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THE KURAb NEW-YORKSH 
September 5, 
CROP REPORTS. 
August 21. We are just getting the 
first good rains since last May; think 
there has been a greater fall in August 
to date than in June and July together. 
The season has been a peculiar one, the 
early part so wet that all Spring crops 
were got in very late, then came a long 
dry spell with a good deal of very hot 
weather. I think we have more days 
with high humidity than any Summer in 
years. Crops as we see them run about 
as follows: Wheat the best in a good 
many years, in fact a poor piece was the 
exception. Price now $1 and possibly a 
little more. Hay a good crop; offering 
$13 per ton in the barns for baling to 
ship. Meadows are very much burned 
and pasture is short. One man we know 
with a large milk dairy is feeding hay 
now to keep his stock up. Oats are poor 
in spots; on the whole about an average 
crop; around Rochester they are much 
poorer than in other parts of Western 
New York. Barley better than oats, dry 
weather did not seem to hit this crop so 
badly, possibly because barley is usually 
sown earlier than oats. Corn is below 
the average, many very poor pieces, came 
up spotted and the drought hit it hard; 
on thr> whole about one-half to two-thirds 
crop. Beans below the average, but the 
price is soaring so that on the whole 
think the grower will get much more for 
the crop than any year for the past five. 
Potatoes in this section do not come any¬ 
where near the government average as we 
read it in the papers. They came up 
poorly, are spotted. We saw pieces last 
week that will not bring the grower $5 
per acre. One thing is very plain to be 
seen this season, viz.: the farmer who 
took the time to roll down his ground 
every night after plowing is getting the 
best crop. There seems to be no failure 
to this. Another thing the man who took 
pains with his seed is going to have the 
best crop. We were in one field last week 
and the grower pointed out where he took 
pains to sort his seed carefully throwing 
out every potato that seemed to be dis¬ 
eased in any way, and the result is that 
where he did this he has an almost per¬ 
fect stand, while on the rest of the field 
it is safe to say there are 10 to 15 per 
cent, of missed hills. Bugs have not both¬ 
ered at all in many places. Walking 
through several pieces we did not see one 
bug. This is a very unusual thing. On 
the whole we should say the crop was 10 
per cent, below the ten year average. 
Cabbage not looking good, and the acre¬ 
age seems to be less than for a number 
of years. Apples show well in every or¬ 
chard, although we have not been through 
the best orchard sections, so our observa¬ 
tions hardly count for much. Is the war 
going to affect the price unfavorably? To 
us it would seem so. The export of green 
fruit to England must be curtailed and 
of evaporated fruit almost entirely to 
the Continent. I have been talking with 
a grape grower who has a vineyard on 
Canandaigua Lake. lie thinks his crop 
is nearly three times as large as a year 
ago, and the prospect seems to be good 
for the wineries taking all they have at 
good prices, as the importation of wines, 
etc., must be entirely stopped, and the 
shortage will be made up by wine manu¬ 
facturing in this country- As a result 
they are expecting to have to pay much 
higher prices. C. I. 
Monroe Co., N. Y. 
August 19.—The market for nearly all 
produce is steadily rising. Wheat 90; 
corn 74; oats 34; rye 70; barley, per 
cwt, $1-$1.20; beans $2.50 per bushel; 
Timothy hay $10. Hogs 8; lambs 0 
to 7; good steers about 7% ; chickens 14 ; 
broilers IS. Potatoes about $1 per bushel. 
Butter 25; eggs 19; cream (by butterfat) 
26. H. D. B. 
Bath, Mich. 
Our local markets are paying for eggs 
22; dairy butter 25; creamery for but¬ 
terfat 29; wheat 90; navy beans $2.25 ; 
apples 40 to 60 for early varieties. Beef 
cattle six to eight cents per pound live 
weight; feeding cattle seven cents and 
scarce. Cows, new milch with any qual¬ 
ity, $60 to $80 per head; hogs 8% ; 
lambs 5 to 7 ; chicken 13; hens 11. Best 
wheat crop in years, average 30 bushels 
per acre. Corn good, oats fair; beans 
fair; Winter varieties of apples good. 
This is a late potato section and our mar¬ 
ket does not open up until October 1. 
Prospects for crop are good. In fact this 
is the most favorable season so far that 
we have had in years. J. s. 
Belding, Mich. 
Organization for Distribution. 
A S a movement for the securing of bet¬ 
ter facilities for the distribution and 
marketing of fruits and produce the 
growers of Sodus, N. Y., have organized 
a branch of the Eastern Fruit and Pro¬ 
duce Exchange. President Seth J. T. 
Bush of the central exchange at Roches¬ 
ter recently appeared before a gathering 
of Sodus growers, and in an address along 
cooperative lines enumerated the advan¬ 
tages of organization for the growers. 
Mr. Bush pointed out that under the 
present method of distribution only about 
35 cents of the consumer’s dollar returned 
to the grower. He declared that the new 
movement was “a deliberate attempt on 
the part of the growers of New York to 
obtain every cent of legitimate profit for 
themselves.” No dealers are permitted 
to hold stock in the association and no 
commission men have a hand in any part 
_ of the transactions between growers and 
the final dealers. Through the North 
American Fruit Exchange of New York 
the State association will conduct much 
of its business. Representatives are lo¬ 
cated in all centers to protect shipments 
and all claims are collected by the ex¬ 
change. Mr. Bush is a resident of Mor¬ 
ton and last year a branch of the ex¬ 
change was organized there with sixty 
members. When the branch opened the 
local dealers were paying one and one- 
half cents per pound for peaches. The 
members of the cooperative system real¬ 
ized nearly double this amount with the 
result that the Morton exchange is getting 
the bulk of the forwarding business. 
a. h. r. 
COMING FARMERS’ MEETINGS. 
National Paving Brick Manufacturers’ 
Association, eleventh annual convention 
and paving conference Buffalo, N. Y., 
September 9, 10. 11, 1914. Secretarv, 
Will P. Blair, S32 B. of L. E. Bldg., 
Cleveland, Ohio. 
National Dairy Show, Chicago, Ill., 
October 22-31. The following meetings 
and conventions will be held in connec¬ 
tion with the show: American Associa¬ 
tion Creamery Butter Manufacturers, 
Oct. 26. Holstein Friesian Association 
of America, Oct. 26. International Milk 
Dealers’ Association. Oct. 26 and 27. 
Conference, Secretaries of State Dairy¬ 
men’s Association. Oct. 27. Official Dairy 
Instructors’ Association, Oct. 27. Nation¬ 
al Dairy Union, Oct. 28. American Dairy 
Farmers’ Association, Oct. 28. Council 
of the National Dairy Show, Oct. 2S. 
National Association of Creamery Man¬ 
agers and Owners, Oct. 28. American 
Jersey Cattle Club. Oct. 28. National 
Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers, 
Oct. 28, 29 and 30. International Asso¬ 
ciation of Dairy and Milk Inspectors, 
Oct. 29, American Guernsey Cattle Club, 
Oct. 29. Congress of Marketing. Oct. 29. 
Milk Producers’ Association, (let. 30. 
New England Fruit Show in connee- 1 
tion with the Rhode Island Fruit Grow¬ 
ers’ Association annual meeting, in Prov¬ 
idence, R. I., November 9. 10, 11 and 
12; secretary, A. M. Parmelee, Norwood, 
R. I. 
National Grange, annual meeting, Wil¬ 
mington, Del.. November 11-14. 
Maryland Week Exhibition, State Hor¬ 
ticultural Society. Maryland Crop Im¬ 
provement, Dairymen’s and Beekeepers’ \ 
Association, Baltimore, November 16- i 
21. 
Annual Show of the Paterson, N. J., 
Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock Associa¬ 
tion, November 18-21. 
Indiana Apple Show, Tomlinson Hall, 
Indianapolis, Ind.. November 18-24. 
Western Connecticut Poultry Associa¬ 
tion of Danbury, Conn.. Inc., nineteenth 
annual exhibition, Hull’s Armory Hall, 
Danbury, Nov. 26, 27. 28; secretary, 
Thomas Deans, 39 Hoyt St., Danbury, 
Conn. 
“For the Land’s Sake, use Bowker’s 
Fertilizers; they enrich the earth and 
those who till it.”— Adv. 
Nativp FwprOTPPne—B eillI "pk, American Spruce, 
native cieigiceua Arbor Vitae. White Pine, Bal¬ 
sam Fir. C to 12inches,$5 50 per 1,000; 5,000 for $25, t o. 
b. Also Transplanted Evergreens. Write for price¬ 
list. THE JAMES A ROOT NURSERIES. Skaneateles, N Y. 
TREES, SHRUBS AND PLANTS 
by the millions, quality gnaranteed. 1 and 2 year 
APPLE, also PEACH trees, ASPARAGUS, DOWNING GOOSE¬ 
BERRIES, PRIVET HEDGING, etc. Ask for our new Cata¬ 
logue with attractive prices THK VVK8TMIN- 
STEK NURSKKY, Box 129, Westminster, Md. 
Apple Trees 
For Fall Shipment Direct from Nursery to Planter. 
Guaranteed True to Name. Write for Special 
Pricos on your Wants. Catalogue free to everybody. 
DENTON, WILLIAMS & DENTON 
Wholesale >’ umerj men, 15 Elm 8t., DaimviUe, N.Y. 
WELLS TREES 
First everywhere 
10 cents each 
For Fall Shipment 
Direct from Nursery to Planter. Send a list o 
your wants for bargain prices. Write for fret 
illustrated catalogue. WELLS WHOLESALE 
NURSERIES, 6 Wellsley Avenue. Dansvllle. N. Y. 
MALONEY TREES 
1 Elbertapeach; 1 Harvest. 1 Baldwin apple; 
1 Bartlett pear; X Montmorency. 1 Oxheart 
cherry ; 1 Orange quince; 1 Maloney prune. 
All 4-6 ft. Grapes: 4 Concord bine, 1 
Delaware red. Currants: 1 Perfection, 1 
White Grape. Value $1.65 for 98o. Send 
today for free. 1914, wholesale illustmted 
catalog of Fresh Dug, Guaranteed True to 
Name and Freo From Disease Trass. 
MALONEY BIOS. 8 WELLS CO., Box 23, Doniville, N.Y. 
Apple Barrels 
— Car lots or less. Prompt 
shipment. KOBEKT 
GII.I.IES, Medina. N.Y. 
"superb” Qfrawhprrip? a success. Circular Free. 
Everbearing 011 UYTUGI 1 ICO WIILARO B. KIlLE.Swcdcsboro.N.J. 
PLANTQ STRAWBERRY, ETC. All best tested 
■ I w varieties. 60 kinds including the Fall 
Boarers. Cat-Log Free. L . G.TINGLE, Box 86, Pittsvllls, Md. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS SALE 
August, September, October. Layer plants—wel. 
rooted. All leading varieties. Asparagus roots] 
Price list free. J. KEIFFORD HALL, Rhodosdale, Md 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
RUNNER AND POT-GROWN 
For FALL planting. Also Raspberry and Blackberry 
Plants, and Fruit Trees. All loading varieties. Cat¬ 
alogue free. HARRY L. SQUIRES, Remsenburo. New York 
The Sash that eliminates Mats and Shutters 
The sash that doubles efficiency in the 
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Extra-thick, of cypress, everlasting, 
double-glazed with an air-space that ad¬ 
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has become the standard in every up-to- 
date garden and has rendered the old-style 
single layer putty sash obsolete. 
STILL WONDERING 
Says H. B. Fullerton, who has de¬ 
veloped gardening in Long Island by 
leaps and bounds: “The only thing on 
earth to use is the double-glass sash.” 
So say all who have used the sash dilli- 
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every state in the Union. 
GET OUR CATALOGUE 
The catalogue, which is free, explains 
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know how to garden to the best advantage. 
The Sunlight Greenhouse on which the 
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garden. See the catalogue. 
Write today for the Free Catalogue 
and enclose, if you wish it, four cents in 
stamps for Professor Massey’s helpful 
booklet on the use of cold-frames, hot¬ 
beds and small greenhouses. Sunlight 
Double Glass Sash Company, 924 E. 
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CONTINUE YOUR 
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GARDENING ALL WINTER 
Why be satisfied with only 
the few months of summer 
harvest from your garden 
when you can enjoy 
“seeing things grow” 
throughout the cold and 
dreary winter months ? 
Lutton’s Miniature 
Glass Gardens provide 
the means. You’ll find a 
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glass. 
To meet the popular demand, we manufacture a special sash and frame 8 ft. 4 in. long 
and just wide enough to put in a three foot space on the south side of the house. 
A child can ventilate the frame with ease. 
Price complete, 
Freight prepai 
Double glazed 
Prompt shipment guaranteed. Planting instructions sent with eacii frame. We manu¬ 
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, ready to put together, 
d anywhere in U. S. 
$1.00 extra. 
$10.50 
WILLIAM H. LUTTON CO. 
225-7 Kearney Ave., Jersey City, N. J. 
30,000 BU . SEED WHEAT 
grown on 700 acres of Lancaster County. Pa., best wheat soils. Such a valuable stock 
of Winter Wheat Seed was never before accumulated. The varieties—a dozen of them, 
include the hardiest and most productive known. Some of them great stoolers—that only 
require one to one and a fourth bushel to sow per acre. PENNSYLVANIA BLUE STEM 
—LEAP'S PROLIFIC—RED WAVE—FOUR-ROWED FULTZ—LANCASTER FULCASTER 
—STONER'S MIRACLE—PRICE’S WONDER are among the varieties. 
Seed is GRADED CLOSELY—clean of RYE, CHEAT, COCKLE, SMUT and GARLIC. 
You can grow much more wheat per acre if you will sow the best varieties. The cost 
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If seed sent you don’t please—you may return it and we’ll do the same with your 
money—you are the Supreme Court in the matter. 
Highest grade TIMOTHY SEED, CRIMSONS, VETCHES, ALFALFA can be ordered 
along with your Seed Whent. 
Our Wheat Catalog is the most elaborate issued. It is free; also wheat samples if 
you ask for them. Write to-day. This announcement appears only once. 
A. H. HOFFMAN, Seedsman , LANDISVILLE, Pa. 
Kelly's 
kTREES 
e to Name 
D_ ~ J L, r 90 And «old direct from our nurno: ies 
^ DclCKed by Zo I csrs experience to your orchard at Grower’s Tru es. 
Apple, Tear, Peach, Plum, Cherry and Quince trees'also biiiuII Fruits and Ornamentals, 
. in all the leadline varieties, gunranteod Free from Disease, True to Name, and freahdug. 
I ( j We know the history of every tree we sell because we grow them in our own nurseries right here in D»!i»vil1c-Dlg, 
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—Write for our catalog—Now i* the time to plant apple trees. This year we quote low prices for the best stock we have 
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Fraser’s Apple Trees Are Right 
Tlio Bolton Fruit Co. says, “Those Apple Trees were the finest 
nursery stock wo over saw.” 
All of Fraser’s trees are of the same grade— they are grown In a 
modern nursery, given extra oaro anti cultivation, dug when the wood 
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FRASER’S TREE BOOK tells what Apples are profitable for the t 
Kast.eiMi planter, and how to select the kinds for your own 
locations. Send for a copy —It will cost you nothing. 
SAMUEL FRASER, NURSERYMAN, 121 Main St., Geneseo, N. Y. 
