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THE RURAE NEW-YORKER 
August 21, 101.". 
They are simply good renters and have 
a chance to stay on the place. 
Farmers’ co-operations are really un¬ 
known ; we have to take what we get for 
our products, and have to pay the middle¬ 
men what they want for their stuff. For 
instance, we pay more for bran, shorts 
and middlings than we get for our wheat. 
The only chance to get out of this misery 
is to order from a big mail-order house 
and it is certainly a joyful event when 
there arrives a box from these houses. 
Altogether I wish I had stayed in beau¬ 
tiful Western New York, where I came 
from. H . h. 
Tama County, la. 
Sweet Potato Questions. 
1. We have a sweet potato house, plas¬ 
tered inside, stone side cellar, dirt floor. 
Potatoes that were good were placed in 
here, and all practically became infected 
with black rot. What precautions and 
measures should be adopted to fit this 
house for the reception of sweets? 2. We 
are going to turn a good stand of cow 
peas under, lime, sow to rye and next 
year use this ground for sweets. What 
proportions of the elements nitrogen, 
phosphoric acid, and potash should be 
added and in what forms? j. e. t. 
Newfield, N. ,T. 
1. A curing house for sweet potatoes 
should have walls with a dead air space 
between the outer and inner part. Tt 
should have a ventilator in the roof that 
can be opened or closed. Heating ap¬ 
paratus of some sort is essential. Some 
use a furnace and flue, and some use a 
hot-water apparatus, and in smaller areas 
merely a stove. Sweet potatoes should 
never be piled on the floor of a cellar, 
but should always be stored either in 
slatted crates set so that the air can cir¬ 
culate around them, or on slatted shelves. 
The potatoes should be dug when the soil 
is dry, if possible, and as soon after the 
frost has nipped the tops as practicable. 
Digging on a sunny day, let them lie 
along the rows in the sun till afternoon 
and then gather in crates or baskets, and 
never dump into a cart or wagon body. 
When all are in the house start the fire 
and run up the temperature with the ven¬ 
tilator open to 85 or 00 degrees, and 
maintain this till the potatoes have dried 
off from the sweat they always go 
through after storing. After that a tem¬ 
perature of 45 to 50 will be warm enough 
with total darkness. If the potatoes get 
chilled when first stored and sweating 
they will be pretty sure to rot. but not 
from the black rot disease unless they 
were diseased in the field. 
2. The land now in peas and intended 
for sweet potatoes next Spring will be 
much better prepared for sweet potatoes 
by turning the peas under in August late, 
and then sowing Crimson clover on the 
peas after lime has been well harrowed 
in. Crimson clover should do well at 
Newfield. Of course, you can sow some 
rye also. If you get a stand of clover 
you will need no nitrogenous fertilizer 
for sweet potatoes, but if you can get a 
mixture about 8 per cent, phosphoric acid 
and not less than five per cent, of potash, 
use this at rate of 500 pounds an acre in 
the furrows under the beds. 
W. F. MASSEY. 
Test the Crimson Clover Seed. 
The Agricultural Department at 
Washington says that there must be a 
great supply of Crimson clover seed on 
hand and much of it of very poor quality. 
Imports of this seed have increased won¬ 
derfully during the past few years. In 
1910 the total imports of Crimson clover 
seed were 1.552.000 pounds. This your 
imports have run up to 12,036,000 
pounds. When the war broke out in Eu¬ 
rope it was thought that this seed would 
be hard to obtain. The seed trade there¬ 
fore gave heavy oi'ders and the seed came 
over, more in fact than is needed. Some 
of this seed is of very poor quality, in¬ 
deed, quantities of it germinating only 29 
per cent. It is said that Crimson clover 
seed of a bright green yellow color usually 
germinates well, while that of a brownish 
color is poor. Whenever these brownish 
seeds are found in the lot a test for ger¬ 
mination ought to be made before using 
the seed, and under the present conditions 
we would not advise any of our people to 
accept any large quantities of Crimson 
clover seed without a test by the experi¬ 
ment station or the Government. Now is 
the time when this seed ought to go in 
and it oug ht to be fully inspe cted. 
The wet weather is still with us here 
in Saratoga County, and no signs of 
clearing off. Hay still in the fields that 
was cut a week ago and grain fields too 
wet to get on with horses and machin¬ 
ery, except on a few high or sandy spots. 
Second growth of grass growing up 
through the first, and grain down and 
twisted very badly. M. F. 
Waterford, N. Y. 
Crops and Farm News 
Conditions in the Dairy Business. 
The majority of dairymen in this sec¬ 
tion are satisfied with conditions. As 
for myself I went out of business, as I 
could make no profit at the present 
prices, 3% to five cents at wholesale. 
Cows are higher than in former years, 
good cows ranging from $80 to $160. 
Pasture in this section is fair to good. 
Winter feed chances are normal. 
Connecticut. w. n. s. bates & sow. 
In Rhode Island the farmers are re¬ 
ceiving five cents a quart for milk, 
wholesale, at the door, or 5)4 cents de¬ 
livered. These prices are not, as a rule, 
satisfactory, but at the last meeting of 
the Milk Producers the sentiment of the 
members was that it was not safe to ask 
for more, although most of the producers 
claimed that they were simply exchanging 
an old dollar for a new one. This Fall 
the situation will be even more critical, 
as the price of good milk cows at this 
writing, is from $100 to $150. A milk 
producer and cow dealer bought a car¬ 
load of cows from Vermont this week and 
resold two of them for $300; grade cows, 
but most promising. The Brighton mar¬ 
ket for milch cows is still closed ever 
since the outbreak of the foot and mouth 
disease, and it will be a serious thing 
for the milk producers of Providence and 
vicinity, if this market remains closed 
for the Fall trade, when city people re¬ 
turn from the country. The small pro¬ 
ducer will have to depend entirely on the 
local cow dealer who will ask his own 
price. 
Pastui*es have improved greatly in 
July with an abundance of rain, but on 
the other hand the haying has been much 
delayed, and therefore hay will be second 
in quality and not so abundant as last 
year. Most of the farmers have erected 
silos and silo manufacturers have done 
a very good business in Rhode Island this 
year, but the cover crop itself will not be 
as large as usual, due to a very cold 
Spring and wet Summer. You will draw 
your own conclusions in regard to the 
milk situation for the coming Winter. 
However, there is a prospect of a large 
crop of rowen, and if the weather is 
favorable to cut and store it will be a 
great help. We are just storing the last 
of our hay, 90 two-horse loads, while last 
year we put 126 loads in the barn. Hay 
is selling now at $30 to $32 a ton and it 
is more a question of getting the goods 
than a question of price. Other mill 
feeds do n t vary much in price with the 
New York quotations. We were offered 
bran in carlot at $25 this week. Alfalfa 
is coming to the front in Rhode Island 
thanks to the Alfalfa Growers' Associa¬ 
tion, and our trials are very satisfactory. 
We cut second crop today knee high. 
Rhode Island. a. pebregaux. 
The weather for harvesting has been 
quite uncertain, not very heavy rains 
but enough to make it slow work. Some 
have hay and wheat yet to draw in. 
New seed catching is quite uneven. The 
second cutting of Alfalfa has been se¬ 
cured, and was a good crop. Corn is 
making a rapid growth as also potatoes, 
with no bugs to bother. Oats and bar¬ 
ley are nearly ripe, and are a good crop. 
Apples will not be a very heavy crop. 
Plums are loaded to break the trees. 
Peaches are light crop. Pears very light. 
The County Pomona met at the Exper¬ 
iment Farm at Geneva on August 6 in 
connection with the Fruit Growers’ As¬ 
sociation. New wheat is in the market 
at $1; oats 55; barley 70; corn 75. 
Bran $30 per ton; mixed hay $13; 
Timothy $16; new potatoes 50; veal 7c; 
lambs 8c; hogs 7c. Butter 22; eggs 20. 
Canandaigua, N. I 7 . E. T. B. 
As far as I am aware the prices are 
reasonably satisfactory, as the milk is 
netting about 16 cents per gal. Cows 
are $40 to $75. Pastures abundant. 
Also Winter feed. The outlook for the 
dairv business in our vicinity is surely 
good, and could be made an ideal dairy 
and live stock country. Blue-grass grows 
everywhere, also all the legumes, includ¬ 
ing Japanese clover, which comes spon¬ 
taneously in the Blue-grass pastures. All 
we need is more enei’getic and up-to-date 
farmers who would subscribe for The 
R. N.-Y. JAS. GEORGE. 
West Virginia. 
All the dairy product of this vicinity, 
except milk for the local city trade, goes 
to the creamery. Waupaca County is 
blessed with a large number of excellent 
creameries, most of which are strictly co¬ 
operative stock companies, hiring what 
factory help is needed at stipulated 
wages, and thus all profit goes to the 
farmer. Milk delivered in town is sold 
at four to six cents per quart, which is 
not satisfactory to the seller, only as I 
think, it is an attempt of one large farm¬ 
er to “run the other out.” When we 
will, in all probability, see the price go 
up. The creamery proposition is very 
satisfactory, very seldom hearing any 
complaint. I think cows are not quite 
as high as usual. The reason I attribute 
to the foot and mouth quarantine. Wau¬ 
paca usually ships large numbers of new 
milch cows out, but this past season has 
seen very little outside demand. Pas¬ 
tures were Dever better at this season of 
the year. I think we have the Largest 
hay crop in the history of this county 
and mostly secured in good shape. Corn 
is backward but growing very fast now 
and barring early frosts will make a 
good crop. Dairy conditions good and 
generally satisfactory. Cows noi quite 
as high or rather demand not as strong 
as usual, which naturally depresses val¬ 
ue. Pastures excellent and prospects for 
Winter feed never were better. I might 
add that conditions are fast improving, 
noticeable in better stock, better feed and 
care and many silos and modern barns; 
large enthusiastic cow testing association 
and many herds of purebred and high- 
grade Cattle. F. R. CONSTANCE. 
Wisconsin. 
Jonesville, Mich., August 3.—Farmers 
in Hillsdale County are facing a pecu¬ 
liarly exasperating situation. With the 
heaviest wheat crop in many years, 
weather conditions are such that work 
has been at a standstill for about a 
week. Damp cloudy weather and fre¬ 
quent rains have made hauling the big 
crop impracticable. Most of the wheat 
stands in the shock in the field. Many 
aci’es of hay still remain uncut, and the 
oat crop which promises to be one of the 
heaviest known will soon be ready for 
harvest. xVet weather alone stands in 
the way of caring for these bumper 
crops. Hillsdale prices are: Eggs 17 
cents; butter 24; hens 10; broilers 14; 
wheat $1.05; oats 40; rye 85; hogs, 
roughs $6.25; cows $2 to $5; heifers $5 
to $6; calves $9 and yorkers $7.25. 
The Maine Potato Crop. 
The Aroostook potato fields are looking 
well; here and there you will see a thin 
crop, but taking a general view of the 
fields, they look well. The weather will 
have a lot to do with the crop now on. 
It is reported that the crop in New Eng¬ 
land and Middle States, will be about 
30,000,000 bushels less than last year, 
due to the acreage planted, which is a 
little less than for the past few years, 
although there is an increase of acreage 
planted in the Southern and Western 
States. The potato bugs are less this 
season than for the past year or two and 
should the weather conditions be right 
the potato crop will be extra good this 
season, which is a whole lot to the farm- 
ers in the northern part of Maine, where 
they depend upon potatoes for their pro¬ 
fit. No other county in any State de¬ 
pends more on potatoes than Aroostook 
County. It is noted, that the outlook for 
prices this Fall, is much better than it 
looked some time ago. w. H. b. 
Hay and wheat both made light yields. 
Some wheat still remains in the fields 
unthrashed, while the bulk of the crop 
has been thrashed, and much was mar¬ 
keted right from the machine. It brings 
$1.10. The prospect for tomatoes is bet¬ 
ter than it has been for years. Early 
white potatoes were a good crop, but 
prices are extremely low. It is estimated 
that 4.000 persons from all parts of the 
State were in attendance on Farmers’ 
Day at the State Farm. Much time was 
spent in the agronomy fields where Pro¬ 
fessor Grantham has 500 plots of which 
he had prepared a chart which was of 
great assistance during th'e inspection. 
Reaches are coming on in large numbers. 
Prices have only been moderate up to 
the present time. The State Board of 
Agriculture will soon issue a bulletin on 
legumes. Legumes are grown largely and 
profitably here, but they are not grown 
as largely as they might be. Instead of 
bare lands in Winter in the orchards and 
after corn and tomatoes, the land should 
be covered with a legume. A heavy wind 
and rain storm on the night of August 
3 cost the farmers many thousands of 
dollars, because of the beating of the 
fruit from the trees and laying of the 
corn flat on the ground. c. n. 
Dover, Del. 
Dairy Notes. 
In this section pastures are good, and 
the prospect for good Fall feed was never 
any better. Since the rains began hay 
has grown wonderfully. Clover and es¬ 
pecially Alfalfa is a big crop. The pleas¬ 
antest worrying that I have done in years 
is wondering what I am going to do with 
all my hay. Barn full and a third cut¬ 
ting of Alfalfa still to hear from. Oats 
are big crop, and on rich land are all 
going down flat. That means half a 
crop. The condition of the corn crop is 
not so satisfactory. The wet weather 
has been fine for the weeds and prevented 
farmers from working it. Still there are 
some good fields, and this hot weather 
will soon do wonders if a man can get 
the start of the weeds. Cows are high, a 
cow that was offered to me a year ago 
for $75 is now held at $100. The Shef¬ 
fields at the present time pay the follow¬ 
ing prices: April $1.65; May $1.30; 
.Tune $1.30; July $1.40; August $1.55; 
September $1.65, for milk testing 4.5 but- 
terfat. Premiums of four cents per 100 
pounds for each 1-10 per cent., for 4.5 to 
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