARM. 
In this section there are quite a num¬ 
ber of surplus cows, but they are scat¬ 
tered over the country, among the farm¬ 
ers, as we have no regular dairy farms. 
The price runs from $30 up. In Brown 
Co., O., there has been much drought, 
and no feed. w. s. b. 
New fane, O. 
In northern New Hampshire this has 
been an excellent season for hay and 
fodder. The crops are much better than 
for the past two years, and the hay crop 
would have been extra if it had not 
been for the drought of 190S and 1909. 
In starting a poultry plant good stock is 
of greatest importance. It goes without 
saying that only pure blood should bo con¬ 
sidered. We looked about among our friends, 
visited several large plants, studied various 
breeds, and as general utility was our aim 
we selected S. C. It. I. Reds, and have never 
regretted it, for they produce eggs when 
prices are up, and the cockerels make good 
broilers. Our first purchase was made 
when we visited a large New York State 
plant, where we got a handsome cock and 
20 pullets. Our next investment of nearly 
§00 was an order sent a Massachusetts 
breeder who has attained fame (with us), 
for he promised good healthy stock and 
prompt shipment. He held the order a 
month, then shipped half of it. When they 
"While there has not been a great amount 
of precipitation there has been plenty for 
the crops. Potatoes, however, are rot¬ 
ting. There is a great demand for cat¬ 
tle. Farmers .call this a good year. 
Colebrook, N. IT. b. A. c. 
I think dairymen in this section are 
prosperous; they keep cows, raise pota¬ 
toes and cabbage, work hard and have 
but few holidays. The drought was not 
severe until about August; since then 
the milk supply has been short in spite 
of green corn and grain. There is very 
little after feed; hay crop I think an 
average, also oats and corn. Farmers 
are now filling their silos. Potato dig¬ 
ging commenced with a short crop. 
Hired help scarce and wages high, but 
I think the farmers are, on the whole, 
courageous. w. C. L. 
Homer, N. Y. 
The dairymen are in very good shape. 
Most of them are producing Winter 
milk, so of course the dairies are all 
about dry, or beginning to freshen. We 
have had quite a dry season, but silage 
corn is on an average 80 per cent of a 
crop. Field corn is the best in some 
years, corn cutting just in full blast 
(October 1). Hay will average S5 per 
cent of full crop, most farmers selling 
to pressers at $12 to $14 per ton. I am 
just putting-in my third crop of Alfalfa; 
the dry weather cut us short one cutting. 
Potatoes about 80 per cent of full crop; 
a few are finding some rotten ones. Oats 
average about 40 bushels per acre; bar¬ 
ley from 30 to 50 bushels per acre. In 
regard to thq feeling among the farmers 
as to situation, we feel that we are not 
getting a fair share of the consumer’s 
dollar for our milk. At present we are 
getting $1.30 per 40-quart can delivered 
at station. In the month of June we re¬ 
ceived $1 per 40-quart can. F. d. K. 
Manlius, N. Y. 
The drought has been very severe. 
Since the first week in July there has not 
been a soaking rain until about Septem¬ 
ber 15, and pastures were completely 
dried up. Farmers who did not have a 
supply of corn fodder for their cows 
were compelled to feed hay, and about 
the same ration as in Winter. The milk 
yield has fallen off about 15 per cent, and 
it seems to be impossible to meet the 
demand at this time. The hay crop in 
this section was very light, being only 
GO or 70 per cent of an average crop, 
and corn is not any better. The feed 
question this Winter promises to be a 
serious one. Market conditions are 
very satisfactory; there is not enough 
milk produced in this locality to supply 
this market (Sewickley), and I would 
say that nearly 40 per cent is received 
by rail; retailers are receiving the same 
price this Summer they did last Winter. 
There has been some friction between 
the producers and our local board of 
health during the past year. The latter 
passed a milk ordinance which it seemed 
impossible to comply with without pro¬ 
ducing certified milk, but they have not 
enforced it very rigidly, and honors are 
pretty evenly divided. C. J. W. 
Allegheny Co., Pa. 
“Ise gwine to a sprize party tonight, 
Miss Sally.” Miss Sally: “What will 
you take for a present?” “Lily: “Well, 
we didn’t cal’late on talcin' no present. 
Yo’ see, we don’ want to sprize ’em too 
much.”—Brooklyn Life. 
came one cockerel had a closed eye, and 
several hens had swelled heads, and before 
we knew it roup was well started. We 
immediately wrote the shipper canceling 
the balance of the older and requesting the 
return of money our due; could get no 
reply to reasonable requests or threats, so 
after five months of waiting the writer 
when on a business trip to Boston, went out 
to see this man. He was not at home but 
his wife, an accomplished “hen woman,” 
promptly gave a check for the balance due 
and also settled for the stock that had 
died. The check went to protest, but after 
another month of waiting and threatening 
a Post Office order came that settled the 
bill and the shipper, too, so far as we are 
concerned. Our next disappointment was 
when we bought from one of the great 
Massachusetts breeders GO “fancy mating” 
eggs for setting, expecting good blood. The 
blood was red in those we killed for broilers 
but white feathers were the mark that 
distinguished them from the rest of our 
fiock. This episode was closed last Spring 
by 15 “fancy” eggs sent "no charge”; some 
of these hatched, so we live in hopes that 
we can have fancy birds some day. Such 
annoyances are unpleasant and were it not 
for some other and different breeders we 
have happily met our faith would have 
been shaken. 
We incubated all the eggs our hens laid 
and bought from neighbors who had good 
stock, hatching about 1,300, almost 70 per 
cent of eggs set. From this number we se¬ 
lected GOO to carry over for Winter egg 
production. Our early hatches were fine, 
developing good strong chicks that made 
steady Winter layers and furnished se¬ 
lected eggs for setting. We are firm be¬ 
lievers in dry mash and sprouted oats; of 
the former we use the State of Maine for¬ 
mula. We also use scratch feed once a day 
and in Winter green bone. Good clear 
water is always in the drinking pails and 
the houses are kept clean and in perfect 
order. As a result of this work and un¬ 
remitting care we have a fine start toward 
a poultry plant. farview farm. 
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