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Farm Notes From Maine 
Crops in central and lower Penobscot 
County were very poor the past season. 
Hay and grain were just fair, but a good 
crop of either corn or potatoes was the 
exception. Occasional yields of 200 
bushels of potatoes and better were se¬ 
cured, but a large majority harvested un¬ 
der 100 bushels. Loose hay sells on mar¬ 
ket at from $15 to $20, as to quality. 
Potatoes not high as yet, 75c. Apples very 
short crop, but not worth over $1 per 
bu., or $2.50 per barrel in this market; 
beets and turnips, 50c. per bu.; squash, 
lc. lb. Fresh eggs, 48c.; fowls, 15c.; 
chickens, 20c. There are no auctions of 
farm products and live stock here. 
Owing to a general shortage in hay and 
high prices of both hay and grain, there 
is not much demand for farm stock at 
this season (housing time). Ordinary 
cows that will not freshen until next 
Spring are worth from $40 to $50. Good 
fresh cows, $75 to $100. Quite a num¬ 
ber of herds of registered Jerseys in this 
county including some high producing reg¬ 
ister of merit cows. A large part of the 
farmers in central Penobscot prefer the 
Jersey breed and its grades. Have just 
organized the Central Penobscot Cow 
Testing Association with Mr. Barford 
from New York as tester, and are just 
about to organize a local Jersey Breeders’ 
Association. We have 243 cows in the 
association at present. 
Dairy butter sells on the Bangor mar¬ 
ket at 32 to 35c. Creameries paid 36c. 
per lb. for butter fat in October. A large 
part of the farmers sell cream, so as to 
have the extra time required for making 
and marketing butter for other farm 
work. Many of our farmers are getting 
the habit of selling whole milk to the 
creamery, thus saving a lot of work in 
handling and feeding same. I think this 
is all wrong, as we need the fertilizer 
value at home, and also all the good 
heifer calves we can raise. This practice 
has also demoralized the pig market, 
small pigs having sold this Fall as low as 
$1 each. Round hog sells for 9^c. Meal, 
$1.55; cotton seed, $1.90; bran, $1.05. 
Bangor, Me. E. D. P. 
Events of the Week. 
DOMESTIC.—A tornado killed three 
persons, injured 65, and did much prop¬ 
erty damage at Hot Springs, Ark., Nov. 
25. 
The Delaware, Lackawanna and West¬ 
ern Railroad put an embargo on export 
freight on all of its lines Nov. 29 for the 
purpose of putting an end to the conges¬ 
tion which has been steadily growing dur¬ 
ing the past few weeks. This is the first 
embargo declared by the company in its 
history. With the increasing pressure of 
export freight from the West some diffi¬ 
culty was experienced in making domes¬ 
tic deliveries at the time agreed upon. 
One of the reasons for the embargo was 
the relief of domestic traffic. The Penn¬ 
sylvania Railroad placed a similar bar on 
export flour and lumber at New York 
and on export grain at Philadelphia and 
Baltimore. The Baltimore and Ohio pro¬ 
hibited iron and steel articles for export 
through New York. Other roads are said 
to be on the verge of taking similar meas¬ 
ures. The Pennsylvania is seeking to ex¬ 
pedite the movement of other than ex¬ 
port freight. The Baltimore and Ohio’s 
embargo was necessitated by congested 
lighterage conditions here. In addition, 
these two roads have announced that for 
the time being no more cars will be hauled 
from Buffalo to Baltimore. 
Posters warning all German workmen 
employed at the various plants of the Du 
Pont Powder Company, near Wilmington, 
Del., to get out not later than January 1 
mysteriously appeared on fences and trees 
in the neighborhood about Nov. 29. Nov. 
30 four tons of black powder exploded in 
the packing house of the Upper Hagley 
yard, killing 31 men. 
During the hunting season ending Nov. 
30, 59 persons were killed and 66 injured 
in 18 States while hunting. The greatest 
number of accidents occurred in Michigan 
with 14 dead. 
The government rested its case Nov. 
29 in the suit of the United States against 
the Ilamburg-American Line, Dr. Karl 
Buenz and others, charged with conspir¬ 
acy to violate American neutrality by 
equipping neutral vessels and sending 
them out of American ports to supply 
German war vessels. The government 
also contends that it was defrauded by 
the defendants by the filing of false and 
incomplete manifests. Although the con¬ 
cessions of the defence brought out clear¬ 
ly that the alleged conspirators had made 
a failure of their scheme to coal German 
warships, the prosecution revealed a 
chronicle of remarkable business achieve¬ 
ment, worked out under enormous handi¬ 
cap. 
FARM' AND GARDEN.—The Penn¬ 
sylvania Vegetable Growers’ Association 
will hold its annual meeting at Reading, 
Pa., Jan. 18-20. 
Carrying five hundred boys 'and girls, 
many of whom won corn growing or do¬ 
mestic science contests, special trains left 
many Ohio cities Nov. 29 as part of the 
Buckeye corn boys’ annual tour of the 
East. On one of the specials is Dewey 
Haynes, seventeen years old, of Arcanum, 
who will make the trip as Ohio’s cham¬ 
pion corn grower. His record this year 
was 153.7 bushels from one acre. His ex¬ 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 11, 1915. 
penses will be paid by the State, while the 
expenses of about one hundred others will 
be paid by their counties or organiza¬ 
tions interested in agriculture. 
Short courses in agriculture are offered 
at the State School of Agriculture, Alfred, 
N. Y., during the Winter. The courses 
are offered in general agriculture, dairy¬ 
ing, fruit growing and poultry. They are 
free to any resident of the State of New 
York, the only charge being for room, 
board and books. Classes begin January 
4, and continue for either six or 12 weeks 
as the student may desire. Those inter¬ 
ested would do well to write to the Direc¬ 
tor of the State School of Agriculture at 
Alfred, N. Y., asking for a circular. 
The Canadian government has com¬ 
mandeered all high grade wheat in ele¬ 
vators from Fort William, on Lake Supe¬ 
rior, to the Atlantic Coast. The action 
was taken under the special war act by 
the Canadian Grain Commission. The 
wheat seized was of No. 1 hard and Nos. 
1, 2 and 3 Northern. It was the prop¬ 
erty of grain shippers and millers. That 
taken is all which Nov. 27 was in public 
elevators at Fort William, Port Arthur, 
Midland, Tiffin, Port McNichol, Colling- 
wood, Goderich, Kingston, Port Col- 
borne, Prescott, Quebec, St. John, Mont¬ 
real and Halifax. A revised estimate 
places the amount at about seventeen mil¬ 
lion bushels. A considerable amount is 
the property of American grain dealers. 
The grain was taken Saturday night so 
that grain exchanges should be affected as 
little as possible. It is officially stated 
that the price will be fairly adjusted and 
the grain owners promptly paid by the 
Canadian government. 
Two hundred and fifty farmers of the 
great grain States of the Middle West, 
carrying with them the x’eceipts in cash 
of their crops of last Summer and Fall, 
sailed Nov. 27 on the Norwegian-Ameri- 
can liner Bergensfjord to spend Christ¬ 
mas in their homelands—-Norway, Swe¬ 
den and Denmark. The Bergensfjord was 
only one of the many vessels which are 
beginning now to carry home throngs of 
northern immigrants for the holidays. 
Practically all of them will be back soon 
after New Year’s or in the early Spring. 
OBITUARY.—W. Atlee Burpee, head 
of the great seed house of W. Atlee Bur¬ 
pee & Co., of Philadelphia, died at his 
home, Fordhook Farm, Ooylestown, Pa., 
Nov. 26, aged 57. Mr. Burpee was a na¬ 
tive of Sheffield, New Brunswick, Canada, 
and was educated at the Friends’ School 
in Philadelphia, and the University of 
Pennsylvania. He first established a seed 
business in Philadelphia in 1876, this ven¬ 
ture being succeeded by the present firm 
in 1S78. Mr. Burpee was a director of 
the Wholesale Seedsmen’s League, was 
formerly president of the American Seed 
Trade Association, president of the Na¬ 
tional Sweet Pea Association of America, 
and vice-president of the National Sweet 
Pea Society of Great Britain, lie was 
trustee of the Howard Hospital and San¬ 
itarium Association of Philadelphia, a 
life member of the Transatlantic Society, 
the Royal Horticultural Society of Great 
Britain, and the Soci4te Nationale d’Hor- 
tieulture de France. He was a director 
and ex-president of the Canadian Society 
of Philadelphia, and a member of the Na¬ 
tional Arts and City Clubs of New York 
and many Philadelphia clubs. He had 
several seed farms in the East, and one at 
Lompoc, Cal. His character commanded 
respect and appreciation, and his death is 
regretted by a large circle to whom his 
sympathetic and benevolent personality 
was known. 
KEEP your stock healthy 
all winter —increase your 
income by investing a few 
dollars in 
SGLOinr 
VENTILATORS 
Proper ventilation with 
"Globes” keeps the stock in 
splendid condition, increases 
the milk yield, prevents disease, 
cures hay quickly, and prevents 
fires from spontaneous combus¬ 
tion. 
Now is the time to install 
“ Globes ” — before cattle lose 
their vitality as a result of foul 
air. 
Get our free circular, "Better 
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GLOBE VENTILATOR CO., 
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M. V. RICHARDS, Industrial and Agricultural Com¬ 
missioner, Room 87, Southern Railway, Washington. D. C. 
D ADOjR IUC-FARMERS. LISTEN. We offer 20 head 
DtUlUHInw of fine registered Berkshires. Every 
one a bargain. Sows, pigs and service boars. 
IIUBBELL BROS., - Fish’s Eddy, N. Y. 
FARMS FOR SALE 
75 desirable Chautauqua Co. farms for sale. Send 
for farm list. Strong- & Bradley, Dealers in Real 
Estate, Stocks & Bonds,1-2-3 Gokey Block, Jamestown, N Y. 
The DEATH-PIT 
BANISH THAT 
OUT-DOOR 
CLOSET 
In winter it’s a place to be dreaded 
and the general reluctance to use 
it leads to irregular habits which 
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and disease. It’aa menace to health 
and even to life. Why give your 
family other comforts and safe¬ 
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Complete Good Health Closet ready 
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Can protection against ill-heaith be 
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THE GOOD HEALTH CLOSET CO. 
Hep'L 8 Ogdensburg, N. Y. 
MORE MONEY FOR YOUR FURS 
Don’t envy the Fur Shipper 
Who always gets the Highest 
Prices and Best Sort- 
Ship to BACH Yourself! 
Write for Price List and Tags 
BACH FUR COMPANY, 
118-20 W. 27th St., Dept. 51 New York 
Raw Furs Wanted 
I will pay highest prices and give liberal assortment 
a»d square deal. Shipments held separate for appro¬ 
val upon request. Send trial shipment at once. 
BEN CORN 
267 7th Av. RAW FURS New York 
;References: German Exchange Bank and Bvadstreets 
RAW FURS WANTED 
Highest Cash Prices. Liberal assortments. Send 
for Price List. 
SAM’L LEWIS, 153 AV. 29tli St., New York 
CHOICE VIRGINIA FARMS 
along Chesapeake & Ohio ltwy. at$15 anacre and up. 
Mild Climate, fertile soil, abundant rainfall, plent¬ 
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in Virginia ’', and low excursion rates. Address 
K. T. CRAWLEY, Indus. Agt., C. & 0. Rwy., Room 1014, Richmond, Va. 
FARMS—VIR GINI A—FARMS 
Booklet free. JOHN E. WALKER, Salem, Va. 
A COMPLETE POULTRY PLANT 
Hour out North Shore, Long Island, 14 mile station; 
14 acres fine land; old fashioned house, 11 rooms, 
bath, hard wood floors; barn for 4 cows. 4 horses, 
wagons; incubator house two story and basement; 
2 laying houses 110 feet long, feed room, 100 feet 
runs; 10 brooder honses, 40 colony houses latest 
type; new wire fences, steel posts; garage; 4 inch 
artesian well, power plant. Running water to all 
buildings, garden, etc. Everything in perfect 
order: will be sold at great sacrifice. Chance for 
“live” poultry man, 
THEO. S. HALL, 47 W. 34th Street. New York City 
irn Znrmo FOR SALE—near Phila. and Trenton markets; 
I0U IcuiTlS good railroad and trolley facilities. New cata¬ 
logue. Established 2. r » years. Horace G. Reeder, Newtown, I’enna. 
$500 REQUIRED 
Farm, 95 Acres, 9 Head Helstein Steck, 1 pair 
Fine Horses, 50 Hens and Chickens. AH Crops 
and Farming Tools. Price, $3,700 
T HIS farm is located \Vt miles from (own, land all lays 
practically level and very gentle slope. There is 15 
acres of wood and timber and a very fine young sugar bush; 
2 acres of very fine muck ground ; small orchard of choice 
fruits; good 7-room house, barn, henhouse and hoghousc. 
All in fair condition. The crops are 20 tons of hay, 7 acres 
of oats, 3 acres of potatoes and some buckwheat and corn. 
There arc all the farming tools to run the farm with, and 
the stock is very fine, This has to be sold in 30 day9. If 
you want a farm all stocked on easy terms, here is your 
chance. 
HIRAM MINTZ, 216 Phelps Bldg., Binghamton, N. Y. 
We pay top prices for Skunk, Mink, 
Muskrat, and all raw Furs. Price list 
free. M. J. JEWETT & SONS, 
REDWOOD, N. Y. - DEPT. 29 
IGHEST PRICES 
Paid for All Kinds of RAW FURS 
T NEED large quantities of 
all kinds of furs, and it 
will pay you to get my price 
list. I especially solicit com¬ 
munication with dealers hav¬ 
ing large lots to sell. Write 
for price list and shipping 
tags today to 
O. L. SLENKER 
P. O. Box K, East Liberty, O. 
RAW FURS WANTED 
Highest prices, 
liberal grading. 
Write for free 
price list now. 
A. SUSKIND & CO. 
113 W. 25th Street 
New York 
Now that 
RAW FUR 
NEW YORK 
has become the 
WORLD’S 
GREATEST 
For information address, Secretary, RAW FUR MERCHANTS’ASSOCIATION, 
MARKET 
Better ship your catch direct 
to headquarters— New York 
and save intermediary profits. 
Your pelts will reach New 
York eventually—why not 
first. 
We co-operate with you. 
40 West 24th Street, New York 
We guarantee to hold all shipments entirely separate, and in case our valua¬ 
tions are not satisfactory we will return your goods at once, and pay all 
express charges both ways. 
H. A. PERKINS & CO. 
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. VT. 
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