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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 11, 1915. 
Crops and Farm News 
August 25. It is still wet up in this sec¬ 
tion—lots of haying to be done yet by the 
slower ones and the rest of us are having 
a struggle with the grain. 1 wish that 
some of those fellows who think that 
nothing grows on the hills of New York 
had to get in my oat crop. We had J4 
acres so badly lodged that we had to cut 
with the mower. Have got in 35 big 
loads, and there are about 15 still out. 
Hamilton Co., N. Y. J. G. M. 
This is a great wheat and potato sec¬ 
tion. The small grains are exceptionally 
good this year. Weather has been very 
cool and wet all season ; frost last night, 
August 20; nothing hurt. Corn very 
backward. Dairying is gradually on the 
increase; a few herds of purebreds. Milk 
is retailed in Moorhead and Fargo for 
eight cents bulk and 10 cents for bottled 
stuff. Alfalfa is more common than 
clover, and yields heavily, the third cut¬ 
ting about 18 inches high. Some of the 
farmers are using milking machines and 
are well pleased with them. Cows are 
kept for their manure and the profit is 
made on the wheat and potatoes. K. P. 
Moorhead, Minn. 
August 20. The over abundant rains of 
May, June and part of July were fol¬ 
lowed by ideal weather for the finishing of 
the small grain, also the farmer could give 
his crop the best of attention. Thrashing 
started the first of the week, and the yield 
is very satisfactory, demonstrating that 
Eastern Montana is fit for something be¬ 
sides ranching. Winter wheat of the 
Turkey Red class is running from 25 to 
20; Spring wheat, 25 to 35; oats, 40 to 
00; spelt, around 40. Very little rye and 
barley sown, and that is used for feed. A 
large acreage of corn was planted this 
year and owing to the cold wet Summer 
was, until July 15, considered a failure, 
but has made rapid strides, and if frost 
keeps off until September 10 this portion 
of the State will have seed corn to sell. 
Potatoes are an excellent crop. There are 
very few sown pastures in this section, 
but those of native grass and the range 
are excellent and the stock is in the best 
of condition. Considerable feeling exists 
between the grain buyer and the raiser as 
they are paying 40 per cent, less than the 
quoted price in the Twin Cities and many 
are loading their grain and shipping di¬ 
rect. Much Winter wheat will be sown 
again this Fall. M. M. 
Montana. 
A recent meeting at the Indiana Agri¬ 
cultural College was called for an ex¬ 
amination of swine judges. A number of 
young breeders scored animals of the va¬ 
rious breeds, this scoring being an ex¬ 
amination or the right to use a swine 
judge’s license. We think this is a good 
idea, for surely no one should .be per¬ 
mitted to judge live stock at a public 
exhibition unless he knows just what he 
is doing, and the business of breeding and 
handling stock is now so important that 
a careful training in judging ought to be 
given. 
August 30. Hay, oats and wheat were 
very good this year, hut had considerable 
trouble to get crops in, as we had lots of 
rain at the time. Corn and potatoes are 
good and good crop of grapes, apples, 
plums and peaches. Retail market prices, 
Pittsburg: Hay, $20 to $25 per ton; 
oats, G8; potatoes, GO to 75; apples, 50 
to 75; plums, 40 to 50 a chip; peaches, 
35 to 40; cabbage, 20 to 25 bushel; beets, 
per dozen bunches, 10 to 12%. g. R. 
Carnegie, Pa. 
In Oregon and Washington crop condi¬ 
tions are fully up to the average, though 
the results are going to be somewhat un¬ 
even in the matter of quantities. Wash¬ 
ington crops will be generally heavy, 
above the average, while many Oregon 
crops will be considerably below average. 
Duality is everywhere excellent. In 
Western Washington and Western Ore¬ 
gon a protracted dry stretch has spoiled 
a lot of good prospects. Apples will be 
a good crop and of the usual high-class 
appearance. Prices are going to be bet¬ 
ter than they were last year. Grain and 
hay will be plentiful. The Eastern coun¬ 
ties of both States will have very heavy 
yields of both of these crops. Eastern 
Washington counties, especially, are go¬ 
ing to make a fine showing. Notwith¬ 
standing rather large fruit crops and bet¬ 
ter apple prices in the irrigated sections 
many people have lost their optimism 
over the business, and the exaggerated 
stories and promises of enormous profits 
are no longer heard. The average re¬ 
turns per cropped acre in the Yakima ir¬ 
rigated section last year was about $50. 
and even this was considerably above the 
showing made by many other irrigated 
districts. Alfalfa crops will be heavy and 
of excellent quality, but a smaller pro¬ 
portion of the crop will be shipped out, 
more and more of it going each year into 
hogs and cattle. In Western Washing¬ 
ton and Western Oregon, where the larger 
markets are near, sections of really good 
land—not everywhere to be found, by the 
way—land, the topography of which helps 
to retain moisture, are making better 
showings whenever the wretched market¬ 
ing conditions and system do not prevent. 
I recently saw carload lots of large and 
beautiful onions bring 25 cents a two- 
bushel sack to the grower—less 15 per 
cent, commission. In the case of two 
shipments of string beans of the same 
quality, only a week apart, to the same 
market, one brought $5 a hundred and 
the other brought 12 y 2 cents per hun¬ 
dred pound sack—less 15 per cent, com¬ 
mission. Eggs are bringing about 30 
cents a dozen ; butter, 27 cents a pound ; 
peaches are selling wholesale at 35 to 50 
cents a box; blackberries at 75 cents a 
crate; pears at any price at all except for 
a few extra fancy ones and fresh prunes 
at 30 cents a small box. Apples are 
quoted at 50 cents per bushel box and 
upward to $1.75, but more sell at 50 
cents than at any other price. Feed wheat 
sells at $1.25 a bushel, clover hay at $1G 
a ton, Timothy at $20, corn at $38 a ton, 
barley $31, oats $31, shorts $30, and bran 
$28. ' The demand for young pigs has 
considerably lessened. Good cows are 
$65 to $100. B. s. D. 
Ballow, Wash. 
The Maine Potato Crop. 
Digging has been started in some sec¬ 
tions of the State, and the yield is better 
than expected, considering the weather 
for the past month. A few farmers have 
got from 80 to 100 barrels an acre. The 
rust is not working so bad as it was a 
few days ago. A few carloads have been 
sold for $1 a barrel, and that price seems 
to be about the general offer, which has 
every indication of getting higher, as the 
quality is good, especially the Gobblers, as 
the rust seems to have overlooked them 
somewhat, and the Cobblers are in n fair 
condition, and the yield good. Should 
the rust continue to work as slowly as in 
the past few days, condition of crops will 
not be as bad as predicted, and will es¬ 
cape a bad epidemic of rust. In sections 
the rust did not make its appearance at 
all. W. H. B. 
August 18. We have had one of the 
best years in the dairy business since 
1913. For the past two years we have 
had severe droughts; all grass was burnt 
up. While the present year started in 
to bi dry up to May 1, everything be¬ 
gan to look serious. For the past three 
months rain has been abundant; past¬ 
ures could not be better and cattle are 
in fine shape. At times the flies are 
trouble some, especially when hot cows 
are holding up well in prices, selling from 
$60 to $80 for grades, $100 to $3.>0 for 
purebreds. There is a great abundance 
of hay, selling at $12; everyone seems 
to have plenty. Corn is a fine crop; we 
will go into Winter with more feed than 
we have had in years. Hay at this time 
last year was selling at $20 and scarce. 
The "dairy business has been good all 
this year," the demand good, prices rang¬ 
ing from 32 to 40c, while we sell at 40c 
the year round, and butter at 35c; the 
outlook is bright and prospects are fine 
for a good Winter business with profit 
on the right side. s. J. H. 
T T ati florson. Kv. 
August 23. It is still raining in Ohio. 
The oldest inhabitant can not remember 
such a season. Many farmers are unable 
to cut their oats, and their wheat and 
rye are sprouting in the shocks. The 
few who have thrashed are having diffi¬ 
culty in disposing of their grain, or even 
keeping it themselves, as the dampness 
has made it unfit for market or storage. 
It simply rains almost all the time. On 
our farm the oats look as if they had 
been rolled to the ground with a land 
roller, and I know we can never cut 
them. And if we could cut them they 
would be all shattered out. One day we 
started home from town, and found the 
road for nearly a quarter of a mile cov¬ 
ered with a deep and dangerous lake. 
Of course we had to turn back. A neigh¬ 
bor only about half a mile from us lost 
19 sheep in that deep lake. It was a 
wonderful sight to see the entire country 
flooded. But in spite of rain and gloom 
and cold we still count ourselves fortun¬ 
ate, as many people in our country are 
entirely destitute. The great and fertile 
Scioto Marsh is a desert waste this Fall, 
and hundreds lost everything. M. J. K. 
Hardin Co., O. 
August 27. Dairying is the chief busi¬ 
ness in this section. We received for but- 
terfat for July, 27c; for best dairy but¬ 
ter from private customers, 30c per 
pound. Other grades range from 20c up. 
Veal calves live, 9c per pound; dressed 
pork, 10c; lambs, dressed, 15c; mutton, 
11c; beef, 10c per pound to sell; 20 to 
25 to buy from market. Not much call 
for broilers now. Fowls in good de¬ 
mand at 14c live weight. Cows from 
$40 to $70 and not many to sell. Ilay 
short crop and also light crop of apples. 
Wright, N. Y. S. w. c. 
Weather conditions here in the extreme 
northwestern part of the State have been 
most unusual during the present season. 
Excessive rains delayed corn planting. 
Later on they so interfered with haying 
that much hay was entirely ruined, and 
some fields were never hauled except to 
the barnyard for manure. At this date, 
Aug. 30. there is some wheat still stand¬ 
ing in the field unthrashed. Many fields 
of oats will never be cut. Pasture, clover 
and corn have made a splendid growth, 
but the latter will be ruined should sky 
clear up and the wind go down by night. 
Lots of wheat is of such poor quality, 
due to so much rain, that farmers will 
feed it upon the farm. j. D. P. 
Williams Co., O. 
Alfalfa for Bee Fasture. 
I desire to grow a crop of Alsike for 
my honey-bees, and at the same time, 
after blossom turn the Alsike under for 
enrehing the soil. The field is now sod 
and just plowed. How shall I proceed? 
Southern New York. w. P. s. 
Sow the Alsike clover as soon as you 
can get it into the ground. Lot it bloom 
next Spring, and after blooming plow it 
under and plant corn or late potatoes. 
You can do this year after year by sowing 
the Alsike early. 
Iron Fence Posts. 
Relative to iron or steel fence posts, 
page 1044, galvanized pipe is compara¬ 
ble. A plumber of this city is authority 
for the statement that wrought iron lasts 
25 years, where steel lasts 10. He says 
that he has repaired much leaky steel 
pipe which has been in service about 10 
years. He also states that architects, 
building contractors, and others who j 
know always specify wrought pipe for 
their own work. Creosote and cedar | 
should make a good combination. A. G. m. 
Elyria, O. 
New England Milk Matters. 
One of the recommendations in the | 
Boston Chamber of Commerce milk tc- ; 
port is well worth looking into. The idea is [ 
to have producers with the financial help 
of local business men, establish country i 
milk stations to handle all local | 
milk within hauling distance; sell the ; 
same to local dealers, city dealers or j 
wherever the best market is afforded in j 
small lots or large; guarantee to furnish 
the amount needed in each case as wanted, 
or a stated amount each day, as best j 
suited the situation; bottle or process i 
this milk or cream to suit the demands I 
of the buyers; and take care of the sur- i 
plus as seemed best. Further side lines 
either in the selling of other farm pro¬ 
ducts or buying some farm supplies might 
he added to the business if this seemed 
necessary or could be done without in¬ 
terfering with the main issue. 
It would be a case of cooperation 
among the local farmers and to be a 
success every one must join the move¬ 
ment and pool the whole milk product of 
the local section. With proper honest 
business management better returns must 
result. By this manner of conducting 
the business a standard product could be 
supplied, and the producer would prob¬ 
ably profit if he supplied a superior 
grade to his neighbor; at least his 
chances would be much more favorable 
for this than under the present system of 
selling to a dealer individually at a 
stated price no matter what the product 
tests. The time of payment would he 
more sure as all would receive it at the 
same time. The local company could 
enforce this much better than an individ¬ 
ual and be better able to force collections. 
Motor trucks could aid greatly in gath¬ 
ering the milk on long distance routes if 
these were needed to obtain the proper 
amount required. From $2,000 to $20,- 
000 would build and equip a plant accord¬ 
ing to amount of milk to be handled, and 
number of operations carried on. A 
plant of this kind should be important to 
the prosperity of the community. Pay¬ 
ing the farmers well for their product 
would result in their having more money 
to distribute for supplies, and other 
things and local business would reap 
much of the benefits in increased sales. 
The money could be raised by the issuing 
of non-voting preferred shares to the in¬ 
vestors locally, and voting common shares 
to the farmers who would thus control 
the business. A directorate of five mem¬ 
bers, three to be farmers, one a local 
business man, and some official of a local 
bank might make up a well balanced 
board. a. e. p. 
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worry about speed limits or spark-plugs 
or anything at all?” “I should say so.” 
“Well, here’s a street car ticket.”—Wash¬ 
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