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<TFih£ RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 12, 1915. 
Crops and Farm News 
Grain Notes and Movements. 
Gulf ports 
since July 
Exports from Atlantic and 
for week ending May 29 and 
1 , were: 
W eek 
Wheat, bu.4,025,000 
Coro, bu.1,415,000 
Oats, bu. 4,472,000 
Itye, bu. 
Flour, bbls. 
Stocks in store 
18,000 
261,000 
were, in 
Since July 1 
291,579,000 
37,524.000 
85.011.000 
12.550.000 
13,838,000 
thousands of 
bushels: 
Wheat 
Corn 
Oats 
New York.. 
.. . 1.930 
375 
1.283 
Philadelphia 
. . 916 
184 
920 
Baltimore . . 
.. . 684 
702 
540 
Chicago . . . 
.. 2.711 
5,549 
4,885 
Buffajo .... 
. . 2.220 
1.912 
1.362 
Duluth . 
.. 2.357 
174 
111 
Minneapolis 
.. 4.023 
242 
522 
Kansas City 
. . 589 
1,359 
33S 
Government Cotton Report. 
The condition May 25 was 80 per cent 
of normal, compared with 74.3 last year, 
and 79.5, the 10-year average on May 25. 
The percentage outlook by States' fol¬ 
lows : 
1915. 
1914. 
Virginia . 
88 
83 
North Carolina . 
85 
76 
South Carolina . 
80 
72 
Georgia . 
81 
80 
Florida . 
80 
82 
Alabama . 
78 
85 
Mississippi . 
82 
87 
Louisiana . 
TO 
82 
Texas . 
79 
65 
Arkansas . 
S4 
79 
Tennessee . 
85 
80 
Missouri . 
90 
86 
Oklahoma . 
76 
68 
California . 
82 
100 
United States. 80.0 74.3 
Comparisons of the percentage outlook 
on May 25 and September 25 for five 
years, with yield of lint per acre fol¬ 
low : 
Lbs. lint. 
Yield 
Years. May 25. Sept. 25. per acre. 
1914 . 74.3 73.5 209.2 
1913 . 79.1 64.1 182.0 
1912 . 78.9 69.6 190.9 
1911 . S7.8 71.1 207.7 
1910 . 82.0 65.9 170.7 
The Dominion Department of Agricul¬ 
ture gives the following estimates of 
fruit crops in our Northern States: 
Michigan.— Early apples very good ; 
Fall and Winter apples variable with no 
Baldwins to speak of. Very poor show¬ 
ing for pears. Peaches of all varieties 
most promising and a fine prospect for 
cherries. Grapes and strawberries se¬ 
riously injured by frost; tree fruits not 
touched. General conditions are favora¬ 
ble. 
New York State. —A very severe frost 
on May 27 materially damaged garden 
crops, tomatoes, beans, strawberries, etc. 
Grapes also suffered severely. Apples 
show no damage and general reports indi¬ 
cate that this fruit has pulled through. 
There are local instances of peaches hav¬ 
ing been damaged, but this condition is 
not general. It is pretty certain that 
peaches will not show material damage, 
and the fruit had set for such a very 
large crop that 50 per cent could be hurt 
and still leave enough. Pears and cher¬ 
ries show some damage in spots and none 
in others. Apples blossomed heavily on 
all varieties except Baldwins, which were 
relatively light. This is Greening year, 
and that variety showed a very heavy 
bloom. Early and Fall fruit showed 
• much heavier than last year. With a good 
set the prospect in Western New York 
is for a substantial apple crop, but less 
than last year on account of Baldwins. 
Northwest States. —The apple crop 
will be less than that of 1914. with Jona¬ 
thans particularly short. Estimated that 
the Yakima district will ship only 60 per 
cent of last year’s tonnage. Practically 
the same condition exists in all producing 
sections of the Northwestern States. 
d. Johnson, Commissioner. 
Crop Outlook in Lake Erie Fruit Belt. 
Along the lake shore in Pennsylvania 
and Western New York the fruit outlook 
is very encouraging. Every indication 
points'to good crops of berries, peaches, 
grapes and other fruits. Excellent weath¬ 
er in April and the early part of May 
made it possible to get a large amount 
of work under way under desirable 
weather conditions. Around Northeast, 
Pa., alone, there are several hundred 
acres of tree fruits which will come into 
bearing this year for the first time. The 
help problem is not as serious as in 
previous years, yet it is difficult to se¬ 
cure efficient and experienced labor in 
vineyards and on the fruit farms. A 
larger acreage of products for canneries 
will be grown this year than heretofore 
estimated by some from 10 to 20 per 
cent. A pickling station has been estab¬ 
lished at Shadeland, in Crawford Coun¬ 
ty, Pennsylvania, which will handle the 
cucumber crop in Northwest Crawford 
and Southwest Erie Counties. It is es¬ 
timated that the acreage in the cucumber 
section of these two counties will be three 
times as great as heretofore in the cu¬ 
cumber district. Prices paid will be $16 
the ton. A number of growers are using 
lime on their vineyards. The idea is to 
insure a better stand of clover as cover 
crop, and those who have used lime find 
it improves the grapes sufficient to war¬ 
rant the use. It makes fertility more 
available, and for this purpose alone the 
growers who tried it last year are lime 
enthusiasts. There are probably 20 per 
cent, more dairy cows than in previous 
years. There are more cows kept on 
some of the small fruit farms the acre¬ 
age considered than in many dairy sec¬ 
tions. One fruit grower with less than 
thirty acres is keeping a half dozen cows, 
while another with seventy acres has ten 
cows and several head of young stock. 
The quality of stock is much better, and 
the fruit men are more persistent in seek¬ 
ing purebred animals with production in 
the pedigree, than is the average dairy¬ 
man. w. j. 
May 29.—Cows (grades) $60; year- 
lings, $20: cows (beef). 4-5%c. lb.; veal, 
7%; sheep, 6 ; hay, $15; potatoes, 28c. 
bu.; oats, 55; wheat, $1.40. j. p. f. 
Nichols, Ivy. 
Bordens do not buy milk here. Our 
milk stood over 3% the last test and we 
received 85 cents per can of 40 quarts; 
in April received $1.06 5-40 per can. 
New York. g. l. l. 
My neighbors sell milk, and on this 
milk route all but three of the Borden 
patrons have dropped out; seem to be 
very much dissatisfied. They mostly own 
Holstein cows. I think the trouble most¬ 
ly is the cows. n. a. g. 
New York. 
Wheat, clover and Alfalfa never looked 
better with us than they do this Spring; 
plenty of showers for the new seeding. 
The best seedings of Alfalfa are where 
the seed has been sown in the Spring 
with the pea crop for the canning factory. 
Genesee Co., N. Y. h. e. cox. 
The prices paid for products in Broome 
County. N. Y., are as follows: Cows, 
fresh, $50 to $75; veal calves, 7 to 8 cents 
per pound live; fat cows, 6 to 7 ; pota¬ 
toes, 40c. per bushel; apples, 50 per 
bushel; eggs, 20; butter, 30; wool, 25; 
milk governed by Borden’s price; straw¬ 
berries, 12 c. per quart; corn, $2 per 
bushel; oats, 45; buckwheat, 75. 
Quaquaga, N. Y. h. B. n. 
May cold and wet; corn coming very 
slow and what is up looks quite yellow. 
Wheat, oats and grass doing quite well, 
but we need dry weather so corn can be 
attended to; lettuce very weedy. Stock 
cattle, 7%e.; hogs, $7 to $7.25; sheep. 5 
to 6 c. ; calves. 7 to Sc.; butter, 20 to 25; 
eggs. 17; milch cows, $50 to $85; wheat, 
$1.40; oats. 50 to 58; corn, 65 to 70; po¬ 
tatoes, 30 to 35; butter fat, 23%, was up 
to 25 and 27. wm, dicer. 
Garrett, Ind. 
May 29. Milking cows are high, sell¬ 
ing from $70 to $140 at auction. Calves, 
veal, about 10c per pound. Milk at the 
milk stations about 3 to 3%c per quart 
for the year, the price being very low for 
the Summer months. Butter about 38 
to 40; eggs 20. Potatoes have been sell¬ 
ing at 50 to 60 per bu. all Winter. Ap¬ 
ples have been low, 70c per bbl. all last 
Fall was about the price. Pork is sell¬ 
ing for 10c per pound up to 150 pounds. 
Millbrook, N. Y. w. n. D. 
May 26. Cows, milch, from $70 to 
$125. Cattle, beef, 6 % to 7, scarce; 
veal, 7% to 8 ; horses for war, from $75 
to $100, not many selling; wheat, $1.50; 
corn, 95; hay, $18 per ton, Timothy; 
hens, 15c. per pound; Spring chickens, 
27 ; eggs, 17 ; ducks, 10 ; geese, 7 ; butter, 
20 ; strawberries, 10 c. box, $2 per crate 
24 quarts ; peaches, $1 to $1.50 per bushel 
when in season, crop very light. Apples, 
25c. to $1 per bushel when in season ; De¬ 
licious bring $1; plums, Wild Goose, 80c. 
per bushel; cherries, 20 to 25c. a gallon. 
Tamaroa, Ill. J. c. H. 
June 1. We had a freeze last week, 
froze ice one-quarter inch on standing 
water, but did not kill the fruit. Spring 
as forward as usual; planting nearly 
done. Milch cows $40 to $170 at auction. 
Young pigs $4; calves 8 to 9c lb., live 
to ship. Potatoes 25 to 30c, and no 
sales at that. City people flocking in. 
The roads are full of automobiles; hotels 
and boarding houses have been enlarged, 
and new ones built, and all are full of 
guests at good prices. Vermont is fast 
becoming the pleasure Summer State. 
For wild nature, pure air and water, she 
excels. a. L. B. 
Southern Vermont. 
The Bermuda and Creole onion crop of 
La Fourche Parish, La., this year is es¬ 
timated by the Truck Crop Specialist of 
the Bureau of Crop Estimates to be 
about 2,000 acres; this is the second most 
important onion section of the South. 
The Census Bureau reported 2,500 acres 
in 1909; thus the acreage this year is 
about 20 per cent, less than in the census 
year. The condition of the crop in the 
middle of May was only fair, estimated 
at 76 per cent, of a normal. Excessive 
moisture prevailed in the first two months 
of the year and a drought of 70 days 
afterward, causing the.onions to be small 
and stemmy. Further damage was 
caused by frost on March 22. No dam¬ 
age by insects is reported. About 35 per¬ 
cent. of the crop had been harvested 
May 27. 
Suit cases and trunks loaded with 
brick and stone, old clothes and shavings, 
will no longer pass as guarantee the in¬ 
tentions of “rounders” as harvest hands. 
Oklahoma wants between 16,000 and 18,- 
000 for her harvest beginning about June 
5, but these men must pay their way to 
the harvest fields of the Southwest. The 
Oklahoma farmers inform the Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture that English-speak¬ 
ing white men are wanted for this work. 
Heretofore transportation was afforded 
harvest hands, the baggage being consid¬ 
ered guarantee of their good intentions. 
Many took advantage of this opportunity 
to get west. 
May 25. The long drought has been 
broken and we are having lots of rain. 
Farmers are making good use of it by set¬ 
ting out their sweet potato and tomato 
plants. Many have finished their patch¬ 
es. Some are complaining that the cut 
worms are destroying them. Much Scar¬ 
let clover hay was damaged by the long 
rainy spell. Strawberries are being mar¬ 
keted at fair prices. The acreage is much 
smaller than it was a few years ago. 
There is a good prospect for apples, 
peaches and cherries. The prospect for 
wheat is much poorer than it was a 
year ago. Pastures which were getting 
short are improving since the wet weath¬ 
er, also the prospect for Red clover and 
Timothy hay. The dry weather greatly 
injured the pea crop for the canner¬ 
ies. Early planted corn is being thinned 
and cultivated. , c. H. 
Dover, Del. 
The New York Central Railroad has 
four registered Holstein bulls in different 
localities in this State for breeding pur¬ 
poses. One is on the farm of II. C. Fin¬ 
ger. at Mt. Marion, a mile above my farm. 
He has an excellent dairy herd. A. B. b. 
Ulster Co., N. Y. 
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